I could list the tracks, but you'll just have to trust me on this one (unless requested otherwise). Feel free to let the order be determined by how your unzipping program sees fit. Though, I do recommend that The Mogwai cover of Fuck Buttons end the mix. It feels more like an ender track than an in-betweener track. You'll see what I mean.
We've been up on the Nic Cage tip for years but it seems only as his iguanashit-insane performance in Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans is about to be released in theaters that he is getting the kind of ink he deserves. There's NYTimes' piece in which Manohla Dargis grudgingly admits to Cage's genius (despite not having seen either National Treasures), NYMag's frame-worthy pdf on the life of Cage (including personal motto: Maximum Violence Immediately), and even a Village Voice article that basically reports on the other two articles.
Now it turns out that Cage is actually a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador on Drugs and Crime, and was sent on a mission to a Kenyan prison to hear the Somali priates' side of the story. Makes sense.
The impetus for most mixes is usually just one song. That song this time is by Washed Out.
Put it first.
Also-- so much Bradford Cox.
[Note: the picture included has no relation to title or theme of the mix, but if you want to think of it as a direct response to this, feel free.]
-Washed Out – Feel It All Around
-Atlas Sound – Shelia
-Siriusmo – High Together
-Taken By Trees – My Boys
-Matias Aguayo – Rollerskate
-Atlas Sound – Walk a Thin Line
-Basement Jaxx – A Possibility
-Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo
-The Crêpes – What Else?
-Deerhunter – Vox Celeste 5
-Kings Of Convenience – Boat Behind
-Busta Rhymes – Gimme Some More
-Bibio – Kaini Industries
-Karen O and the Kids – Rumpus
-Phoenix – Love Like a Sunset (Animal Collective RMX)
-Michael Jackson – We’ve Got a Good Thing Going
Here are some tunes that have gotten me through these hostile and opposing environs. It's mostly the usual years-old bangers and decades-old post-punk ish, but now featuring some bangers in Russian. Young Jeezy narrowly beat Elephant Man for MVP on this one.
Young Jeezy ft/ Jay-Z, "My President is Black (remix)"
Maximum Joy, "In the Air"
Young Jeezy, "Gangsta Music"
Elephant Man, "All Out"
MED, "Push"
Grauzone, "Wütendes Glas"
The Monochrome Set, "The Ruling Class"
Judy Nylon, "Jailhouse Rock"
Love Committee, "Just As Long As I've Got You"
Wire, "1 2 X U"
Seryoga, "Дискомалярия (Disco Malaria)"
Timoti ft/ Bogdan Titomir, Tuman & Geegun, "Грязные Шлюшки (Dirty Bitches)"
Lil Vicious & Doug E. Fresh, "Freaks"
Shawnna, "Getting Some Head"
Jay-Z, "La La La (Excuse Me Miss Again)"
Swizz Beatz ft/ Young Jeezy, Eve, Elephant Man, "Money in the Bank (remix)"
Spragga Benz, "The Pusher"
Robin Thicke, "When I Get You Alone"
Tatu, "Ya Soshla S Uma"
Seryoga, "Аггробабруйск (Aggrobabruisk)"
Joker – Digidesign
The Young Lovers – Midnight To Morning
Deerhunter – Rainwater Cassette Exchange
Pulp – Pink Glove
Jorg Burger – Modernism Begins At Home
Atlas Sound – Solo Or The Square
Cher – A Woman’s Story
John Cale – Fear Is A Man’s Best Friend
Brian Eno – Here Come The Warm Jets
D. Lissvik – B5
Wavves – Weed Demon
The Field – Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime
Thin Lizzy – Little Girl In Bloom