Here's your trick-or-treat, dear readers! A fresh mix tape by Yours Truly with some surprises. The following stats will give you some hints:
22 Tracks
1:19:41 (yep, fits on 1 regular audio CD!)
shortest track: 1:31
longest track: 6:31
3 covers
1.5 spoken word tracks
1 instrumental
1 live version
1 mash-up
1 old skool rap
1 song from VK's namesake artist
1 song for all you WRIMOS starting tomorrow (good luck!!)
oldest song: 1976
newest song: October 20, 2009
60% of songs from 1980-1999
I didn't make this song with any particular type of person in mind, but let's just say that those with an appreciation for 80's new wave, punk, and hipster irony... with a Jersey upbringing... will have the most possible appreciation for this mix. Or not.
1. Dashboard Confessional - El Scorcho (Weezer cover).mp3
2. Pixies - Wave of Mutilation.mp3
3. Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street.mp3
4. The White Stripes - It's True That We Love One Another.m4a
5. Beck - Last Night I Traded My Souls Innermost For Some Pickled Fish.mp3
6. Bright Eyes - Devil Town (Daniel Johnston cover).mp3
7. Ace Of Bace - Don't Turn Around.m4a
8. Elvis Costello - Every Day I Write The Book.m4a
9. Billy Joel - Vienna.mp3
10. Tor / Sufjan Stevens - I Like The Tallest Man (feat. Grad Puba).mp3
11. the Mountain Goats - Houseguest (live cover).mp3
12. Lyle Lovett - Here I Am.mp3
13. They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start.mp3
14. Islands - No You Don't.m4a
15. John Vanderslice - Promising Actress.mp3
16. Holcombe Waller - Anthem (Will I Forgive Myself If I Can't Help You Anymore).mp3
17. Skee-Lo - I Wish.mp3
18. Daniel Johnston - Etiquette.mp3
19. Crash Test Dummies - Keep a Lid on Things.mp3
20. Tom Waits - Bad Liver & a Broken Heart.mp3
21. Gunnar Madsen - This Must Be The Place (Native Melody) (Talking Heads cover).mp3
22. Tenacious D - Friendship Test.mp3
