Mental Health Day

Mental Health Day
Created by: immers
Tracks: 14
Length: 01:16:03
Keywords 1. Staying
2. Home
3. Work
Created on 11/6/06 2:11pm
Level 5
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description:
Today I took a mental health day from work. I stayed home and played video games and listened to music. This mixtape is what I created to listen to, its nice and relaxing without being too laid-back
Hope you Enjoy

tracklist

1 Big Star : Watch the Sunrise
Begin with a little Big Star. Nice vocal and nice strumming guitar to listen to
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Track 1 from #1 Record
Length: 00:03:45
Year: 1972
Track Description:
Begin with a little Big Star. Nice vocal and nice strumming guitar to listen to
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2 Yo La Tengo : You Can Have it All
Repetitive with a great lo-fi vocal
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Track 2 from And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
Length: 00:04:37
Year: 2000
Track Description:
Repetitive with a great lo-fi vocal
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3 Calexico : Gypsy's Curse
Next up is a little instrumental. Twangy Americana. Or at least I think it is. I wouldnt sound of out place in a spagetti western
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Track 3 from The Black Light
Length: 00:04:37
Year: 1998
Track Description:
Next up is a little instrumental. Twangy Americana. Or at least I think it is. I wouldnt sound of out place in a spagetti western
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4 Kings of Convenience : Toxic Girl (Monte Carlo 1963 Version)
rarely does a remix album get to be better than the original works. This comes from such an album
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Track 4 from versus
Length: 00:03:08
Track Description:
rarely does a remix album get to be better than the original works. This comes from such an album
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5 Joy Zipper : In the Never Ending Search for a Suitable Enemy
Pretty vocal and nice gentle music
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Track 5 from American Whip
Length: 00:06:18
Year: 2004
Track Description:
Pretty vocal and nice gentle music
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6 Built to Spill : Trimmed and Burning
A little more guitar now.It a a little more of an epic feel to it than the other tracks
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Track 6 from Ancient Melodies of the Future
Length: 00:04:19
Year: 2001
Track Description:
A little more guitar now.It a a little more of an epic feel to it than the other tracks
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7 Stratford 4 : Telephone
A coversation between a guy and his mother. sadly my mother isnt as cool as this one
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Track 7 from Love & Distortion
Length: 00:08:09
Year: 2003
Track Description:
A coversation between a guy and his mother. sadly my mother isnt as cool as this one
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8 The Kills : Ticket Man
back into the homemade sounding lo-fi
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Track 8 from No Wow
Length: 00:02:49
Year: 2005
Track Description:
back into the homemade sounding lo-fi
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9 Tindersticks : A Night In
Underrated band. a great track from a great ablum. I love the singers voice
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Track 9 from Tindersticks II
Length: 00:06:25
Year: 1995
Track Description:
Underrated band. a great track from a great ablum. I love the singers voice
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10 Stereolab : Fluorescences
a little bit of euro-weirdness now, bit more electronic sounding
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Track 10 from Oscillons from the Anti-Sun disc 1
Length: 00:03:22
Year: 2005
Track Description:
a little bit of euro-weirdness now, bit more electronic sounding
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11 Neu! : Hallogallo
Guitar based shennanigans from the guitar players from Kraftwerk
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Track 11 from Neu!
Length: 00:10:07
Year: 1972
Track Description:
Guitar based shennanigans from the guitar players from Kraftwerk
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12 Kraftwerk : Autobahn
Keeping the Krautrock thing going by flying Straight into Kraftwerk. Not the 20+ minute version, but the shorter one from The Mix
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Track 12 from The Mix
Length: 00:09:28
Year: 1991
Track Description:
Keeping the Krautrock thing going by flying Straight into Kraftwerk. Not the 20+ minute version, but the shorter one from The Mix
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13 Negativland : Christianity is Stupid
...and communism is good!! Sample Terrorism from Negativland. I don't want to offend anyone with the title, the track is a little tongue in cheek.
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Track 13 from Escape from Noise
Length: 00:03:54
Year: 1987
Track Description:
...and communism is good!! Sample Terrorism from Negativland. I don't want to offend anyone with the title, the track is a little tongue in cheek.
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14 Spacemen 3 : Walking with Jesus
Finish off the mix with Spacemen 3. Probably their best know track.
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Track 14 from Perfect Prescription
Length: 00:05:05
Year: 1987
Track Description:
Finish off the mix with Spacemen 3. Probably their best know track.
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Really good mix! Especially Neu! & Kraftwerk. (:,'
7/16/08 6:19pm
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I am attempting a mental health century! Not much luck so far. Really nice mixtape. One or two I don't know. (Negativland) ) One or two I forgot about (Tindersticks) and Calexico, who I paid attention to for the first time when they were on Austin City Limits over the weekend. Great.
11/6/06 5:01pm
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spacemen 3!! funny - i'm taking a mental health day, myself... i haven't dressed yet and it's 4:30. lovely mix.
11/6/06 4:31pm