Full playlist and links to the previous two Detention mixes after the jump.

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O’Pinionated Mix – 11th Grade Detention

Playlist for O’Pinionated Mix – 11th Grade Detention

1. Know Your Rights – The Clash
2. Third Uncle – Brian Eno
3. Queen Of Hearts – Fucked Up
4. Sympathy – Sleater-Kinney
5. Island Of No Return – Billy Bragg
6. Bombshell – Operation Ivy
7. A More Perfect Union – Titus Andronicus
8. Brazil – Wire
9. Gary’s Got A Boner – The Replacements
10. Trapped Under Ice – Metallica
11. The Holiday Song – Pixies
12. Repeater – Fugazi
13. Deceptacon – Le Tigre
14. I Wanna Be Your Dog – The Stooges
15. Everybody’s Got Something to Hide (Except Me and My Monkey) -  The Feelies
16. King of Rock – Run-DMC
17. The Wizard – Black Sabbath
18. (japanese title) – BORIS
19. Soulcraft – Bad Brains
20. Teenage Lobotomy – The Ramones
21. Kiss Off  – Violent Femmes
22. Stay Away – Nirvana
23. Atmosphere – Joy Division

10th Grade Detention

9th Grade Detention

Start things of with a tip of the cap to the recently departed.  Amy was certainly a Pop Master and it’s hard to find a weak note in the recordings she gave us. The window was short though and the songs too few, too true.  Other than that first melancholy burst, the third Summer Pop of 2011 is my traditional, all-over-the-map kind of jam– birth, death, pushermen, wild Wilde, gospel and zeus. The whole shebang.  Rock on.

Right-click or control-click to download.  And click more for the playlist.

O’Pinionated Mix – Summer Pop #13

1. He Can Only Hold Her – Amy Winehouse
2. Prove My Love – Violent Femmes
3. Outta Mind (Outta Sight) – Wilco
4. I Need You – The Jam
5. Man On the Moon – R.E.M.
6. Pusher Man – Curtis Mayfield
7. And Your Bird Can Sing – The Beatles
8. Live As You Dream – Beth Orton
9. People Who Died – The Jim Carroll Band
10. Fight Test – The Flaming Lips
11. How Much More – The Go-Go’s
12. The Seed 2.0 – The Roots (featuring Cody Chesnutt)
13. The Only Living Boy in New York – Simon & Garfunkel
14. Life Coach – Fang Island
15. Cemetery Gates – The Smiths
16. Jumpin’ Jack Flash    The Rolling Stones
17. Jane Says – Jane’s Addiction
18. Ermesinde  – Grand Duchy
19. Next To You – The Police
20. Just Like Zeus – Jenny and Johnny
21. Mesmerizing – Liz Phair
22. I’ll Take You There – The Staple Singers

In other news.  I think I have finally found a name for this themed series of mixes, and it is the very one I have given to this mix.   Maps and Legends is, I believe, an apt title not only for this particular set of occasionally twangy, sometimes acoustic, always heartfelt songs, but I think it describes quite well this particular style that goes back to the very first O’Pinionated Mix I posted.  On the page that follows I have linked retroactively to the 5 other mixes that I feel fit in this category.

This one in particular is about as close as I get to country music folks…

(As always you can stream or right-click/control-click to download and the tracklisting is after the jump)

O’Pinionated Mix – Maps and Legends

Some silly statistics about this mix.  It contains:

• 5 songs with locations in the name (from Randy Newman, Yo La Tengo, Emmylou Harris & The Low Anthem, Ryan Adams and Lucinda Williams) making the Maps and Legends title even more appropriate,
• 4-5 Covers (These Days, Oklahoma, U.S.A., Asshole, To Ohio and depending on how you count it, Ingrid Bergman)
• 3 super-collaborations (Billy Bragg & Wilco, Emmylou Harris & The Low Anthem and Paul McCartney is a cowriter and collaborator with Elvis Costello on So Like Candy)
• 3 songs referencing celebrities (I think)
• 2 low-key country blues jams from the late 60s (Jig-Saw Puzzle, Oh! Sweet Nuthin’)

Playlist For O’Pinionated Mix – Maps and Legends

1. Paul Westerberg – These Days
2. Beck – Woe On Me
3. The Rolling Stones – Jig-Saw Puzzle
4. Matthew Sweet – Winona
5. Elvis Costello – So Like Candy
6. Randy Newman – Louisiana 1927
7. Billy Bragg & Wilco – Ingrid Bergman
8. R.E.M. – Maps And Legends
9. Wilco – Theologians
10. Yo La Tengo – Oklahoma, U.S.A.
11. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Asshole
12. Emmylou Harris & The Low Anthem – To Ohio
13. Pavement – Major Leagues
14. The Velvet Underground – Oh! Sweet Nuthin’
15. Elliott Smith – Between The Bars
16. Iron & Wine – Lean Into the Light
17. Ryan Adams – La Cienega Just Smiled
18. Frank Black – I Burn Today
19. Lucinda Williams – Bus To Baton Rouge
20. Bob Dylan – Buckets of Rain

Links to Previous Maps and Legends Mixes

Lost Verses

Lost Causes

Neverending Math Equation

Autumn Sweater

A Slow Parade

Well, I think this one lives up to those standards.  Who knows it might even be a new classic (but that’s what I always hope isn’t it? )

For those of you keeping score, Kim Deal gets the coveted Brian Eno Award this time for her contributions  both as a Breeder and a Pixie.  Also, am I the only one who forgot how crazy and awesome Dave Davies guitar solo in You Really Got Me is?

As always it’s your choice how you’d like to proceed–  Stream here, right click to download, listen blind and be surprised, or follow the playlist after the fold!

Enjoy the sonic summer!

O’Pinionated Mix – Summer Pop #12

Playlist for O’Pinionated Summer Pop #12

1. David Bowie – Rebel Rebel
2. Jon Brion – Knock Yourself Out
3. Talking Heads – Girlfriend Is Better
4. The Zombies – This Will Be Our Year
5. Grandpaboy (Paul Westerberg) – AAA
6. Prince – Delirious
7. The Rolling Stones – Ruby Tuesday
8. The Breeders – Invisible Man
9. The Cure – Just Like Heaven
10. The Clash – Should Stay Or Should Go
11. Paul Simon – The Obvious Child
12. The Ramones – Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio?
13. Pixies – Where Is My Mind???
14. Led Zeppelin – Boogie With Stu
15. Foo Fighters – Big Me
16. Lauryn Hill – Doo Wop (That Thing)
17. Blondie – Atomic
18. Underworld – Bruce Lee
19. The Kinks – You Really Got Me
20. Elvis Costello – (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
21. Badly Drawn Boy – Once Around The Block
22. The Beatles – Get Back
23. Jimmy Cliff – You Can Get It If You Really Want

It’s  asolid entry in the series, with Summer Pop newbies like MGMT and LCD Soundsystem appearing alongside my mainstays like R.E.M and The Kinks.  Of course it follows my usual decade-hopping and genre-spanning requirements and ultimately sets the mood for a  dream beach party or outdoor escapade of choice.  I hope you agree. (As always the full playlist is after the fold and you can right click or control click the link to download the podcast as CD length mp3 track)

Also this time I have loaded links to 10 previous Summer Pop mixes after the playlist so if you like you can stock up for groovy fun in the sun.  (Collect them all and pick a fave:  #2 and #4 remain my gold standards)

O’Pinionated Mix – Summer Pop # 11

Playlist for Summer Pop # 11

1. Joe Jackson – Come On
2. Paul Westerberg – As Far As I Know
3. Toots & The Maytals – It’s You
4. The Kinks – (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman
5. The Flaming Lips – Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell
6. Shuggie Otis – Aht Uh Mi Hed
7. Jenny and Johnny – My Pet Snakes
8. Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
9. MGMT – Time to Pretend
10. R.E.M. – Fall On Me
11. Norman Greenbaum – Spirit In The Sky
12. New Order – Temptation  [12" Version]
13. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have You Ever Seen the Rain
14. David Bowie – Sound And Vision
15. LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great
16. The Band – The Shape I’m In
17. M.I.A. – Paper Planes
18. Yo La Tengo – Sugarcube
19. The Clash – Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
20. Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Everyday I Write The Book

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Songs for the Spring thaw, enjoy!

(Right click or control click to play or download.  Complete playlist after the fold.)

O’Pinionated Mix – “A Slow Parade”

Playlist for O’Pinionated Mix – “A Slow Parade”

1. The Avett Brothers – Laundry Room
2. The Vulgar Boatmen – You Don’t Love Me Yet
3. R.E.M. – 7 Chinese Bros.
4. Lucinda Williams – Born to Be Loved
5. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Spike
6. Iron & Wine – Your Fake Name Is Good Enough for Me
7. A.A. Bondy – A Slow Parade
8. The Low Anthem – Hey, All You Hippies!
9. Port O’Brien – Sour Milk / Salt Water
10. Bob Dylan – Romance In Durango
11. Beth Orton & Terry Callier – Dolphins
12. Bon Iver – Brackett, W9
13. Beirut – Rhineland (homeland)
14. Golden Smog – Please Tell My Brother
15. Elvis Costello – Sulphur to Sugarcane
16. Deer Tick – Smith Hill
17. The Walkmen – We’ve Been Had
18. Nick Drake – Which Will

The title is inspired by the brilliant Louie CK quote from this clip on the revisionist denial of slavery by educated white folk.

MixTape Fridays:  2 Bougie 2 Strong Mix – “Two Seventy-Year-Old Ladies”

Playlist for 2 Bougie 2 Strong Mix – “Two Seventy-Year-Old Ladies”

1. Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex – Tezalegn yetentu
2. Tied & Tickled Trio – Freakmachine
3. Oh No – The Funk
4. Easy Star All-Stars (Alchemist Remix) -  Money
5. Amon Tobin – Eight Sum
6. Roots Manuva & Wrongtom – Proper Tings Juggled
7. Binario (Kwes Rework) – Jazzhole
8. tUnE-YarDs – Real Live Flesh
9. Shafiq Husayn – The U.N. Plan
10. Enuma Elish – Leviathan
11. Jaga Jazzist (Grasscut Remix) -  Toccata
12. Electric Wire Hustle – They Don’t Want
13. DJ Logic – 9th Ward Blues
14. Sxip Shirey – I Live in New York City
15. Waajeed – Fire
16. Parliament – Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples

I’m not that much of a Christmas music person, so this mix only really contains one proper Christmas song (though the rude and lovely original is probably  my favorite ever holiday tune).   On the other hand, I do think the mood of the season is captured in this mostly mellow mix of cover songs to warm up your winter.  There are a lot of treats here, from my recent discovery of the Van Morrison source of a Beck sample, to a surprise Prince cover, to a rare Cat Power song that omits the well-known chorus to great effect.

So right or control click to download and enjoy with your nogg or cocoa.  (the Playlist is after the fold)

-Evan

O’Pinionated Mix – Xmas Covers 2010

Playlist O’Pinionated Mix – XMas Covers Mix 2010

1. Billy Bragg w/Florence and the Machine  – Lullabye of New York (The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl)
2. Elvis Costello – Smile (Charlie Chaplin)
3. Prince – A Case of You (Joni MItchell)
4. Cowboy Junkies – Sweet Jane (Velvet Underground)
5. Elliot Smith – Thirteen (Big Star)
6. Van Morrison – It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob Dylan)
7. Townes Van Zandt – Dead Flowers (The Rolling Stones)
8. Iron & Wine – Such Great Heights  (The Postal Service)
9. The Brunettes – Lovesong (The Cure)
10. Dump – The Beautiful Ones (Prince)
11. Emmylou Harris – May This Be Love (Jimi Hendrix)
12. Cat Power – Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones)
13. The Bad Plus – Karma Police (Radiohead)
14. Sonic Youth – Superstar (The Carpenters)
15. John Coltrane – My Favorite Things (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
    

Enjoy block-melting beats for  your winterized headphones.

(Right-click or Control-click to download, Full Playlist after the jump)

O’Pinionated Mix -2Bougie 2Strong #7 “Ukranian Nurse, Amazon Guard”

Playlist for O’Pinionated Mix -2 Bougie 2 Strong #7 “Ukranian Nurse, Amazon Guard”

1. Aesop Rock & Sufjan Stevens (Tor Remix) – None Shall Pass
2. Myka 9 – Cadillac Nights
3. I-EL – Balance
4. Brother Ali – Fresh Air
5. Diamond District – I Mean Business
6. Binary Star – Masters Of The Universe
7. U-God w/Mike Ladd – Lipton
8. Big Boi w/Andre 3000 – Royal Flush
9. Black Milk – Round of Applause
10. Masta Ace w/Punchline & Wordsworth – Block Episode
11. Black Sheep – Forever Luvlee
12. Q-Tip – Dance On Glass
13. De La Soul (J. Period ATCQ Tribute Remix) – Excursions
14. Jazz Liberatorz, Fat Lip & T. Love – Genius At Work
15. Wisemen w/GZA – Associated
16. Zero dB w/Pase Rock    Know What I’m Sayin’?
17. yU (Oddisee Remix) –   Brainwash
18. Five Deez – Fugg That
19. NMS – Brave New World
20. Sweatshop Union – Cities of Gods
21. Beastie Boys & Beatles (DJ BC Mix) Mother Nature’s Rump

(Full track listing after the fold)

O’Pinionated Mix – “Autumn Sweater”

Playlist for O’Pinionated Mix – “Autumn Sweater”

1. Beck – Magnolia
2. Iron & Wine – Bird Stealing Bread
3. R.E.M. – Shaking Through
4. Jimi Hendrix – Hear My Train a Comin’ (Acoustic)
5. Lucinda Williams – Drunken Angel
6. Jeff Tweedy – Simple Twist Of Fate
7. The Rolling Stones – Sweet Virginia
8. Jenny and Johnny – Animal
9. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Stick With Me Baby
10. Yo La Tengo – Autumn Sweater
11. A.A. Bondy – Killed Myself When I Was Young
12. Eddie Vedder and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – The Long Road
13. Ryan Adams – Call Me On Your Way Back Home
14. Neutral Milk Hotel – Engine
15. Karen O and the Kids – Capsize
16. Cat Power – Good Woman
17. Hallelujah The Hills – Introductory Saints
18. Pavement – Range Life
19. Paul Simon – Hearts and Bones
20. Violent Femmes – Good Feeling