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My Discovery Mix

  • With a Whirlwind by Her Side

    This week’s My Discovery Mix, to support my decision to quit sharing them weekly, included particular tracks from some of my favorite artists which, when listened together in a block, almost put me to sleep (Individually these are all great songs.) It also, for the first time ever, included a 20-second bonus disc blip of Continue reading

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  • Blazing Like a Mother

    Another thing to mention on my decision to quit sharing My Discovery Mix every week, is that the current list that came in Monday morning at 6am has two versions of Yellow Rose of Texas (somewhat different lyrics, but same song) and two songs from Johnny Lee. I would not burn a disc or create Continue reading

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  • Spirit Is

    So I let last week come and go without having posted the My Discovery Mix. I liked the mix well enough (it started with Papa Was a Rolling Stone) but the lists each week aren’t what I thought they were supposed to be. I had been under the impression they were determined by what I Continue reading

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  • Generic Setlist Title

    Andrew McMahon in The Wilderness & Japanese Wallpaper – Stars (Remix) Empire of the Sun – Music on the Radio – Ask That GodChet Porter [feat. Vancouver Sleep Clinic] – Things I Wish I Could ForgetLondon Grammar – House (Solomun Remix)Tom Rosenthal [feat. Billie Martin] – Hugging You (Acoustic) – Z-Sides SYML – OblivionFirst Aid Continue reading

  • I Got The Notion

    I already published last week’s list when I saw I mixed up my own format I had decided at the beginning of the year. Majestic, The Jammin Kid & Celine Dion – Set My Heart On Fire (I’m Alive x And The Beat Goes On) Barbra Streisand – Love Will Survive (from The Tattooist of Continue reading

  • Time is So Unkind

    I’ve waited til the last possible minute to post this weeks’ My Discovery Mix. This particular list is hardly anything I ever listen to on purpose. I do not believe any kind of tracking or algorithm is used in compiling these lists, and I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that other people have identical lists Continue reading

  • Play Them Easy

    Neil Young & Crazy Horse – To Follow One’s Own Dream (Days That Used to Be) – Fu##in’ Up Ringo Starr – It Don’t Come Easy – RingoEric Clapton [feat. Dhani Harrison] – Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) – To Save a Child: An Intimate Live ConcertPaul McCartney & Wings – Junior’s Continue reading

  • Earth and Sky

    Melanie & Beau Jarred – Dust in the Wind Ani DiFranco – You Forgot to Speak – You Forgot to SpeakMelissa Etheridge – The Shadow of a Black Crow – I’m Not Broken (Live from Topeka Correctional Facility)Judee Sill – Jesus Was a Cross Maker – Judee SillJohn Martyn – May You Never – Solid Continue reading

  • Moldy Box of Vanilla Wafers

    I’m listening to this one as I type it up, and loving it. Old 97’s – Estuviera Cayendo – American Primitive Lucinda Williams – Joy – Live on Mountain Stage: Outlaws and OutliersIan Hunter [feat. Taylor Hawkins, Billy Bob Thornton & Lucinda Williams] – Hope – Defiance Part 2: FictionAlejandro Escovedo – Sacramento & Polk Continue reading

  • A Stack of Singles

    Swamp Dogg [feat. Jenny Lewis] – Count the Days – Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St Andrew Bird, Alan Hampton & Ted Poor – I Fall in Love too Easily – Sunday Morning Put-OnWaxahatchee – 3 Sisters – Tigers BloodMidlake – Roscoe – The Trials of Van OccupantherIron & Wine – Anyone’s Game – Continue reading