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Absolut Sprite and Other Legendary Mixes... by Meghan&Dani

Yeah. So, we like to make mixes. We started out back in the day on tapes, but have since moved up to CDs. We made them for each other when we first started dating... you know, "i love you" and "i miss you" tapes. We made them for our friends for birthday gifts, christmas gifts or just for the fun of it. We've made themed mixes, dance mixes, relive-the-party-from-last-weekend mixes, chick-rock mixes and live mixes. Some had tacky, tasteless covers (like the one above, which I think is hilarious), some covers were cool and remain so yet today, and some didn't have covers at all. Our mixes were all about fun and the love of music.

We love our mixes so much we thought we'd share them with you. If you have one that we've made for you that you don't see on this list, please let us know. We've lost track of some of our favorite tape mixes that we'd love to have recreate on CD. If you want a copy of something you don't have... make a request, and maybe if you're real nice we'll send you one!

For those of you who are really into mixes... check out ART OF THE MIX. Too many great mixes. We're going to try to put all of our mixes on the AOTM website 'cause it's so easy to keep track of them that way...

1996

Da Funkdafied Mix
M (for friends)

Booty-shakin' tunes

'96

TAPE

Side A -
1) groove is in the heart (deee-lite)
2) here (luscious jackson)
3) glory box (portishead)
4) kiss (prince)
5) hippy chick (soho)
6) going down (ani difranco)
7) born slippy (underworld)
8) massey mix (bjork)
9) professional widow mix (tori amos)
10) stutter (elastica)

Side B -
1) i will survive (gloria gaynor)
2) dancing queen (abba)
3) strangers (portishead)
4) waterloo (abba)
5) kiss off (violent femmes)
6) lust for life (iggy pop)
7) big time sensuality (bjork)
8) find your mind (luscious jackson)
9) wandering star (portishead)
10) kaleid (depeche mode)
11) lp retreat (luscious jackson)
12) rush (big audio dynamite)

Notes:

1997

Absolut Sprite
D (for M)

Folk-Indie Rock

06.Oct.97

TAPE

Side A - Jummi Jummi - Serious Stuff for the Soul
1) mad mission (patty griffin)
2) dear god (sarah mclachlan)
3) rain (madonna)
4) leviticus faggot (me'shell ndegeocello)
5) we do what we are told (peter gabriel)
6) radical (catie curtis)
7) too much sugar for a dime (katie webster)
8) i need (meridith brooks)
9) californsia tuffy (the geraldine fibbers)
10) i kissed a girl (jill sobule)
11) stockings (suzanne vega)
12) a little restraint (the body has a head)
13) oak cliff bra (edie brickell)

Side B - Totally, Completely Obsessed with Fun
1) it's oh so quiet (bjork)
2) wishin' and hopin' (ani difranco)
3) jerusalem (dan bern)
4) the time warp (the rocky horror picture show)
5) fish heads (tbarnes & barnes)
6) push th' little daisies (ween)
7) add it up (violent femmes)
8) rockstars on h (mike knott)
9) candy for my soul (ottmar liebert)
10) spending the day in the shirt that you wore (poi dog pondering)
11) master charge (albert collins)
12) the pointless yet poignant crisis of co-ed (dar williams)
13) they are coming to take me away ha-haa (napoleon XIV)

Notes: Absolut Sprite was was a birthday gift created to make Meghan laugh. It worked. The running inside joke at the time was that Sprite was the "lesbian drink of choice" because all our friends preferred Sprite to other beverages. And, I was completely obsessed with Absolut at the time - their ads were rockin' at the time. Side A was for my sprite-lovin', lesbian activist; Side B was a compilation of all the goofy, fun songs that I loved at the time.

So Very Frog
D (for M)

Folk-Pop

'97

TAPE

Side A - Jummi Jummi - Sexy Side
1) i'm diggin' you (me'shell ndegeocello)
2) wanna melt with u (prince)
3) throb (janet jackson)
4) where life begins (madonna)
5) go slow down (bodeans)
6) ta bouche est tabou (poi dog pondering)
7) how does it feel (over the rhine)
8) all i want is you (U2)
9) not enough time (inxs)
10) i feel you (depeche mode)

Side B - In Love with YOU
1) now (edie brickell)
2) the secret marriage (sting)
3) for you (tracy chapman)
4) carmen (paula cole)
5)
ice cream (sarah mclachlan)
6) the body that loves you (janet jackson)
7) rain (madonna)
8) have i told you lately (van morrison)
9) two hearts (chris issac)
10) then she appeared (xtc)
11) times like this (edie brickell)
12) spending the day in the shirt that you wore (poi dog pondering)

Notes: I made this tape for Meghan as an expression of my LOVE. "so very frog" is code language.

1998

Folk It Up
D&M (for friends)

Folkie Chick Music

'98

TAPE

Side A - This Folkin' Rocks!
1) car-live (rose polenzani)
2) i don't cry anymore (catie curtis)
3) gotta go now (melissa ferrick)
4) naked (bodeans)
5) crazy baby (joan osborne)
6) black boys on mopeds (sinead o'connor)
7) rice and beans (sherri jackson)
8) easy baby (erin mckeown)
9) north dakota (kris delmhorst)
10) every little bit (patty griffin)
11) superhero soup (the nields)
12) in or out (ani difranco)
13) roadbone (willy porter)
14) oak cliff bra (edie brickell)

Side B - Folkin' Mellow, Man...
1) seven-live (rose polenzani)
2) wise up (aimee mann)
3) elsewhere (sarah mclachlan)
4) me by the sea (edie brickell)
5) long island sound (beth amsel)
6) beloved wife (natalie merchant)
7) hunger-live (voices on the verge)
8) bad dreams-live (rose polenzani)
9) fast as i can (erin mckeown)
10) because i told you so (jonatha brooke)
11) hardly speaking a word (lori mckenna)
12) the promise (tracy chapman)
13) hello birmingham (ani difranco)

Notes: Heavily influenced by Lilith Fair and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. We went and bought all the CDs we could afford (and several we couldn't afford).

Da ULTIMATE Funkdafied Mix
M (for Nicole's b-day)

Booty-shakin' tunes

'98

TAPE

Side A -
1) groove is in the heart (deee-lite)
2) hippy chick (soho)
3) kiss (prince)
4) get up offa that thing (james brown)
5) ABC (jackson 5)
6) shoop (salt-n-pepa)
7) party girl (ultra nate)
8) nothing really matters (madonna)
9) professional widow mix (tori amos)
10) be my lover (la bouche)
11) train (quad city djs)
12) another night (the real mccoy)

Side B -
1) #1 crush (garbage)
2) i will survive (gloria gaynor)
3) dancing queen (abba)
4) ashanti/shanti (madonna)

Notes: Meghan didn't finish the B side of this tape... which is too bad, because it was rockin' along quite nicely.

Get Up! Get Down!
D&M (for friends)

A little bit of everything

'98

TAPE

Side A - Get on up, YO!
1) james brown (buckshot lefunque)
2) the sweater (meryn cadell)
3) gepetto (belly)
4) democracy (leonard cohen)
5) candles in the world (jane sibbery)
6) gotta go now (melissa ferrick)
7) little babies (sleater-kinney)
8) only straight girls (cwa)
9) freewheel (team dresch)
10) words and guitars (sleater-kinney)
11) super-hip-super-secret bonus track... hint: party girl.

Side B - Git DOWN wit YO' BAD SELF
1) mrs. brown you've got a lovely daughter (phranc)
2) i like it that way (melissa ferrick)
3) my skin (natalie merchant)
4) this is to mother you (sinead o'connor)
5) joga (bjork)
6) temple (jane sibbery)
7) crazy baby (joan osborne)
8) 16 (kaia)
9) naked (bodeans)
10) me by the sea (edie brickell)
11) because i told you so (jonatha brooke)

Notes: The first side doesn't flow quite as well as the second side (which kicks ass).

1999

Music Music Music
D&M (for friends)

A little bit of everything

'99

TAPE

Side A - some seriously good stuff
1) korea (utah phillips)
2) i know why the caged bird sings (buckshot leFonque)
3) a little restraint (the body has a head)
4) christians and the pagans (dar williams)
5) til yer dead (melissa ferrick)
6) lackluster (poi dog pondering)
7) 32 flavors (ani difranco)
8) gabbin' blues (big maybelle)
9) one monkey (francine reed)
10) don't you feel my leg (blu lu barker)

Side b - and some more...
1) hunger (rose olenzani live 1/22/99)
2) vivid (greg brown)
3) beloved wife (natalie merchant)
4) sweet lorraine (patty griffin)
5) soft parts (rose polenzani live 12/12/98)
6) black boys on mopeds (sinead o'connor)
7) times like these (edie brickell)
8) i don't cry anymore (catie curtis)
9) it ain't necessarily so (finley quaye)
10) summertime (morcheeba & hubert laws)
11) path of thorns (sarah mclachlan)

Notes: Great mix... a favorite of some of our friends. We don't have a copy of this one currently, but we liked it so much we're thinking about making it over again on a couple CDs.

2000

A Taste of Folk
M&D (for friends)

Indie Folk

 

'00

CD

1) in or out (ani difranco)
2) queen of quiet (erin mckeown)
3) tainted love-live (voices on the verge)
4) test (meghan toohey)
5) you don't know-live (rose polenzani & erin mckeown)
6) north dakota (kris delmhorst)
7) peacetime-live (rose polenzani)
8) postcards (pamela means)
9) perfect (doria roberts)
10) long island sound (beth amsel)
11) the wading pool (jess klein)
12) i like it that way (melissa ferrick)
13) hardly speaking a word (lori mckenna)

Notes: ToF has a special place in our hearts. We still listen to it today. It's the first mix that we never really got tired of.

Another Spoonful: Taste of Folk II
M&D (for friends)

Indie Folk

 

'00

CD

1) video bargainville (moxy fruvous)
2)
cheerleader (deirdre flint)
3) riding in my car (bruce springsteen)
4) i don't speak lithuanian (jolie christine rickman)
5) the boob fairy (deirdre flint)
6) barbie poem (the nields)
7)
ole man driver (kevin so)
8) do re mi (ani difranco)
9) wolf at the door (patty larkin)
10) everytime i say goodbye (christopher williams)
11) iowa (dar williams)
12) this fire (lori mckenna)
13) the book i'm not reading (patty larkin)
14) little cowboy (erin mckeown)
15) the river where she sleeps (dave carter and tracy grammer)
16) conversation with a ghost (ellis paul and patty larkin)
17) charlene (vance gilbert)

Notes: The sequel isn't as good as the original.

Party Up Party People
M&D (for friends)

Butt-Shakin' 80's

 

 

Jul '00

CD

1) bust a move (young mc)
2)
it takes two (rob base & dj ez rock)
3) funky cold medina (tone loc)

4) let's talk about sex (salt-n-pepa)
5) ice ice baby (vanilla ice)
6) groove is in the heart (deee-lite)
7) get into the groove (madonna)
8) she drives me crazy (fine young cannibals)
9) like a prayer (madonna)
10) my prerogative (bobby brown)
11) so whatcha want (beastie boys)
12) shoop (salt-n-pepa)
13) get it together (beastie boys)
14) pass the mic (beastie boys)
15) proud mary (ike and tina turner)
16) can't get next to you (temptations)
17) u can't touch this (mc hammer)

Notes: This was a mix to commemorate one of the most fantastic, fun evenings ever. We held our own little dance party in the living room and played our favorite 80's songs all night long. There's a video too, but you'll never see it.

My Peeps
M (for herself)

Hip-Hop mix

 

'00

CD

1) my niggas (dmx)
2) that's what i'm lookin for (da brat)
3)
are you that somebody (aaliyah)
4) jumpin jumpin (destiny's child)
5) mo money, mo problems (notorious b.i.g.)
6) anything can happen (wyclef jean)
7) every ghetto every city (lauryn hill)
8) shoop (salt-n-pepa)
9) gettin in the way (jill scott)
10) how does it feel (d'angelo)
11) bag lady (erykah badu)
12) rebirth of slick (digable planets)
13) send it up (d'angelo)

Notes:

2001

Taste of Folk LIVE
M&D (for friends)

Live Recordings Indie Folk

 

'01

CD

1) car (rose polenzani - schuba's, 27.feb.00)
2)
wood & stone (chris & meredith thompson - FRFF jul.99)
3) in or out (ani difranco)
4) maggie's farm (pamela means - FRFF jul.00)
5) i will arrive (melissa ferrick - club passim, 11.dec.99)
6) test (meghan toohey - as220 benefit, 4.may.00)
7)
hype (tegan & sara - toronto, 14.sep.00)
8) hollow day (michelle malone - schuba's, 18.sep.00)
9) step inside (christopher williams - FRFF, jul.00)
10) deportee (jimmy lafave - FRFF, jul.00)
11) mars (lori mckenna - FRFF, jul.99)
12) sweet lorraine (patty griffin)
13) heaven release us-with or without you (rose polenzani & erin mckeown - Indy, 2.jul.00)
14) hunger (voices on the verge - antioch college, 20.jul.99)
15) lonely (dido)

Notes:

2002

Love-Sex Mix
M (for D)

Mostly chick singers

 

'02

CD

1) i never thought i'd say this (edie carey)
2)
perfect (doria roberts)
3) radical (catie curtis)
4) imperfectly (ani difranco)
5) lean into me (edie carey)
6) 100 names (the nields)
7)
fumbling towards ecstasy (sarah mclachlan)
8) in your eyes (peter gabriel)
9) lullaby (greg brown)
10) going down (bodeans)
11) drive (melissa ferrick)
12) the body is a stairway of skin (over the rhine)
13) justify my love (madonna)
14)
where life begins (madonna)

Notes: Meghan made this for me while I was gone on a business trip. What a nice surprise to come home too. If I remember correctly, we listened to it ALL night long.

Country Folk
M&D (for friends)

Indie Folk

 

Dec '02

CD

1) living room (tegan and sara)
2)
the book i'm not reading (patty larkin)
3) mean ol' wind (kris delmhorst)

4) the river where she sleeps (dave carter and tracy grammer)
5) truth #2 (dixie chicks cover patty griffin)
6) uniform grey (sarah harmer)
7) you're welcome (beth amsel)
8) mars (lori mckenna)
9) the mountain (dave carter and tracy grammer)
10) rock of ages (gillian welch)
11) furnace room lullaby (neko case)
12) 'cept you and me babe (greg brown)
13) welcome to (ani difranco)
14) long ride home (patty griffin)
15) thanksgiving (deb talan)
16) a different kind of gone (mary gauthier)
17) all the joy (rachel mccartney)

18) porchlight (neko case)

Notes: We put this (along with City Folk) together as a christmas gift for our friends and family. This mix actually turned out really well and is probably our favorite mix to date. It just has really great flow between songs - and the songs themselves are amazing. The underlying nugget that keeps it together is the banjo which is used in nearly every song.

City Folk
M&D (for friends)

Indie Rock & Folk

 

Dec '02

CD

1) roadbone (willy porter)
2)
wolf at the door (patty larkin)
3)
what how when where (ani difranco)
4) i radio heaven (over the rhine)
5) nothing gives me pleasure (josh rouse)
6) marylou (kris delmhorst)
7) more for me (andrew kerr)
8) mink coats (patty larkin)
9) because i told you so (jonatha brooke)
10) black notebook (anne heaton)
11) love love love (teddy goldstein)
12) the darkest season (deb talan)
13) margaret (edie carey)
14) ordinary town (dave carter and tracy grammer)
15) rain (patty griffin)
16) the same height (rose polenzani)
17) samson (regina spektor)

Notes: This is the complement to Country Folk (above). This was the first mix made in the 2-CD "set".

2003

Jigga Wha?
M (for herself)

Ghetto mix

 

Apr '03

CD

1) my niggas (dmx)
2) that's what i'm lookin for (da brat)
3) peaches and cream (112)
4) git ur freak on (missy elliott)
5) oops oh my (tweet)
6) family affair (mary j blige)
7) roll out (ludacris)
8) danger (mystikal)
9) still d.r.e. (dr. dre)
10) work it (missy elliott)
11) i need a girl pt 2 (p diddy)
12) dance with me (112)
13) are you that somebody (aaliyah)
14)
gossip folks (missy elliott)
15) how many licks (lil' kim & 112)
16) what's your fantasy (ludacris)
17) forgot about dre (dr. dre)
18) bring your whole crew (dmx)

Notes:

 

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