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For this week's mix, I grabbed a wodge of 7-inch singles off the shelves and stacked them in a pile where I couldn't see what they were. My singles are not alphabetized. They do tend to cluster in areas of vaguely similar genres or eras. The challenge was to run through in the order of the pile and choose a song for the mix in a sequence that would flow and make musical sense. I allowed myself to skip a single for any reason, but not to change the order of the tracks, nor was I allowed to look ahead to see what was coming up. Does it work? I think it works. There's a thread of period-specific minor-key melancholy (or sentimentality) interrupted by outbursts of rage and apathy – an aural snapshot of a certain time of life.
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1. magic valley - taking the heart out of love 0:00
2. the sweet - man from mecca 3:22
3. mumps - that fatal charm 6:08
4. verlaines - cd, jimmy jazz and me 10:10
5. the fall - it's the new thing! 16:37
6. ramones - i don't want to be learned (demo) 19:54
7. robert wyatt - memories of you 20:53
8. last words - every school boy's dream 23:52
9. the baytowners - just goes to show how wrong you can be 26:19
10. amory kane - you were on my mind 28:29
11. slapp happy featuring anthony moore - mr. rainbow 33:09
12. gasoline - radio flic 37:05
13. kahvas jute - free 38:37
14. thug - thug 42:25
15. lee dorsey - gaitor tail 45:23
16. throbbing gristle - united 48:22
17. unrelated segments - where you gonna go 52:29
18. the rotters - sit on my face stevie nicks 55:16
19. les irrésistibles - baby i need you back again 57:31
20. magnetic fields - why i cry 1:00:35
21. the last - up in the air 1:04:07
22. crystalized movements - through a glass 1:06:56
23. the hollies - listen to me 1:10:27