¡MeHiCKo!

So, what else ya been up to guys? Oh ya well we got some people to help us make some piñatas and it was real messy and then we got some people to help us smas'm - and that was real messy too.

It runs a little deeper than that but in terms of tapes all you need to know is that all the Tex-Mex fun was set to this little mix I named "MEHICKO!" With it's limited release of 3 already sold out, it is by far Cassexx's biggest success story! Hotter than a jalpeño! Cheesier than Nacho Supreme!

SIDE A

Come Maddalena - SUN CITY GIRLS

Down in Mexico - THE COASTERS

Maldito - JESSY BULBO

M.E.X.I.C.O - THE KILLS

1,2,3,4 - TITAN

Pervert Pop Song - PLASTILINA MOSH

Theme Del Toro - DEL TORO

Comal - JESSY BULBO

Dirty Old Town - DAVID BYRNE

SIDE B

Corazon - TITAN

La Sirenita - PLASTILINA MOSH

Office Cowboy - DAVID BYRNE

Insomino - CAFE TACVBA

The Way - FASTBALL

Mala Respuesta - JESSY BULBO

The Floating Bed - ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL

Mexico - CAKE

(And here are some more muchos good pictures of piñatas, violence n' fun: www.dearpattismith.com )

2010 mix!

This is a bit of a personal entry. Getting to know me. Getting to know you.
This mix is about 2010. Each song does have a special place in my heart for one reason or another.

1) ....And the hazy sea - Cymbals Eat Guitars

In the beginning of the year I went on an amazing road trip with two of my housemates and even though we didn't listen to this song at the time. It just reminds me of that trip and summer and being happy.



2) Swimmers - Broken Social Scene

Tram rides to and from work and to and from a new studio space. Sewing and sweating. Getting cranky and listening to this. Planning trips to far off lands.

3) Odessa - Caribou



Autumn setting in.

4) Say it ain't so - Weezer



Drunken sing alongs in various locations.

5) A Sunday Smile - Beirut

Being walked to the tram stop on a cold winter morning and not caring that I hated my job and the morning commute. Listening to this and feeling content

6) Excuses - The Morning Benders



It's about sex. And lovin'. And has great harmonies. I like all of these.

7) Winter's Love - Animal Collective



8) Bicycle - Memory Tapes



Hey Japan! I like your mountains.

9) Master of None - Beach House

It was raining, I was walking along the yarra quite early in the morning, there were tears and I was listening to this album on repeat.
I remember thinking how perfect all these elements were together.

10) Give him a great big kiss - The Shangri-las



Dancing to this in my loungeroom with three male friends really wasted after Spanish Festival. I was told to never tell repeat the story.

11) Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads

Making life decisions while listening to David Byrne.



Love you David!

12) Tyrant Destroyed - Twin Shadow

Another rainy moment....

13) Death of the Party - Blur

Deciding to move to London so I can marry Graham Coxon.



And that was 2010....

I picked this tape up from an op-shop in Newcastle. Can't say I recognise any of the artists, but all of the songs generally feature a bit of soft piano, long wavering vowels and an absence of percussion (save cymbals and the odd bell chime). Side A is titled "The Best of Vera Lynn". Am saving that one for a rainy day.

Great Memories, Classic Hits...

Here are some belated images of Cassexx at the TINA zine fair. Just in time to inspire the Christmas mixtape-making season.

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

More sights and sounds

I took a sick day from work and made this tape for Abbra's amazing exhibition.

Sounds and pictures

A playlist inspired by the paintings of Abbra Kotlarczyk, who last night opened her exhibition Igneous Faux Pas (Rock World). Staggering genius. Have a look at her artworks at http://abbrakotlarczyk.wordpress.com/

Teen times

I just found the greatest representation of who I was when I was 13 nearly 14 in 1997.
Here is the track listing....
Side A
1. Today - Smashing Pumpkins
2. Firestarter - The Prodigy
3. Dammit - Blink 182
4.Trip like I do - Crystal Method and Filter
5. Freak - Silverchair
6. Thunder - The Mavis's
7. I give in - Effigy
8. Zero - Smashing Pumpkins
9. D.A.F - Powderfinger
10. Naked Eye - Luscious Jackson
11. Buy me a pony - Spiderbait
12. Bullet with Butterfly wings - Smashing Pumpkins
13. Ready to go - Republica
14. Professional Widow - Tori Amos

Side B
1. Mankind - Pearl Jam
2. Goldfinger - Ash
3. In the meantime - Spacehog
4. Gold Dust Woman - Hole
5. What's come over me? - Frente
6. Hey Dude - Kula Shaker
7. Tonight Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins
8. If I could talk I'd tell you - Lemonheads
9. Until it Sleeps - Metallica
10. Popular - Nada Surf
11. Aneurysm - Nirvana
12. La La Land - Shihad

Also on the tape I have written on it that Oasis Sux.