I got choad's CDs today (Monday today, not Tuesday today). Probably the fastest our postal service has ever delivered something. I'll give them a listen sometime tomorrow night or on my days off.

I received discs today (Tuesday not Monday) from del guerrero de choad. Will listen soon.

In other good news, I found the review of ivytheplant's other disc that I thought I had lost. So, here goes...

I'm in Your Head:

01. ah, an excellent chillin', drivin', whateverin' song. nice start.
02. my friends and i used to make fun of the chorus--singing it as badly and loudly as possible. i do enjoy the song, though.
03. i thought this one was Pearl Jam at first, but it's not. pretty good for a long, slow tune.
04. i know the song, not the artist. nice contrast to the faster, louder version.
05. don't know it; don't care for it
06. hey, who turned the station to classic rock? this guy's like an old friend you're happy to see on the odd occasions when he shows up.
07. underrated song by a guy who became overrated. gives me a whiplash smile just thinking about the old days :\
08. ha, this disc is starting to sound like me flipping through my digital music channels (which is not a bad thing, mind you. the 80s flocking ruled!
09. i've never been a fan of these guys, but they had a few good songs--this one included
10. i think i know who sings this. they have good songs, but they don't overly excite me, so it's probably a good thing that other people keep sending me their music.
11. i thought these guys were going to be the NEXT BIG THING wayback when. i probably still have the cassette hidden away somewhere.
12. I've always liked this song a lot, but I can never remember who sings it.
13. i didn't see this one coming. very good.
14. hard and soft at the same time--much like a sponge that's half-wet.
15. ha again! great complement to #14. i'm not surprised at all that this one is on here.
16. nice version of a classic.
17. don't know about the first part, but I could not FORGET about the second part :)

Wow, this disc is so very different from "Schizophrenia." Well, maybe it's not that different. I mean, ivy did throw in some well-knowns on "Schizophrenia," but the effect of the mix is totally different than "I'm in Your Head." Well, maybe not since both discs leave me feeling good and groovy. Perhaps disc one should have been titled, "Bipolar." ;P Either way, I enjoyed them both. The first one rates more highly because I wasn't as familiar with the tracklist.

FINAL SCR0E:
Schizophrenia......A
I'm in Your Head...B

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I'm going to go ahead and post my tracklists. They're no secret since they are included in the cover art.

Let Me Touch Him
This CD is the tattered remnants of what was to be CD#2 from Swap #4. I reworked the playlist a bit and came up with this. The original theme was going to be songs I found personally touching, but it was eventually expanded to include some other stuff that seemed to fit in:

Ben Kweller - How It Should Be (Sha Sha) Just a fun song to start with.

Belle & Sebastian - Seeing Other People I could listen to this song on a loop all day.

The Velvet Underground - I'll Be Your Mirror We all need someone to show us what we are.

Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) I'm a huge Talking Heads fan. This is my favourite song of theirs. I think it's beautiful.

The Beta Band - Dry The Rain I love how this song keeps building and building.

Daft Punk - Something About Us Who says electronica can't be sentimental?

Dirty Vegas - Ghosts I moved around a lot as a kid--this song speaks to that desire to settle down.

Kraftwerk - Tour de France I'm a cyclist but I think this is the most melodic electronic song ever written.

Ween - Ocean Man More fun--it was getting a little serious here.

Marshall Crenshaw - Someday Someway A great relationship song. This was the first great Marshall to come from the suburbs of Detroit.

Jonathan Richman - They're Not Tryin' on the Dance Floor I have everything Richman has released. He's not for everyone, but this song is for this mix.

The Bens - Wicked Little Town Again, this speaks to that part of me that moved around a lot.

The Thrills - Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far) Thanks to jes for introducing me to the Thrills. Who knew the best Californian music was being made in Ireland? I actually listened to this CD a lot when I drove the length of the state last month and even listened to their song "Big Sur" while driving through Big Sur.

Stereolab - Captain Easychord I saw Stereolab back in May. Awesome. Actually, I saw Belle & Sebastian at the same festival, and didn't realize the Thrills were on the bill or I wouldn't have missed them--oh well.

Syd Barrett - Gigolo Aunt Another fun one. We all know who this is by now, right?

John Denver - Good Morning, Starshine The goofiest song of the 70s.

The Polyphonic Spree - Section 6
The Polyphonic Spree - Section 7 I'm totally perplexed by The Polyphonic Spree, I like them and hate them all at the same time. I like Section 6 a lot, though.

Music to Tame That Tiger
I just threw this together, but I think it flows nicely.

[b]Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - The Lonely Bull
[/b] Go to a bullfight if you get the chance. If you can't handle what's going on in the ring, listen to the incredible live music.

Karl Denson - Dance Lesson, No. 2 Karl plays San Diego quire a bit--good show to see live.

Maceo Parker - Uptown Up This could have been any number of Maceo Parker funk tracks, I ended up settling on this one.

Titan - Corazon What is this? Retrotechno?

Mr. Gone - Mosquito Coast '94-'96 Just something off a Brazillian electronica compilation cd I found somewhere.

Gumnaam - Jaan Pehechaan Ho This is a Bali-wood musical number shown in the opening credits of Ghost World.

Frank Sinatra - Mrs. Robinson I don't think Frank read the lyrics before he recorded this, but just relied on what his assistant told him about the song.

Buddy Blue - Minor Buzz While this appears on a Buddy Blue cd, it was written by his former sax player Eddie Croft, whom I used to know.

Tom Jones - Help Yourself This song makes me sprout chest hairs.

Les Hommes - Intraspettro More retro lounge style music.

April Stevens - Teach Me Tiger Va-va-voom!

Mocean Worker - Tres Tres Chic This song makes me want to smoke in a cafe and sneer.

Greyboy - La Jolla I live two minutes from La Jolla. I think that's Karl Denson from above on flute.

Boards of Canada - Roygbiv BoC are no strangers to SC swaps. I wish this song was longer.

Arling & Cameron - Voulez Vous? Just fit.

Madlib - Funky Blue Note I almost put the same Madlib song on my Swap 4 cd that mmyers put on his. This one is different, but just as good.

Fischerspooner - Panther Theme Technomancini.

Oingo Boingo - Return of the Dead Man 2 I wish this band was still touring--lots of fun in the 80s and 90s.

Got choad's CDs yesterday. I will listen to them today at work. I will be sending out my CDs this week, and I want you all to forgive me for only sending out one disc each. I don't have access to my own CD burner, but I have a friend who will take care of this for me in the future.

In order to get the songs to him I had to put all the songs I wanted on a zip disk and then actually take the zip drive from my PC at work and give it to him so he could plug it into his Mac and burn the songs for me, which he did for practically nothing. Next swap I endeavor to put out two discs. In fact, maybe I'll even get a second disc to you guys later on.

The second one will definitely be a bit more obscure than the first one, but I have a feeling now that umfum at least will like a couple of songs on the first one. Anyway, I'm off to listen to "Let Me Touch Him".

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P.S. - Choad, my track list is out of order. Can you post the order they are supposed to be in, so I know which one is which? For the most part I think I've got it, but there are a few I don't know.

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Out of order? YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER!

Seriously, that's the intended order above. I listened to both cd's (not every copy, but they were all burned at once) and I thought they came out just as expected.

If not...oh, bother!

The above order IS the right order. It's the order on the CDs that is messed.

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CDs went out today!

I apologize in advance for the lame cover art. Track list is available after listening, upon request.

Also, choad:

Do not open your package around any uptight people. Any people offended by provocative imagery. And stuff.

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Got Mikey's CD today. Not sure when I'll get to listen to it as I haven't even gotten to chaod's yet thanks to my boss being out sick and me having to cover for her. Hooray triple shifts!

I really want to know what chaod's cover looked like, though I have an idea.

Wasn't the cover art GREAT?

XD!

Well, I couldn't beat choad's cover art, so I just kinda winged it.

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Received Choad's CDs today in a side swap, will listen to them tonight or tomorrow night. All I can say so far is the cover art of "Let Me Touch Him" cracked me up for some reason.

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All I'll say is that I made the mistake of leaving "Let Me Touch Him" on the edge of my desk for a couple of days.

People looked at me strange until I told them the guys on the cover were talking about Jesus. Then they didn't buy that and I got over my laziness and put them away.

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I said I'd have my discs out by end o' the month, but I don't.

I've actually been out of town/state the past two weekends in an unplanned way, so I've fallen behind.

However, as compensation (and also because I felt like doing another one), you good folks will be getting an extra disc for a total of three. Hope you don't mind downhome bluegrass gospel yodeling.

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Picked up Mikey's cds today--very literal cover art. I owe Ivy a review first, but I'll say this much--since I had Soul Coughing and Underworld on my last swap cd, it'll be positive.

Got Mikey?

Yes, a couple of days ago. Love the custom artwork.

I owe choad some reviews and then will get to MikeyG.

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Did you hear it already? You are quite astute.

Track list available through email, just pm me with your email address and I'll send it to ya.

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Did you hear it already? You are quite astute.

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Ivy's Review--

Schizoprenia:

1: Transformers occurred during my cartoon dark ages when I was too old to watch kid shows and the Atari 2600 occupied all my time.

2: I love Indian music--I get angry when I go into an Indian restaurant and they're playing western music.

3: Love it!

4: I appreciate disco much more as an adult than I did in the 70's.

5:HAAAAAA! I sing this song all the time. Parker/Stone are geniuses.

6: This brought the mix down a bit. I'm not much for haunting vocals.

7:Okay--I recognize the music...what the hell is this? Cracks me up, though.

8: One of my favourites. I almost put this song on one of my cd's. I settled for her father instead.

9: NOOOOOOOOOOO! Everytime I hear this, I shout "BILBO!" for the rest of the day or until someone slaps me. The video for this kills me.

10: Is this Hooked on Metal?

11: I like Richard Cheese. My friends wanted me to sing for their band a couple years ago to sort of knock off what he does, but I thought Cheese's production values were better and we'd sound lame so I sorta disappeared.

12: Another favourite of mine. The Monkees should never have forced Don Kirschner out in favour of recording their own originals.

13: EEEEEEEEEEE!

14: I prefer "Now You're A Man"

15: Interesting track to put between tracks 14 and 16.

16: I never understood this song. Technograss?

17: Fun little track.

18: Was this recorded from the MTV VMA's? I remember seeing this back in the 90's and have always wanted to see it again.

19: I'm Choadwarrior bitch.

20: Ahhh...lounge music.

21: My favourite Johnny Cash song.

22: This could also be called The Umfum, The Choad, and the Mikey. :-P.

23: Hmmm.

Ivy, part 2:

I'm In Your Head

1: Great song. Love the Pumpkins

2: Petty is one of the few classic rockers who doesn't cause me to jump for the radio dial when he comes on.

3: This is a little too melodramatic for me.

4: This song got played a lot here in San Diego. I guess this guy is a local, but he's either reclusive or nutty, or both.

5: This song didn't do much for me.

6: I was stuck in a mountain cabin with nothing but Steve Miller's Greatest Hits back in 1987 and it's taken me this long to get over it.

7: Ah, reminds me of the early days of MTV. I miss post-apocalyptic videos.

8: Hooray for the 80's!

9: I was once chased by an angry mob for daring to call the Ramones irrelevant. I now see the errors of my ways.

10. This sounds like Metalica Meets Heart.

11. A-HA! As noted above, I'm a sucker for early MTV era bands.

12. I always liked this song.

13. This song makes me want to put on a tux and slow dance with a virtuous woman.

14. This cover is the counterpart to your Richard Cheese track on the other disc.

15. This works really well coming out of track 14.

16. Sorry, I was a huge fan of the Who growing up and I've always hated this cover.

17. Two months, Ivy...you're mine!

Mikey's review:

The tracklist you sent me was off a bit. I'm guessing 5 and 7 are in the right place.

1.) The Beginning is the End is the Beginning – Smashing Pumpkins. As mentioned above, I love Smashing Pumpkins. I have all their discs and saw them a few times live. You'd never know it if you look at my tracklists, though.

2.) Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers Lovely song.

3.) Baker Street – Jerry Rafferty Argh--I remember when this song was new. I always liked it.

4.) The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel Not my favourite Simon & Garfunkel song, but still a good one.

5.) Gravity – Perfect Circle I thought this was Tool.

6.) Dream On – Aerosmith Sorry, one of my least-favourite Aerosmith songs.

7.) Why I’m Here – Oleander Sounds Nirvanaish. I like it.

8.) Spinal Meningitis – Ween When this first came on, I thought, "sounds like Ween." I had never heard this one, but Gene's voice and the lyrics gave it away.

9.) Cornflake Girl – Tori Amos This song makes me want to post a poem in my blog about how nobody understands what it's like to be me.

10.) Barrel of a Gun – Depeche Mode I always liked this band.

11.) Baby Bitch - Ween I KNEW this was Ween. I need to listen to them more.

12.) Fuck the Pain Away – Peaches HOT! Did I say, "Hot!?" I meant HOTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!1!1!1.

13.) Piggy – Nine Inch Nails I really thought this band would have more longevity.

14.) Hell Yeah – Dead Prez I likee.

15.) The Bug – Soul Coughing A rare track. Sould Coughing is one of my all-time favourite bands. Well done.

16.) Moaner – Underworld I love Underworld. Saw them last year and have a ton of their stuff.

17.) The End is the Beginning is the End – Smashing Pumpkins See above. Nice.

Final impression: Based on the overlap of artists between this disc and my other swap cd's (Ween, Underworld, Soul Coughing) and other all-time favourites like Smashing Pumpkins, Mikey and I could go on a long road trip together and at least be entertained by each others' music.

Whoops!

My bad.

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Meant to do choad's first, but I'm waiting for my mom to arrive and torture me. I should have known better than expect her on time so I *could* have done all three. Oh well. So here's Mikey's and I'll do choad's later.

And I'm only on number 13 right now. Hopefully I'll have heard them all by the time I type up my notes.

1. Awesome! I love the Pumpkins (in case you didn't notice). One of the few songs on the B&R soundtrack that didn't suck.

2. Cool song. Not sure anything about it other than I heard it on CSI once. Which is why I recognized it.

3. I like this...the sax riff is familiar but I can't place it.

4. Good music to fall asleep to. Not because it's boring, but because it's relaxing.

5. Nice transition. Damnit, I know these guys, have their stuff, but can't identify them! ARGH!

6. Would you marry me already Mikey!? I adore this song! Though it doesn't quite sound like Aerosmith. If it isn't, then good cover. If it is, then it's been too long since I've blown the dust off my CDs.

7. Interesting. Kind of Cure-ish or Taproot-ish. Love it.

8. WTF?

9. I know that voice. I think. Always glad to see estrogen represented in a way that's not whiny, country, or wymmyn-empowered. Gives me a great idea for Swap #6...

10. Again with the proposals. While listening to this CD, I was doing a mad cleaning/furniture rearranging/etc and it's absolutely perfect for keeping me moving. The type of stuff I listen to mostly when I do chores. I.E. I like it.

11. Now THIS is the ind of bluesy music I love to drive to in late afternoon. Mellow and laid back.

12. HAHAHAHAHA! I had the volume way up by this time. Now my neighbors are REALLY gonna wonder about me. Let them. This ROCKS!

13. Transition works great from the last song. Genius arrangement.

14. Surprisingly, I liked this after about only 30 seconds. The cats ran in fear though.

15. So I take it I'm not the only one with this soundtrack? Or did you get it elsewhere?

16. Another one I love and listen to a lot. I'm a big fan of techno. But the cool stuff. I imagine myself beating people up to this.

17. I know this one too. Well duh. Anyway, if you didn't end with this, I'd be worried.

Conclusion: If Mikey and me ever had kids, they would be fucking music prodigies! Not to mention snappy dressers!

Ivy, I think you and I may be the only two people on Earth who bought that soundtrack.

Considering there may be other ways to get your hands on that soundtrack, I'll just admit straight out that I paid money for it.

Too bad the soundtrack couldn't erase the fact that the movie should have been titled "Horrible Waste of Millions: The Prequel".

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Good News For People Who Love Bad News

Just kidding. The good news is that I burned and labeled the first disc for my group members last night.

The second disc will take a bit longer because of the packaging.

The third disc has limited packaging and shouldn't take long at all.

Discs will be out by the end of the month or my name isn't Claude Henry Smoot.

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At my behest, choadwarrior was kind enough to include his swap #4 disc in my shipment for swap #5. Here, then, are my thoughts upon

Bienvenido al Mundo del Guerrero de Choad

01. Prologue - DIMITRI FROM PARIS. A lot of swappers aim for the perfect introduction to start their swap discs. This track hit its mark.

02. Sacre Francais - DIMITRI FROM PARIS. Smooth and fun like little melodies splashing about a wet keyboard.

03. My Robot - LOOPER. Unit failed to gain positive feedback.

04. Gliterball - FC/KAHUNA. Track "takes off" in just the right places. Very good--for a football club.

05. Field-Goal - KINKY. Interesting interlude.

06. Original Stuntmaster - AIM. I've heard other AIM stuff and didn't care much, but this track is my favorite so far. The music feels a bit other-worldly, and the interview excerpts from Evil Knievel are used most advantageously.

07. Screenwriter's Blues - SOUL COUGHING. I don't care for the post-modernist-hipster-prattling of SC's lead "singer"--at least not over the course of a full album. However, the band is excellent and has many good songs. I like this one and several others from "Ruby Vroom."

08. Barbarella - BOB CREWE. I don't see how anyone could watch the film "Barbarella" and still take Jane Fonda seriously as an actress or anything else. The coolest thing about the movie might be that the blind angel Pygar is played by John Philip Law. Mr. Law starred ignobly in two MST3Ks: in "Space Mutiny" as the mutinous crew member, and in "Danger: Diabolik" as the handsome criminal/hero Diabolik. "Diabolik" was also the final movie lampooned by MST3K. Oh, and the song is cool in a cheesey 60s kind of way.

09. Theme Of Luxury - PLASTIC FANTASTIC MACHINE. Where have I heard this before? Me likey longtime.

10. Time To Kill-Be Waltz - SEATBELTS. Excellent pulse and nice flute work with a stirring finale.

11. Ape Shall Never Kill Ape - UNKLE. Starts off promising, but ends up marginal. The AIM song handled its material better, I thought.

12. Get Your Snack On - AMON TOBIN. Very nice. There's a lot going on here even though it doesn't seem so.

13. Balkan Boogie - FARMERS MARKET. Lively and highly enjoyable. In fact, it might be my new favorite on this disc.

14. Ejercicio No. 16 - KINKY. I have several kinky songs on my discs, but I have only one KINKY song. I can't decide if I'm missing something or if KINKY is missing that extra something that I look for. It's good, but not head-turningly so.

15. Verbal - AMON TOBIN. Are joo fan of said Tobin? I am now.

16. Une Very Stylish Fille - DIMITRI FROM PARIS. I love the slightly echoed "tock, tock" of the drums. It's a common effect, but it suits this song perfectly. Very stylish, indeed.

17. Marijuana - INCLITOROTTI. Another awesome cut-n-paste job. I'm supplying a totally different Paul Harvey track on one of my discs.

18. Luetin - UNDERWORLD. This one didn't do much for me, either.

UMFUM's DIZZYness Rating:
**** stars out of a possible five.
Aside from the few tracks I didn't care for, "Beinvenido" provided exciting introductions of artists new to my aural receptors. The overall mix proved effective and could be a sultry background for steamy sex (as long as the foreplay was over by the time SOUL COUGHING started up ;). The only thing I'd add would be a long slow draw off a mentholated KOOL after the bumping was done. Anyway, I say, "Thankee big-big" to choad, and I can't wait to hear the discs for Swap #5. Also, though not aimed at me, the disc label made me laugh; I'm sure your group members appreciated that touch. And the cover photo is priceless.

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