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The Friday Mixtape: Popdose Staff Edition

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To paraphrase an old adage: those who can, do, and those who can’t, write. For the last couple of years now, you’ve been good enough to come to our site every Friday and download all the really cool tracks that we’ve selected for the week’s Mixtape. This week we thought we’d change things up a bit. The fact is, a number of Popdose writers are musicians themselves; they can not only write — they can do, too. So we put out a call for songs from our writers, and got a a nice response, and a whole lot of great tunes. The talent level was a surprise even to us. (more…)

The Friday Mixtape: 7/10/09

Paying tribute to some songs that have had trouble making it across the pond. Not all of them, but too many of them, if you ask me.

Shed Seven – Speak Easy from Change Giver (1994)
Delays – Valentine from You See Colours (2006)
Attic Lights – Bring You Down from Friday Night Lights (2008)
The Bluebells – Cath from Sisters (1984)
The Divine Comedy – Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World from Victory for the Comic Muse (2006)
Cast – Magic Hour from Magic Hour (1999)
The Feeling – Sewn from Twelve Stops and Home (2007)
The Lightning Seeds – Like You Do from Dizzy Heights (1997)
Nik Kershaw – Radio Musicola (Extended Version) from Radio Musicola (1986)
Tenpole Tudor – Swords of a Thousand Men from Eddie, Old Bob, Dick & Gary (1981)
Julian Cope – Planet Ride from Saint Julian (1987)
The Wonder Stuff – Full of Life (Happy Now) from Construction for the Modern Idiot (1993)
Boomtown Rats – Another Sad Story from In the Long Grass (1985)
China Crisis – Blue Sea from Flaunt the Imperfection (1985)
Rialto – London Crawling from Night on Earth (2001)
The Hours – See the Light from See the Light (2009)

The Friday Mixtape: 5/15/09

I said I wouldn’t do it. I was called out, however, and if there’s one thing I’m not, that’s a punk. All my neon green hair fell out a long time ago. —Dw.

Ben Lee – Catch My Disease from Awake Is the New Sleep (2005)
Bleu – Could Be Worse from Redhead (2003)
Calexico – Ballad of Cable Hogue from Hot Rail (2000)
Devo – Devo Has Feelings Too from Smooth Noodle Maps (1990)
Fischerspooner – Never Win from Odyssey (2005)
Jethro Tull – Wond’ring Aloud from Aqualung (1971)
Kino – Holding On from Picture (2005)
Otis Redding – My Girl from Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965)
Robert Vaughn & the Shadows – Love Came Falling from Love and War (1985)
RPWL featuring Ray Wilson – Roses from Live: Start the Fire (2005)
Sean Watkins – Summer’s Coming from Blinders On (2006)
Spoon – The Fitted Shirt from Girls Can Tell (2001)
Super Furry Animals – Lazer Beam from Love Kraft (2005)
Tammy Faye Bakker – The Ballad of Jim and Tammy from the 12-inch single (1987)
Terry Scott Taylor – Writer’s Block from John Wayne (1998)
Vanden Plas – Phoenix from Beyond Daylight (2002)

The Friday Mixtape: 01/09/09

M. Ward – You Still Believe In Me from Transistor Radio (2005)
Me First and The Gimme-Gimmes – Coming to America from Have Another Ball (2008)
Neal Pattman – Momma Whoopin’ Blues from Prison Blues (1999)
Michelle Shocked – Can’t Take My Joy from Deep Natural (2002)
Dixie Hummingbirds – Personal Jesus from Still…Keeping It Real (2006)
Bob Schneider – Round And Round from Lonelyland (2001)
Aretha Franklin – Soul Serenade from Queen of Soul (1992)
Bel Auburn – Just Love from Lullabies in A & C (2006)
Cash Cash – Party In Your Bedroom from Take It to the Floor (2009)
Big Country – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (live) from Eclectic (1996)
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown – Ventilator Blues (feat. Sonny Landreth) from Paint It Blue: Songs of the Rolling Stones (1997)
Parliament – Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication from Mothership Connection (1976)
Sir Mix-a-Lot – My Hooptie from Seminar (1989)
Blind Willie Johnson – Praise God I’m Satisfied from The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (1993)
Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World (acoustic) from In-Studio Performance (1996)
Terry Anderson – Man, That Rocks from What Else Can Go Right (1996)