Jesus Shaves

This mix is what happens when I cull the leftovers from the 29 mixes that are up on the site and make a brew of insane pop music, covers, soundtrack-only songs and other assorted miscellany. The title is in honor of David Sedaris, who was just in town. "Jesus Shaves" in one of his funniest essays in the book "Me Talk Pretty One Day"



Jesus Shaves


1. Intro (Bill Cosby) - Cocaine
2. Butthole Surfers - Pottery
3. Motion City Soundtrack - Pop Song '89
4. Stellastarr* - No Weather
5. 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me
6. Ween - Waving My Dick In The Wind
7. Liz Phair - Uncle Alvarez
8. Razorlight - Rip It Up
9. Glitter Mini 9 - Are You Bad?
10. Pizzacato Five - Twiggy Twiggy
11. The Reunion Show - On A Scale From One to Awesome
12. Segue - Amber is horny
13. Animal Chin - Seven
14. The Beatles - Everybody's Got Something To Hide (Except For Me & My Monkey)
15. Gatsby's American Dream - Work, Lies, Sex, Love, Fear
16. Railroad Jerk - Bang The Drum
17. Extra Fancy - Violator
18. Refused - The Deadly Rhythm
19. Idlewild - Mistake Pageant
20. Segue - You voted for hoover
21. David Garza - Discoball World
22. Dan Andriano - Let The Stars Play
23. Glossary - Counterculturism
24. Milemarket - Sex Jam Two : Insect Incest
25. Ivy - Corners Of Your Mind
26. Call & Response - Rollerskate
27. The 5, 6, 7, 8's - I Walk Like Jane Mansfield
28. "Weird" Al Yankovich - Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White
29. The Left-Rights - If you figure this out, we'll suck your dick


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Capitalism Stole My Virginity

This one's got a lot of new stuff, some old stuff and a bunch of catchy effin tunes.



1. Patton Oswalt - When You Buy A Humvee
2. Chopper One - Cherry Crush
3. Kristeen Young - Cherry
4. The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Capitalism Stole My Virginity
5. Mudhoney - Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More
6. Screaming Trees - More or Less
7. Against Me! - You Look Like I Need A Drink
8. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
9. Eagles of Death Metal - Stuck In The Metal (actually a cover of Stuck In The Middle)
10. The Goops - Change Your Mind
11. Apex Theory - Mucus Shifters
12. Little-T and One Track Mike - Fome Is Dape
13. The Dears - Whites Only Party
14. The Twilight Singers - Strange Fruit
15. The Black Keys - Strange Times
16. Felt - Dirty Girl
17. The Bens - Stop!
18. Kay Henley - 3 Small Words
19. Old 97s - Dance With Me
20. Har Mar Superstar - No Chorus
21. Atmosphere - The Waitress
22. Belly - Super-Connected
23. Mae - Soundtrack for Our Movie
24. The Notwist - Alphabet
25. Black Grape - Submarine
26. Built to Spill - Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss

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Songs For The Rats, Disc 1

Songs For The Rats is my personal Mountain Goats best-of collection, much like The Electrifying Contusion and Electric Turkey Tapes, seen previously on this very blog.

This is part one, the second part will be coming soon.



section 1 songs from "Get Lonely"
1. Half Dead
2. Woke Up New
3. If You See Light
4. Maybe Sprout Wings

section 2 songs from "Heretic Pride"
5. Sax Rohmer # 1
6. San Bernadino
7. Autoclave
8. Lovecraft in Brooklyn
9. Michael Myers Resplendent

section 3 songs from "The Sunset Tree"
10. You Or Your Memory
11. Lion's Teeth
12. This Year
13. Dance Music
14. Up The Wolves
15. Love Love Love

section 4 songs from "Tallahassee"
16. Have to Explode
17. First Few Desperate Hours
18. Game Shows Touch Our Lives
19. No Children
20. See America Right

section 5 songs from "We Shall All Be Healed"
21. Linda Blair Was Born Innocent
22. Your Belgian Things
23. Cotton
24. The Triumph Of The Pigs That Ran Straightaway Into The Water
25. Against Pollution

section 6 miscellany from various EPs and tapes
26. Sinaloan Milk Snake Song

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An Audio Guide to the Pacific Northwest

This mix is a bit of a shout-out to my cousin and her husband, who live in Seattle. They're super-cool friends and people with whom I swap music on the regular.

An Audio Guide to the Pacific Northwest



1. Young Fresh Fellows - Rock N Roll Pest Control
2. Afghan Whigs - Dedicate It
3. Regina Spektor - Poor Little Rich Boy
4. Modest Mouse - Missed the Boat
5. Spoon - Eddie's Ragga
6. The Replacements - Color Me Impressed
7. Sunny Day Real Estate - Friday
8. Brassy - Parkside
9. Grade - Stole Bikes Ride Faster
10. Helmet - Pure
11. MIA - XR2
12. Skin - Faithfulness
13. The Killers & Lou Reed - Tranquilize
14. Hootie & The Blowfish - Be the One
15. The Mountain Goats - Autoclave
16. Paramore - Born For This
17. Liz Phair - Can't Get Out Of What I'm Into
18. No Knife - Your Albatross
19. Rilo Kiley - 15
20. Saul Williams - Break
21. Aesop Rock - The Harbor Is Yours (remix)
22. Mindless Self Indulegence - Capital P
23. Smoking Popes - Waiting Around (live)

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Recommended Dosage

recommended dosage


1. the jam - modern world
2. self - insecure sober
3. thunderbirds are now! - we win (ha ha)
4. pedro the lion - rapture
5. the dandy warhols - every day should be a holiday
6. cascada - kids in america
7. clor - making you all mine
8. gnarls barkley - surprise!
9. cat power - aretha, sing one for me
10. big black - he's a whore
11. captain beefheart - she's too much for my mirror
12. portishead - nylon smile
13. mark ronson - toxic
14. the kills - cheap and cheerful
15. blur - moroccan peoples revolutionary bowls club
16. supergrass - rush hour soul
17. moby - alice
18. panic at the disco - the green gentleman
19. the reputation - cartography
20. the distillers - drain the blood
21. descendents - talking
22. big star - back of a car
23. the breeders - when i was a painter
24. bush - cold contagious


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Admit It

Admit It


1. say anything - admit it!!
2. the gutter twins - bete noire
3. rem - living well is the best revenge
4. people noise - sedation
5. against me! - americans abroad
6. the fratellis - for the girl
7. bear vs. shark - rich people say hey hey
8. the thermals - when you’re thrown
9. jimmy eat world - electable (give it up)
10. i love you but i’ve chosen darkness - lights
11. sons & daughters - gilt complex
12. the cars - candy-o
13. the white stripes - rag & bone
14. live - sweet release
15. superdrag - lighting the way
16. the donnas - girl talk
17. the mountain goats - lovecraft in brooklyn
18. the coral - pass it on
19. nick cave & the bad seeds - we call upon the author
20. dead boys - caught with the meat in your mouth
21. bad religion - tiny voices
22. arctic monkeys - You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Staring Straight At Me
23. nick lowe - so it goes
24. kenna - say goodbye to love

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The Electrifying Contusion - Guided By Voices Mix

A cousin in spirit to the Zappa mixes, this one takes a healthy dose of music NOT FOUND on "Human Amusements At Hourly Rates", a greatest-hits album put together by the band (with the exception of the first song, "Game of Pricks" -- this version included here is the original 7" version, slightly different from the album version).

What's amazing about Guided by Voices is not only their prolific output but that their songs can be beautiful AND concise. To wit, there are 32 (!) tracks on this mix, each from different sources (though there are some repeats, simply because the album is THAT good).

So, on we go.



The Electrifying Contusion


1. Game of Pricks (7" version)
2. Matter Eater Lad
3. Skin Parade
4. When She Turns 50
5. Dayton, Ohio-19-something and 5
6. Marchers In Orange
7. "Wished I Was A Giant"
8. Melted Pat
9. The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet
10. Blimps Go 90
11. I'll Replace You With Machines
12. Wings of Thorn
13. Quality of Armor
14. Underground Initiations
15. The Worryin' Song
16. Postal Blowfish (live)
17. Expecting Brainchild
18. Can't Stop
19. Running Off With Fun City Girls
20. If We Wait
21. Tropical Robots (live)
22. Fair Touching
23. We've Got Airplanes
24. Everybody Thinks I'm A Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking)
25. Trampoline
26. Metal Mothers
27. Mushroom Art
28. Discussing Wallace Chambers
29. The Brides Have Hit Glass
30. Smothered In Hugs
31. She Wants to Know
32. Ghosts Of A Different Dream

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RIP, good gentlemen of GBV.