Yesterday Pitchfork debuted a new “mixtape” section on their website (here), presumably an attempt to continue to grow in an area that music blogs have become popular for. Now I’m joking with the post title; by no means are we original in having mixes on the site; but in honor of the growing culture of mixes (a central focus of this site), I wanted to start posting some throwback mixes. I’ll start with Mick’s hearsay 06, which has so far been one of my favorites. I was not familiar with Damien Jurado or Ramblin’ Jack Elliott before listening, and now I’m totally hooked on each. The Glenn Campbell track is another one not to be missed.
Without trying to sound like a cranky old fuck, I will admit that I think something may be missing in the digitizing of any mix. I don’t mean so much in terms of a tape vs. CD debate, but just that there is something special about the actual mix; defined in physical form, with a case or cover of some sort that was processed at some point by human hands. Like a musical postcard, I savor the physical mixes we make and pass around. And I post this only to hopefully help inspire others’ mixes. Enjoy.
Tracklist:
01 Bill Monroe - Banjo and the Holler
02 Sufjan Stevens - For the Widows of Paradise
03 Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger - City of New Orleans
04 Lester Flatt - Martha White
05 Mojave 3 - Prayer for the Paranoid
06 Damien Jurado - Ohio
07 Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind
08 Glenn Campbell - Gentle on My Mind
09 Iron & Wine - Love Vigilantes
10 John Print & Iris DeMent - In Spite of Ourselves
11 The Magnetic Fields - The One You Really Love
12 Tansfiguration of Vincent - Dead Man
13 Ramblin’ Jack Elliott - Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
14 David Rawlings and Gillian Welch - Miners Prayer
15 The Dillards - Rocky Top Tennessee
16 Woody Guthrie - Talking Fish Blues
17 Sufjan Stevens - Vito’s Ordination Song (acoustic)
18 Calexico and Iron & Wine - Dead Man’s Will
19 Bob Dylan - He Was A Friend of Mine
20 Gillian Welch - I Had a Real Good Mother and Father
: Hearsay 06 - Folk You (.zip) :
i guess i wasn’t the only one who thought pitchfork’s new section was an affront to mp3 blogs.