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....
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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

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LIFE ON MARS

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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

HOUSES ON THE HILL

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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]

THE HILLS HAVE EYES

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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

THE RECITAL

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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

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....] 

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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

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BEST OF 2017 (PART 2)

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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

MAKTHAVERSKAN/iii

LOLA MARSH/remember roses

MIDDLE KIDS/s/t

MOTHER MOTHER/no culture

TOM ROSENTHAL/fenn

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

THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: WINTER 2010

Boys get discovered as winter melts/Flowers competing for the sun/Years go by and I'm still here waiting, withering where some snowman was/Mirror, mirror where's the Crystal Palace?/But I only can see myself/Skating around the truth of who I am/But I know, Dad, the ice is getting thin

When you gonna make up your mind?/When you gonna love you as much as I do?/When you gonna make up your mind?/'Cause things are gonna change so fast/All the white horses are still in bed/I tell you that I'll always want you near/You say that things change, my dear

Hair is gray/And the fires are burning/So many dreams/On the shelf/You say I wanted you to be proud of me/I always wanted that myself

WINTER/tori amos [HERE] or [HERE]

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TRACKLIST --

01 ANXIOUS/states

02 LET’S RUIN JULIE’S BIRTHDAY/eels

03 WISHING HE WAS DEAD/the like

04 WAIT AND SEE/diamond rings

05 LOST & FAR FROM HOME/katie costello

06 ON THE OCEAN/guster

07 WINTER ON THE WEEKEND/julia stone

08 I WANT THE WORLD TO STOP/belle and sebastian

09 ISARNA/sakert!

10 ARROW/kathryn calder

11 I WANT YOU/cee-lo green

12 SILVER TILES/matt & kim

13 THE MOTORCYCLE BOY REIGNS/broken records

14 TRUCKER’S SON/starflyer 59

15 BRING NIGHT/sia

16 AS IT COMES/fran healy

17 WHAT WE’VE BECOME/the concretes

18 YOU KNOW YOU’RE NOT DEAD/broken records

19 SOMETHING ELSE/diamond rings

20 ANNE SAYS PT. II/sad day for puppets

21 DOWN BY THE WATER/the decemberists

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BULLIED BUT UNBOWED

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TRACKLIST ---

01 SO IT GOES el goodo
02 VIENNA makthaverskan
03 ZOMBIE langhorne slim
04 LET IT SLIP the school
05 WATCHING FROM GREAT HEIGHTS sundara karma
06 EMPIRE MINE cajsa siik
07 YOU & I dangers of the sea
08 FADE AWAY susanne sundfør
09 OTHER WAY ROUND lime cordiale
10 CONSOLATION PRIZE sharon van etten
11 I WANT TO HAVE A BABY soltero
12 EVERYTHING WILL WORK OUT empathy test
13 CREATURE COMFORT arcade fire
14 LE ROYAUME la féline
15 DARK PROMISES matt mays
16 WILD HEARTS the mynabirds
17 TOO SAD TO BE YOUNG the new faith
18 LA MANCHA SCREWJOB weezer
19 INCANTATION wolf parade
20 CLIMB tori amos
21 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK the pogues & kirsty maccoll