Description: I live in California now, but I come from Finchley, a suburb of North London. I like the idea of obscure thematic mixes, so I wanted to try one with music that either came from or had some connection ...

Description: A mix that is out of my comfort zone musically, but right in it thematically. I like feet. Not in a bad way. They are useful for walking, kicking, wearing shoes and being tickled, amongst other things ...

Description: I saw the Who a few weeks back. They have a song called 'Real Good Looking Boy' which is about Elvis. That set me to thinking about all the other songs out there that are about Mr P. I found a web sit ...

Description: The day you discover Santa is just a bunch of drunk people who work in malls. The day your Dad isn't bigger and better than someone else's Dad. The day you find out that life doesn't go on forever, ev ...

Description: A couple of incidents involving people I cared about in the last year got me to thinking about some of the musicians who took their own lives. I'm glad that they were able to share their music for a ...

Description: Derhay is a pillar of this community and in light of recent posts and discussion, I felt like making him a mix. This is all old stuff, some you will know, hopefully one or two you won't.

Description: As I bang away (on the computer) any aural stimulation can tend to make an old man's thoughts turn to lurve. It might be 'Sexual Healing' or it could be 'She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain When She C ...

Description: I would go to these parties in my youth, and being one of the 'heads', as pretend Hippies were known at the time, I would spend my time sitting around listening to Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. I grew ...

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There have been more than a few musicians whose talent/genius has been touched by madness. Some sung of insanity, some sang whilst being just a little insane, some did both and were as c ...

Description: A simple enough premise this time. Cover versions by an odd hotch-potch of artists of well known 60's and 70's songs. Let the warped nostalgia begin! All but two of these tracks come from "tribute" al ...

Description: Songs that all say the same thing. Please stay with me, live with me, never let me go

Description: Ok, here is the premise. In the wake of the Beatles, a flood of British bands and artists came to America to seek fame and fortune by releasing records, appearing on the Ed Sullivan show, etc, etc. On ...

Description: For many, the sixties is the decade that started it all, music wise. The decade before though had much to commend it. Rock and Roll and the cult of the teenager were born. Blues went electric, Sinatra ...

Description: Lots of songs in more styles than you might imagine that all have the word 'boogie' in the title. I've tried to make this one as diverse as my self imposed constraints will allow. Musically it is far ...

Description: A blues mix to play at night. Well, play it any time, but night time really works. It has been a shitty day. I feel old. Work will never improve in my lifetime, I will never have enough money. I am 8, ...

Description: Who can say exactly why the music of Black America so affected so many white middle class English kids? I only know that I was one of them, and that for much of my life, the music makers who have move ...

Description: Oh joy! I was going to do a birthday mix to myself to celebrate 50 years exposure to that dang infernal beat music, but instead, I was pleasantly suprised to see that all my pestering has paid off, an ...

Description: A short mix of songs, mostly ancient, that feature lovely Hammond b3 like organ parts. As simple and as wonderful as that!

Description: Derhay suggested that we could maybe do an exchange of mixtapes involving women who sing. This is part one of my response.

Description: Part 2 of my mixtape for Derhay featuring women who sing. This one gets more 'eclectic' shall we say, but I feel there will almost certainly be a part three at some point.