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’

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Music Compiled by Will Creason (Cosby Show Nights)
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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

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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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01. Sly and the Family Stone 'Hot Fun in the Summertime'
02. Gabor Szabo 'Summertime'
03. The Beginning of the End 'Funky Nassau' (Part 1)
04. Peter King 'Jo Jolo'
05. The Marvellos 'Something's Burning'
06. Esso Trinidad Steel Band 'I Want You Back'
07. Clark Terry and Chico O'Farrill 'Spanish Rice'
08. Joan Baez 'Garcias a la Vida'
09. Jorge Ben 'Menina Mulher de Pele Preta'
10. The In-Crowd 'Mango Walk'
11. Jackie Mittoo and the Soul Vendors 'Drum Song'
12. Byron Lee and the Dragonaires 'Sweet City Woman'
13. Neil Young 'Unknown Legend'
14. Dusty Springfield 'Spooky'
15. The Blackbyrds 'Rock Creek Park'
16. Baby Huey and the Babysitters 'California Dreamin''
17. Nightmares on Wax 'Nights Interlude'
18. The Isley Brothers 'Footsteps in the Dark'
19. Eddie Hazel 'California Dreamin'' (Reprise)
20. Jamie Lidell 'Another Day' (Rustie Remix)

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Music Compiled by Will Creason (Cosby Show Nights)
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Hi.  I’m new here.  But it’s pretty awesome so far.

Since I’m new, I thought I’d use my mix to introduce myself.  I’m a teacher, so summers are pretty special for me.  This mix is what they are like:

1. Walking Distance — Buzzcocks
2. Go Wild In The Country — Bow Wow Wow
3. Truck — The Octopus Project
4. It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Humanity — The Bouncing Souls
5. It’s a Bright Light — Tuesday
6. Keeping Warm in the Nighttime — Pinhead Gunpowder
7. Heat/Humidity — So Many Dynamos
8. Help Help — Mates Of State
9. Cool This Madness Down — Common Rider
10. Express Yourself — N.W.A.
11. Summertime — The Fire Theft
12. You are the Sunshine of My Life — Stevie Wonder
13. The Summer Ends — American Football

Summer starts off with a party.  A party that words cannot describe.  You go a little bit wild.  You dance a round a little bit and smile a lot.  Then it gets unbearably hot, but you don’t care because it’s summer!  Then it gets really bright outside all the time.  No matter, it’s summer!  Even at night, it’s sunny and hot.  Okay, this is starting to get ridiculous.  No rain for a whole month?  AARRGH!  This is driving me crazy!  I need some sort of help.  That’s what I’m saying.  Just relax and enjoy the cooling evenings of early autumn.  Remember who you are.  Sit by the ocean a while and, if you can, share your last restful moments of summer with the person that means the most to you.  Remember there’s probably something better than sunshine in your life.  Something that will fuel you through the upcoming winter.  And then, we’ll see what happens when the summer ends.

So that’s summer for a teacher as best as I can capture it with my music collection.  I’m looking forward to it!

Do your homework (download this mix).

See everyone next month.

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So, this was my first mix for RCMTC, and it was a lot of fun. I had a hard time narrowing down how I wanted to interpret the theme, so I ended up doing four mini-mixes. Hopefully that’s not cheating! After listening to it a few times, I think it actually flows together pretty nicely (with the exception of the Immortal song on the Metal-mix, I find myself repeatedly skipping over that one. Oops, Bad call.)

Anyways, here they are, enjoy!

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Road trip:

You and your best friend just said fuck everything and are taking off for the weekend, it’s a hot summer morning and you’re setting off east, toward the mountains, but no real clue where y’all are headed. You just know you don’t have shit to do until Monday and that’s all you need.

Tracks:

1. The Wagon – Dinosaur Jr.
2. True Zero – Zero Zero
3. Amityville Horror – Silent Majority
4. Mutt – The Saturday Knights
5. Across the Shields – Torche
6. For Huey, With Love & Squalor – Splurge
7. Speakers Push the Air – Pretty Girls Make Graves

Hot summer dusk on the porch:

It’s a hot summer night, and you’re chillin’ out on the porch because the AC is broke and going inside would be stupid. There’s fireflies everywhere, it’s humid as shit and that tall, cool glass of sweet tea is the best fucking thing in the world right now.

Tracks:

1. By this River – Three Mile Pilot
2. Dust Devil Girls – Foxgloves
3. A New Drink for the Old Drunk – Crooked Fingers
4. Church of Level Track – Tim Barry
5. Lakes of Pontchartrain – Be Good Tanyas
6. Electric Relaxation – A Tribe Called Quest
7. Tuff Luck – Seam

It’s summer, and you can’t fucking stand it.

This whole “summer” thing clearly isn’t working out for you. Your black clothes do nothing but attract the heat, kids are laughing at you because your corpse-paint is totally melting, and everyone is all happy and stuff. Your Carpathian sensibilities just find the whole damn thing offensive.

Tracks:

1. Black Metal Friends – Atom & His Package
2. Deadly Sinners – 3 Inches of Blood
3. Call of the Wintermoon – Immortal

It’s summer… and omg you’re a huge douchebag!

Face it, you are. But chill bro’, it’s cool. Just pop that collar and say fuck what everyone else thinks. For realz. You deserve these jams!

Tracks:

1. All Star – Smashmouth
2. Every Morning – Sugar Ray
3. Thong Song – Sisqo

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Yup… these are the songs I crank while laying on a reflective blanket slathered in coconut butter… and also sometimes while outside getting a tan.

01. Little Grass Shack (live): Bill Tapia
02. I Feel Love: Donna Summer
03. Mishaps Happening: Quantic
04. Walking Into Sunshine: Central Line
05. Walkin’ in the Sun: Rufus & Chaka Khan
06. Seashores of Old Mexico: Merle Haggard (& Willie!)
07. The Girl From Impanema: Stan Getz
08. Old Time Lovin’: Al Green
09. Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out): John Mellencamp
10. Sun is Shining: The Dirtbombs
11. Up On the Sun: Meat Puppets
12. Hello! Orange Sunshine: Judy & Mary
13. House of Bamboo: SCOTS
14. I Can Feel the Ice Melting: Parliments
15. Diamond Bossa Nova: Francesco De Masi
16. California Montage: Dave Grusin
17. End of the Summer: The Ziggens

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I think that for the most part my Summer Jamz mix is pretty self explanatory. There aren’t very many surprises, and for the most part I think that just about anyone could relate to the selections.

Some songs of note: “Teardrop” by Massive Attack is definitely the “standing at a cliff while looking at the sunset, pondering what the fuck your life means” song of the group. “Pinball Wizard” by The Who was a song I was obsessed with the summer I learned how to play the guitar. For some reason I’m not that much better. “You Wreck Me” by Tom Petty is sort of a guilty pleasure. By no means am I in league with the Bonaroo-Stoner Kid-Sandle wearing crowd that digs Tom Petty, nor am I in the working class/blue collar “fuckin rocknroll man, Tom Petty rules” crowd, but it’s just a catchy song. Let it be.

Oh yeah, Technotronic is on this too, isn’t it? That might have been sort of a joke. Kind of. Wreckx-N-Effect? No joke at all, that song freaking rules. It’s been stuck in my head ever since I put this mix together.

Also, for those that don’t know, Tight Bros From Way Back When was a kick ass comprising of members of Karp, Behead the Prophet, No Lord Shall Live, and the Mukilteo Faries. This song is from their first 7″, and it makes me think of shaking your booty in amazing dive bars.

Oh, and C&C Music Factory? That’s 6th grade for me, baby. Love it. Here’s the Track List:

• C&C Music Factory – Gonna Make You Sweat
• Cracker – Shake Some Action
• MC Hammer  – U Can’t Touch This
• The B-52’s – Roam
• Massive Attack – Teardrop
• Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough
• Prince – When Doves Cry
• The Who  – Pinball Wizard
• Technotronic – Move This
• Tom Petty – You Wreck Me
• The Temptations – Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
• Presidents of the United States of America – Lump
• Digital Underground – The Humpty Dance
• Tight Bros From Way Back When – I’m In Luck
• A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario
• Ugly Kid Joe – Everything About  You
• Wreckx-N-Effect – Rump Shaker

I created a digital mix tape where you can stream the entire mix in it’s entirety. No need to wait for downloads, dealing with iTunes (which is terrible, by the way) or worrying about the legalities of trading music. We want this site and club to live on forever, don’t we?

Here is the link! http://seeprompt.com/raincity/

See you guys next month!

-Eric

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