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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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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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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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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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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This tape was created with a late summertime vibe. It takes place over a full summer day, beginning in the morning, up until the break of dawn. There are songs about dancing, losing girls, getting girls, your neighborhood, daydreams, running away. Its mostly filled with new school (Raphel Sadiq’s ‘Falling in Love’) and old school soul (James Brown’s ‘I Don’t Mind’), reggae (Horace Andy’s amazing rendition of ‘Sea of Love’), and some classic R’n'B influenced hip-hop (Lauryn Hill’s ‘That Thing’.) I tried to blur the lines between the few genres I cover, and you’ll notice that it skips around 3-4 decades. Like all good mixtapes, It ends with a nice ballad, a bossa love ballad! Like many other tapes there are a few summertime standards, and a few tracks you probably haven’t heard yet. Its short, 59 Minutes 36 seconds and upbeat, hopefully it’ll keep your attention. Best to listen to in the car driving somewhere in the south end where the roads are flat, or late at night when things wind down. Enjoy Summer time, Enjoy Seattle!

01 Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me).mp3 – The Temptations
02 Why Don’t They Let Us Fall In Love.mp3 – The Ronettes
03 Diana ( From N.Y.C.).mp3 – Lee Moses
04 Doo Wop (That Thing).mp3 – Lauryn Hill
05 Staying In Love.mp3 – Raphel Sadiq
06 Dilemma.mp3 – Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland
07 Don’t Fight It.mp3 – Lord Rhaburn
08 Grazing in the Grass.mp3 – Friends of Distinction
09 On My Block.mp3 – Scarface
10 Girl, I Think The World About You.mp3 – Commodores
11 Daydreamin’.mp3 – Hepcat
12 Sea Of Love.mp3 – Horace Andy
13 Im Still In Love With You (Ft.mp3 – Sean Paul
14 Hold My Baby’s Hand.mp3 – James Brown
15 Same Old Thing.mp3 – The Olympics
16 In The Midnight Hour.mp3 – Wilson Pickett
17 Fire Girl.mp3 – The Aggrolites
18 Alvorada.mp3 – Antonio Pinto

Aloha,

Ian

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