Ouroboros - 60 min.

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The cyclical ebb and flow from motion to stasis and back again.

Side A: Luxuriating in languor until sloth dulls into a burdensome nothingness.

Side B: Propelling from pain into movement and getting into the zone. Doubling down and slaying until exhaustion and headed back to the land of the laze.



Side A. (Laze)

1. ”Working to Work,” Field Music

2. “Couldn’t Get Ahead,” The Fall

3. “Life Stinks,” Pere Ubu

4. “T.V.O.D.,” The Normal

5. “Peeping Tomboy,” Kurt Vile

6. “It’s a Bit of a Pain,” Faust

7. “Same,” Low

8. “Stuck,” Grouper

9. “A Meaningful Moment Through A Meaning(Less) Process,” Stars Of The Lid


Side B (Slay)

1. “Wake Up and Smell Millennium,” Nobody

2. “Get Up and Go,” The Go-Go’s

3. “Watch Me Jumpstart,” Guided By Voices

4. “Blast Off!,” The Monks

5. “Lift Off,” Jay Z and Kanye West

6. “New Day,” The Olivia Tremor Control

7. “Slippi,” Animal Collective

8. “Olympics,” Zs

9. “Borrowed Time,” Parquet Courts

10. “Repeating the Circle,” Ceremony

 

 

Fighting About Fighting - 60 min.

“As with most couples, probably, most of our fights were not about anything, but rather about fighting itself,” Rob Sheffield Love is a Mixtape.

Each pair drawing their particular sparring ring. Pulling the ropes taut with righteousness or loosening them in rapprochement.

 

Side A.

1. “Always Right, Ramona Falls.

2. "Whatever I Do is Right,” The Clean.

3. “Academy Fight Song,” Mission of Burma.

4. “As We Go Up We Go Down,” Guided by Voices.

5. “The Argument,” Fugazi.

6. “Worms vs. Birds,” Modest Mouse.

7. “Never Mind,” The Replacements.

8. “I am the Resurrection,” The Stone Roses.

 

Side B

1. “Don’t Cry,” Deerhunter.

2. “Aisumasen (I’m Sorry),” John Lennon.

3. “Give Me Another Chance,” Big Star.

4. “Let’s Kiss and Make Up,” Wilson Pickett.

5. “Iron Out the Rough Spots,” Nolan Porter.

6. “Open the Door,” Otis Redding.

7. “It’s Raining,” Irma Thomas.

8. “I’m Free Now,” Morphine.

9. “Love Me Till the Sun Shines,” The Kinks.

10. “Wave a White Flag,” Elvis Costello.

Petitio Principii - 60 min.

Begging the question, which is the taking of a thing for true or for granted, and drawing conclusions from it as such, when it is really dubious, perhaps false, or at least wants to be proved, before any inferences ought to be drawn from it.  

Side A.

  1. “Recoil,” Magazine.
  2. “Treachery,” Unwound.
  3. “Two People in a Room,” Wire.
  4. “BLAM!!,” Swell Maps.
  5. “Shut Up,” The Monks.
  6. “Train,” Mission of Burma.
  7. “Words Disobey Me,” The Pop Group.
  8. “Guilt Parade,” The Birthday Party.
  9. “Over and Over,” Cabaret Voltaire.

Side B.

  1. “Hate, Love,” Young Jazz Rebels.
  2. “Untitled,” Secret Drum Band.
  3. “Two Against Three,” Brian Eno & David Byrne.
  4. “B is for Burning,” Zs.
  5. “Sharks,” Lounge Lizards.
  6. “Contempt,” John Zorn.
  7. “This is Where No-One Worked Out,” Vibracathedral Orchestra.

Nearly Yielding - 60 min.

“As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death,” George Bernard Shaw, Overruled.

Side A.

  1. “I Want What I Can’t Have,” The Smiths.
  2. “I Can Only Give You Everything,” Them.
  3. “Call On Me,” Captain Beefheart.
  4. “Words Fail Me,” The Sound.
  5. “Molly’s Lips,” The Vaselines.
  6. “Cake Shop Girl,” Swell Maps.
  7. “Into You Like A Train,” Psychedelic Furs.
  8. “Fluid,” The Gerbils.
  9. “À nos amours” [excerpt], Feu Thérèse.
  10. “Semoline,” Nick Jaina.
  11. “I Go Wild,” The Bats.

Side B.

  1. “Almost Gold,” The Jesus and Mary Chain.
  2. “Desire Lines,” Deerhunter.
  3. “Light of Love,” Miracles Club.
  4. “Heartbeat,” Blackbird Blackbird.
  5. “Arm Around You,” Arthur Russell.
  6. “Arms Around Me,” Jens Lekman.

Consolation Prize - 60 min.

Side A.

  1. “Pop Doormat,” The Dancing Cigarettes.
  2. “Changing Hearts,” Polyrock.
  3. “Johnny and Mary,” Robert Palmer.
  4. “How Can U Luv Me,” Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
  5. “Bad Lover,” Small Black.
  6. “The Hardest Walk,” The Jesus and Mary Chain.
  7. “Off Your Face.” My Bloody Valentine.
  8. “Why Baby,” The Aislers Set.
  9. “Waste Away,” Those Darlins.
  10. “Today It’s You,” Marmoset.

Side B.

  1. “Tractor Rape Chain,” Guided By Voices.
  2. “Give it Up,” Talk Talk.
  3. “I Can’t Stay Here Tonight,” Clem Snide.
  4. “Raindrops,” Tindersticks.
  5. “I Tried to Leave You,” Leonard Cohen.
  6. “I’m Loving Nothing,” The Impressions.
  7. “Too Tired,” DeVotchKa.
  8. “Dirty Dishes,” Deer Tick.