I’m late posting my July Mix of covers… Although I appear to also be the first to post. I guess summer in Seattle gets busy for folks…

Aiko’s Covers Mix

1. The Origin of Love—Rufus Wainwright (from Hedwig & the Angry Inch)
2. Bigmouth Strikes Again—Placebo (The Smiths)
3. Street Spirit—The Darkness (Radiohead)
4. Satisfaction (I Can’t Get No)—Devo (The Rolling Stones)
5. Indian Summer—Luna (Beat Happening)
6. Romeo And Juliet—The Killers (Dire Straits)
7. Can’t Take My Eyes Off You—Muse (Frankie Valli)
8. Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa—Hot Chip & Peter Gabriel (Vampire Weekend)
9. Here Comes the Sun—Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (The Beatles)
10. Burn Rubber—Bright Eyes (Simon Joyner)
11. Sweet Child o’ Mine—Taken By Trees (Guns ‘n Roses)
12. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door—Antony & The Johnsons (Bob Dylan)
13. Let’s Dance—M. Ward (David Bowie)
14. Cosmic Dancer—Morrissey (T. Rex)
15. Mad World—Gary Jules (Tears for Fears)
16. Bizarre Love Triangle—Frente (New Order)
17. The Origin of Love—Jonathan Richman (from Hedwig & the Angry Inch)
18. Tumbling Down—The Venus in Furs* (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel)

I didn’t follow my own suggestion of making a CD with the originals, because I’m missing some (my collection tends to be spotty with classics, like I’m missing those Bob Dylan and Stones and Beatles songs). What can I say, you can’t always get what you want.

*The Venus in Furs is a band that was made just for the movie Velvet Goldmine…

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Note: A little different take on the idea of “Dude Party”.  I wanted to reimagine the soundtrack of the Big Lebowski and the music the Dude would most likely listen to.  After a lot of research, I narrowed it down to 18 sure shot picks.

01. Neil Young ‘The Loner’
02. Creedence Clearwater Revival ‘Tombstone Shadow’
03. The Allman Brothers Band ‘Midnight Rider’
04. Eagles ‘Outlaw Man’
05. James Gang ‘Laguna Salada’
06. The Band ‘Chest Fever’
07. Steve Miller Band ‘Take the Money and Run’
08. Moby Grape ‘Sweet Ride (Never Again)’
09. Love ‘Bummer in the Summer’
10. The Rolling Stones ‘Under My Thumb’
11. Buffalo Springfield ‘Burned’
12. Hardwater ‘City Sidewalks’
13. The Doobie Brothers ‘Black Water’
14. Crosby, Stills, and Nash ‘Long Time Gone’
15. Fleetwood Mac ‘Albatross’
16. The Flying Burrito Brothers ‘Sin City’
17. Merle Haggard and the Strangers ‘High on a Hilltop’
18. New Riders of the Purple Sage ‘Lonesome L.A. Cowboy’

Cover Designed by Kim Holland

Music Compiled by Will Creason (Cosby Show Nights)
http://www.myspace.com/cosbyshownights

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My thought with this mix was to have some stereotypically dude music mixed in with not so stereotypically dude music (with nonetheless “dude” themes) that gets progressively more out of hand until Slayer pushes us over the edge and fades out with fifty seconds of static and feedback. After that there are some songs that just kinda make fun of dudes who have no direction and party too hard.

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1. Kansas- Carry on Wayward Son
2. Fear- I Love Livin’ in the City
3. Guns N’ Roses- Sweet Child O’ Mine
4. AC/DC- You Shook Me All Night Long
5. The Darkness- Knockers
6. Twisted Sister- We’re Not Gonna Take It
7. The Murder City Devils- Rum and Whiskey
8. Placebo- Spite & Malice
9. The Vibrators- Rip Up The City
10. System of a Down- Violent Pornography
11. Slayer- Raining Blood

12. Cake- Rock ‘n’ Roll Lifestyle
13. Bangs- He’s a Groupie
14. !!!- All My Heroes Are Weirdos
15. Patrik Fitzgerald- All My Friends Are Dead Now
16. The Unicorns- Ready To Die

Of this music I would like to say 1) I unironically like System of a Down, 2) I originally had Ultimate Dude Andrew WK’s “Ready to Die” on here, but thought it would be funnier to end with the Unicorn’s song of the same name, and 3) I think that Placebo song with its refrain of “Drugs, guns, fucking in the streets… Revolution!” might just be the most badass song on here.

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Let’s face it, dudes were at their peak in the 80’s. The 80’s were basically a non-stop dude party. Since Poison and Def Leppard are going back on tour this year, it must be time to revisit those bygone days and celebrate dude-ness, dude. The year: 1988. The mix: Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!

1. Welcome to the Jungle – Guns N’ Roses
2. We’re Not Gonna Take It – Twisted Sister
3. Nothing but a Good Time – Poison
4. Jump – Van Halen
5. Cum on Feel the Noize – Quiet Riot
6. Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
7. Rock You Like a Hurricane – Scorpions
8. Pour Some Sugar on Me – Def Leppard
9. You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
10. Round and Round – Ratt
11. Here I Go Again – Whitesnake
12. Just Like Paradise – David Lee Roth

Mix available for listening here, dude.

I’ll be out of town for August’s mix. See everyone in two months!

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For this months theme, I had a bit of a sing-a-long theme going on.

01. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
02. Party Hard – Andrew WK
03. Run’s House – Run DMC
04. Six Pack – Black Flag
05. Drinking Song – The Gits
06. Grease Lightnin’ – T-Birds
07. Here We Go – The Bouncing Souls
08. Too Fast For Love – Motley Crue
09. I Say Fuck – Supersuckers
10. Uproar – Inquisition
11. Hats off the Halford – Atom & His Package
12. Beat on the Brat – Ramones
13. Streams of Whiskey – Thr Pogues
14. Shout It Out Loud – Kiss
15. I Like Fucking – Bikini Kill
16. Pints of Guinness Make You Strong – Against Me!
17. Too Drunk to Fuck – Dead Kennedys
18. If You Want Blood (You Got It) 0 AC/DC

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Jen slept through the last RCMTC, but she made an awesome mix so I’m posting it for her! So blast this from your stereo, maybe it will convince these infernal Seattle weather gods to send us some actual summer weather.

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Have Love Will Travel – The Sonics
Check Yo Self – Ice Cube
Always on My Mind – Pet Shop Boys
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
I’m A Man – The Stooges
Party & Bullshit – The Notorious B.I.G.
Down Under – Men at Work
P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) – Parliament
A Daisy Chain for Satan – My Life with Thrill Kill Cult
Hot Pants – James Brown
I’m Comin’ Out – Diana Ross
Absolute Beginners – The Jam
Lights – Journey
Bury Me Deep – Poi Dog Pondering
I Found My Way – Dusty Springfield
Fu Manchu – Desmond Dekker
Creator (vs. Switch and FreQ Nasty) – Santogold
My World Is Empty Without You/I Hear A Symphony [Live] – The Afghan Whigs
Mountains – Plexi
A New England – Billy Bragg
There’s No Other Way – Blur
Tainted Love/Baby, Where Did Our Love Go? – Soft Cell
Right on for the Darkness – Curtis Mayfield
We Got The Beat – The Go-Go’s
Across 110th Street – Bobby Womack
Thunder Road – Bruce Springsteen
Try a Little Tenderness – Otis Redding
A Rainy Night In Soho – The Pogues
After Laughter (Comes Tears) – Wendy Rene

Jen says, “It’s very likely I interpreted “JAMZ” quite loosely.”

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