mix-tapes

OK, here's something interesting to talk about: mix-tapes.

Right now I'm listening to a mix tape (CD) I made for a job I was doing once where we needed "party" music. Since I have a personal issue with most "party" music, I made a CD of what I would want to hear. Mostly because I could, and get a way with it too. On this tape? Here we go:

Waterboys, Bjork, Belle and Sebastien, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Electralene, Elliot Smith, Death Cab for Cutie, Pavement, Bobby Bland, the Jayhawks, 5678s, Ella Fitzgerald, Janis Joplin, Flaming Lips, Chris Isaac and Kate Bush.

Ha! Party music! That's what happens if you put ME in charge...

Interesting bands that have either just come back into my head or come across my desk for the first time lately:

Brian Jonestown Massacre (from watching Dig!)
Arcade Fire. Don't know what I think of them yet, haven't been able to listen to much, but I like some of the footage from their shows.
Camera Obscura. Ok this is an old one, but I'm re-experiencing it lately, and liking it...
Feist. Shockingly, I had no idea she was big until I heard her Let it Die Cd in Chapters. I really didn't know! But I still like the album. I've gotten over the "they're not cool unless no one knows about them" syndrome of my early 20s.

Well, here we go, now I feel like I'm getting into it... I do have interests after all...