Mix #107: "Ending On A High Note"

- It takes a lot of balls to end an album with one of the best songs from it. It means (on average) people have gotten through at least 8 of your songs and liked them enough to continue. I especially like bands who continued to end albums with great songs (Jimmy Eat World's 'Clarity,' 'Bleed American,' and 'Futures.') You not only have time to enjoy the whole album, but you look forward to how their going to end it this time around. I respect that so much. So, here are some of the highlights from my musical library; no live albums, no compilations, no 'Greatest Hits.' They are all taken from studio albums.
- Have a good weekend, be good to each other, and Go Bruins and Pats!


Mix #107: "Ending On A High Note," Side A


Mix #107: "Ending On A High Note," Side B

MIX TAPE REVOLUTION MIX TAPE #107
“ENDING ON A HIGH NOTE”
A   LAST DANCE                                    B   TAKE A CHANCE
1) ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ The Beatles		1) ‘Firefly’ Saves The Day
2) ‘Shackled’ Vertical Horizon		2) ‘Passing Afternoon’ Iron & Wine
3) ‘Riviera Paradise’ Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble		3) ‘What It Is To Burn’ Finch
4) ‘97’ Alkaline Trio		4) ‘Beth/Rest’ Bon Iver
5) ‘I Didn’t Understand’ Elliot Smith		5) ‘Ship To Shore’ The Movielife
6) ‘Steam Will Rise’ Silverchair		6) ‘Salvation’ Robert Randolph & The Family Band
7) ‘Til I Hear It From You’ Gin Blossoms		7) ‘This Bitter Pill’ Dashboard Confessional
8) ‘The Story So Far’ A New Found Glory		8) ‘We Can Live Anywhere!’ Big D & The Kids Table
9) ‘Close Your Eyes’ Jump, Little Children		9) ‘The End’ The Doors
10) ‘Twenty-Four’ Switchfoot

A) LAST DANCE (albums featured)
1) The Beatles Revolver
2) Vertical Horizon Everything You Want
3) Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble In Step
4) Alkaline Trio Alkaline Trio (self titled)
5) Elliot Smith XO
6) Silverchair Neon Ballroom
7) Gin Blossoms Congratulations, I'm Sorry
8) A New Found Glory Sticks and Stones
9) Jump, Little Children Magazine
10) Switchfoot The Beautiful Letdown

B) TAKE A CHANCE (albums featured)
1) Saves The Day Stay What You Are
2) Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days
3) Finch What It Is To Burn
4) Bon Iver Bon Iver (self titled)
5) The Movielife Forty-Hour Train Back To Penn
6) Robert Randolph & The Family Band We Walk This Road
7) Dashboard Confessional The Places That You've Come To Fear The Most
8) Big D & The Kids Table Fluent In Stroll 
9) The Doors The Doors (self titled)

Mix #107: "Ending On A High Note," Side C


Mix #107: "Ending On A High Note," Side D

MIX TAPE REVOLUTION MIX TAPE #107
“ENDING ON A HIGH NOTE”
C   FIRM TRANCE                                    D   MYSTICAL STANCE
1) ‘Parachute’ Guster		1) ‘Release’ Pearl Jam
2) ‘When The Levee Breaks’ Led Zeppelin		2) ‘I’m Lost Without You’ Blink-182
3) ‘Would?’ Alice In Chains		3) ‘Freedom’ Rage Against The Machine
4) ‘Hold Me Down’ Motion City Soundtrack		4) ‘I Will Not Take These Things For Granted’ Toad The Wet Sprocket
5) ‘Voice Memo’ U.S. Royalty		5) ‘(*Fin)’ Anberlin
6) ‘23’ Jimmy Eat World		6) ‘Hannah Hold On’ The Get Up Kids
7) ‘Soco Amaretto Lime’ Brand New		7) ‘Hang’ Matchbox 20
8) ‘Champagne Supernova’ Oasis		8) ‘A Day In The Life’ The Beatles
9) ‘Eclipse’ Pink Floyd

C) FIRM TRANCE (albums featured)
1) Guster Parachute
2) Led Zeppelin IV
3) Alice In Chains Dirt
4) Motion City Soundtrack Commit This To Memory
5) U.S. Royalty Mirrors
6) Jimmy Eat World Futures
7) Brand New Your Favorite Weapon
8) Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
9) Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon

D) MYSTICAL STANCE (albums featured)
1) Pearl Jam Ten
2) Blink-182 Blink-182 (self titled)
3) Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine (self titled)
4) Toad The Wet Sprocket Fear
5) Anberlin Cities
6) The Get Up Kids On A Wire
7) Matchbox 20 You Or Someone Like You
8) The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Mix #106: "J-E-T-S * S-U-C-K

- Patriots are going demolish the Jets this Sunday as long as 1) TFB plays well and 2) Sanchez continues to play crappy.
- Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) is slowly climbing the ladder of one of my favorite songwriters. I did notice that he sounds a lot like Adam Duritz (Counting Crows) on this tunes.
- My buddy Danny recently saw My Morning Jacket at Austin City Limits and said they were incredible. While I want to love this band, the jury is still out for me. I'm still not sure how I feel about them.
- Crosby, Stills, and Nash minus the Stills? This song is beautiful. Although three voices are amazing, the harmonic pioneers can easily get away with two.
- Midway point of the week; we're almost there. Enjoy your Wednesday and as always: be good to each other.

Mix #106: "J-E-T-S * S-U-C-K," Side A

Mix #106: "J-E-T-S * S-U-C-K," Side B

MIX TAPE REVOLUTION MIX TAPE #106
“J-E-T-S * S-U-C-K”
A   FOOT FREAKIN’                              B   CHOKE ARTISTS
1) ‘Number Five With A Bullet’ Taking Back Sunday		1) ‘Pink Triangle’ Weezer
2) ‘Flat Top’ Goo Goo Dolls		2) ‘Unbelievable’ The Notorious B.I.G.
3) ‘Is There A Ghost?’ Band Of Horses		3) ‘Close Map’ Matt Pond PA
4) ‘Ring Out’ Justin Vernon		4) ‘Where Will I Be?’ David Crosby & Graham Nash
5) ‘Once Upon Your Dead Body’ Coheed & Cambria		5) ‘She’s Not It’ Head Automatica
6) ‘First Light’ My Morning Jacket		6) ‘Arlandria’ Foo Fighters
7) ‘Dare If You Dare’ Stone Temple Pilots		7) ‘What Makes A Man?’ City & Colour
8) ‘Up and Around The Bend’ Bela Fleck & The Flecktones		8) ‘Take It As It Comes’ The Doors
9) ‘Sleuth’ Safety In Numbers		9) ’40 Days, 40 Nights’ Badly Drawn Boy
10) ‘Guns Up’ Chali 2na & Damian and Stephen Marley		10) ‘Dear Scene, I Wish I Were Deaf’ Nightmares Of You
11) ‘Mission’ Dispatch		11) ‘Unfaithful’ Hot Rod Circuit & Chris Carrabba
12) ‘Devil’s Song (Demo)’ Anthony Green		12) ‘Satellite (Astronaut’s Mix)’ Guster
		13) ‘Unopened Letter To The World’ The Ataris

Mix #105: "Not The Passions I Have, But In My Lack Of Control Of Them"

- Happy Monday. A little Kerouac to start the week off right.

Mix #105: "Not The Passions I Have, But In My Lack Of Control Of Them," Side A

Mix #105: "Not The Passions I Have, But In My Lack Of Control Of Them," Side B

MIX TAPE REVOLUTION MIX TAPE #105
“NOT THE PASSIONS I HAVE, BUT IN MY LACK OF CONTROL OF THEM”
A   FAULT                                                B   FAILURE
1) ‘Human Nature (Michael Jackson)’ Bad Rabbits		1) ‘Holy Water’ Soundgarden
2) ‘Catholic Pagans’ Surfer Blood		2) ‘You Don’t Have To Believe Me’ Eric Hutchinson
3) ‘Manufactured Inspirato’ Fenix TX		3) ‘Careful’ Guster
4) ‘Earth Blues’ Jimi Hendrix		4) ‘Work’ Jimmy Eat World
5) ‘Raw Revolution’ Big D & The Kids Table		5) ‘God Willing & And The Creek Don’t Rise’ Ray LaMontagne
6) ‘Best Of You’ Foo Fighters		6) ‘On Your Porch’ The Format
7) ‘Rodeo’ Recover		7) ‘Magpie To The Morning’ Neko Case
8) ‘Wish You Were Here (Acoustic)’ The Get Up Kids		8) ‘Any Way You Want It’ Journey
9) ‘Real Love’ The Beatles		9) ‘Crossfire’ Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
10) ‘Creamist’ Enemies		10) ‘So Long As We Keep Our Bodies Numb’ Midtown
11) ‘The Moon Is A Magnet’ Jon Foreman
12) ‘(Only) Halfway To Everywhere’ The Black Crowes

Mix #104: "Man, This Places Looks Like A Dockers Commercial"

- You wanted hip-hop? Check. Pop-punk? Check. Jam band? Check. Folk? Check. A nice mixture of all things great. Enjoy.
- Be good to each other.

Mix #104: "Man, This Places Looks Like A Dockers Commercial," Side A

Mix #104: "Man, This Places Looks Like A Dockers Commercial," Side B

MIX TAPE REVOLUTION MIX TAPE #104
“MAN, THIS PLACE LOOKS LIKE A DOCKERS COMMERCIAL”
A   HANGING OUT                          B   PLAYING NINTENDO
1) ‘Swiss Army Romance (Dashboard Confessional)’ A New Found Glory		1) ‘Birmingham’ The Get Up Kids
2) ‘Lucky One’ Vertical Horizon		2) ‘Alibi’ Dessa
3) ‘For Real Y’All’ Souls Of Mischief		3) ‘I Wanna Go Back’ Eddie Money
4) ‘Wordplay’ Jason Mraz		4) ‘(It’s Good) To Be Free’ Oasis
5) ‘Visiting Hours Are Over’ Don’t Look Down		5) ‘Seven Nation Army’ The White Stripes
6) ‘Lyric’ Zwan		6) ‘Nanzenji’ Break Mechanics
7) ‘Only The Wine’ David Gray		7) ‘China Cat Sunflower’ The Grateful Dead
8) ‘Warning’ The Notorious B.I.G.		8) ‘Guard It Closely’ The Jealous Sound
9) ‘Amnesia’ Toad The Wet Sprocket		9) ‘Last Hurrah’ Del The Funkee Homosapien
10) ‘Boom Sh-Boom’ Martin Sexton		10) ‘Motivate’ Matisyahu
11) ‘You Don’t Have To Cry’ Crosby, Stills, & Nash		11) ‘The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot’ Brand New
12) ‘Glitch’ Blind Melon		12) ‘Her Words Destroyed My Planet’ Motion City Soundtrack
13) ‘Volcano’ Damien Rice