Cedar and I had dated for a couple of months. Unfortunately it didn't work out; but we managed to forge one of the most valuable friendships I have. I don't think she's ever gotten a mixed tape. In fact, I don't think she's even seen High Fidelity, which by hipster standards is somewhat of a crime. Our friendship at this point consists of mostly us calling each other or texting or emailing each other and letting each other know how our lives are going. We're huge moral support for each other to be better people. Everyone needs a friend like that. Someone who knows all the intimate details about you, and can tell you straight what they think you might need in your life, but can also listen to you.
Cedar is fairly political, was at the bush protest, and I thought she should have a very limited selection of political tracks on here. Political isn't generally where her music interests lie. Generally I decided to make it mostly about songs that we used to listen together. The first time I saw It Might Get Loud, it was with her, at the Princess Theater.
Side A
- Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks - Mothership (remasters) 2007
- Wintersleep - Oblivion - Welcome To The Night Sky 2008
- Them Crooked Vultures - New Fang - Them Crooked Vultures 2009
- The Dears - 22: Death Of All The Romance (live) - Thank You Good Night Sold Out 2004
- Feist - Lonely Lonely - Let It Die - 2005
- Coeur De Pirate - La Vie Est Ailleurs - Coeur De Pirate - 2008
- The Clash - English Civil War - The Singles (remasters) 2007
- The Shins - New Slang - Oh, Inverted World 2001
- Saosin - It's All Over Now - In Search Of Solid Ground - 2009
Side B
- Alice In Chains - Check My Brain - Black Gives Way To Blue 2009
- U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday (live) - Elevation Live From Boston 2001
- White Stripes - 300mph Outpour Blues - Icky Thump 2007
- Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon - Pawn Shoppe Heart 2004
- Againstme! - Even At Our Worst We're Still Better Than Most - Searching For A Former Clarity 2005
- Anti Flag - One Trillion Dollars - For Blood And Empire 2006
- Alexisonfire - Emerald Street - Old Crows Young Cardinals 2009
- Bedouin Soundclash - Gunships - Street Gospels 2007
- Matthew Good - On Nights Like Tonight - Vancouver 2009
- Gaslight Anthem - Great Expectations - '59 Sound 2008
I made a major faux pas on this one. Great Expectations runs out before it gets to the end. I thought I got enough of it not to do it over again. I found some really cool Matt Good rant for just before On Nights Like Tonight on youtube; something from when he used to do a rant on MuchMusic. I remember when I used to read his rant, the 'manifesto' on his website all the time, back in '99. There were no blogs then. I guess you could call him a pioneer. I used to put stuff on our own band website. I would get in shit a lot for that. Now everyone talks about everything and airs out all their dirty laundry. I think I'm safe airing mixed tape playlists.
Oh, and what does the title mean? I mean, I know it's a title of a Feist album, of which none of the songs make the tape. It's because I said I would go to Hawksley Workman with her (also doesn't appear on the tape) on March 14th. She emailed me to remind me the other day, or else I might have totally forgotten. Last time I saw Hawksley? With Jess, in March 2004, the same person I made the last tape for. You only go to Hawksley so you can stand beside someone you have a certain uneasy tension with.
I listened to it again today. I used to make mixed tapes for my friends, but I think the only two I ever received before this one were from my grade-four-best-friend and my dad.
ReplyDeleteHa, I was going to ask about the cut off at the end. I thought it was rather unlike you.
I'm going mad for Them Crooked Vultures these days. I think I'm going to pick up their album tomorrow.
Also, I really like the Againstme! track. Is their other stuff similar?
That certain uneasy tension, eh?
I'll see you at Hawksley, Ryan.
That specific Againstme! track is a little more soulful...no that's wrong. All their stuff is soulful. Here's the thing with that band; they evolve on every single album, yet it's still distinctly them. And with every single song it's distinctly them and no one else. I remember the first time I heard them; it was back in '02 on the AF records sampler. They had a rough non-album version of 'I Still Love You Julie' that was rerecorded for the 2002 album 'Reinventing Axl Rose' released by AP records before they moved to Fat Wreck Chords and eventually became so big they got signed to Sire. At that point, the recording on the AF sampler was just Tom Gabel and Kevin Mahon. Is their other stuff similar? Yes. It's heartfelt, and outspoken, and lo-fi, and with a lot of feeling, and seeing them at the Dinwoodie in 2007 was one of the best shows I've ever seen period.
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