Drug Attack Strategy - Side One: 14 Songs

August 08, 2005

A mix tape made for Jenni Scott.

Side One: 14 Songs "The names of the sides kinda gives it away -- it's not a theme collection as such, just a group of really fun and slightly mad songs. This is one of the earliest tapes that Andy did me -- the only earlier one was a Bob And Friends one, where Side One was all Bob Dylan and Side Two was about an eclectic a mix as either of these sides... For ages this was my acid test of 'is the Internet ready for this music business' -- I thought that when I could get all of an Andy mixtape a) in electronic format, and prefereably b) without actually ripping any of it myself, then the Internet could be considered mature. I actually started to pull together these tracks back in 2002 when I first experimented with Audiogalaxy, and more recently some friends helped me out with some of the tracks, but the mighty fine Paul Wibier's Satan (Theme) stumped me for ages, until another friend pointed out a radio feed on which someone had digitized it -- complete with 'clunk' as the tape recorder was stopped.

"Favourite tracks: ooh, a toughy. California Hippie Murders (about the Manson Family murders, with yodelling), the aforementioned Satan (Theme), I Spent My Last $10 (On Birth Control And Beer), and the fantastic Bongwater's Folksong. And that's only Side One..."

Side Two follows in a week

Tracklisting

Side One: 14 Songs
Jonathan Richman: I'm Straight
Daniel Johnston & Jad Fair: I Did Acid With Caroline
Red River Dave: California Hippie Murders
Paul Wibier: Satan (Theme)
Two Nice Girls: I spent my last ten dollars on birth control and beer
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood: Some Velvet Morning
Firehose: In My Mind
Ganimian and His Orientals: Come with me to the Casbah
Bongwater: Folk Song
Jess Conrad: Why Am I Living?
King Missile: The Love Song
Alice Donut: Mother of Christ
Only Ones: Another Girl, Another Planet
Lemonheads: Different Drum

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Comments

charleston, on August 9 2005 at 07:46, said:

Oh dear, "file does not exist" it says, what a shame!

Pete Ashton, on August 9 2005 at 14:01, said:

Shit. My bad. Try it now.

charleston, on August 10 2005 at 08:23, said:

Yes, it works now! Brill!