I was asked to put together a mix or to contribute in some way to the
200+ strong Modyfier Blog series a while ago and after a long spat of
making the usual excuses about time constrictions I made this... a blend
of wierd of wierds sake.
Cue inflated gumpf:
"Music is so personal, and in turn so
endlessly subjective. It’s the personal relationship I have with music
that I wanted to explore, given that - to me at least - the nature of
these mixes is a little…different. It wasn’t planned at length or mused
over with a fine edit comb; it was recorded and arranged hastily in one
night.
For people who might have read my writing or those who
follow the blog for the specific kind of music it covers the choices
could be a little weird for weird’s sake, but it was a simple
exploration of a neglected record collection that bore it. Obviously
there are songs and artists I needed to include for whatever tenuously
personal reason, but the particular ‘sound’ I was looking for in all the
material exposed itself rather obviously to me at the time.
This
mixtape is dedicated to the memory of Ted Danson in Three Men and a
Baby; he lived the rawk’n’roll actor lifestyle hard but bolted at the
final hurdle. I’d rather be Steve Guttenberg from that film any day;
Selleck had the career, the sharp suits and the mustache but
Steve...Steve was the one with all the creative flair."
01.
Gerhard Trede - Technischer Bewegungsablauf (mlr’s Ted Danson edit)
[Normal] 02. Foot Village - . (mlr’s Skip To The End edit) [Tome] 03.
Mountains - Map Table [Thrill Jockey] 04. Birdengine - Alone With
The Beast Folk [Drift Collective] 05. Hymie’s Basement - America
Won/America Two [LEX] 06. Skeletons & The Kings Of All Cities -
Fake Tits [Ghostly International] 07. Bill Callahan - Invocation Of
Ratiocination [Drag City] 08. Liars - It Fit When I Was A Kid [Mute] 09.
13&God - Superman On Ice [Anticon] 10. Instruments - Black Kite
[Free Download] 11. Sixtoo - Cue Burner/Soft Weapon [Bully] 12.
Soso - All The Useless Things These Hands Have Done [Endemik] 13.
Aesop Rock - Coma [Definitive Jux] 14. John Baker - Codename [Trunk]
>> Charles Bukowski Outburst 15. 10cc - I'm Not In Love
[Mercury]