Thursday, December 20

THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: WINTER 2011

In which you will find no Edgar Winter. No Shelley Winters. No Jonathan Winters. No Dean or Scott William Winters. No Terence Winter. No Old Man Winter. No "Winter Wonderland." No "The Lion in Winter." No "In the Bleak Midwinter." No "dead of winter." No "winter of our discontent." No Simon & Garfunkel's (or even the Bangles') "A Hazy Shade of Winter."

Yet, despite these unfortunate omissions, I sincerely hope that you (and I) will be back in 2019. [And -- barring an unfortunate and unforeseen ski, snowmobile, snowblower, bobsled, luge, ice fishing, figure skating, or Christmas caroling accident -- my favorite 40-or-so songs from 2018 should be posted some two or three weeks hence. Please do not hesitate to lend them a fresh re-listen....]  

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: WINTER 2011.

TRACKLIST ---

01 WASH U CLEAN beth thornley
02 SAME MISTAKE clap your hands say yeah
03 MAKE A NOISE katie herzig
04 TIGER MAN OF THE MASSO GRATTO this old ghost
05 HOMEWORK big deal
06 MAJESTY the panics
07 WASTED AWAY dum dum girls
08 NEW ZEALAND french films
09 NO CHILDREN communist daughter
10 ACCIDENTAL LIGHT sleeping at last
11 SPRAWL II (MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS) arcade fire
12 COME HOME serenades
13 PUT YOUR HANDS UP nerina pallot
14 GROW wake! owl
15 WAY TO THE FUTURE katie herzig
16 OH FOR THE SPRING neil cousin
17 LONG WAY DOWN azure blue
18 WHAT REMAINS? anna ternheim
19 BLOOD GETS THIN pete and the pirates
20 DANSE ET DANSE coeur de pirate
21 GAY PIRATES cosmo jarvis

Left-click [HERE] to go to previous 7-YEAR-ITCH: WINTER mixes.

Friday, December 7

IMPOSING BIG BLUE BUNNY REDUX

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the IMPOSING BIG BLUE BUNNY REDUX mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 PASSIONATE KISSES mary-chapin carpenter
02 NEVER COMIN DOWN keith urban
03 PARALLEL oh pep!
04 A GIRL WALKS HOME lusts
05 PREMONITIONS miya folick
06 IT HELPS modern space
07 GOOD LUCK WITH THAT distance, light and sky
08 GIVEN UP whenyoung
09 TURN the wombats
10 YOUNGBLOOD angus and julia stone
11 TAINTED LOVE soft cell
12 HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN eurythmics
13 BAD LIAR imagine dragons
14 EMPIRE sarah macdougall
15 GIVE IT OFF j mascis
16 ALL THAT WE GET first aid kit
17 SEE ME talos
18 IN CAMERA yumi zouma
19 THE GET ALONG holly golightly
20 PEACE ON EARTH lissie
21 MERRIE LAND the good, the bad and the queen
22 WHERE THE BOYS ARE connie francis

Sunday, November 18

CHRIST AS CAPITALIST

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the CHRIST AS CAPITALIST mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 WIDE OPEN SPACE mansun
02 SPECIAL garbage
03 EMPTY VESSELS devotchka
04 I’VE DONE THE BEST amber arcades
05 LIVING A DREAM peter bjorn and john
06 RED HERRING alasca
07 THE DEEP END tall heights
08 BLOODLINE the last hurrah
09 MIRROR MASTER young the giant
10 SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT coyle girelli
11 YOU’RE NOBODY TILL SOMEBODY WANTS YOU DEAD saint motel
12 COMPLEX the chills
13 FAMILY OF ALIENS teleman
14 BURNIN’ GRASS decker.
15 MY LOVE, I’D DO ANYTHING FOR YOU morrissey
16 FOLLOW YOUR FIRE kodaline
17 NOTHING FOR FREE paul mccartney
18 CALL YOUR GIRLFRIEND robyn
19 OPEN LETTER TO THE LYRICAL TRAINSPOTTER mansun
20 YOU LOOK SO FINE garbage

Tuesday, November 6

AFTER THE FALL

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TRACKLIST ---

01 RADIATION VIBE fountains of wayne
02 THE FRUG rilo kiley
03 CAME FOR THE FIRE dispatch
04 CARNY KING sugarplum fairies
05 CRACKS frøkedal
06 EAGLE BEAR BUFFALO passenger
07 FALLING mikey collins
08 HUNTER anna calvi
09 JE VEUX RENTRER cœur de pirate
10 LOOK TOGETHER wild moccasins
11 FLIP FOR IT modern space
12 SPARROW jump, little children
13 JOURNEY sarah nixey
14 WETLANDS URBAN FOX mull historical society
15 SEE ME THROUGH coming soon
16 UGLY first aid kit
17 WHITE COATS baxter dury, étienne de crécy & delilah holiday
18 WITCHCRAFT graveyard club
19 GHOST THOUGHTS gregory and the gaslight
20 DENISE fountains of wayne
21 MY SLUMBERING HEART rilo kiley 

Wednesday, October 17

NOT ESCHER

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the NOT ESCHER mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 STARING AT THE SUN katharina nuttall
02 KINGS OF MEDICINE placebo
03 RISK metric
04 SOMEBODY’S ISLAND teleman
05 NEVER START middle kids
06 CHICKEN BONE the kooks
07 WOLVES milo greene
08 60 & PUNK death cab for cutie
09 I’M STILL HERE sia
10 THE MATADOR decker.
11 ANGRY CYCLIST the proclaimers
12 LIVES NEVER KNOWN the slow readers club
13 THE MESSAGE still corners
14 WHERE’S MY GIRL? coyle girelli
15 PETITE VILLE fontaine wallace
16 I’LL MAKE IT WORTH YOUR WHILE artificial pleasure
17 STRANGERS IN THE HOLLOW the coral
18 TIME TO GIVE white lies
19 BRIGHT LIGHTS placebo
20 SORROW IS THE COLOUR katharina nuttall
21 [TORTURE kris jensen]

Monday, October 1

ROSEMARY'S ULTRASOUND

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the ROSEMARY'S ULTRASOUND mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 SHOUT tears for fears
02 CHANGE tears for fears
03 I DON’T CARE frøkedal
04 HEART TO LOVE passenger
05 DO OR DARE modern space
06 SONG FOR A SEAGULL teleman
07 BOUDOIR POET sugarplum fairies
08 ANCHOR IN THE SEA mikey collins
09 LOW LIGHT mating ritual
10 JADED LOVER, SHADY DRIFTER eric bachmann
11 ZERO imagine dragons
12 SHOOTING IN THE DARK wild moccasins
13 LET ME SLEEP devotchka
14 THUNDERCLOUDS sia, labrinth & diplo
15 I’M DESPERATE bc camplight
16 SUSPIRIUM thom yorke
17 DANCE TO THIS troye sivan [w/ariana grande]
18 WISH anna calvi
19 HEAD OVER HEELS tears for fears
20 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD tears for fears

Sunday, September 16

THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: FALL 2011

In which you will find no "Fall Guy." No Angel Falls. No Niagara Falls. No "Autumn Leaves." No Jane Leeves. No "love it or leave it." No "Leave It to Beaver." No Ryan Leaf. No Toronto Maple Leafs. No "Can't Help Falling in Love." No "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" No "I Fall to Pieces." No "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall." No Norman Fell. No "I've fallen, and I can't get up."

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: FALL 2011.

TRACKLIST ---

01 ANYTHING FOR PROGRESS her space holiday
02 SICK LOVE scanners
03 DADDY WON’T PAY YOUR BILL jon fratelli
04 BALTIMORE kindest lines
05 SUGAR HIGH bell x1
06 THESE HANDS hhymn
07 I DARE YOU kaiser chiefs
08 I STARTED SOMETHING I COULDN’T FINISH sparkadia
09 APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA paul thomas saunders
10 THIS COULD TAKE A LIFETIME maria taylor
11 GRACE the view
12 AT LEAST I HAVE YOU mates of state
13 NEVER MEANT TO KNOW tally hall
14 I DON’T MIND parlour
15 APPREHENSION manchester orchestra
16 BAD WINE AND LEMON CAKE the jane austen argument
17 VERMILLION guillemots
18 BONES david j. roch
19 THE BLACK SHEEP & THE SHEPHERD quiet company

Saturday, September 1

THIS MASQUERADE

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the THIS MASQUERADE mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 THESE ARE THE THINGS black box recorder
02 TRANZ gorillaz
03 BOYISH WAVE wild moccasins
04 UNDERCOVER OF NIGHT the coral
05 HARD TO BE STILL annie hart
06 STREETS OF EDINBURGH the proclaimers
07 CASTLE IN THE SKY the love language
08 CARRY YOU TO SAFETY the jayhawks
09 DAY IN DAY OUT johnny marr
10 COMING HOME (PT. 2) james
11 SWINGING black box recorder
12 SUPERNATURAL the slow readers club
13 CORDUROY send medicine
14 ON THE ROAD frank turner
15 YOU WOULDN’T LIKE ME the beths
16 HEAD HELD HIGH kodaline
17 UNE ODYSSÉE fontaine wallace
18 YOUNG AT HEART milo greene
19 YOUNG AND CAREFREE artificial pleasure
20 IT KEEPS US DANCING the family crest
21 GOODNIGHT KISS black box recorder

Saturday, August 18

THE GAY '90s

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download THE GAY '90s mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 OH L’AMOUR erasure
02 BROTHER AND SISTER erasure
03 SEARCH FOR YOUR LOVE gulp
04 I’M JUST ALRIGHT mating ritual
05 PLEASE middle kids
06 LOADED miles kane
07 SOMETIMES IT’S THE FOOLS the proclaimers
08 EVERYTHING I’LL EVER NEED jake shears
09 CIGARETTE LIGHTER mellah
10 HARD TO BE STILL annie hart
11 GREEN TO BLUE sons of bill
12 THIS PARTY houndmouth
13 LEVIATHAN james
14 DON’T GO guster
15 BAD CONTESTANT matt maltese
16 ON THE TV the slow readers club
17 ALABAMA tracyanne & danny
18 DEPARTURE mt. desolation
19 LOST ONES amy stroup
20 LOVE TO HATE YOU erasure
21 A LITTLE RESPECT erasure

Saturday, August 4

MOTHER OWL WITH CHILD

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the MOTHER OWL WITH CHILD mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 BACHELORETTE björk
02 ANALYSE thom yorke
03 DARK SATURDAY metric
04 LOVE TALK blossoms
05 NO MUSE wild moccasins
06 I REMEMBER IT WELL #2 matt costa
07 MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN frank turner
08 SUGARTOWN the fratellis
09 DON’T LEAVE IT IN OUR HANDS the essex green
10 JOLENE radical face
11 BENEATH THE BRINE the family crest
12 COMBUSTIBLE cœur de pirate
13 QUARANTINE fontaine wallace
14 SERAS-TU LA françoise hardy
15 MELODY NOIR patrick watson
16 OCEAN goldfrapp
17 LET IT BLEED neighbor lady
18 AS THE DAY PASSES scott matthews
19 WE GET HIGH ashe
20 I’VE SEEN IT ALL bjork & thom yorke

HOW SWEDE IT IS

Stumbled upon this little blast-from-the-past while preparing the current "regular" mix that accompanies it here today. Originally curated by myself and posted on this blog in April of 2010, it somehow seems oh-so-cozily-apropos in this guilded age of "Mama Mia!" madness.

Eat your heart out, Roxette. Do your stuff, Swedish Bikini Team. Wherefore art thou, Swedish Chef (bork! bork! bork!)?

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the HOW SWEDE IT IS mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 FELT TIP/love is all

02 DU AR ANGA/kent
03 NEW MOON/sambassadeur
04 THE KIDS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN/the legends
05 WAR ON SOUND/moonbabies
06 SISTER SURROUND/the soundtrack of our lives
07 MONDAY MORNING/the charade
08 ON AND ON/friska viljor
09 COME ON/consequences
10 GHANA MOT ITALIEN/emil jensen
11 STARDUST/irene
12 SWEDEN/the divine comedy
13 SILENT SHOUT/the knife
14 DANCE WITH SOMEBODY/mando diao
15 HAIRLESS YOUTH OF BOSNIA/strip squad
16 DEATH TO THE MARTYRS/the ark
17 TIME LEFT FOR LOVE/shout out louds
18 MAN UNDER THE SUN/the carny
19 REFLECTED/ronderlin
20 STORMY WEATHER/moneybrother
21 CHEMICAL GIRL/the fine arts showcase
22 ANGELS FABLE [demo]/gustav & the seasick sailors
23 HEJ GAMLE MAN/abba

Friday, July 20

COURT JESTER WITH SWAN

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the COURT JESTER WITH SWAN mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 CONNECTION elastica
02 GIRLS & BOYS blur
03 HOLD TO THE LIGHT brooke annibale
04 CONFESSIONS IN THE POOL ash
05 A DARK SWITCH snow patrol
06 YOU ARE THE SHINING LIGHT eels
07 LUNATIC the slow readers club
08 EDGE OF TOWN middle kids
09 BELIEVER/PRETENDER sons of bill
10 AS THE WORLD CAVES IN matt maltese
11 WHY CAN’T I CHANGE passenger
12 PUSHING UP DAISIES lily allen
13 NIGHT MOVES work drugs
14 DON’T KNOW YOUR NAME mating ritual
15 VIOLET THREADED maps and atlases
16 FAILING FARM river whyless
17 HOME IS A QUESTION MARK morrissey
18 ON YOUR WAY mt. desolation
19 IT CAN’T BE LOVE UNLESS IT HURTS tracyanne & danny
20 SONG 2 blur
21 NEVER HERE elastica

Thursday, July 5

THE NUCLEAR OPTION

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download THE NUCLEAR OPTION mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 WE ARE THE PIGS suede
02 EVERYTHING WILL FLOW suede
03 ALABAMA TO THE BASEMENT high up
04 LATCHKEY KIDS family of the year
05 HEAD ON night flowers
06 HOW LONG WILL THIS LAST? blossoms
07 SPACE winter dies in june
08 SELFIES IN THE SUNSET gruff rhys & lily cole
09 HI HELLO johnny marr
10 THE HYMNAL 1982 fine china
11 1980-99 ssion [w/sky ferreira & patty schemel]
12 RUNAWAYS the magic numbers
13 DON’T WANT TO SAY GOOD-BYE cut worms
14 DANS LES BRAS DE L’AUTRE cœur de pirate
15 EXIT 353 damien jurado
16 TAKE TONIGHT the family crest
17 SLEEP ALL SUMMER neko case & eric bachmann
18 GOLDEN GUN suede
19 THE 2 OF US suede

Thursday, June 21

THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: SUMMER 2011

In which you will find no Donna Summer. No Josef Sommer. No Suzanne Somers. No Jaime Sommers. No "Summer of Sam." No "Summer of Love." No "Summer of '42." No "Summer of '69." No "Summer Nights." No "Boys of Summer." No "Summer in the City." No "Summer Wind." No "Summer Rain."  No "Long, Hot Summer." No "Summer and Smoke." No Summer's Eve.

Trust me when I tell you: I find these exclusions excruciating....

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: SUMMER 2011.

TRACKLIST ---

01 THE CITY patrick wolf
02 SEA OF TEARS eilen jewell
03 LAST MINUTE hooray for earth
04 BABY, I WILL LEAVE YOU IN THE MORNING marissa nadler
05 SAY GOODBYE falcon
06 FRIENDS mexican elvis
07 WOODS the rosebuds
08 I HATE YOU BUT I LOVE YOU russian red
09 THE WEEPING SONG the michael j. epstein memorial library
10 LOTUS FLOWER radiohead
11 BRIGHT & EARLY sleeping at last
12 IRON woodkid
13 LET ME COME katharina nuttall
14 IT’S A BEAUTIFUL THING the loose salute
15 TEN DON’TS TO LIVE BY don lennon
16 SUICIDE IS PAINLESS lady & bird
17 BIRD GERHL antony and the johnsons
18 COLD BLACK KITTY pete and the pirates
19 TURN YOUR FACE title tracks
20 TEACHERS buchanan
21 CLIMBING TO THE MOON eels

Friday, June 1

IF JULIE ANDREWS WERE A PENGUIN

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the IF JULIE ANDREWS WERE A PENGUIN mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 DON’T CHANGE inxs
02 A SHOT sarah blasko
03 BONE DRY eels
04 OUT OF THE WAY the rumour said fire
05 WORK IN PROGRESS geowulf
06 IN NEW EUROPE shout out louds
07 CANDLES & FLOWERS a toys orchestra
08 CALLIOPE future islands
09 ALL THE COOL GIRLS jeremy messersmith
10 PROPERTIES OF PERCEPTION we are scientists
11 TRAIN SPECIAL françoise hardy
12 ASTRONAUTE fontaine wallace
13 THREE OH NINE fenne lily
14 STARCROSSED LOVERS the fratellis
15 U + ME WILL NEVER DIE mating ritual
16 MISTAKE middle kids
17 JUST ONE KISS (ONE LAST KISS) tim burgess [w/ladyhawke]
18 21st CENTURY SURVIVAL BLUES frank turner
19 YOU OPENED UP MY HEART the slow readers club
20 THE GOONIES R GOOD ENOUGH radical face
21 NEVER TEAR US APART inxs

Tuesday, May 15

PARKING GARAGES IN LOVE

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the PARKING GARAGES IN LOVE mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 (LAST NIGHT) I DIDN’T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL the 5th dimension
02 THE LOGICAL SONG supertramp
03 PIRATES brazilian girls
04 JUPITER (ANY OTHER WAY) shred kelly
05 THERE’S A REASON WHY (I NEVER RETURNED YOUR CALLS) blossoms
06 DUSTY LUNGS [flora string sessions] sera cahoone
07 ROLLING STONES the vaccines
08 MY LITTLE ALIEN kate nash
09 CIRCLES blaudzun
10 NARCISSUS 2.0 samuel vance-law
11 SOMNAMBULE cœur de pirate
12 LOVE MY WAY psychedelic furs
13 YOUR SYSTEM FAILED YOU high up
14 SALTON SEA josh rouse
15 WE, THE DROWNED the colorist orchestra & lisa hannigan
16 TOTALLY YOU GUNSLINGER grant-lee phillips
17 WAR FACE lowell
18 WHERE IS MY OWNER? phobophobes
19 TIL I KISSED YOU night things
20 WAITING STILL the family crest
21 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA supertramp
22 ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER the 5th dimension

Tuesday, May 1

REDRUM

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the REDRUM mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 COMMON PEOPLE pulp
02 THE BIRDS IN YOUR GARDEN pulp
03 SWEET RELEASE the coral
04 WHEN ALL OF THIS IS DONE broken records
05 FAR AWAY TRUTHS albert hammond, jr.
06 WHAT AM I GONNA DO lissie
07 TELEVISION PERSONALITIES the rumour said fire
08 BRICK BY BRICK jacob bellens
09 LAUGHING GAS the fratellis
10 RATTLESNAKE great peacock
11 FRED ASTAIRE jukebox the ghost
12 PURPLE HEARTS jeremy messersmith
13 FACE tracey thorn
14 YOUR GHOST the decemberists
15 FALLING AWAY flowertruck
16 ONLY HIGH geowulf
17 EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR THE FIRST TIME eli mardock
18 SILENCE [airscape remix] delerium & sarah mclachlan
19 THE FEAR pulp
20 RAZZMATAZZ pulp

Sunday, April 15

OLIVE OYL @ THE OVERLOOK

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the OLIVE OYL @ THE OVERLOOK mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN dusty springfield
02 GUESS WHO dusty springfield
03 DON’T DIE CURIOUS tom rosenthal
04 THE PASSENGER hunter as a horse
05 FINE NOT FINE spector
06 ENGLISH TEACHER echo bloom
07 GLIMPSE OF LOVE franz ferdinand
08 SEXYLAND crepes
09 HARDER TO FORGIVE brandi carlile
10 PRETTYBOY samuel vance-law
11 FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL the white stripes
12 BLUE MOON high up
13 FLAGGIN A RIDE divine fits
14 BEST FRIEND sofi tukker [w/nervo, the knocks, & alisa ueno]
15 MAYBE (LUCK OF THE DRAW) the vaccines
16 49 HAIRFLIPS jonathan wilson
17 COMMUNICATE the new faith
18 WALK UNAFRAID first aid kit
19 KING OF CATASTROPHES grant-lee phillips
20 MASKENFREIHEIT belako
21 WORSE THINGS HAPPEN AT SEA frank turner
22 YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME dusty springfield
23 I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU dusty springfield

Sunday, April 1

IMPOSING BIG BLUE BUNNY

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the IMPOSING BIG BLUE BUNNY mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 OLD SHIT/NEW SHIT eels
02 HEY MAN (NOW YOU’RE REALLY LIVING) eels
03 FROM THE ASHES ophelia
04 THE WORST YEAR OF MY LIFE jason bajada
05 WHEREVER YOU ARE holly miranda
06 I’VE BEEN BLIND the fratellis
07 LEARN TO HIDE katie herzig
08 ME AND MICHAEL mgmt
09 ROCKY’S LATE NIGHT albert hammond, jr.
10 NEVER LET ME GO sarah blasko
11 THE DRUGS DON’T WORK the verve
12 SUGAR robin schulz [w/francesco yates]
13 DRINK TOO MUCH geowulf
14 MONDAY, YOU’RE NOT SO BAD jeremy messersmith
15 GETTING TO ME caroline rose
16 SEVERED the decemberists
17 PERFECT SILENCE lowpines
18 PARTY BOY marlon williams
19 WHAT THE FUCK the boxer rebellion
20 BEGINNER’S LUCK eels
21 CLIMBING TO THE MOON eels [w/grant-lee phillips]

Tuesday, March 20

THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: SPRING 2011

In which you will find no Bruce Springsteen. No Rick Springfield. No Dusty Springfield. No Buffalo Springfield. And -- perhaps most regrettably -- no singing Jerry Springer spaniels.

Henceforth, I shall endeavor to do better....
Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: SPRING 2011.

TRACKLIST ---

01 HOLY SATURDAY, GLOOMY SUNDAY/tigers that talk
02 POST BREAK-UP SEX/the vaccines
03 ORGAN DONOR/jeremy messersmith
04 RIVERSIDE/agnes obel
05 ALL THE SAND IN ALL THE SEA/devotchka
06 YOUTH KNOWS NO PAIN/lykke li
07 COLOURS/graffiti6
08 BLACKOUT/anna calvi
09 GRACE/the view
10 THE NO NO SONG/the sounds
11 SYNESTHESIE/malajube
12 CREDIT CARD BABIE$/men
13 GOLDRUSH/champagne riot
14 JOHN THE DETERMINIST/jeremy messersmith
15 RISING SEA/the strange death of liberal england
16 WINDING ROADS/the sound of arrows
17 STARING AT THE SUN/katharina nuttall
18 DO YOU REALLY WANNA KNOW/papercuts
19 ALL RISE/the monday mornings
20 GHOSTS OF UTOPIA/iamx
21 EUPHORIA, TAKE MY HAND/glasvegas

Left-click [HERE] to go to the 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: SPRING 2010.

Sunday, March 4

LIFE ON MARS

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the LIFE ON MARS mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 A QUOI ÇA SERT L’AMOUR edith piaf & théo sarapo
02 NEXT scott walker
03 SUMER rostam
04 SIREN makthaverskan
05 BEAM ME UP django django
06 WASTING TIME shred kelly
07 THERE’S A LIGHT jonathan wilson
08 BEING SPECIAL sophia kennedy
09 BERLIN the new faith
10 BREADWINNER everything everything
11 FIREWORKS first aid kit
12 EDITH PIAF (SAID IT BETTER THAN ME) sparks
13 HEAVEN SENT sarah blasko
14 RIDE DOWN THE AVENUE walter martin
15 OLEANDER mother mother
16 HOMO SAPIEN lenka
17 TOPBRAZIL fischerspooner
18 THE ACADEMY AWARD franz ferdinand
19 HOLD OUT YOUR HAND brandi carlile
20 GOLD pale
21 JACKIE scott walker
22 NON, JE NE REGRETTE RIEN edith piaf

Sunday, February 18

HOUSES ON THE HILL

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the HOUSES ON THE HILL mix.

TRACKLIST --

01 LET’S PRETEND WE’RE BUNNY RABBITS the magnetic fields
02 THE LUCKIEST GUY ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE the magnetic fields [w/dudley klute]
03 THE JEWELRY and the golden choir
04 THE SAME STAR belle and sebastian
05 LITTLE DARK AGE mgmt
06 CERTAINLY heavy bell
07 SHE’S GOT GUNS the go! team
08 LOST INSIDE calexico
09 1933 frank turner
10 HOUSES ON THE HILL whiskeytown
11 LEMON BOY cavetown
12 LEMON TO A KNIFE FIGHT the wombats
13 PRÉMONITION cœur de pirate
14 I’M FALLIN’ IN crepes
15 SOUL NO. 5 caroline rose
16 THE GIRL FROM TEL-AVIV WHO WOULDN’T KNEEL morrissey
17 SUNLIGHT DAZE mimicking birds
18 KOUZEN mélissa laveaux
19 JOHNNY AND MARY todd terje [w/bryan ferry]
20 MEANINGLESS the magnetic fields
21 PAPA WAS A RODEO the magnetic fields [w/shirley simms]

Sunday, February 4

THE HILLS HAVE EYES

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download THE HILLS HAVE EYES mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 JUST ANOTHER DAY oingo boingo
02 LEDA makthaverskan
03 IT MAKES ME WONDER el goodo
04 CAMELOT eyelids
05 REBEL HEART first aid kit
06 MARBLE SKIES django django
07 ILLINOIS anna tivel
08 LET’S GO TO THE AIRPORT jason bajada
09 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY blue october
10 RANDOM HAIKU GENERATOR sin fang, sóley & órvar smárason
11 SHOW ME THE SUN belle and sebastian
12 HOLDING ON anna ternheim
13 QB BLITZ weezer
14 HAUNTED AND WHOLE the new faith
15 SÉPARÉS (SI NOUS ÉTIONS JAMAIS) la féline
16 BIKE DREAM rostam
17 FEARING FACES pale
18 PUPPET OF WAX, PUPPET OF SONG mick harvey [w/zanthe waite]
19 I’M YOUR MAN shovels & rope [w/john fullbright]
20 RING THE BELLS james

Sunday, January 21

THE RECITAL

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download THE RECITAL mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 POUPÉE DE CIRE, POUPÉE DE SON france gall
02 POLICHINELLE france gall
03 GOING OUT FOR CIGARETTES ty richards
04 ALL THE WAY TO RIO anna ternheim
05 OCEAN CITY (FOR MAY, JACK & BROTHER JON) langhorne slim
06 CHAMELEON DAYS neil finn
07 IT’S A TRIP! joywave
08 MILD CONVERSATION crepes
09 TALK TO TREES cajsa silk
10 DRAW A LINE jason bajada
11 SPENT THE DAY IN BED morrissey
12 JOEY shovels & rope [w/nicole atkins]
13 TEMPER TEMPER lime cordiale
14 LESS THAN YOU THINK elizabeth and the catapult
15 NIGHTS ON EARTH teleman
16 TIL THE GOIN’ GETS GONE lindi ortega
17 DESÉAME SUERTE vetusta morla
18 DAYS exsonvaldes
19 MORNING BELLS lola marsh
20 MARIE bob seger
21 LYING WITH YOU charlotte gainsbourg
22 ROONEY literature
23 LES SUCETTES france gall
24 NOUS NE SOMMES PAS DES ANGES france gall

Sunday, January 7

BEST OF 2017 (PART 1)

Of the 393 songs that appeared on the 19 "regular" P of A mixes of 2017, here follow the 42 that most successfully insinuated themselves into my oft-soporific, oft-sentimental, oft-sodden, oft-sophomoric, oft-insensate, oft-insomnia-insensible subconscious.

[A note: I have recently succeeded in falling and fracturing my humerus -- something I do not begrudge to concede I do not find humorous in the least. Surgery, it would seem, shall follow shortly. In the meantime, I pledge to do my best to keep this site updated as most I can manage. Please do be patient with this incipient, nascent patient....] 

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the BEST OF 2017 (PART 1) mix.

TRACKLIST --- 

01 KIDS CONSPIRE [extended mix] royal teeth
02 LET’S FALL IN LOVE mother mother
03 THINK kaleida
04 SIGN OF THE TIMES harry styles
05 NO PROMISES san fermin
06 OUIJA graveyard club
07 IN UNDERTOW alvvays
08 SECOND NATURE neil finn
09 FLUORESCENT LIGHT stars
10 TRAVELING LIGHT leonard cohen
11 IN AND OUT beth ditto
12 RAN future islands
13 OUT OF THE DARK dia frampton
14 WHEN I BECOME TRANSPARENT mirrar
15 HEART OF THE BEAT motel raphael
16 FENN tom rosenthal
17 LION WITH ME jenn grant
18 FEEL IT STILL portugal. the man
19 DOWN ON YOUR KNEES flora cash
20 SEPTEMBER el goodo
21 GOLDEN AGE the mynabirds

Go [HERE] and [HERE] to access past BEST OF mixes.

BEST OF 2017 (PART 2)

Left-click [HERE] or [HERE] to download the BEST OF 2017 (PART 2) mix.

TRACKLIST ---

01 SO IT GOES el goodo
02 VIENNA makthaverskan
03 TIME TO START GIVING first hate
04 APOCALYPSE cigarettes after sex
05 CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU spoon
06 GLASS JAR tristen
07 MIDNIGHT RUSH secret company
08 OH MY GOD luke sital-singh
09 J vita bergen
10 KAMIKAZE susanne sundfør
11 THIS IS THE PART grandaddy
12 THE DRUGS mother mother
13 HE’S FINE the secret sisters
14 FIRE IN THE SKY graveyard club
15 THE VANITY OF TRYING clap your hands say yeah
16 BRAND NEW DAY vita bergen
17 DNA jonah
18 DISCOVER idolising nova
19 I WISH YOU WERE FUN sparks
20 IT WON’T BE ME tom rosenthal
21 PEARLY GATES kevin morby

2017: 20 ALBUMS

Here follow 20 albums that most thoroughly goosed my moose during the year 2017. Perhaps you're already familiar with them; perhaps it's better if you're not.  Nothing quite like having new music to investigate and evaluate; nothing quite like that prickly, electric thrill of discovery and that first blush of love.  So please do feel free to left-click on the artists' names in order to invoke additional information, sound samples, and the like....

[A note: For reasons I think you can quite comprehend, these albums are not available for download from this website.]
CAMERON AVERY/ripe dreams, pipe dreams
RICHARD EDWARDS/lemon cotton candy sunset
EL GOODO/by order of the moose
FAST ROMANTICS/american love
NEIL FINN/out of silence
GIANT ROOKS/new estate [ep]
HA HA TONKA/heart-shaped mountain
LOLA MARSH/remember roses
MOTHER MOTHER/no culture
ALEXANDRA SAVIOR/belladonna of sadness
THE SECRET SISTERS/you don't own me anymore
SIR SLY/don't you worry, honey
LUKE SITAL-SINGH/time is a riddle
SOLTERO/western medicine blues
VITA BERGEN/retriever
THE WILD REEDS/the world we built
WOLF PARADE/cry cry cry