mixtapes and musings
Go see The Dark Knight. This week’s mix has two different faces. (Yeah, I know that was pretty bad.)
Foo Fighters - My Hero
Bonnie Tyler - I Need A Hero
David Bowie - Heroes
Daft Punk - Superheroes
Ratatat - Black Heroes
The Steve Miller Band - The Joker
Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy, Pt. 2
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
Radiohead - Lucky
Massive Attack - Protection
Spoon - Chicago at Night
Explosions in the Sky - Greet Death
So while I was enjoying lunch at work (minding my own business, of course) I was called out by a certain coworker. She commented that my About page is not true, that it is in fact a lie! For those that don’t read links, the page states:
I’m not really a pretentious hipster. I just play one on the internet.
Rather than make a direct response, I shall simply release my new mix for the week. A mix full of pop music! It has some of my favorite one hit wonders and timeless, drunken karaoke classics spanning three decades. I’m starting to sound like a Time Life infomercial. Continue reading ‘PoP! Goes My Heart’
A mixtape full of sick beats and phat grooves and some other hackneyed vernacular referring to the indietronica scene and the remixing of the indietronica scene. I’m really just making up words right now since it’s so late. (Early?)
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (MSTRKRFT Remix)
Metric - Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT Mix)
Bee Gees - Stayin’ Alive (Teddybears Remix)
Ratatat - Wildcat (E*vax Remix)
Cut Copy - Lights & Music (Moulinex Remix)
Beck - Ghettochip Malfunction (Hell Yes) [8bit Remix]
Crystal Castles - Crimewave (Lazrtag Remix)
Ladytron - Weekend (James Iha Mix)
VHS Or Beta - Night On Fire (Cut Copy Remix)
MGMT - Kids (tyler fedchuk edit)
Muse - Map Of The Problematique (Does It Offend You, Yeah? Remix)
Air - Cherry Blossom Girl (Simian Mobile Disco Mix)
In other awesome related news, you can now go into the settings for muxtape and your listening to my mix will then be scrobbled to your last.fm profile! Everyone will know that you listened to a remix of a Bee Gees song! Honestly, if a song you listened to isn’t scrobbled to your last.fm, did you really listen to it? Are you sure? It’s very similar to the tree falling in the woods, but no one to hear it type situation.
Another week, another cover songs mixtape. Some quite good, some of rather dubious quality. You be the judge!
Of Montreal - Final Countdown (Europe)
The Polyphonic Spree - Lithium (Nirvana)
Nickel Creek - Just (Radiohead)
Petra Haden - Thriller (Michael Jackson)
The Watson Twins - I Summon You (Spoon)
Death Cab For Cutie - All Is Full Of Love (Björk)
Muse - Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths)
Death Cab For Cutie - This Charming Man (The Smiths)
The Watson Twins - Just Like Heaven (The Cure)
We Are Scientists - Hoppípolla (Sigur Rós)
M. Ward - Let’s Dance (David Bowie)
Of Montreal - Raspberry Beret (Prince)
And here’s another week of me pretending to be Zach Braff or Cameron Crowe. Although this week’s influence is clearly more Cameron Crowe with me borrowing his choice of the opening scene from Vanilla Sky.
the opening scene - with the protagonist in his perfect world
the strip club scene - where he meets his partner in crime
the planning scene - done in a montage…montage!
the bank heist scene - with band in cameo as customers
the car chase scene - with peugeots, renaults, and vauxhalls
the happy, drugged out scene - swimming in a vault of gold coins
the casino scene - playing pot limit omaha shorthanded
the losing it all scene - with the robbers being robbed
the aftermath scene - anger and going separate ways
the downward spiral scene - depression and lots of drinking
the redemption scene - with an improbably complicated plan that goes off without a hitch leaving everything nicely tied up and everyone happy
the end credits - with the tease of something cool at the end
The movie is a combination of Oceans 11, Ronin, Heat, and Leaving Las Vegas…but happier! 
Here’s the listing of the actual track names.
Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place
Goldfrapp - Ooh La La
Devotchka - Vengo! Vengo!
Spoon - Don’t Make Me A Target
Bloc Party - Banquet Phones Disco Edit
Fiery Furnaces - Straight Street
Wolf Parade - This Heart’s On Fire
My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World
Elliott Smith - Between the Bars
Explosions in the Sky - First Breath After Coma
Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
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