My Bloody Valentine

I was finally able to partake in a CD swap, the last time I signed up for one my burner died and although I received stuff, I never was able to send something to my leaves.

Subjectivisten.org is a Dutch music weblog I don't read often enough. They set up an (Anti-) Valentine's CD swap. I received this compilation from monk, an eclectic mix I rather enjoyed and almost like something I could have done myself, or something one or two of my friends could have compiled - unlike previous received mixes which were mostly either too familiar, too guitar-based, too American or too middle of the road.

• Love & Peace - Quincy Jones Orchestra
• The man I love - Art Pepper
• This One's from the Heart - Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle
• Look of Love - Isaac Hayes
• By your side -Sade
• Telephone Love - Das Pop
• Hit me baby one more time - Travis
• Femme Fatal - Ours
• You're the reason our kids are ugly - Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn
• Tapeworm of Love - Brute Force
• Rumenigge - Meindert Talma
• Love Me - Residents
• It's all over now, baby blue - Bob Dylan
• Dat soort volk - Paul de Leeuw
• Feels Like Rain - John Hiatt
• Kindhearted woman blues - Robert Johnson

My own concoction, which I sent to a 'Maurice', predictably went like this (and was either adored or hated, I'm sure):

• intro: Theme from the Persuaders
• Walk Like a Panther - The All Seeing I
• This Town in the Rain - Anthony Stewart Head
• Everything I do, I do it for you - Fatima Mansions
• Shag Tobacco - Gavin Friday
• Give Me Time - Billy McKenzie
• Simon - Suede
• If I Could Fly - Boy George
• Snow - Craig Armstrong & David McAlmont
• Sol Sunset - Dave-id
• Elle Adore Le Noir - T.C. Matic
• For Annie - Gavin Friday

Between all the songs I recorded bits and pieces (Marianne Faithful, Jeff Buckley, Iggy Pop, etc reading) of the Hal Willner Edgar Alan Poe tribute CD, Closed on Account of Rabies. Here's a real audio file (13mb) of the whole thing.