The Weekly Mixtape: 3/11/11 (Paving Memory Lane)

Rob Smith March 11, 2011 11


Memory Lane has potholes deeper than sinkholes, stuff that never quite gets repaired.

One Friday night, I went for a walk. Turned the corner at Memory and Luck, stepped off the sidewalk, and down I went. Tripped so easily; fell so far. Didn’t think I’d ever hit bottom.

They didn’t find me until Monday morning. No one had thought to look for me there.

It was the best weekend I’d had in years.

Lida Husik – Fly Stereophonic, from Fly Stereophonic (1997)
Soul Coughing – Down to This, from Ruby Vroom (1994)
Cornershop – Sleep on the Left Side, from When I Was Born for the 7th Time (1997)
Folk Implosion – Natural One, from Kids Soundtrack (1995)
Garbage – Queer, from Garbage (1995)
Moby – Feeling So Real, from Everything is Wrong (1994)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Fuck Shit Up, from Now I Got Worry (1996)
Beck – Sexx Laws, from Midnite Vultures (1999)
Mekons – Club Mekon, from The Mekons Rock ‘N’ Roll (1989)
Breeders – Lord of the Thighs, from “Cannonball” single (1993)
Liz Phair – Rocket Boy, from Stealing Beauty Soundtrack (1996)
Sonic Youth – Bull in the Heather, from Experimental Jet Set, Trash, and No Star (1994)
Sleater-Kinney – It’s Enough, from Dig Me Out (1997)
Fun-Lovin’ Criminals – Scooby Snacks, from Come Find Yourself (1996)
The Crystal Method – Busy Child, from Vegas (1997)
Everything but the Girl – Flipside, from Walking Wounded (1996)
Massive Attack – Safe from Harm, from Blue Lines (1992)
Golden Palominos – No Skin, from Pure (1994)
Portishead – Wandering Star, from Dummy (1994)

  • Matt

    Awesome, Rob!

  • jamesballenger

    I love this mix, It’s like me from 15 years ago made a mix!

  • EightE1

    Gladja like it, Matt. Thanks for sayin’ so.

  • EightE1

    LOL. Hope the flux capacitor got you back to 1996 safely.

  • discoskull

    Quality mix!!! Brings me back to when I first started listening to alt rock radio when I was a kid. Thanks

  • EightE1

    The pleasure is mine. Enjoy!

  • JT

    wow wow wow! Great mix (though the Moby song sounds really dated, and somewhat fromage at this point)..Scooby Snacks…safe from harm!! so good!

  • EightE1

    I see what you mean, but I love Everything is Wrong. Couldn’t do something like this without including something off that one. There’s another mix I’m thinking about that has “Into the Blue” somewhere in it; that one was always my favorite.

    Thanks for the comment.

  • Anonymous

    Yay! :)

    Here I was gonna sit and watch HGTV all night… but listening to this awesomeness is a MUCH better plan. So glad I popped over!

    Thanks, Mr. Rob!

  • Dw Dunphy

    Not that watching HGTV is such a bad thing either…

  • Anonymous

    Ha, very true. I do love me some HGTV (almost too much).