progress report: nineties jammin' but no Pearl Jam

This came in the mail today as a supplement to the '97 mixtape. Apparently the author of this tape was responsible for a similar mix-tape-projectesque experiment years earlier. What do you know.

side A

morning glory - oasis

i want to be there when you come - echo and the bunnymen

elevate me later - pavement

in bloom - nirvana

invisible man - the breeders

blow out - radiohead

unwind - sonic youth

olson - boards of canada

side B

0x4 - ride

held - smog

sometimes - my bloody valentine

softer softest - hole

ignoreland - r.e.m

feel the pain - dinosaur jnr

mars - television

The song chosen for the 1997 tape itself is "You're So Great" by Blur, and came with this thoughtful little note:

In other news, Wintersongs has made it's belated return, and now sounds like this

Fuck winter with Scotch

A precious little compilation from Scotch Tapes, who hate winter and write reviews in haiku.

if you made this mix you should claim it

Hey mystery mix. I like you, I really do. I can't really remember the details of our meeting but that doesn't cheapen the experience. I like how you get so excited by a topic that you have to blurt it out all at once: like three bits from Orquesta Sinfonica De Tenerife in a row. Wow. What's Surf Stitch?

You can have it here

Progress report: August

It's been about a month or so since the first blank tapes were sent out to be sullied by wicked tunes. Here is the first progress report:

TAPE 1 "open themed" has been lost in the post.

TAPE 2 "Wintersongs" Kicked off with Aztec Camera's cry, Walk Out To Winter. However, the second track was taking such a stubborn long time to get taped that "Wintersongs" has been cancelled. A replacement Spring/Summer line is expected in time for paddlepop lick-a-prize season.

TAPE 3 "1997" is coming along nicely. Who doesn't love '97? The first track is Avalanches Rock City.

TAPE 4 "open theme" Is a secret until I can work out how to upload songs, words don't really do justice. A clue is: early 80's new-wave eccentricity.

and now...

another mixtape for grimey creepy chills. If in doubt, ask yourself, "what would Casper do?"

ALL TAPES COME WITH BAD QUALITY CASSETTE THEMED FAKE-TATTOOS! SEE IMAGE ABOVE!

ROBOTS from the FUTURE!!!!!

One half of the mixed tape project is heading to the land of the future (Japan) tomorrow for a few weeks. Then she will be back ready to launch into all the new and exciting projects we have in store over the month of September! It will be a big one for us so stay reading this blog, or if you read this in the past after the exciting projects have been launched try to remember a time before these projects existed and how your life had that little hole in it, and how we filled that hole with delightful future tapes..... hmmm. Ok now here are some more robots with cassettes.