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Archiving the Past…

…in which I talk about the ultimate mix tape (er, CD).

The Black SideMix tapes, who among us that grew up in the 80’s (or ealier) hasn’t made at least one mix tape for a friend, platonic or otherwise. I used to make mix tapes for all of my friends simply because I had a more eclectic taste in music than most of my peers and I love to introduce people to new things. About seven years ago, my wife’s nephew was young, impressionable, and very interested in my tastes in music, so I made what can only be called the ultimate mix CD. It was the culmination of all of my musical history and design sensibilities. In an effort to keep this project alive years after it’s disappearance (as I have no idea where it lives at this time), I am going to repost the track listing as accurately as possible.

…in which I talk about the ultimate mix tape (er, CD).

The Black SideMix tapes, who among us that grew up in the 80’s (or ealier) hasn’t made at least one mix tape for a friend, platonic or otherwise. I used to make mix tapes for all of my friends simply because I had a more eclectic taste in music than most of my peers and I love to introduce people to new things. About seven years ago, my wife’s nephew was young, impressionable, and very interested in my tastes in music, so I made what can only be called the ultimate mix CD. It was the culmination of all of my musical history and design sensibilities. In an effort to keep this project alive years after it’s disappearance (as I have no idea where it lives at this time), I am going to repost the track listing as accurately as possible.

As a part of this immense collection, I created a full packaging ensemble for it. The BookI bough two six-disk cases and created art for all visible surfaces and even wrote a book detailing why each song was chosen in the collection. The book was composed while listening to the music, and thus has a kind of stream of consciousness feel. It was intended to be read as you listened to the music. The book, of course, was no simple matter either, being laid out with graphics and even hand bound. Finally, I wrapped the entire thing in a slip case to hold it all, again with full artwork. All the artwork, I will admit, was appropriated from various anime resources, but re-colored, re-composed, or re-edited to work with the new layout.

This is not what I would call a traditional blog entry, but it’s something I want to share and remember. Be forewarned, this was a twelve disk collection. Be sure to scroll all the way to the end of the track listing for a surprise…


Disk One

  1. I Want 2 Talk (dialogue: unknown)
  2. Moby – Bodyrock
  3. Reverend Horton Heat – Baddest of the Bad
  4. The Man’s Loco (dialogue: unknown)
  5. Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank
  6. Anita Kelsey – Sway
  7. Camper Van Beethoven – Take the Skinheads Bowling
  8. Boom Boom Satellites – Limbo
  9. Orbital – Halcyon (live)
  10. Jocelyn Pook – Masked Ball
  11. björk – It’s Oh So Quiet
  12. Oingo Boingo – Dead Man’s Party
  13. Paul Pena w/ Ondar – What You Talkin’ About
  14. 10,000 Maniacs – Circle Dream
  15. Depeche Mode – People are People
  16. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Yertle the Turtle
  17. The Cure – Lullaby
  18. Aimee Mann – One
  19. Make Like a Tree (dialgue: Back to the Future)

Cover OneDisk Two

  1. Baz Luhrmann – Bazmark Fanfare
  2. Oingo Boingo – No Spill Blood
  3. Santana – Put Your Lights On
  4. Drew Carey and Cast – A Taste of Honey (rehersal)
  5. Everybody Be Cool (dialogue: Pulp Fiction)
  6. Fishbone – Party at Ground Zero
  7. Chris Isaak – Baby Did A Bad Thing
  8. L.A. Style – James Brown Is Dead
  9. Dean Martin – You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You
  10. Donna Summer – Hot Stuff
  11. Pogues – Hells Ditch
  12. Geinoh Yamashirogumi – Kaneda
  13. Take a Leak (dialgue: unknown)
  14. Boingo – War Again
  15. The Blasters – Dark Night
  16. Esquivel – Sentimental Journey
  17. Oingo Boingo – Return of the Dead Man
  18. Infectious Grooves – You Pick Me Up (Just To Throw Me Down) ‘Therapy’
  19. Utah Saints – States of Mind
  20. Dead Can Dance – Cantara
  21. The Ghastly Ones – Pacific Ghost Highway…
  22. The Ghastly Ones – Haulin’ Hearse
  23. Tower of Power – What is Hip

Disk Three

  1. Prodigy – Intro
  2. Hans Zimmer – Bare Island
  3. The Presidents of the United States of America – George of the Jungle
  4. The Timelords – Doctorin’ the Tardis
  5. Mark Knopfler – The Friends’ Song
  6. Tom Jones – Mama Told Me Not To Come
  7. The Immortals – Techno Syndrome
  8. Tori Amos – Precious Things
  9. Pet Shop Boys – Opportunities
  10. Violent Femmes – Kiss Off
  11. Everclear – Local God
  12. Chumbawumba – Mary Mary
  13. Love Spit Love – How Soon is Now
  14. Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard – Now We Are Free
  15. George Clinton – If Anybody Gets Funked Up
  16. Pogues – The Wake of the Medusa
  17. Trevor Jones – Into the City
  18. Why Does Evil Win? (dialogue: unknown)
  19. Pink Floyd – Dogs of War

Disk Four

  1. Gone Jackals – Legacy
  2. Faith No More – Easy
  3. Ash – Kung Fu
  4. Indigo Girls – Galileo
  5. Queen – Princes of the Universe
  6. Dick Dale and His Del Tones – Misurilou
  7. Aimee Mann – Wise Up
  8. Fiona Apple – Sleep to Dream
  9. Morphine – Buena
  10. Ennio Morricone – Guns Don’t Argue
  11. Aristotle? Plato? Socrates? (dialogue: The Princess Bride
  12. Mark Snow – X-Files Theme
  13. Fatboy Slim – Demons
  14. Tripping Daisy – Blown Away
  15. Propellerheads – Spybreak!
  16. Hey Big Boy (dialogue: unknown)
  17. Danny Elfman – Squeezit the Moocher
  18. Clint Mansell – We Got the Gun
  19. Midnight Oil – Bullroarer
  20. Oingo Boingo – Return of the Dead Man 2
  21. Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Do Something Crazy

Cover TwoDisk Five

  1. Johnny Clegg & Savuka – Dela
  2. Tom Jones – You Can Leave Your Hat On
  3. Dead Can Dance – Severance
  4. Squirrel Nut Zippers – Hell
  5. Moby – Everloving
  6. björk – Hunter
  7. Trent Reznor – Driver Down
  8. Huggies (dialogue: Raising Arizona)
  9. Marylin Manson – I Put A Spell On You
  10. Soul Coughing – Circles
  11. Quindon Tarver – When Doves Cry
  12. Prodigy – Poison
  13. Danny Elfman – Dead Presidents (Montage)
  14. They Might Be Giants – Ana Ng
  15. Primus – Frizzle Fry
  16. Good Morning! (dialogue: unknown)
  17. Danny Elfman – The Simpsons
  18. Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime
  19. Fatboy Slim – The Weekend Starts Here

Disk Six

  1. Dave Matthews Band – Satellite
  2. How Cold Is It? (dialogue: Grumpy Old Men)
  3. Heart – Magic Man
  4. Brooklyn Bounce – Get Ready To Bounce
  5. Oingo Boingo – When the Lights Go Out
  6. Brendan Perry – The Captive Heart
  7. Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke – Tempest
  8. Soft Cell – Tainted Love
  9. One Ugly Dog (dialogue: unknown)
  10. The Crystal Method – High Roller
  11. Danny Elfman – Mission Impossible (Trouble)
  12. Hans Zimmer – Injection
  13. Kongar Ol Ondar – Good Horses
  14. Was (Not Was) – I Feel Better Than James Brown
  15. Lake Michigan (dialogue: unknown)
  16. Ween – Buenos Tardes Amigo
  17. The Dust Brothers – Space Monkeys
  18. MC 900 FT Jesus – The City Sleeps
  19. Ladies and Gentlemen (dialogue: unknown)

Disk Seven

  1. John Williams – 20th Century Fox Fanfare
  2. Paul Simon – Homeless
  3. 106 Miles (dialogue: The Blues Brothers)
  4. Link Wray & His Ray Men – Jack the Ripper
  5. Was (Not Was) – I Blew Up The United States
  6. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – I Wan’na Be Like You
  7. Apollo 440 – Stop the Rock
  8. Camper Van Beethoven – Pictures of Matchstick Men
  9. Melanie – Brand New Key
  10. Are You Sure? (dialogue: unknown)
  11. Moby – Everytime You Touch Me
  12. Danny Elfman – Edward Scissorhands (Main Titles)
  13. The Chemical Brothers – Let Forever Be
  14. Gipsy Kings – Hotel California
  15. Barenaked Ladies – Grade 9
  16. Ennio Morricone – Man With A Harmonica
  17. Jane’s Addiction – Idiots Rule
  18. Dirty Old Man (dialogue: unknown)
  19. Violent Femmes – Lies
  20. Cline Mansell – πr2
  21. Cherry Poppin Daddies – Ding-Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line
  22. John Zorn – The James Bond Theme
  23. Prodigy – One Love
  24. Tasty Wheat (dialogue: The Matrix)
  25. Pop Will Eat Itself – Ich Bin Ein Auslander

Cover ThreeDisk Eight

  1. Drew Carey – Moon Over Parma
  2. Baz Luhrmann – Now Until the Break of Day
  3. Salami and Baked Goods (dialogue: American Pie)
  4. Bad Religion – 21st Century (Digital Boy)
  5. Jamiroquai – Traveling Without Moving
  6. The Sound of Inevitability (dialogue: unknown)
  7. Damon Albarn & Michael Nyman – Boyd’s Journey
  8. Public Image Ltd. – Don’t Ask Me
  9. The Chieftains – The Rocky Road to Dublin
  10. The Dust Brothers – Stealing Fat
  11. Course of Empire – The Information
  12. Ween – Voodoo Lady
  13. KMFDM – Help Us-Save Us-Take Us Away
  14. Advice for College (dialogue: PCU)
  15. Carl Stalling – Music From Porky’s Preview (1941)
  16. David Bowie – Little Wonder
  17. Danny Elfman – Sucker For Mystery
  18. Filing and Collating (dialogue: unknown)
  19. Geinoh Yamashirogumi – Exodus From The Underground Fortress
  20. Youth Engine – Bleed
  21. Beck – Hotwax
  22. The The – Dogs Of Lust

Disk Nine

  1. Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – All I Ask of Myself
  2. Pink Floyd – A New Machine (Part 1)
  3. Jammies (dialogue: unknown)
  4. Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees
  5. Oingo Boingo – Nothing Bad Ever Happens
  6. Queen – Fat Bottomed Girls
  7. Nellie Hooper – Drive of Death
  8. Toad The Wet Sprocket – Nightingale Song
  9. Moloko – Fun For Me
  10. Latin Playboys – Forever Night Shade Mary
  11. Pink Floyd – A New Machine (Part 2)
  12. Poi Dog Pondering – Sound Of Water
  13. Light Speed too Slow? (dialogue: Spaceballs)
  14. Fishbone – ? (Modern Industry)
  15. Leon Redbone – (Mama’s Got A Baby Named) Te Na Na
  16. Benny Goodman – Sing, Sing, Sing
  17. The Stone Roses – Love Spreads
  18. Danny Elfman – This Is Halloween
  19. Men At Work – Be Good Johnny
  20. David Bowie – Golden Years
  21. Weezer – In The Garage

Disk Ten

  1. Faith No More – Zombie Eaters
  2. The Lemonheads – My Hero, Zero
  3. I Can Kill You Now (dialogue: The Princess Bride)
  4. Siouxsie And The Banshees – Cities In Dust
  5. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Behind the Sun
  6. They Might Be Giants – (She Was A) Hotel Detective
  7. Stereo MC’s – Ground Level
  8. Pixies – Here Comes Your Man
  9. Way More Than 100 Pounds (dialogue: unknown)
  10. Concrete Blonde – Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)
  11. Los Lobos with Antonio Banderas – Cancion Del Mariachi
  12. Randy Newman – Four Eyes
  13. Paul Simon – Diamonds On The Souls Of Her Shoes
  14. Now, With Real Snot! (dialogue: unknown)
  15. Live – Pain Lies On The Riverside
  16. Matthew Sweet – Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
  17. Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
  18. björk – Big Time Sensuality
  19. Radiohead – Paranoid Android
  20. Soul Coughing – Rolling

Cover FourDisk Eleven

  1. John Williams – Rebel Blockade Runner
  2. Macy Gray – Do Something
  3. Royal Crown Revue – Hey Pachuco!
  4. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Reverence
  5. Frank Black – Fu Manchu
  6. Future Sound of London – We Have Explosive (Herd Killing)
  7. BT w/ M. Daughty – Never Gonna Come Back Down
  8. Basil Poledouris – Anvil Of Crom
  9. Cracker – Kerosene Hat
  10. Peter Gabriel – Shock The Monkey
  11. Daft Punk – Da Funk
  12. Apollo 440 – Lost In Space (Theme)
  13. They Might Be Giants – Fingertips (13)
  14. Primus – Tommy The Cat
  15. R.E.M. – Driver 8
  16. Peter Gabriel – Shaking The Tree
  17. Radiohead – Talk Show Host
  18. DJ Shadow – The Number Song

Disk Twelve

  1. Cameron (dialogue: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)
  2. Alec Empire – The Curse Of The Golden Vampire
  3. Depeche Mode – Pipeline
  4. The Doors – Spanish Caravan
  5. James Wong – Once Upon A Time In China
  6. Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Kill Your Television
  7. Clerks – Chewbacca, What a Wookie
  8. The Cure – Hot Hot Hot!!!
  9. Rasputina – Trenchmouth
  10. Norman Greenbaum – Spirit in the Sky
  11. Expose Yourself (dialogue: unknown)
  12. Johnny Cash – Rusty Cage
  13. Brian Setzer Orchestra – Jump Jive an’ Wail
  14. Hooverphonic – Renaissance Affair
  15. 2NU – Ponderous
  16. They Might Be Giants – Boss of Me
  17. Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Where’d You Go?
  18. Fluke – Absurd (Whitewash Mix)
  19. There’s Nothing Better than True Love (dialogue: The Princess Bride)
  20. Moby – Flower
  21. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Eddie Vedder – The Face of Love
  22. Stan Bush – The Transformers (Theme)
  23. Kenji Kawai – Ghost in the Shell

I’ve put together as many songs as possible into some iTunes iMixes. Use the following links to access the iMixes and preview or purchase songs for your own enjoyment:

5 replies on “Archiving the Past…”

Very cool. I particularly like all the anime pics you used. Had me mentally checking to see if I knew them all. 🙂

It really is a nice mix. And funny to think about, how you’ve put the iMixes up.. but we’ve never really left the idea of making ‘mix tapes’. iTunes encourages you to make a playlist of whatever now. You’re always good about have the ‘DnD game session’ mix… music is very important for context and feel and atmosphere.

Thanks for typing/listing that all out. Sounds (no pun intended, but a little) really cool.

Very cool. I particularly like all the anime pics you used. Had me mentally checking to see if I knew them all. 🙂

It really is a nice mix. And funny to think about, how you’ve put the iMixes up.. but we’ve never really left the idea of making ‘mix tapes’. iTunes encourages you to make a playlist of whatever now. You’re always good about have the ‘DnD game session’ mix… music is very important for context and feel and atmosphere.

Thanks for typing/listing that all out. Sounds (no pun intended, but a little) really cool.

@blu3warrio0r: obviously music has always been very important to me. Even back when I ran my Vampire games, I would create very specific CDs for certain sessions; some of which with timed songs and events so that when a particular scene would come up, the appropriate music would play.

I always enjoy sharing things with my friends, so I am glad to be able to create the iMixes… too bad it costs so much to download them. 😉

@blu3warrio0r: obviously music has always been very important to me. Even back when I ran my Vampire games, I would create very specific CDs for certain sessions; some of which with timed songs and events so that when a particular scene would come up, the appropriate music would play.

I always enjoy sharing things with my friends, so I am glad to be able to create the iMixes… too bad it costs so much to download them. 😉

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