It Came From 1982!

I made this mix for my cousin who was born in the glorious year of our lord 1982. Beforehand I did a little research and 1982 was basically one of the best years in music ever. Refute me if you must but I'm going to go ahead and make a pre-emptive "I beg to differ..."

1982

1. Suburban Home - The Descendents
2. Who Can It Be Now? - Men At Work
3. I Love Livin' In The City - Fear
4. PYT (Pretty Young Thing) - Michael Jackson
5. I Love Rock N Roll - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
6. Open Arms - Journey
7. Private Eyes - Hall & Oates
8. We're Only Gonna Die - Bad Religion
9. Young Turks - Rod Stewart
10. Don't You Want Me - The Human League
11. Talkback - Stiff Little Fingers
12. Know Your Rights - The Clash
13. Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Split Enz
14. Jack & Diane - John Cougar Mellencamp
15. Pay To Cum! - Bad Brains
16. Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen
17. Hand In Glove - The Smiths
18. Ghosts - The Jam
19. God Damn Job - The Replacements

Beer & Bullshit

Especially now that Summer has arrived who doesn't love to sit around, drink beer, and bullshit with friends? Well here's a mix to either stir up the conversation or to get drunk to, you decide.

Beer & Bullshit

1. 13 Cheers For Beer and Bullshit - On the Might Of Princes
2. Beer For Breakfast - The Replacements
3. Cryin' Into the Beer of a Drunk Man - New Bomb Turks
4. Crying In My Beer - Screeching Weasel
5. Drunk Mouth Kitchen Smile - The Lawrence Arms
6. Drunk Punk - This Bike is a Pipe Bomb
7. Drunken Butterfly - Sonic Youth
8. Drunken Lullabies - Flogging Molly
9. Drunken Third (Live) - Hot Water Music
10. Drunken Uncle - Charles Bronson
11. Get Drunk - Drag the River
12. Punch (Drunk) - Leatherface
13. Punch Drunk (Husker Du) - Charles Bronson
14. The Shape Of Drunks To Come - The Sainte Catherines
15. Showerbeers! - Bomb the Music Industry!
16. Sloppy Fucking Drunk - American Steel
17. Too Drunk To Dream - Whiskeytown
18. Warm Beer And Cold Women - Tom Waits

Sevens

I figured out in my early teens that some of the best songs on an album are track seven. Here are seven song sevens that I personally love. Number 7 is the ultimate number seven of all time!

Sevens - Mix

And We Thought That Nation States Were A Bad Idea - Propagandhi
choked and separated - Hot Water Music
No Children - The Mountain Goats
The Corpses Of Our Motivations - The Lawrence Arms
Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious - Against Me!
My Sweet Fracture - Saves The Day
Say It Ain't So - Weezer

Fired Side Chat - The Music Fortune Mix

Go to your generic default music player (let's be honest it's all Itunes) put it on random and push play. The mysteries of the universe will be revealed. Here are mine, some are funny, a couple are a bit too on the nose, and the rest are just plain creepy. Enjoy!

Fired Side Chat - The Music Fortune Mix

Q: What does next year have in store for you?
ain’t so lonely - Lucero

Q: What does your love life look like next year?
Achilles List – Fucked Up

Q: What do you say when life gets hard?
Dog at Large – Naked Raygun

Q: Song that reminds you of good times?
Cemetary Polka – Tom Waits

Q: What do you think when you get up in the morning?
Continent – Kind of Like Spitting

Q: What song will you dance to at your wedding?
Dig Me Out – Sleater-Kinney

Q: Song that reminds you of your first kiss?
On The Sacred Side – Black Eyes

Q: Your favorite saying?
Trains and Cops - TBIAPB

Q: Favorite place?
Girl Afraid – The Smiths

Q: Most Missed Memory?
Farmingvillians – Down in the Dumps

Q: What song describes your best friend?
Bryan’s World - Radon

Q: What song describes your ex?
Blue in Dallas – Mountain Goats

Q: Where would you go on a first date?
Last Call – As Friends Rust

Q: Drug of choice?
I Reach For Her Hand – J Church

Q: What song describes yourself?
Nose Over Tail – Alkaline Trio

Q: What is the thing you like doing most?
Austin Prison – Johnny Cash

Q: The song that best describes the president?
From Her Lips to God’s Ears – Against Me!

Q: Where will you be in 10 years?
Fired Side Chat – Dillinger Four

Q: Your love life right now?
In a World of Ghosts - Lemuria

Q: What is your state of mind like at the moment?
Heart, Liver, Lungs - Bananas

Q: How will you die?
Work in Prague - Collossal

Welcome to the Dog House

I am not currently inhabiting a dog house, but I have. And these songs either remind me of that feeling or of something I said to end up there. Welcome to the party, Anthony

Welcome to the Dog House - Mix

You Look Like I Need A Drink - Against Me!
Collect From Clark Kent - Braid
Better Half - Jeff Ott
Angels Of The Silences - Counting Crows
A Song Dedicated To The Memory of Stormy the Rabbit - Andrew Jackson Jihad
Never Again - Kelly Clarkson
A Gentleman Caller - Cursive
Letter of Resignation - The Weakerthans
Paris In Flames Thursday - Thursday
The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most - Dashboard Confessional
Holly Hox, Forget Me Nots - Saves The Day
Empty Picture Frame - Jets To Brazil
Ontario - The Mountain Goats

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Lazy Mayday Mix!

1. Train Train - Billy Bragg
2. Automatic - Scared of Chaka
3. Sorry To Keep You Waiting - The Methadones
4. Planet Earth Nineteen-Ninety-Four - The Copyrights
5. Waddlin' Around - King Khan & BBQ
6. Ghost Town - The Specials
7. Homogenized For Mass Consumption Or How My Youth Was Watered Down And Sold For Profit - New Bruises
8. Why is a Mouse? - Calcutta Bazaar
9. Unredemption Value - Future Virgins
10. Non Monumental - Young Livers
11. Runways - Cloak/Dagger
12. 1984 - The Brokedowns
13. Eye To Eye, Oh My! - The Sidekicks
14. Lipstick - Lemuria
    
15. Secondchance - Witches With Dicks
16. Let Freedom Ring - Ben Weasel and His Iron String Quartet
17. 28 Yrs. - Pretty Boy Thorson And The Falling Angels
18. Lozin' Must - Millencolin
19. Reconsider Me - Warren Zevon
20. No Compliance No Control - Turkish Techno
21. Thinking With My Heart - The Ergs!
22. Shambles - Off With Their Heads
23. Talkback - Stiff Little Fingers
24. Born & Raised - Fake Problems