(Liner Notes Not Yet Complete)

This is my entry into the Puddle Cutter Mix CD Exchange V.2. This is actually the third part of a trilogy of mix CD’s that I have made in the past few months. Some of the same artists and genres show up. I have stayed away from metal and hip hop for the most part. Perhaps they will be included in future volumes. Perhaps there will be no more future volumes? Who fucking knows. Anyway. On to the CD.

1. Bob Dylan – The Man in Me

It’s Bob Dylan. It’s on the Big Lebowski soundtrack. What more do you need?

2. Songs: Ohia – Farewell Transmission

The album Magnolia Electric Company has been in steady rotation for a couple months. I have also been digging on the live album Trials and Errors as well, which has an even more Neil Youngish vibe. There are just so many great lines in all of these songs. My favorite from this particular song is, “Here comes midnight with the dead moon in its jaws.” Dunno. I think that’s fuckin cool.

3. Ween – Chocolate Town

I think that I mentioned in the liner notes to V.1 that I love Ween. I love the shit outa Ween. I think that they are one of the most talented bands out there. A lot of people treat them like a novelty act because many of their songs are funny or just straight up weird. The thing is they have some really poignant lyrics in some of their tunes. I was going to include one of their ballads for this mix but I couldn’t settle on just one. I had this song stuck in my head a few weeks ago and thus it appears on yer CD.

4. Frank Black and the Catholics – St. Francis Damn Disaster

I must admit, I am not a fan of the Pixies. They are ok. I wouldn’t ask someone to turn it off or anything but I myself would probably not put it on. Well. A friend of mine kept insisting that I check out Dog in the Sand. I took his advice and gave it a few spins. Honestly it didn’t do anything for me at first. A week went by I realized that these songs had kinda stuck in my head. Went back and gave it a real listen and what do ya know. I dug the fuck outa it. This song in particular stuck out. The way in which the river is anthropomorphized is brilliant.

5. Alexander ‘Skip’ Spence

6. Oren Bloedow and Jennifer Charles – Lamma Badha

Jennifer Charles has one of the sexiest voices in music. She was first brought to my attention by Dan the Automator’s Lovage record. I went on to check out her band Elysian Fields and that led me to this odd CD. It is Jewish folk songs from Spain. I recommend all of her stuff. Did I mention she’s totally hot?

7. Allison Kraus – Take Me for Longing

Here comes the country part of the mix. Yeehaa! I loves me some banjos.

8. Bobby Gentry – Ode to Billy Joe

I love this southern gothic stuff. This is one of those perfect pop songs. The arrangement, lyrics, and overall mood make it a classic.

9. Lee Hazelwood – Summer Wine

It was hard to pick a Lee Hazelwood song for this comp. So many good ones. Most of them are ‘bout drinkin and wimmen. This is the guy who wrote These Boots are Made for Walkin’ for Nancy Sinatra. I would recommend The Complete MGM Recordings, A Cowboy in Sweden, and For Every Solution There is a Problem to start out.

10. The Rolling Stones – Dead Flowers

Next to murder ballads I think songs about drugs are pretty kick ass. So many great songs have been written about drugs or while on drugs. This is a proven fact and no one knows more about the drugs than the Stones I suppose. Maybe I like these songs since I myself have not done heroin and this is a way of living vicariously through the lyrics.

11. Eugene McDaniels - Supermarket Blues