Weekly Mix Tape Pt 20

This mix has some progressions and regressions involving Boston connection. This mix gets a little sloppy, probably due to impatience or something. All Songs available on iTunes.
Listen and Enjoy.

1. Lust For Life by Iggy Pop
Song about drugs used to advertise Family vacations . . . YES!
2. Rise by The Cult
This wasn't a big hit but man did it rock compared to everything else in 2001
3. Hash Pipe by Weezer
The return of Weezer! In 2001 everyone thought they were long gone. Produced by Ric Ocasek of the Cars
4. Subbacultcha by Pixies
Black Frances wanted to sound like the cars
5. Just What I needed by Cars
Ric Ocasek's Band
6. Lovefool by Cardigans
Only sugar is sweeter
7. Dream On by Depeche Mode
Doing there thing
8. Santa Monica by Everclear
So catchy it hurts
9. Seether by Veruca Salt
good 90s band
10.Scar by American Hi-Fi
The singer drummed for Veruca Salt
11.The Dope Show by Marilyn Manson
We're all stars, great video
12.Common People by Pulp
William Shatner covered this song, that's how seminal it is
13.Atomic by Sleeper
Doing a great version of a Blondie song
14.White Wedding by Billy Idol
Billy Doesn't get any better than this song about his sister
15.Tie Your Mother Down
Queen Rocks
16.Trippin' On A Hole With A Paper Heart by Stone Temple Pilots
Scott Weiland was great when he was on drugs (yes that's a reference to their newest song, "Between The Lines"
17.You Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC
The older I get the less I like this song
18.Jungle Boogie by Kool & The Gang
If you don't get down to this song the you can't get down
19.Go by Pearl Jam
You would think this is how I would start the mix but you would be wrong and be penalized

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Weekly Mix Tape Pt 12

There's more groove and dance to this mix than one might expect from me which is why I keep making mixes! I need to explore my music collection,

Mix #12 from Solidpants on 8tracks.

1. Hate To Say I Told You So by The Hives

The only band that matters. Well that's quite an exaggeration but welcome to America boys. Who knew Sweden rocked so hard?

2. Beercan by Beck
Groovy shit!
3. Candy-O by The Cars
The Cars never rocked like this!
4. Renegades of Funk by Rage Against the Machine
Even protest is funky.
5. The perfect Drug by Nine Inch Nails
Trent's drum n' Bass experiment from the "Lost Highway" sound track.
6. Loser by 3 Doors Down

Hick Rock

 7. Hello Operator by The White Stripes
Hello White Stripes.
8. Jailbreak by AC/DC
RIP Bon Scott, you crazy man
9. In The Highways by The Peasall Sisters
Old Timey music from O' Brother Where Art Thou?
10.Ghost of Stephen Foster by Squirrel Nut Zippers
Their best song
11. Criminal by Fiona Apple
Top 5 crazy girl song. Be aware of chicks who sing this at Karaoke
12. Town Called Malice by The Jam
This is a total classic British song
13.Diggin' Your Scene by Smash Mouth
Does Smash Mouth suck? You be the judge
14.Groove is in the Heart by Deee-lite
3 e's is maybe too many but this song has become a classic with some help from Q-tip and Bootsy Collins
15.Music by Madonna
She's never been this funky before and that was that
16.Hammering In My Head by Garbage
More beats, sexy vocals and a cryptic topic
17.Pluto by Björk
A deep track from Iceland
18.Optimistic by Radiohead
OVERRATED and there it is
19.Beautiful Day by U2
I hate this song
20. You Can't Always get What You Want by the Rolling Stones
Classic Rock always makes for a great mix ending

Listen and enjoy

Baseball Stuff

I guess I'm a pitching fan more than a hitting fan; it could be because I'm pretty sure all the hitters are juiced accept Ichiro (9 200 hit seasons in a row . . . Amazing!)
So with that said my current favorite pitcher still active is Tim Lincecum
So he doesn't win too much but that's because nobody does anymore, Pitchers usually aren't around in the 8th inning anymore so it appears that win totals for starters have gone down some. I recall when I was growing up that there used to be about 3 or 4 guys a year who had 20 victories and one of those guys would have 24 or 25 wins and that was a lot but I guess not in comparison to the guys who were winning 30 or more games way back in the day.
Anyway "The Freak" as they call Mr. Lincecum has a great wind up, he strikes everybody out, he's thin and he has goofy hair and tattoos which combined with the fact that some say he looks like the lead singer of 70s, 80s new wave/rock band The Cars,Rick Ocasek (below)makes him pretty damn cool in my book . . . err blog. In some ways he's like a slightly taller and much paler version of Pedro Martinez. I hope the guy can last in the bigs and continue to pitch like he has the past two years and because I'm old fashioned I think it would be great if always pitched for the San Francisco Giants
I have to wonder if Tim's mom was a Cars fan . . .