Toni Basil - Daughter Of Frankenstein

1. Pipettes - Pull Shapes
2. Carrots - Sunshine
3. Roxy Music - Hula Kula
4. Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
5. Graham Nash - On The Line
6. Kinks - Come Dancing
7. Big Star - When My Baby's Beside Me
8. The Beatles - Two Of Us
9. Apples In Stereo - Strawberryfire
10. Rita Lee - Mamae Natureza
11. Donovan - Skip-A-Long Sam
12. Katerine - Parlez-Vous Anglais Mr. Katerine
13. Monkees - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
14. Bob Dylan - All Along The Watchtower
15. Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray
16. Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind
17. Donna Summer - I Feel Love
18. David Bowie - Golden Years
19. Pill Wonder - Fogg Eater
20. Benny Spellman - Lipstick Traces ( On A Cigarette )
21. Elvis Costello - Little Boxes
22. Morrissey - Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
23. Glen Campbell - By the Time I Get to Phoenix

And here is another Frankenstein mix. This one is the Daughter Of Frankenstein. The idea with this one was to put your first celebrity crush on the cover. I went one step further and named the whole mix after her..

1. Song with Handclaps

I'm very fond of handclaps. Infact I made a mix of handclap songs a few years ago. This wasn't on it as it hadn't been made yet. Terrific Spector-ish song..

2. Song with "sun" in title or reminds you of summer

More female vocals means a very poppy start to this mix. Although most of my mixes go this way..

3. Instrumental

B-Side of Virginia Plain, their debut single.

4. Cover you like better than original

Actually, now I think about it, maybe this was the original. Anyway he didn't write it so...

5. Old song that you heard for 1st time this year

Courtesy of father to be and all round good egg Mr Ion Moe. Thank you sir..

6. Song reminds you of your first relationship

It reminds me of a certain relationship. Not my first, or indeed best..

7. 7th song from an album

Power-pop at it's very best.

8. Best song from your favourite bands worst album

Let it Be is generally considered their worst album. It's still better than a heck of a lot of bands best album..

9. Beatle-esque song

Apples In Stereo.

10. Foreign language song

Rita Lee from Os Mutantes. This song is terrific..

11. Song with your name in title

My name is Sam.

12. Song title is a question?

This is also a foreign language song.

13. A b-side

14. Live version better than studio version

This is from Dylan's 'MTV Unplugged' album, and is a great, great version..

15. Song from year you graduated high school

I left school in 1992. This was from my favourite album of that time.

16. Favorite song from genre/style you usually don't like

I guess I've not got much time for 'Grunge'. Although Copper Blue was kind if Grunge-Pop, and I liked it a lot. Also from 1992.

17. A sexy song

Along with Love To Love you baby, the 2 sexiest songs ever. From the sexy vocals of Ms Summer. The production on this song is fantastic. It's a song that everyone's 'heard', but if you actually 'listen' to it, it's pretty special..

18. Life is a TV show, this is your theme song or Favourite TV theme

I thought about this for a while. I settled on Golden Years for no apparent reason..

19. Song from last album bought/downloaded

Strange pop from Pill Wonder.

20. Song from your first trade

Back in the day I traded a lot. I arranged a trade with Rob C and Jenergy on the same day. I think this arrived a day earlier though. The mix was 'Have You Ever Heard Your Mommy Scream' by Jenergy and this Benny Spellman track was on it..

21. Song under 1 minute

56 seconds.

22. Song from 1st or most recent artist you paid to see

First gig was Morrissey at Manchester Apollo in November 1992. This particular track wasn't around at the time but was one I fancied including..

23. Song that makes you cry

every single time..

RS MF

FrankenZero

1. Mercury Rev - Endlessly
2. The Pixies - Where Is My Mind
3. The High Llamas - Up In The Hills
4. Brian Eno - St Elmo's Fire
5. Goldie Hawn - Pasadena
6. Fox - S-S-Single Bed
7. The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
8. The Faces - Ooh La La
9. Spearmint - A Trip Into Space
10. They Might Be Giants - Youth Culture Killed My Dog
11. Dexy's Midnight Runner - One Of Those Things
12. The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
13. Hefner - The Day That Thatcher Dies
14. The Petals - A Place In The Shade
15. Clint Boon Experience - Not Enough Purple, Too Much Grey
16. The Crooner - A Warm Day In June
17. Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
18. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
19. Elliot Smith - Ballad Of Big Nothing
20. Erik Satie - Gymnopedie 1

My submission for the May Mixathon on Zen Running Order. The categories were made up by members of the community including myself (who chose number 9).

1. A song that gives you the chills / heebie jeebies every time you hear it

Every time I hear this beautiful song it reminds me of winter as a young boy. Snow storms, branches hitting my bedroom window in the wind. It sends a shiver up my spine.

2. Favourite use of a song in a film

Lots of good shouts on other mixes I've seen over the weekend, including Perfect Day from Trainspotting, In Dreams from Blue Velvet to name but two. I thought of the piano interlude of Layla as used in Goodfellas. Then I remembered the astonishing scene at the end of Fight Club, and my mind was made up..

3. Favourite instrumental

Not strictly an instrumental as it uses ba-ba-ba's all the way through. But it's a song I love so much and it fit well on the mix.

4. Favourite song about fire or burning

There's a lot, and I may have forgotten a few, but I thought I'd use this song that first appears on The Wonder Years 1975 mix.

5. Favourite song by someone principally known as an actor

If I had a time machine and I could go back in time and sleep with anyone of my choice (I know, I'm not asking much) it'd be Goldie Hawn circa 1968. A more beautiful woman I have never seen..

6. A song from the year of your birth

Fox - S-S-Single Bed was number one in Australia the day I was born! Those Aussie's have great taste!

7. A song you wish you had written

A toss up between this and God Only Knows. Wavy Gravy went for that so I've gone for the majestic Waterloo Sunset.

8. Favourite non-love related song that you would undoubtedly put on a mixtape for a crush / loved one

The lyrics are so.... right!

9. A song in Space

This song is so infectious. Probably my favourite song of the 1990s

10. Song with a really clever title

I couldn't think past Zappa, Beefheart, Half Man Half Biscuit or They Might Be Giants for this category. This track fit well into the mix, so it went in..

11. A song that uses elements of another song without directly sampling the piece of music

Kevin Rowland originally claimed the riff of this song was not a sample of Zevon's Werewolves of London and any similarity was purely coincidental. Unfortunately Warren Zevon's lawyers and anyone else with 2 ears disagreed.

12. A song that makes no sense to you

I know, I know, it's not meant to..

13. A song about a political figure

A chorus of schoolchildren all singing 'ding dong the witch is dead' at the end never fails to make me smile..

14. A track by an artist you learned about from another ZerO mixer.

Where do I start, I've made 3 mixes solely devoted to this category, with a fourth on its way.

The inclusion of The Petals track is simply because I listened to Valis' 'The Longest Drink' mix a few days ago as the sun was beating down..

15. A song with a colour in the title

This has two colours in the title. And must be the first time the Inspiral Carpets organist gets a solo song put on ZerO..

16. A favourite song from a past mix you've posted

This is a great song that more than deserves a second outing. And it's almost June.

17. A song with a country / city in the title

I can't quite believe I've never used this track on a mix before.

18. A song you wish was written before / about you

Just a beautiful song.

19. A WTF moment, a song that stopped you in your tracks and really made you listen

Another beautiful song. I find his voice mesmerising..

20. A song for your funeral

You may think this is harsh. But I don't want my funeral to be a celebration of my life. I want tears, lots of them. And with Satie's Gymnopdie playing in the background there won't be a dry eye in the house.

I'm only half joking when I say this ;)

RS MF

The Like - He's Not A Boy

How Can We Hang On To A Dream

1. Floyd Cramer - On The Rebound
2. The Velvet Underground - Who Loves The Sun
3. Badly Drawn Boy - Something To Talk About
4. The Who - Baba O'Riley
5. Teenage Fanclub - Your Love Is The Place Where I Come From
6. Van Morrison - Bright Side Of The Road
7. Mel Torme - Comin' Home Baby
8. Bob Dylan - Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
9. Juliette Greco - Sous Le Ciel De Paris
10. Badly Drawn Boy - Silent Sigh
11. John Wesley Harding - I'm Wrong About Everything
12. Beth Rowley - You Got Me Wrapped Around Your Little Finger
13. Smog - Cold Blooded Old Times
14. Tim Hardin - How Can We Hang On To A Dream
15. Love - Always See Your Face
16. Paul Westerberg - Born For Me
17. The Pogues - Fiesta
18. Rod Stewart - Mama You Been On My Mind
19. Harry J Allstars - Liquidator
20. The Velvelettes - Needle In A Haystack
21. Brenda Lee - Sweet Nothin's
22. Sheila Nicholls - Fallen For You

Yesterday evening me and the missus settled down in front of the telly to watch 'An Education' the recent film starring the very beautiful Carey Mulligan. 2 Minutes into the film and already my mind had settled firmly on downloading the soundtrack to the film as soon as it had finished.

The song playing over the opening sequence was new to me. It was 'On The Rebound' by Floyd Cramer. And I loved it.

It occurred to me that I'd enjoyed the all soundtracks to all the films based on books or screenplays of Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, Fever Pitch and About A Boy. And I reckoned I could make a pretty great mix featuring the picks of each of the 4 soundtracks, with a couple of songs featured in his book '31 Songs' thrown in for good measure.

Here's the result. A mix so strong that it couldn't even find room for 'Dry The Rain' by The Beta Band, one of my all time favourite tracks. It has been used on a mix by myself before though, and at 6 minutes+ I would have had to lose 2 other tracks from the mix, which I just couldn't do.

Tracks 1, 7, 9, 12 & 21 taken from 'An Education' OST

Tracks 2, 11, 13, 15 & 22 taken from 'High Fidelity' OST

Tracks 3 & 10 taken from 'About A Boy' OST

Tracks 4, 6, 14, 17 & 19 taken from 'Fever Pitch' OST

Tracks 5, 8, 16, 18 & 20 taken from the book '31 Songs' by Nick Hornby

RS MF

I Found A Better Life In Memories

1. Miike Snow - Animal
2. Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work
3. Passion Pit - The Reeling
4. Micachu - Just In Case
5. Lo-Fi-Fnk - The End
6. The Ruby Suns - Haunted House
7. Those Dancing Days - Hitten
8. Audio Bullys - Only Man
9. Bombay Bicycle Club - Always Like This
10. Dan Black - Symphonies
11. Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better
12. Kisses - Bermuda
13. I'm From Barcelona - Oversleeping
14. Surfer Blood - Swim
15. A.C Newman - There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve
16. The School - Is He Really Coming Home
17. Erland Oye - Sheltered Life (with soviet)
18. The I Live The Life Of A Movie Star Hideout - Lotus Eaters

Introducing the second sammyg123 and natalyesaurus collaboration (since the first one went so well). The theme is a bit about nostalgia, a bit about growing old, a bit about the life that has been lived and the life yet to live, and all the things that come along with it.

Title pulled by Natalye out of a line from the Kisses song, and the artwork was designed by Sam. Natalye is odds, Sam is evens.

RS MF

Step Back!

1. Moby - Why Does my Heart Feel so Bad
2. Wax Tailor - Leave It (Feat. Dionne Charles)
3. Concentric - Hit The Ground Recovering
4. Esther Phillips - Home Is Where The Hatred Is
5. Gil Scott-Heron - Lady Day & John Coltrane
6. Tony Clarke - Landslide
7. Bessonette - Barefootin'
8. Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real (12'' Mix)
9. Double Dee/Steinski - Lesson 1
10. Das EFX - They Want EFX
11. Kate Ryan - The Rain
12. Brian Reitzel & Roger Joseph Manning Jr - Islands In The Sky
13. Rip Rig & Panic - You're My Kind Of Climate
14. Pleasure - Out Of Love
15. General Larry Platt - Pants On The Ground (DJ Delirious Remix)
16. Groove Armada - Dan-Solo
17. Lexy - Up and Down
18. Ernest Saint Laurent - Step Back To The Past

A fourth collaboration between sammyg123 and DJ Karen (fifth if you include the Beat Girls and Gangsters Of Love Tug-o-Love)

And once again we've gotten our groove on. I take the evens, Karen is on the odds. Step Back!

RS MF

This has also been mixed, well, more blended into a single mp3 file also. Get that here