Creator of the Mix: Rev. Syung Myung Me
Initial Notes About The Mix: I made this a long time ago -- it's actually a mixtape in the literal sense. It was for a friend of mine in college, who was also a music geek (I believe his minor was music, or maybe he was doing a double major with Music as one of them, either way), although I figured I'd make him a mix of a bunch of stuff that I liked. So, in a way, this is a snapshot of my musical tastes circa 1999. Apologies for the absolutely awful mix title; I considered changing it for here, but I don't know to what. Anyway, I was basically a neophyte Frank Zappa fan and thought the whole talk like the Kingfish thing was hilarious, and... yeah. It didn't help that I was a relatively new member to the Church, and was a little bit of a "Bob"bie, then, too. Eccch.
Anyway, though, here's the tracklisting. At the top, I also wrote "Additional Texts: Primus, Type O Negative, The B-52s, God Ween Satan by Ween, Pizzicato 5, Barnes & Barnes, The Mr. T Experience, The Dead Milkmen, Edgard Varése, Igor Stravinsky, Frank Chickens, Oingo Boingo, Bonzo Dog Band."
Awful title aside, I still think it's a pretty good mix, though, there's some stuff on here I'd probably end up cutting, particularly some of the more novelty-y stuff that ends up wearing a few times through. I liked the mix enough, though, to take it with me to work that summer and basically listen to it, looped, every day for 6 hours.
Tracklisting: Side A:
- Negativland - Theme From A Big 10-8 Place
- Thomas Dolby - Leipzig
- The Captain Howdy - Always Something There To Remind Me
- The Residents - Bach Is Dead
- bis - Antiseptic Poetry
- DEVO - Timing X / Wiggly World
- The Residents - Sinister Exaggerator
- Violent Femmes - American Music
- The KLF - All You Need Is Love
- Frank Zappa - Dumb All Over
- Raymond Scott - Powerhouse
- Yumi Takada - Oujosama To Oyobi!
- Ween - I'll Be Your Jonny On The Spot
Side B:
- Thomas Dolby - The Key To Her Ferarri
- Tom Waits - Hang On St. Christopher
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Tokyo Storm Warning
- Frank Zappa - Doreen
- Negativland - Pip Digs Pep
- Camper Van Beethoven - Pictures Of Matchstick Men
- Pet Shop Boys - Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is)
- XTC - Chain Of Command
- Brave Combo - Come Back To Me
- Pet Shop Boys - Red Letter Day
- The Black Arabs - Anarchy In The UK/God Save The Queen/Pretty Vacant/No One Is Innocent Medley