The Mixtape Jones Radio Show #28, 2/15/11

LOS ANGELES-FRANK BLACK
TALKIN' 'BOUT THE SMILING DEATHPORN IMMORTALITY BLUES (EVERYONE WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER)-THE FLAMING LIPS
ONE DAY-SWEET LIGHTS
I GET OUT-BEAUTY MARQUES
SWEET POTATO-CRACKER
THE FIRST LINE-MARCELLUS HALL
ATLAS-BATTLES
OBSCURED BY CLOUDS-PINK FLOYD
SERFER-WOODSMAN
CERA Y UNO-CAFE TACUBA
CALM TO THE SEA-DEPTH & CURRENT
NO ONE'S GONNA LOVE YOU-BAND OF HORSES
WHERE'S SUMMER B?-BEN FOLDS FIVE
DIRTY LITTLE SECRET-CARY COOPER
HAUNTED-JAIME MICHAELS
BLACK RIVER-JAIME MICHAELS
THE MAN WITH THE TIME MACHINE-JAIME MICHAELS
SHE WAS THE ONE-PETER HOLSAPPLE & CHRIS STAMEY
GUITAR PLAYIN' KIND-ANDREW DELANEY & THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON
SINK/LET IT SWAY-SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN
WHO'S IN CONTROL?-BRITISH SEA POWER
CORVETTE BUMMER-BECK
TABLE CLOTH-HOMEBOY SANDMAN
ALIVE-BEASTIE BOYS
TOUCH ME IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME-ROBERT POLLARD

The Mixtape Jones Radio Show #27, 2/8/11

SERVE THE SERVANTS-NIRVANA
WEY WEY HEP UH HOLE-THE SOFT BOYS
MY IMAGINATION-SPIRIT KID
ANVERS-13 ORIGINAL COLONIES
DON'T CARRY IT ALL-THE DECEMBERISTS
AMERICAN FLAG-DEREK WEBB
LOVE WILL TEAR US APART-JOY DIVISION
THE SIREN SONGS-THOMAS FEINER & ANYWHEN
JEANE-SANDIE SHAW
BROKEN THINGS-K.C. CLIFFORD
PLANT MAN-GARY YOUNG
DOG BREATH, IN THE YEAR OF THE PLAGUE-FRANK ZAPPA
CAN'T STOP THE ROBOT-GRANDPA GRIFFITH
SUMMER (BENNETT HALVERSON MIX)-WORLD RACKETEERING SQUAD
A SALTY SALUTE-ETERNAL SUMMERS
SUPER STUPID-FUNKADELIC
WATERMELON MAN-HERBIE HANCOCK
N.Y. FLAT TOP BOX-NAKED CITY
IN A LESBIAN MEADOW-SUN CITY GIRLS
GROW CLOSER-THE NELS CLINE SINGERS
CODE MONKEY-JONATHAN COULTON
DILLINGER EYES-JEREMY MESSERSMITH
ALWAYS ON MY MIND-READING RAINBOW
IS THIS A TEMPEST IN THE SHAPE OF A BELL-SHADOW SHADOW SHADE
ASK THE BEAR-ANDREW DELANEY & THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON
HEIRLOOM-SUFJAN STEVENS
TWO EXCLAMATION POINTS-VOLCANO, I'M STILL EXCITED!!!
PRODUCTION-THYMME JONES
RINGFINGER-NINE INCH NAILS

The Mixtape Jones RAdio Show #26, 1/25/11

THE GREETING SONG-RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
A SHOT IN THE ARM-WILCO
DAYS OF WRATH-THREE MILE PILOT
BEFORE DESTRUCTION-SPOON
OH APPALACHIA-SEAMONSTER
SEE NO EVIL-TELEVISION
STORY FOR YOU TO TELL-J WAGNER
OLDER BROTHER-PEPPER RABBIT
THIRTEEN-BIG STAR
LULLABY FOR NATANYA-JAIME MICHAELS
BELLTOWN RAMBLE-ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3
LOST-ONE RING ZERO
GUNS OF NAVARRONE-THE SPECIALS
ROCK N' ROLL MCDONALDS-WESLEY WILLIS
RAINBOW IN THE DARK-DAS RACIST
YOU DON'T KNOW ME-GROSS RELATIONS
LEFT OF THE DIAL-THE REPLACEMENTS
FOR ASH-MARNIE STERN
STAR SIGN-TEENAGE FANCLUB
I DON'T MIND IT-SCREAMING FEMALES
GETTYSBURG-MON MONARCH
I WANT YOU TO BE MY LOVE-OVER THE RHINE
FULL FATHOM FIVE (THY FATHER LIES)-THE YOUNG SCAMELS
BEES-WARPAINT
OH WOMAN, OH WHY-PAUL MCCARTNEY
HEY PRINCESS-POPSICLE
STILL WINDMILLS-SL
SCOPITONE SCOPITONE-SWEET LIGHTS
MEET JAMES ENSOR-THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
PACHUCO CADAVER-CAPTAIN BEEFHEART

The Mixtape Jones Radio Show #25, 1/11/11

THE SPANGLE-MAKER-COCTEAU TWINS
CLOSEDOWN-THE CURE
PEARL-CHAPTERHOUSE
ORPHANS-J WAGNER
SOMEHOW TO KEEP IT GOING-COTTON JONES
LONESOME SUNDOWN-THE HALO BENDERS
TACOLAND-THE DEAD MILKMEN
HAPPINESS BURNS-TWO HOURS TRAFFIC
CANDY-FRANKIE ROSE & THE OUTS
ARNOLD LAYNE-PINK FLOYD
THE ROOM OUTSIDE-MINI MANSIONS
A NEW STAIN-HALLOWEEN, ALASKA
FOGBOW-JOAN OF ARC
VERIDIS QUO-DAFT PUNK
FAST LANE (BLACK GRASS REFIX)-HUSKY RESCUE
CAROLINE-ELLEN TIPPER
SLIP AWAY-KATHRYN CALDER
SO CRUEL-U2
I'LL STILL BE A GEEK AFTER NOBODY THINKS IT'S CHIC (THE NERD ANTHEM)-MARIAN CALL
BOOTYFEST-DR. PANTS
PHYSICAL CITIES-THE BAD PLUS
LITTLE UMBRELLAS-FRANK ZAPPA
LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE-LEVEK
HEDONIST-SHARON LANG
PARANOID ANDROID-RADIOHEAD

The Mixtape Jones Radio Show #24, 1/4/11

RUN'S HOUSE-RUN-D.M.C.
BRIGHT LIGHTS BIGGER CITY-CEE LO GREEN
CASTLES IN THE SNOW-TWIN SHADOWS
SINK/LET IT SWAY-SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN
U DON'T LIKE ROCK N ROLL-HUNX AND HIS PUNX
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF OUR TIME-THE FIBS
SMITH & JONES FOREVER-SILVER JEWS
BANKS OF THE RIVER-PETER CASE
I SEE THE LIGHT-CRACKER
HAUNTED-JAIME MICHAELS
WAKE UP TIME-TOM PETTY
GRONT LYS I ALLE LEDD-CASIOKIDS
JEANE-THE SMITHS
DON'T GO AWAY-DEPTH & CURRENT
GOOD EVENING-THE CONCRETES
FAIR SHARE-SALTPETRE
DISTANCE & TEMPTATION-IN GRENADA
HARRY & BESS-FERRABY LIONHEART
NAKEDGIRLS.COM-BROTHER GRUESOME
CELESTE (LIVE)-ASOBI SEKSU
TAKE MY HAND-LONEY DEAR
DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'-PETRA HADEN
ANNIE HOLD ON-PHIL HENRY
IMAGINATION-JABEE
THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED-GIL SCOTT-HERON
AULD LANG SYNE-BLACK ON WHITE AFFAIR
DISCOVERER-R.E.M.
POLICE ON MY BACK-THE CLASH
LET HER DANCE-THE BOBBY FULLER FOUR

The Mixtape Jones Radio Show Holiday Special, 12/21/10

WAAYYY behind on playlists. Going to go ahead and throw them up here so that they are all represented. This blog will probably move and get a facelift some time in the next couple months, so stay tuned...

WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME-PAUL MCCARTNEY
I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS-JOSH MEASE
CHRISTMAS (BABY, PLEASE COME HOME)-R.E.M.
SILENT NIGHT-WEEN
HE'S COMING HOME-DEAN & BRITTA
BIRTHDAY BOY-CROCODILE
BLUE CHRISTMAS-CLARE & THE REASONS
FUNKY CHRISTMAS-SUGAR FREE ALL-STARS
TOY JACKPOT-BLACKALICIOUS
THE LITTLE DRUM MACHINE BOY-BECK
ELECTRONIC SANTA-BLAZER FORCE
CHRISTMAS IN HOLLIS-RUN-D.M.C.
THE FRIENDLY BEASTS-EUTOPIAN ACCIDENT
FROSTY THE SNOWMAN-COCTEAU TWINS
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH-SARA JACKSON-HOLMAN
THE FIRST NOEL-SASKATCHEWAN
THE BEATLES CHRISTMAS MESSAGE 1966-THE BEATLES
O HOLY NIGHT-PETER HOLSAPPLE
XMAS FEELING-DEPTH & CURRENT, FEAT. SKATING POLLY
TEENAGE CHRISTMAS-EUX AUTRES
FRUITCAKE-THE SUPERIONS
LINUS & LUCY-VINCE GUARALDI
CHRISTMAS ALL OVER AGAIN-TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
THE CHRISTMAS SONG-ALEX CHILTON
CALIFORNIA CHRISTMAS-SLEEPY REBELS
TINY TREE CHRISTMAS-GUSTER
SLAY BELLES-STUDENT FILM
HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER)-JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO
THANK GOD IT'S CHRISTMAS-QUEEN
SILVER BELLS-JOHNNY MATHIS
CHRISTMAS 2007-WEIRD FILES

Can't Sleep.

I (David) can't sleep. I can't sleep because I'm dreaming too much. Not dreaming while asleep, mind you, but dreaming while I lay there, trying to get to sleep. Every thought is about something I'm doing, creating, working on, or something that I WANT to be doing, creating or working on. I lay with my head on the pillow, and my head is about to explode with thoughts about Dr. Pants, the music we're working on right now, the anxiety I have about whether we'll actually be able to get this gargantuan project done this year (4 EPs, and all the accompanying artwork, design, new website, mixing, mastering). I think about how I want us to do a short tour this year, at some point, somehow, some way (even if it's just two shows in Texas). I think about how all of it seems possible and yet not possible all at the same time. The songs, the music, whether new or old (I mean, it could be a song from the EP we're doing now, or one of the 3 that we plan on doing, or it could be a song from Gardening In a Tornado or Cusack-Loggins, or even Feezle Day or earlier) run through my head. I work on solos and try and make them better, hear notes and phrases that I want to play next time we perform the song, or when we record it.

I think about the Mixtape Jones Radio Show and how I long to grow its audience. I want to create a community of people nationwide who are listening to the show, commenting on the Facebook page, all talking about our favorite songs of the moment, of the year, of all time...

I long for a moment when things fall together and obstacles are removed, overcome, no longer a concern...my head spins as these thoughts and ideas and desires overtake me and eliminate any possibility of true rest until some of it, any of it, comes to fruition. It's as if my restless spirit has decided that it must be cured, or subdued by progress, by measurable steps taken if sleep is to return to my life.

This has been going on for days. Somehow I got to sleep last night between 2:30 and 3:00 am...I am hoping maybe, somehow, now that I've poured some of this out through the keyboard, that tonight I can make my head stop earlier.

I am grateful that the things that keep me up at night are about passion. They are about a true dedication to work that I love. Are there stresses in my life? Money worries, etc? Absolutely. But sleep has and does serve as an escape from those things. I said I have anxiety about whether I'll get this project done, and that's true, but I also have such hope that it feels a lot less like stress and more like anticipation.

Okay. Going back to give sleep another shot. I hope it only keeps my brain at bay temporarily, and that I have the same struggle all over again tomorrow night.