Yes, this one’s a couple months late. But it might be my favorite of the first three, too. Maybe because I’ve sat on it for longer. Regardless, here’s yr rock (with incessant references to John Lennon to boot). Then, it’s time to move on–so much amazing music has been released over the past six months! [...]
Second mix from the first quarter. A handful of bangers. First mix is back here. Third should be here anytime.
Mix 2: “However Do You Need Me” | 192k | 45:58 | 63.3mb
RJD2 “Let There Be Horns” (RJ’s Electrical Connections) According to my ledger, this guy’s got two (2) all-time instrumental soul jams–”1976” and “Good [...]
A few words about me and mixes (or, you can skip ahead). Like year-end lists (and like a lot of other geeks, I assume), I use mixes as a heuristic–songs as things to think with. I’ve got access to so much music, I’m a compulsive sorter and ranker, and I’m often sitting still in [...]
One of the most common questions I get about this site (okay, “got”) was “what’s the deal with the name?” Well, I was doing some reorganizing and disposal-izing this morning, and what did I stumble upon in an old mix-spindle, but the above. Fun fact: when I make (okay, “made”) CD mixes for [...]
I had a record number of replies for Volume II of the Cover Mix Contest, but only one got every track properly identified, with song titles and both artists. It’s also totally unfair, because the winner is Brian Ibbott, the proprietor of The Cover Song Podcast at Coverville.com. Now, to be fair, I didn’t issue [...]
Here are the last two:
marathonpacks year-end mix, vol. 3 (128k mp3, 68.4MB) (expired)
1. Black & White Town–Doves
2. A Little Bit More–Jamie Lidell
3. Gone (f. Cam’ron & Consequence)–Kanye West
4. Trouble With Dreams–Eels
5. All We Are–Fischerspooner
6. Gideon–My Morning Jacket
7. Like A Honeycomb–British Sea Power
8. There Goes the Sun–The Pernice Brothers
9. I Was A Teenage Rainphase–Stereolab
10. So Begins [...]
Two things I really like about the end of the year–making comprehensive mixes of the music of the last 12 months, and giving cheap presents. This is a way for me to do both. Well, here they are–the first two products of about two weeks (off and on, mind you) of narrowing my year-end favorites [...]
This podcast will serve as the first to be distributed with Feedburner, a free and comprehensive distribution service that will allow marathonpacks to automatically download to your feed-reader of choice. Coolest to me, though, is the ability to feed it directly into your iTunes, and let it update each time you open the application (music [...]
For podcast #3, I’ve decided on a little gimmickry. This one is entirely comprised of cover versions. I went out of my way to make sure they’re not totally obscure (like a high school band playing “Just What I Needed”), but I think it could be fun to offer a prize for the first person [...]
More of the best from this year…grab it here.(128kb mp3, 61MB)
1. The Shouty Track-Lemon Jelly from ‘64-’95
2. Rock and Roll-Edan f. Dagha from Beauty and the Beat
3. Tale from Black-Tunng from This Is Tunng…Mother’s Daughter and Other Songs
4. Episodes (Diphenhydramine)-Pela from All in Time
5. The Runaround-The Sugarplastic from Will
6. Ringodom [...]