Got That Feeling

1. The Band - Up On Cripple Creek
2. Todd Rundgren - Slut
3. Cracker - Low
4. The Velvet Underground - Temptation Inside Your Heart
5. Chocolate Watch Band - I'm Not Like Everybody Else
6. The Ettes - Crown Of Age
7. Dave Gahan - Dirty Sticky Floors
8. Ben Vaughn - Ain't Gonna Walk In The Shade
9. Pete Droge & The Sinners - Brakeman
10. She & Him - In The Sun
11. Pat Longo's Super Big Band With Frank Sinatra Jr - Fortune In Dreams
12. Mama Cass - Easy Come Easy Go
13. Sunshine Day - Sunshine Day
14. Loveletter - Forget That Girl
15. Soul Runners - Charley
16. Betty Renne - Bye Bye Baby
17. Roy Hall - Three Alley Cats
18. Charlie Feathers/Jody & Jerry - One Hand Loose
19. BB King - Ain't Nobody Home
20. Noonday Underground - Hello
21. Doug Sahm with the Sir Douglas Quintet - You're Doin' It Too Hard
22. The Chap - We Work In Bars
23. Bad Boy Bill - Got That Feeling
24. Corrine Bailey Rae - Paris Nights/New York Mornings

So, for years now, I’ve wanted to do an MAS mix with Sam. His stuff,

be it here, on AOTM or his terrific blog, is always impressive, full

of energy and, as if that wasn't enough, I lost count ages ago of all

the GREAT music he’s turned me on to…I once commented on one of

Sammy’s Brit Pop compilations that I thought the 25 tracks, all

brand-spanking new to me in terms of both artists and tracks,

were akin to a Rutles thing. How could there be so much rich, fun and

NEW catchy pop out there? Heck, I‘ve been waiting like 30 years for

Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s next studio album…

They don’t have a new one out yet, do they?…

And Sammy made me a big fan of the The Bristols, for which I’m forever indebted…

Anyway, this was great fun and I’ve been listening to it ad nauseum

since we wrapped it up a few weeks ago. I’m still more than a bit

exhausted having struggled to keep up with Sam. Kinda like playing a

few sets with Nadal or 18 with Tiger…Good luck with that, right..?

So, in the grand tradition of other memorable duos like Cheech and

Chong….Fish and Chips…Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde…Lewis and Clark and, of

course, Leopold and Loeb, here‘s Sammy and The Radioguy…

Enjoy!

Notes from Sammy

Wow, Ken. After that glowing praise, I'm..... Speechless!

RS MF

Geek Chic

1. Pulp - Do You Remember The First Time
2. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
3. Devo - Jocko Homo
4. Silver Sun - Lava
5. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
6. Graham Coxon - Freakin' Out
7. The Muffs - I'm A Dick
8. XTC - Science Friction
9. Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses
10. The Rentals - The Love I'm Searching
11. Gary Numan - Cars
12. Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator
13. Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
14. Weezer - Buddy Holly
15. Buddy Holly - Rave On
16. Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
17. The Futureheads - Le Garage
18. The Residents - Picnic Boy
19. OK Go - Here It Goes Again
20. They Might be giants - Destination Moon
21. Jonathan Coulton - I Feel Fantastic
22. Man Or Astroman - Put Your Finger In The Socket
23. Lemon Demon - Telekinesis
24. Say Hi To Your Mom - As Smart As Geek Is Chic Right Now

There has always been a solid geek presence in rock 'n roll, and they've always provided much counterbalance to the jock mentality that rock 'n roll so often celebrates. Without geeks, all our pop music would have been the work of bozo school captain types like David Lee Roth and other macho idiots with planet sized egos.

They would happily have turned rock 'n roll into one big playground where they were the bullies, showing off to impress girls, bench pressing 200-pound weights, admiring each others' grotesque physiques and turning nerds upside down for their lunch money, while simultaneously playing interminable and artless guitar solos.

So, the geek rock star provides the millions of oppressed teenagers out there with a much needed role model; study hard, wear those braces, get into difficult angular music and you, too, can get up on that stage and pull the chicks.

Here's a collection of some of my favourite music nerds / geeks. Whether they are justified in making my selection is a matter of opinion, of course. But each of these artists have that certain..... look.

RS MF

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

The 27 Club

1. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) [November 27 1942 - September 18 1970]
2. The Doors - Alabama Song [singer Jim Morrison December 8 1943 - July 3 1971]
3. The Rolling Stones - We Love You [guitarist Brian Jones February 28 1942 - July 3 1969]
4. Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGee [January 19 1943 - October 4 1970]
5. Nirvana - About A Girl [singer Kurt Cobain February 20 1967 - April 5 1994]
6. Hole - Violet [bassist Kristen Pfaff May 26 1967 - June 16 1994]
7. Manic Street Preachers - La Tristessa Durera (Scream To A Sigh) [guitarist Richard James Edwards December 1967 - presumed deceased c. February 1 1995]
8. Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses [drummer Pete de Freitas August 2 1961 - June 14 1989]
9. Badfinger - Come And Get It [guitarist Peter Ham April 27 1947 - April 25 1975]
10. Chris Bell - I Am The Cosmos [January 12 1951 - December 27 1978]
11. Minutemen - Anxious Mo-Fo [singer D. Boon April 1 1958 - December 22 1985]
12. The Stooges - 1970 [bassist Dave Alexander June 3 1947 - February 10 1975]
13. The Grateful Dead - Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) [keyboardist Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan September 8 1945 - March 8 1973]
14. Canned Heat - Goin' Up The Country [singer Alan 'Blind Owl' Wilson July 4 1943 - September 3 1970]
15. Spanky & Our Gang - Lazy Day [guitarist Malcolm Hale May 17 1941 - October 30 1968]
16. Dyke & The Blazers - Funky Broadway, Part 1 [singer Arlester 'Dyke' Christian June 13 1943 - March 13 1971]
17. Linda Jones - You Hit Me Like TNT [December 14 1944 - March 14 1972]
18. Bloodstone - Natural High [singer Roger Durham February 14 1946 - July 27 1943]
19. The Drifters - Up On The Roof [singer Rudy Lewis August 23 1936 - May 20 1964]
20. Jesse Belvin - Goodnight My Love [December 15 1932 - February 6 1960]
21. Robert Johnson - I'm A Steady Rollin' Man [May 8 1911 - August 16 1938]

The 27 Club is a name for a group of influential rock and blues musicians who all died at the age of 27.

The impetus for the club's creation were the deaths of a seemingly unusual number of prominent 27-year-old musicians within a two-year period of time, exactly: Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. Morrison and Jones died on the same date two years apart.

Kurt Cobain, who died in 1994, was later included by some, probably due to his popularity and his death occurring at the pinnacle of his career. Shortly before his death, he was heard to have quoted Neil Young, stating that ‘it’s better to burn out than to fade away’.

This mix features tracks from the 5 aforementioned musicians, along with choices from various other musicians who are members of this elusive club. Such as Robert Johnson, who was the first to pass away of all the artists on this mix, back in 1938. Chris Bell from Big Star, who died in a Car Crash just after Christmas, 1978.

D. Boon of the Minutemen who Lying down in the back of a van when it veered off road, he was ejected from the vehicle and broke his neck. And many others who died in such varied ways as being shot (Arlester Christian), suicide (Pete Ham), Diabetes (Linda Jones) and Carbon Monoxide poisoning (Malcolm Hale).

RS MF

Again Over It Over Again

1. The Music - New Instrumental
2. Josie - Your Funny Clothes
3. Jeanne Cherhal - Voilà
4. The Reduction Agents - 80's Celebration
5. Neon Heights & Zed J - 16 Again
6. Modular - Femme Fatale
7. Los Amigos Invisibles - Si Estuvieras Aquí
8. Big Hands Big Hearts - Maybe in the Holidays
9. The Radio Dept - Heaven's on Fire
10. Loney Dear - Ignorant Boy, Beautiful Girl
11. The Vines - Don't Listen To The Radio
12. Eliza Doolittle - Skinny Genes
13. Bombay Bicycle Club - You Already Know (feat. Kathryn Williams)
14. Fyfe Dangerfield - She Needs Me
15. The Blue Van - I Can Feel It
16. The Apples in Stereo - No One In the World
17. Ingenting - Släpp In Solen
18. Princeton - Sadie and Andy
19. The Penelopes - Ex-Money Tree Avenue
20. She & Him - Over It Over Again

A first collaboration between njr and myself. How many mixers have I teamed up with now? Must be 30+ , I'll count them all up one day. Anyway, this is one of the best I've been involved in. Full of great pop, this mix, definitely a keeper...

RS MF

Windsurfing

1. Handclaps and Harmonies - I Should Never
2. Atlas Sound - My Halo
3. Pearly Gatecrashers - Jim Morrison's Living Today
4. Phoenix - On Fire
5. Yoko Ono & Peaches - Kiss Kiss Kiss
6. Asteroid #4 - It's All OK
7. Pizzicato Five - Nata Di Marzo
8. Rainbow Ffolly - Go Girl
9. Idle Race - Lucky Man
10. Love - Orange Skies
11. Fabienne DelSol - Vilaines Filles Mauvais Garcons
12. Orwell - Elémentaire
13. Ooberman - Shorley Wall
14. Lucky Soul - Add Your Light To Mine, Baby
15. Skybox - Morning After Cuts
16. Dogs Die In Hot Cars - Man Bites Man
17. Archies - You Little Angel
18. Young Rascals - Groovin'

Well, after nigh on 5 years of posting my mixes on various sites on the internet, I feel it’s time to call it a day. Yes, this will be the final mix I submit on-line.

Thanks for all the great feedback I’ve had over the years, happy I made so many friends. I’ll miss you all, but it’s time to spend more time on my first love. Windsurfing.

RS MF

A Source of Guaranteed Happiness

1. Half Man Half Biscuit - Joy Division Oven Gloves
2. The Clean - Tally Ho
3. Jeff Beck - Hi-Ho Silver Lining
4. The Zombies - Tell Her No
5. Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings - Tell Me
6. Nerina Pallot - I Don't Want To Go Out
7. Sneaky Sound System - It's Not My Problem
8. Phoenix - 1901
9. Silverchair - Insomnia
10. Quasi - Our Happiness Is Guaranteed
11. Merlene Webber - No Happiness
12. Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band - Sissy Strut
13. Destra Garcia - Bacchanal
14. Djavan - Aquele Um
15. Manu Chao - Trapped By Love
16. Patience Africa & Peddlers - Lomfana Ngi Yamithanda
17. Busi & Ilanga - True Love
18. Tunng vs Taraf De Haidouks - Homecoming
19. Lo Jo and Django - Jah Kas Cool Boy
20. Django Django - Storm
21. Stephane Grappelli - Djangology
22. Detektivbyran - Honky Tonk of Wermland
23. Markscheider Kunst - Moryak
24. Tangerine Dream - Love On A Real Train

Sammy
I always knew a collaboration between myself and the estimable Mr Song would throw up an interesting and eclectic mix and I certainly wasn't disappointed. The first of many posts this, I hope.

Robert Song

For one so (relatively) young, I have always been impressed in the breadth and quality of Sam's mixes. On this our first collaboration, we have covered a lot of decades and genres.
I think I can say with some confidence that you should at least find one tune here that will be guaranteed to make you happy.

RS MF

Sunny Day Cookie Club

1. Messer Fur Frau Muller - Let's Smile But Stir
2. Tiny Masters Of Today - Pop Chart
3. Annemarie - Apple (Suicide On Your Stereo Set)
4. Boy Genius - Blame Love
5. The Loves - Sweet Sister Delia
6. The Zolas - You Better Watch Out
7. The Lovely Eggs - I Like Birds But I LIke Other Animals Too
8. Will Mono & Jan Joknie - Seks Vir Plesier
9. The Cookies - The Old Crowd
10. Pale Sunday - Shooting Star
11. OK Go - Before The Earth Was Round
12. Wire - Ex Lion Tamer
13. Balloon Farm - A Question Of Temperature
14. The Summer Sounds - One Last Kiss
15. Kaleidoscope - Flight from Ashiya
16. The Clientele - The Garden At Night
17. Wondermints - Knowing Me, Knowing You
18. Spaghetti Anywhere - Girlfriends with Boyfriends
19. Javelin - Vibrationz
20. The 10p Mixes - Sticky Disco
21. Meow Meow! - I Wonder What Went Wrong
22. Grizzly Bear - While You Wait For The Others
23. Summer Camp - Ghost Train
24. Sondre Lerche - Bluish

A milestone mix. This is the first mix that has been created on my Mac, which I purchased over 2 months ago. Being still more familiar with the PC set up, I've been doing most of my mixing/uploading and creating CD covers, and even finally submitting the final tracklist on my blog and ZerO on my old computer. But this is a 100% Mac only concoction. It's taken a lot more time than usual after encountering a few small hurdles but I did it and now I'm finally ready to make this permanent .

Thanks to a few people for their help over the past week, in particular Ed, and especially Deanna who finally showed me how easy things can be when you know what to do.

So, have the perils of putting this together detracted from my enjoyment of it? Luckily, no!

RS MF

One Hour Twenty

1. The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
2. The Kinks - Mr. Pleasant
3. The Minders - Pauline
4. The Pillbugs - The Milkman's Wife
5. Vampire Weekend - Holiday
6. Flight Of The Conchords - We're Both In Love With A Sexy Lady
7. Of Montreal - Your Magic Is Working
8. Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
9. The New Pornographers - Challengers
10. Benji Hughes - Ladies On Parade
11. R.E.M. - Can't Get There From Here
12. Wilco - Casino Queen
13. Dressy Bessy - Side 2
14. T. Rex - Jeepster
15. Edwin Moses - I Needed You
16. Neutral Milk Hotel - Glue
17. Honeybus - Black Mourning Band
18. I Am Kloot - Morning Rain
19. The Hollies - Heading For A Fall
20. Tommy Roe - It's Gonna Hurt Me

Following on from the mix by John K comes my own attempt at a last fm mix. As usual I’ve taken a track from each of my Top 20 artists on last fm and moulded them into a mix.

There’s certainly a few surprises on the list. The first being the number of my favourite acts not included – The Smiths, Roxy Music, Big Star, Rolling Stones, The Clash etc

I can attribute that to the rise of digital music. Pre 2006 all of my music was purchased on hard copy (CD, vinyl) and while I still listen to these on occasion, nowadays most of my music is purchased (or indeed not) digitally and listened to via the laptop or Mac.

Hence, some bands I was not aware of before this date (Pillbugs, Minders, Of Montreal) along with new acts (Vampire Weekend, Flight of the Conchords) feature highly.

The inclusion of acts such as Tommy Roe and Edwin Moses over established acts can be put down to mix making. Nowadays I often choose to listen to mixes over actual albums I’ve heard before, and I’m always on the lookout for new music to then share with others via my mixes. Of course I’ll often go back to old favourites such as the Beatles and Kinks, but generally I want to hear new sounds..

The mix is exactly one hour long, and every track I’ve used has never previously appeared on a Sammy mix. The only exception being the lovely Hollies song which certainly deserves a second outing..

RS MF

Cool Breeze

1. Dan Deacon - Snookered
2. Yeasayer - O.N.E
3. Caribou - Odessa
4. Lo-Fi-Fnk - Change Channel
5. Barbara Morgenstern - The Operator
6. Goldfrapp - Rocket
7. Katsen - Where Nobody Can Find Us
8. Discovery - So Insane
9. Junior Boys - In The Morning (ft. Andi Tomi)
10. Nottee - Control
11. The Golden Filter - Solid Gold
12. Delorean - Deli
13. Marsheaux - No Sence
14. Boy 8-Bit - Baltic Pine
15. Cold Cave - Life Magazine
16. Napoli is Not Nepal - People Call it Mantra
17. Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas - Boney M Down
18. Heartsrevolution - The Rose And Her Prince

Contemporary electronica. Track 1 here is probably my favourite new discovery of the year (it cam out last year). Track 2 my favourite song of this year from a fantastic album. Loads more fantastic stuff on here if you take the time...

RS MF

Warm Sky

1. Skybox - Buckets
2. The Finders Keepers - I'm Sure I'm Sure I'm Sure
3. Vampire Weekend - White Sky
4. Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work
5. Ash - True Love 1980
6. The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa
7. The Blow - The Long List Of Girls
8. The Very Most - Today It Is Even Better
9. El Goodo - Information Overload
10. The Sandwitches - Back To The Sea
11. Swimmers - A Hundred Hearts
12. Fanfarlo - I'm A Pilot
13. Casiotone For the Painfully Alone - Optimist Vs. The Silent Alarm (When The Saints Go Marching In)
14. Club 8 - Western Hospitality
15. Brontosaurus Chorus - Louisiana
16. Taken by Trees - My Boys
17. Eux Autres - Other Girls
18. Bombay Bicycle Club - Always Like This
19. The Candle Thieves - The Sunshine Song
20. We Grow Up - Wrote It All Down In My Diary
21. Linus of Hollywood - Nice To Be Pretty
22. The Antlers - Two
23. Coeur de pirate - Comme des Enfants
24. Owen Pallett - Flare Gun

The first mix in a double post. This contains what has been in my head this month. Mainly guitar pop songs. Lots of little gems here..

RS MF

Feelin' Alright

1. Lord Rhamburn - Disco Connection
2. Incredible Bongo Band - Apache
3. Bettye LaVette - Soul Tambourine
4. Lee Fields & The Expressions - Ladies
5. Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So, Maybe No
6. Raphael Saadiq - Staying In Love
7. K'naan - Wavin' Flag
8. Prince - Controversy
9. Funkadelic - Kneedeep
10. Tantra - A Place Called Tarot
11. Curtis Mayfield - Can't Say Nothin'
12. Syl Johnson - Anyone But You
13. Lulu - Feelin' Alright
14. James Carr - That's What I Want To Know
15. Shirley Ellis - The Puzzle Song
16. The Sweet Thing - I'm In A World Of Trouble
17. George McCrae - You Can Have It All
18. Me One - In My Room
19. Kenny Carter - Showdown

It's been a while since I made a soul/funk mix. I was getting withdrawals! Shake your ass boys and girls!

RS MF

You'll Have A Boy Tonight

1. The Kabeedies - Lovers Ought To
2. The Dirty Projectors - No Intention
3. The Balconies - Serious Bedtime
4. Slow Club - Apples And Pairs
5. The Pains Of Being Pure At Hear - Teenager In Love
6. Sondre Lerche - Modern Nature
7. The New Pornographers - Miss Teen Wordpower
8. Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
9. Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane
10. The XX - Islands
11. Summer Cats - In June
12. Bon Iver & St Vincent - Rosalyn
13. Sneeze - Shaky Ground
14. Mates Of State - Now
15. Bodies Of Water - These Are The Eyes
16. The Postal Service - Nothing Better
17. Ben Folds - You Don't Know Me (feat Regina Spektor)
18. Owl City - The Saltwater Room
19. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Sometimes Always
20. Metric - The Twist

This is the first collaboration with sammyg123 and natalyesaurus, and you can definitely believe it won't be the last. The idea behind it was simple: songs that feature both male and female vocals. A little girls and boys if you will (just like the Blur song).

The title is taken from a line in the Belle and Sebastian song, because Sam likes coming up with titles the least and Natalye likes taking them from song lyrics. Although it's taken out of context, it mentions both male and female, making it the most applicable to the mix's theme (OK, maybe that's stretching it a little, but bear with us).

Notes from Sam: I had a good time compiling [this] and can't believe we left it so long before doing one. And...I think it's great!!

Notes from Natalye: I'm so glad I finally took the initiative to do an alt-dj with Sam and I can't believe how easily it flowed. I'm definitely biased, but I echo Sam's sentiments in that this mix is excellent from start to finish!

RS MF