The Slowness Of A Life, The Quickness Of A Liftetime
while living with someone for years, one loses the interest to make mix cds. it seems silly when for the most part you share the same music collection, and he/she is going to hear what you are listening to anyway. i haven't made an honest to god mix cd in nearly three years, and it has been one of the things i have missed the most.
for the last three years i have been dragging selected songs into a folder on iTunes. i basically hear 2-5 new albums a week, most of these i take one song from and put them in this folder. this went on and on for years, the folder unchecked. while separating cds out with Rachel i happened to open this folder, and to my amazement found almost 20 or so gigs worth of an unsorted playlist. after nearly a month of spare time, i minimized the playlist into four cds...all of which have a pretty specific theme, inspired by the last three years of my life and especially the last month or so.
but really when it comes down to it, it's the cd packaging that i love the most. i took most of the day to lay this all together; high gloss photo stock, rubber cement, a good deal of swearing, remembering why i hate Illustrator, and the good part of a set of ink cartridges later i ended up with this:
for the last three years i have been dragging selected songs into a folder on iTunes. i basically hear 2-5 new albums a week, most of these i take one song from and put them in this folder. this went on and on for years, the folder unchecked. while separating cds out with Rachel i happened to open this folder, and to my amazement found almost 20 or so gigs worth of an unsorted playlist. after nearly a month of spare time, i minimized the playlist into four cds...all of which have a pretty specific theme, inspired by the last three years of my life and especially the last month or so.
but really when it comes down to it, it's the cd packaging that i love the most. i took most of the day to lay this all together; high gloss photo stock, rubber cement, a good deal of swearing, remembering why i hate Illustrator, and the good part of a set of ink cartridges later i ended up with this:
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At the request of a few people I decided to put the track-list in. Now, this is kind of hard to explain....since the mix cd isn't for me, the tracks aren't for me either. Some of these songs i hate in fact, and some are old old jokes that i barely even understand anymore. I guess really all in all it is the first cd i have ever made for anyone that wasn't just to show off a music collection, but was actually FOR that person.
Part I:
1. Dntel - This Is The Dream Of Evan And Chan
2. The Zombies - What More Can I Do?
3. The Mountain Goats - This Year
4. Belle & Sebastian - Don't Leave The Light On Baby
5. T. Rex - Jeepster
6. Jolie Holland - Goodbye California
7. Smog - Rock Bottom Riser
8. Silversun Pickups - Common Reactor
9. Badly Drawn Boy - Silent Sigh
10. The Eels - Electro-Shock Blues
11. Pernice Brothers - One Foot In The Grave
12. MC5 - I Don't Mind
13. The Aluminum Group - Pretty Mouth And Green My Eyes
14. Air - Mer Du Japon
15. Wolf Parade - Shine A Light
16. Wilco - Jesus, Etc.
17. Tom Waits - San Diego Serenade
Part II:
1. Grandaddy - A.M. 180
2. Iron & Wine - Each Coming Night
3. Smog - Morality
4. The Shins - Call To Apathy
5. Dar Williams - You Won't See Me
6. The Weakerthans - Please From A Cat Named Virtue
7. Radiohead - Everything In It's Right Place
8. Broken Social Scene - KC Accidental
9. Weezer - Tired Of Sex
10. Tom Waits - Baby Gonna Leave Me
11. Sun Kil Moon - Dramamine
12. Bruce Springsteen - All I'm Thinkin' About
13. Mojave 3 - Any Day Will Be Fine
14. Old 97's - Singular Girl
15. The Broken Family Band - Kissing In The Rain
16. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Hard Life
17. Cat Power - Sea Of Love
Part III:
1. ELO - Mr. Blue Sky
2. Feist - Gatekeeper
3. Midlake - Young Bride
4. Wilco - Outtasite (Outta Mind)
5. John Mayall - What'd I Day?
6. Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone With You
7. CocoRosie - Bear Hides And Buffalo
8. My Morning Jacket - Wordless Chorus
9. Neutral Milk Hotel - Gardenhead / Leave Me Alone
10. The Shins - We Will Become Silhouettes
11. Bob Dylan - If You See Her Say Hello
12. Old 97's - Lonely Holiday
13. The Mountain Goats - Dance Music
14. The Beach Boys - Wild Honey
15. Al Green - What Am I Gonna Do With Myself?
16. Kings Of Convenience - Homesick
Part IV
1. The Billy Nayer Show - The Baby In The Jar
2. Junior Brown - Venom Wearin' Denim
3. Ette James - Next Door To The Blues
4. Michael Andrews - Signs
5. The Byrds - You Don't Miss Your Water
6. Pernice Brothers - The Weakest Shade Of Blue
7. Teitur - Great Balls Of Fire
8. The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
9. Ted Leo - Since You Been Gone
10. Lionel Belasco - Iris
11. Pedro The Lion - Bad Diary Days
12. Rhett Miller - Wave Of Mutilation
13. Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Dark
14. The Flamin' Groovies - Scratch My Back
15. The Gossip - Gone
16. The Arcade Fire - My Body Is A Cage
Part I:
1. Dntel - This Is The Dream Of Evan And Chan
2. The Zombies - What More Can I Do?
3. The Mountain Goats - This Year
4. Belle & Sebastian - Don't Leave The Light On Baby
5. T. Rex - Jeepster
6. Jolie Holland - Goodbye California
7. Smog - Rock Bottom Riser
8. Silversun Pickups - Common Reactor
9. Badly Drawn Boy - Silent Sigh
10. The Eels - Electro-Shock Blues
11. Pernice Brothers - One Foot In The Grave
12. MC5 - I Don't Mind
13. The Aluminum Group - Pretty Mouth And Green My Eyes
14. Air - Mer Du Japon
15. Wolf Parade - Shine A Light
16. Wilco - Jesus, Etc.
17. Tom Waits - San Diego Serenade
Part II:
1. Grandaddy - A.M. 180
2. Iron & Wine - Each Coming Night
3. Smog - Morality
4. The Shins - Call To Apathy
5. Dar Williams - You Won't See Me
6. The Weakerthans - Please From A Cat Named Virtue
7. Radiohead - Everything In It's Right Place
8. Broken Social Scene - KC Accidental
9. Weezer - Tired Of Sex
10. Tom Waits - Baby Gonna Leave Me
11. Sun Kil Moon - Dramamine
12. Bruce Springsteen - All I'm Thinkin' About
13. Mojave 3 - Any Day Will Be Fine
14. Old 97's - Singular Girl
15. The Broken Family Band - Kissing In The Rain
16. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Hard Life
17. Cat Power - Sea Of Love
Part III:
1. ELO - Mr. Blue Sky
2. Feist - Gatekeeper
3. Midlake - Young Bride
4. Wilco - Outtasite (Outta Mind)
5. John Mayall - What'd I Day?
6. Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone With You
7. CocoRosie - Bear Hides And Buffalo
8. My Morning Jacket - Wordless Chorus
9. Neutral Milk Hotel - Gardenhead / Leave Me Alone
10. The Shins - We Will Become Silhouettes
11. Bob Dylan - If You See Her Say Hello
12. Old 97's - Lonely Holiday
13. The Mountain Goats - Dance Music
14. The Beach Boys - Wild Honey
15. Al Green - What Am I Gonna Do With Myself?
16. Kings Of Convenience - Homesick
Part IV
1. The Billy Nayer Show - The Baby In The Jar
2. Junior Brown - Venom Wearin' Denim
3. Ette James - Next Door To The Blues
4. Michael Andrews - Signs
5. The Byrds - You Don't Miss Your Water
6. Pernice Brothers - The Weakest Shade Of Blue
7. Teitur - Great Balls Of Fire
8. The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
9. Ted Leo - Since You Been Gone
10. Lionel Belasco - Iris
11. Pedro The Lion - Bad Diary Days
12. Rhett Miller - Wave Of Mutilation
13. Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Dark
14. The Flamin' Groovies - Scratch My Back
15. The Gossip - Gone
16. The Arcade Fire - My Body Is A Cage
posted by matthew at 8:03 PM
5 Comments:
The texture on the cases is amazing. I wish I were as inventive as you are. I would be interested in seeing a track list (or four) too.
seconded on the awesome packaging. thats a good idea, i might start doing that with my mixes. I have a similar mix making system. i keep a playlist of songs that strike me as unusually brilliant and every month i try and compile them together into a seamless mass. but i have fallen a few months behind and now have about 50 songs that need sorting through.
and yes, i still make mixes somewhat for the purpose of flexing imaginary indie muscles. and yes, i do count the number of downloads from my file sharing site. and yes, admitting this makes me feel a bit ashamed and then slightly superior and then a bit more ashamed.
anyway, i like the packaging.
Lionel Belasco is wonderful.
The sleeve looks great!
Amazing packaging! I wish I had a printer/ink/paper that could make something that pretty. And eerie-- we have almost identical taste in music :)
the playlists look (sound?) amazing.
i haven't kept up with your life in years. i don't know what provoked me to look now. your guess as to who this is.
i most likely won't prod again.
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