Imposter's Secret Santa Mix 2008

Submitted by Imposter on Tue, 12/30/2008 - 08:02
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  1. "Rock The Casbah" - Rachid Taha
  2. "Real Wild Child" - Ivan
  3. "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'" - The Velvelletes
  4. "Harvey Haddix" - The Baseball Project
  5. "We're For The Dark" - Badfinger
  6. "Bad Man's World" - Jenny Lewis
  7. "100 Days, 100 Nights" - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
  8. "Stop Drop And Roll" - Foxboro Hot Tubs
  9. "Please Mr. Please" - Scud Mountain Boys
  10. "Let's Invite Them Over" - John Prine and Iris DeMent
  11. "Chelsea Hotel '78" - Alejandro Escovedo
  12. "Twisted" - Annie Ross
  13. "Burn For It" - Sloan
  14. "Tips For Teens" - Sparks
  15. "Waving Flags" - British Sea Power
  16. "Golden Age" - TV On The Radio
  17. "The Anaheim, Azusa And Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review And Timing Association" - Jan & Dean
  18. "Diamond Hoo Ha Man" - Supergrass
  19. "Mr. Cole Won't Rock & Roll" - Nat King Cole
  20. "My World Fell Down" - Sagittarius
  21. "Must You Throw Dirt In My Face?" - The Louvin Brothers
  22. "(Doin' The) Boom Boom" - Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves
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Secret Santa mixes from 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.

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Imposter's Secret Santa Mix 2007
AJDaGreat01/08/2009

While I'm at the commenting, I really enjoyed your mix too. A great variety of tracks, many of them strangely catchy. "Chelsea Hotel '78" is a bit of a mindbender but I can't stop listening to it; the cover of "Rock the Casbah" is even more bizarre but incredibly enjoyable; the Jan and Dean song is insane but hilarious; your mix contains yet another terrific song from Acid Tongue; and of course I always love Sparks and Sloan.

My only complaints are that the Nat King Cole song, while fun the first time, wears kinda thin on repeated listens (the dated references and significant length don't help), and I think there was something wrong with my copy because there's a faint, repetitive static-y noise over the last three tracks. I've tried the CD on multiple players and it was the same every time. Anyone else have that problem?

Imposter01/10/2009

Damn, I tried to preview all my discs before sending them out, too. If anybody else is having the problem, let me know and I'd be glad to replace your disc, or at the very least upload the affected tracks somewhere for you guys.

I'm really glad you enjoyed the mix, AJ. Regarding the Nat King Cole song, I always find it fascinating to hear the old guard take on modern pop music. Seems like the same things Nat said would be echoed some twenty years later in regards to the rising of hip hop.

AJDaGreat01/10/2009

Actually, when I ripped the mix to my computer, the files turned out fine, so no worries. Additionally, the back of the CD looks spotless, so it seems like it's neither a hardware or a software problem. I can only conclude that it was the work of a magical wizard.

Thanks again for the great mix and for taking care of organizing this whole shebang!