Themed Mixes

I thought I'd post playlists to some of the themed mix-tapes I like to make, if you want to post your playlists here you can as well, they don't necessarily need to be on actual cassettes.

So I'm one of the few people who still like to make mix tapes on actual cassettes, not really just to be retro but because I never really stopped doing it. They become like little time capsules over the years, I can go back to tapes I made when I was 12 in the 90's and relive being that age. I find that cassettes are more durable than CD's (not to mention longer), and MP 3 playlists have even less longevity.

I make my themed mixes by choosing songs with a similar theme and placing them all together on a 90 to 120 minute blank cassette. I find these effective for meditating on particular topics. My latest completion is a death-themed tape called Afterlife, recorded on a 90 minute Type I Maxell UR cassette with a wide variety of genres on it. I drew a nice picture of the god Anubis on the cover.

Side A

Lazarus - David Bowie

The Undertaker (wrestling theme)

Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary

End of Your Life - And One

Beetlejuice Theme - Danny Elfman

Riddle Box - Insane Clown Posse

Hell - Squirrel Nut Zippers

Lord of Eternity - Kotipelto

Ain't No Grave - Johnny Cash

All the Way Down (demo) -Voltaire

How to Disappear Completely - Radiohead

Ov Sirun, Sirun - Skylark Farm soundtrack

Side B

Everything Dies - Type O Negative

St. James Infirmary - Cab Calloway

Hell in a Handbasket - Voltaire

Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd

The Tenth Circle - Hanzel Und Gretyl

Soul Society - Kamelot

The Undertaker Theme (on piano)

Underground (demo) - Voltaire

Life is Killing Me - Type O Negative

Motion Picture Soundtrack - Radiohead

edited 26th Feb '16 5:59:28 PM by Surenity

A food-themed mix CD I made someone for Christmas last year. At one point I had this vague idea to organize it into "meals", so that all the breakfast foods, lunch foods, dinners, and desserts would be next to each other, but that was scrapped in favor of just trying to make it flow musically:

1. Descendents – I Like Food
2. Led Zeppelin – Custard Pie
3. Four Shells – Hot Dog
4. The Alrighters – Mashed Potatoes
5. The Colonials – Crawdad
6. Soul Coughing – Soft Serve
7. Cibo Matto – Birthday Cake
8. Electric Six – French Bacon
9. A Tribe Called Quest – Ham ‘n’ Eggs
10. Pizzicato Five – Ice Cream Meltin’ Mellow
11. Ween – Pollo Asada
12. Pink Floyd – Candy And A Currant Bun
13. Booker T & The MG’s – Green Onions
14. Cracker – Sweet Thistle Pie
15. The Dead Milkmen – Tacoland
16. King Missile – Cheesecake Truck
17. The White Stripes – Sugar Never Tasted So Good
18. Hoosier Hot Shots – I Like Bananas Because They Have No Bones
19. Spinal Tap – Cups And Cakes
20. Dub Narcotic Sound System & Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Fudgie The Whale
21. Tom Waits – Ice Cream Man
22 (Hidden Track) Van Morrison - Want A Danish?

edited 29th Feb '16 7:43:49 PM by MikeK

For some reason I was thinking of an old, Armageddon- themed mix I made a few years ago - Mayan Doomsday was supposedly approaching at the time. I kind of had a loose narrative in mind - the first five tracks are supposed to represent people first finding out the world was ending, the next seven were supposed to represent the event itself, and the last one is supposed to be for After the End.