Remember the Red Balloon post? How’s about we make another mix for this wonderful image by Chris JL.

No rules, just share the tracks that this image conjure up for you.

This is going to sound like a cheat but I’ve had so many requests to re-issue the The Ultimate BBQ Mix from July 2010 that I’ve bowed to popular demand and rather than start a new one for 2011, I’m going to repost last year’s. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix” it as my grandmother used to say. Well, she didn’t really. But you know what I mean.

So for Claire, Anna, Ned, Ahmed, Patrick, the Williams twins, Noggin, Big Phil and many others, here’s the Ulimate Barbeque Mix for 2010-2011 – enjoy!

The BBQ Mix 2011 mix will be available to download until the end of the summer. Which probably means the middle of next week in the UK.

Cover image by onesevenone (Stefan Georgi).

No words just emotions.

01 Earth Spirit – R. Carlos Nakai [Native America Calling]
02 Flétta – Antony & The Johnsons [Swanlights]
03 Inside My Head (blue skies) – Groove Armada [Decade of Hits Lounge 2000-2010]
04 Buried Arrows – Across Tundras [Sage]
05 Seagull – Sophie Barker [Seagull]
06 The Gift – Mark Hollis [Mark Hollis]
07 His Majesty’s King Raam – Lemon Jelly [Lemonjelly.ky]
08 Dine’ Gourd Dance Song – Blackfire [Native America Calling]
09 Pagan Poetry – Bjork [Greatest Hits]
10 Gong – Sigur Rós [Takk]
11 Cold – Black Country Communion [2]
12 Signs of Life (Instrumental) – Pink Floyd [A Momentary Lapse of Reason]
13 Slip Into Something More Comfortable – Kinobe [Soundphiles]
14 Sunbow – Wayquay [Native America Calling]
15 What It Means To Be Alone – The Dear Hunter [Act III: Life and Death]
16 The Feeling Begins – Peter Gabriel [Passion]
17 Stars All Seem To Weep – Beth Orton [Central Reservation]
18 Agnus Dei – Karl Jenkins [The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace]
19 Don’t Turn A Blind Eye – Breathing Space [Coming Up For Air]
20 Shannoojhee – Ulali [Native America Calling]
21 Petra 1:00 a.m. – The Incognito Traveller [The Incognitor Traveller EP]
22 Galilée Mon Amour – Anouar Brahem [The Astounding Eyes of Rita]
23 Raise The Sails – Dead Meadow [Shivering King and Others]
24 Months – The Middle East [I Want That You Are Always Happy]
25 Creation Story – Poetic Justice [Native America Calling]

The moment when a spirit jumps out of a body and turns into a violet ghost mix (122 mb) will be available to download for the next month (until midnight on 1 August 2011).

Cover image by Joaquin Villaverde Photography.

Mr Cheeze has been busy and cooked up a rather delicious mix for your delectation. Enjoy.

The Mixed Cheeze mix (121 mb) will be available to download for the next month (until midnight on 8 July 2011).

Cover image by JD Hancock.

It’s been a strange week or so… spent 4 days in hospital, another 5 days at home with something called vertigo. I won’t bore you with the details except to say it’s similar to the after effects of drinking a bottle of Sambuca every day!!!

Anyway, it gave me a little time (I say little as my constant use of the PC at work and home was one of the causes) to put together a few new music mixes – with the first one funnily enough called Vertigo.

There’s no particular theme to the mix – it’s just some tunes that stayed in my head as I lay on my bed constantly listening to music (deep joy). On reflection, it has a kind of somber feel to it, with only a couple of tracks able to make you tap your toes, but it does mirror my mood for this past week which has been kind of down. Track 3 by Explosions in the Sky is a good example of this as it doesn’t really fit here – doesn’t really fit into what I would normally do. Track 3 should have been upbeat with big drums, bass, catchy chorus etc. but it just felt so right to put this wonderful but slow down-tempo song here – I hope you enjoy.

But insh’allah all is now good – time to blow up my balloon.

01. Prelude – Pendulum (Hold Your Colour)
02. Troubadour – Kula Shaker (Return of the King)
03. Postcard From 1952 – Explosions In The Sky (Take Care, Take Care, Take Care)
04. Heaven Help – Lenny Kravitz (Greatest Hits)
05. Freedom Exists – Jim Morrison (An American Prayer)
06. Free Man In Paris – Joni Mitchell (Hits)
07. Free – Psilodigm (The Prelude)
08. Pray for Rain (Featuring Tunde Adebimpe) – Massive Attack (Heligoland)
09.Just Chillin’ – Psilodigm (2.5 EP)
10. I Hate The White Man – Roy Harper (Uncut – Give Peace A Chance)
11. Song For My Father – Horace Silver
12. How I Got Over – Darondo (Mojo Presents…Heavy Soul)
13. Ghost Ship in a Storm – Jim O’Rourke (Another Late Night)
14. Blow Up Your Balloon – The Wiggles (Racing To The Rainbow)
15. Blow Out – Radiohead (Pablo Honey)
16. Everything I Do – Whiskeytown (Friday Night Lights Original Television Soundtrack)
17. I Saw The Dead – Villagers (Becoming A Jackal)
18. Between The Rainbows And The Rain – Trace Adkins (Cowboy’s Back In Town)
19. Freedom For The Stallion – Elvis Costello
20. Baboom-Mama Said – Stevie Ray Vaughan (Family Style)

The Vertigo mix (122 mb) will be available to download for the next fortnight (until midnight on 27 May 2011).

Cover image by Daddy0h

A week or so ago I asked for your favourite songs with a name in – thanks for the great response. You’re going to have a hell of a lot of fantastic music to listen to this week. First up is the Dog with 24 songs – no mention of Peggy Sue, but we do have the lovely Sylvie. One thought, why has nobody written a song with the line “Sylvie…you’re gonna kill me”?

Laughing Dog’s Songs for Whoever

01 Sylvie – Harry Belafonte
02 Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Gauranga – Quintessence
03 Jackie Blue – The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
04 Laura – Wyatt, Atzmon, Stephen
05 Amelia – Bell X1
06 Daphne – 1 Giant Leap
07 Judy – Stephen Stills
08 Cath… – Death Cab For Cutie
09 Amelia – Joni Mitchell
10 Jimmy Jimmy – The Undertones
11 Grace – Amy Wadge
12 Billy Jack – Curtis Mayfield
13 Pearly Jim – Richard Thompson
14 Johnny the Fox meets Jimmy the Weed – Thin Lizzy
15 Nadia – Nitin Sawhney
16 Jimmy Jazz – The Clash
17 Song for Suzie 1 – Heads Hands & Feet
18 Emma Lee – Buffy Sainte-Marie
19 Jaqueline – Alabama 3
20 Frederick – The Patti Smith Group
21 Ruby – Dave Rawlings Machine
22 Mr Siegal – Tom Waits
23 Sandi – My Sleeping Karma
24 Margaret Montgomery (1581 – _) – Manning

CheezePeeze’s Songs for Whoever

01 Midnight Moses – Sensational Alex Harvey Band
02 Anna Molly – Incubus
03 Lord Bateman – Jim Moray
04 Fergus Sings the Blues – Deacon Blue
05 Crow Jane – The Derek Trucks Band
06 Jeremy – Pearl Jam
07 Hazy Jane I – Nick Drake
08 Mike Mills – Air
09 Hey Floyd – Jamiroquai
10 Daisy Jane – America
11 Suite Charlotte Pike – Transatlantic
12 Nancy – Audience
13 Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing – Buffalo Springfield
14 Get Miles – Gomez
15 Annie Let’s Not Wait – Guillemots
16 Mr Bellows – John Cougar Mellencamp
17 Personal Jesus – Johnny Cash
18 Hey Joe – Robert Plant
19 Come Alive Diana – Everything Everything
20 Boris the Spider – The Who

Spacepig’s Songs for Whoever

01 Face of Melinda – Opeth
02 Gloria Lewis – Kyuss
03 The Ballad of Balin Longbeard – Glass Hammer
04 To Barbara – Hax-Cel
05 Diana – Comus
06 Julia – Pavlov’s Dog
07 Iris Murdoch Cut Me Down – No Man
08 Mephistophales – CWT
09 Mandy – Fats Waller
10 Little Olive – The Electric Prunes
11 Jesus Gonna Be Here – Tom Waits
12 Marie Antoinette – Curved Air
13 Mrs Prout – Fuzzy Duck
14 Zarozinia – Hawkwind
15 Annie Doesn’t Live Here Anymore – Eartha Kitt
16 Selene- Gong
17 Pamphlet To Mr. M Thompson – Coupla Prog
18 Hannah – Robin Trower
19 Abraham Lincoln – Clutch
20 Eleanor Rigby – Vanilla Fudge
21 Andrea – Guru Guru
22 Alison Gross – Steeleye Span
23 Hector The Hero – Wolfstone
24 The Simpsons – Birdsongs of the Mesozoic

Technoflid’s Songs for Whoever Mix [99mb]

01 Muddy Water Blues (Accoustic Version) – Buddy Guy, Paul Rodgers
02 Give My Love To Rose – Johnny Cash
03 Vera – Pink Floyd
04 Victoria – Ray Davies
05 Mrs Robinson – Paul Simon
06 Daniel – Elton John
07 Jeremy – Pearl Jam
08 You Can Call Me Al – Paul Simon
09 Jesse – Mother Earth
10 Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix
11 Michelle – The Beatles
12 Clarkson Blues – Chris Rea
13 Josephine – Chris Rea
14 Not Now John – Pink Floyd
15 Suite Judy Blue Eyes – Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young)
16 Hey Jude – The Beatles

Uncle Rave Dave : Songs for Whoever (From a Certain Era)

01 Planet Claire – The B-52s
02 Enola Gay – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
03 Europa and the Pirate Twins – Thomas Dolby
04 Sally – The Members
05 By My Girl Sally – The Police
06 Nellie the Elephant – Toy Dolls
07 Donald Where’s Your Trousers – The Men They Couldn’t Hang
08 Who Killed Bambi – Sex Pistols
09 Mr Brownstone – Guns ‘n’ Roses
10 Johnny B Goode – Peter Tosh
11 Bullets For Bafazane – Johnny Clegg
12 Tyler – UB40
13 Romeo & Juliet – Dire Straits
14 Mr Blue – Yazoo
15 Lassie Come Home – Alphaville
16 Avalon – Roxy Music
17 Ballad Of Lucy Jordan – Marianne Faithfull
18 Diamond Smiles – The Boomtown Rats
19 Johnny & Mary – Robert Palmer
20 Jungle Bill – Yello

Cover art by kekremsi

The Song for Whoever mixes will be available here to download for the next fortnight (until midnight on 8 March 2011).

Update: the Song For Whoever mixes are temporarily unavailable [blame the March hare/a senior moment by LZ while decluttering old files on the server]. They’ll all be back up by lunchtime GMT on Tuesday, 1 March. Sorry!

And they’re back up!

Move over brother, it’s time for my Valentine’s mix. It’s also my birthday so a double whammy. Hence the length. Plus the fact that the concept of “editing down” is foreign to me. I wish I’d organised a Dydd Santes Dwynwen mix as well, just to spread the load so to speak. Anyway, on to the music!

Part One

[01] Let’s Begin – Jason Simon [Jason Simon]
[02] My Funny Valentine – Chet Baker [My Funny Valentine]
[03] This Ain’t A Love Song – Scouting For Girls [Everybody Wants To Be On TV]
[04] Beneath the Moon – Adam Masterson [One Tale Too Many]
[05] Lovesong – Adele [21]
[06] What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong [What a Wonderful World]
[07] Isn’t She Beautiful – Phil Campbell [After The Garden]
[08] Walk on Rainbows – Shea Seger [The May Street Project]
[09] Labelled With Love – Squeeze [Greatest Hits]
[10] More Than Words – Extreme [Monster Ballads]
[11] She’s Always A Woman – Billy Joel [Piano Man]
[12] You Make Me Feel So Good – Beverly ‘Guitar’ Watkins [Don't mess with Miss Watkins]
[13] Blue Moon – Billy Ecksine [100 Minutes With Billy Eckstine]
[14] Try A Little Tenderness – Otis Redding [The Dock of the Bay]
[15] The Blower’s Daughter – Damien Rice [O]
[16] That Ole Devil Called Love – Alison Moyet [The Best Of...]
[17] Thank You For Your Love – Antony & The Johnsons [Thank You For Your Love (EP)]
[18] All Woman – Lisa Stansfield [Real Love]
[19] We Don’t Know Where We’re Going – Gomez [Split The Difference]
[20] Let’s just fall in love again – Jason Castro [Jason Castro]

Part Two

[01] I Want To Be Loved By You – Sinéad O’Connor [Am I Not Your Girl]
[02] Etta James – I Just Wanna Make Love To You [The Best Of]
[03] Sandra Hall – I Need To Love You [Showin' Off]
[04] G Spot – Wayne Marshall [90 Degrees and Rising]
[05] Julia Lee – My Man Stands Out [Snatch and Grab It]
[06] Erja Lyytinen – You Talk Dirty [Attention!]
[07] Katie Melua – My Aphrodisiac Is You [Call Off The Search]
[08] Melanie Fiona – Give It To Me Right [The Bridge]
[09] Doris Troy – You Give Me Joy Joy [Doris Troy]
[10] I Never Loved a Man – Allison Crowe [This Little Bird]
[11] It Ain’t What You Do (But How You Do It) – Laura Lee [The Chess Collection]
[12] Stop – Sam Brown [Stop]
[13] I Wish I Meant More To You – The Field Mice [Early Demo Tapes]
[14] Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers [Ain't No Sunshine: the Best of Bill Withers]
[15] Joss Stone – Spoiled [Mind, Body and Soul]
[16] Love Hurts – Nazareth [Love Hurts: the Rock Ballads]
[17] If You Don’t Know Me By Now – Simply Red [A New Flame]
[18] Santana – She’s Not There [Ultimate Santana]
[19] Solomon Burke – Don’t Give Up on Me [Don't Give Up On Me]
[20] I’m Sticking With You – Velvet Underground [Loaded: the Fully Loaded Edition]

The Labelled With Love mix (130 mb) will be available here to download for the next fortnight (until midnight on 28 February 2011).

[01] Opening Credits – Hybrid [Wide Angle]
A great way to start the mix – unusual and atmospheric. Hybrid are an electronic music group from Wales who have taken it several stages further than their contemporaries. For this album, they collaborated with the Russian Federal Orchestra. I rest my case.

[02] Burn It Down – Los Lobos [Tin Can Trust]
This album featured awhile back on one of the Dog’s mixes. I loved it so much that I bought it myself. This is the opening track and a bit of a cracker.

[03] Rockin’ Chair – The Band [The Band]
Beautiful tune, with many subtleties. This may not be an immediate favourite, but it wormed its way into my head and now I adore it.

[04] Sinking – The Aloof [Sinking]
Electronica played by a real-live band. Even that hypnotic drumming is live and not programmed. Not one that you can really put a label on, but it leaves you curious.

[05] Bukowski – Modest Mouse [Good News For People Who Love Bad News]
I see Beef is a fan as well. A great band that don’t receive the acclaim that they deserve, although they are breaking slowly into public consciousness. Rightly so!

Woke up this morning and it seemed to me,
that every night turns out to be
A little more like Bukowski.
And yeah, I know he’s a pretty good read.
But God who’d wanna be?
God who’d wanna be such an as$hole?
God who’d wanna be?
God who’d wanna be such an as$hole?

Well we sat on the edge of the river,
the crowd screamed, “Sacrifice the liver!”
If God takes life, he’s an Indian giver.
So tell me now why, you’ll tell me never.
Who would wanna be?
Who would wanna be such a control freak?
Well who would wanna be?
Who would wanna be such a control freak?

Well see what you wanna see. You should see it all.
Well take what you want from me. You deserve it all.
Nine times out of ten our hearts just get dissolved.
Well I want a better place or just a better way to fall.

But one time out of ten, everything is perfect for us all.
Well I want a better place or just a better way to fall.
Here we go!

If God controls the land and disease,
keeps a watchful eye on me,
If he’s really so damn mighty,
my problem is I can’t see,
well who would wanna be?
Who would wanna be such a control freak?
Well who would wanna be?
Who would wanna be such a control freak?

Evil home stereo, what good songs do you know?
Evil me, oh yeah I know, what good curves can you throw?

Well all that icing and all that cake,
I can’t make it to your wedding, but I’m sure I’ll be at your wake.
You were talk, talk, talk, talkin’ in circles that day,
when you get to the point make sure that I’m still awake, OK?

Went to bed and didn’t see
why every day turns out to be
a little bit more like Bukowski.
And yeah, I know he’s a pretty good read.
But God who’d wanna be?
God who’d wanna be such an a$shole?

[06] Trash – The Whip [X Marks Destination]
You may recognise this from a certain advert not so long ago. Relatively unknown band that sounds like the meeting point between New Order & Doves.

[07] Luna – Ganga [Elysian Vibes 2]
Lovely ditty that I‘ve played on the show a couple of times. It’s modern stoner rock, only with a drum loop and synthesizers to complement the guitar. Pleasing.

[08] Cry For Home – Chris Rea [Blues Guitars]
Heartfelt blues from a man who has come into his own in recent years. The understated guitar solo in this is sublime.

[09] Hound Dog – Big Mama Thornton [Lost Blues Tapes/More American Folk Blues Festival]
A live recording of this blues classic from the Big Mama. In my humble opinion this piddles on Elvis’ and Eric Clapton’s versions.

[10] Tennessee – Shawn Colvin [Fat City]
Country and Western with a blues twist. Not much I can add really. I like her voice, I like the words and I like the little guitar break about 2/3rds into the track

[11] Breakdown (Cellophane Boat Mix) – One Dove [Morning Dove White]
Lovely mid-nineties ethereal stuff, that I loved at the time. It’s dated slightly, but still provides a rather lovely backdrop during those reflective moments. A bit Cocteau Twins, but with an original, distinctive take on the sound.

[12] Burma – Lostep [Invol2ver 2 Dub mix]
Another slice of gentle electronica. Similar to the original mix, but with the fiery breakbeat removed. As featured on Sasha’s DJ mix Involver2 (which is very good, but not nearly as good as Involver1). I love the stuttering breakdown in this, although it may not be too everyone’s taste.

[13] Calvary – Quicksilver Messenger Service [Happy Trails]
This whole album was mostly recorded live and kind of encapsulates that loose, idealistic San Fran late sixties, early seventies ‘jamming’ vibe.

By far the best thing that QSMS ever did, Happy Trails was the pinnacle of a relatively short career. It’s a shame.

[14] Don’t Follow – Alice In Chains [Jar of Flies/Sap]
One of the great grunge bands that could also produce music like this. Stops you dead in your tracks. Layne Staley died of an overdose in 2002, but Jerry Cantrell re-formed the band last year to great effect and with a deep respect for the original lead singer.

[15] Trouble Man – Marvin Gaye [Trouble Man]
He got the funk. Nuff said. Brilliant summer track. Shame about the weather!

[16] Satellite Serenade – Keiichi Suzuki [Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty Vol. 1: The Orb Remix Project]
Otherwise known as Dr Alex Patterson from The Orb. This track is sublime and is as rare as botulism on vinyl! Brilliant sample of David Attenborough leads into a lovely guitar-led intro, which takes you merrily up the garden path until the 303 and bass drum kicks in. Pretty, dubby, dance music, like only The Orb can do.

[17] The night They Buried Sadie Clay – Cherry Ghost [Beneath This Burning Shoreline]
Absolutely tip-top song writing from these guys. This album is perhaps a little less immediate than Thirst For Romance but songs like this should be revered.

No tears were spent
The night they buried Sadie Clay
No silence swept
Across the factory floors
That old ill wind
Just sang its song
And then the world moved on

No saintly glow
Awaits the fate of Sadie Clay
They found her cold
A bottle by the bed
In younger years
A cheap embrace could
Set her heart apace
Two empty arms to grace

Why don’t you dance
The kisses sworn to failure
Cross breaking waves
Into the great unsung
Until your days are done

Through lumbering limbs
She tried to pass a part in
And as they rose
Assembled in the hearse
A done for dream
Would meet the flight
And deck the threadbare night
With bones of blinding light

Why don’t you dance
The kisses sworn to failure
Cross breaking waves
Into the great unsung
Until your days are done

[18] Street Fighting Years – Simple Minds [Street Fighting Years]
This eponymous track from what maybe Simple Minds’ finest hour. A million miles away from the ‘classic eighties’ sound, full of feeling and crescendos. This isn’t actually a rarity and shouldn’t be. Quite the opposite in fact, as this should be owned by anyone with a healthy interest in music.

[19] We Took Pelham – Deadly Avenger [We Took Pelham]
Another massive instrumental track that should be a whole lot longer than its allotted 3 minutes. Conjures up action scenes and exploding cars.

[20] Scream – Echobelly [Everyone's Got One]
Popular in the nineties with those in the know. Plucky Anglo-Indian lady Sonia Madan has a beautiful voice and bridges the Brit Pop/Grunge gap with great success. Scream is easily the stand-out track. You’ll wait expectantly for the epic guitar that will arrive, guns blazing.

Wot no Floyd???

The Electric Cowboy mix (144 mb) will be available here to download for the next fortnight (until midnight on 30 January 2011).

I used to think I was pretty good at Time Management – even professionally trained the subject many times here and in UK. However, I somehow have failed miserably to get December’s Music Mix to you on the first of the month, apologies for that but short of extending a day to 32 hours instead of 24 I don’t know what I can do.

Anyway, onwards and upwards, here’s my latest selection of 20 songs with the sole objective of making you tap your foot and go “mmm I like that”- words are a bit minimal but the music says it all really.

[01] Morning Star – Rick Wakeman, Jon Anderson [The Living Tree]
No it’s not Yes but still very acceptable with Jon’s voice still sounding as good as ever. When will his B****Ks drop?

[02] Over My Head – Crown of Thorns [The Finest of Hard Rock Vol 3]
Saw these guys support Bon Jovi but liked them before that as Jean Beauvoir, the main man behind these guys, always made them a bit funkier than the average rock band – just read that Jean was Gary U.S. Bonds’s musical director at age 13?

[03] Reflection – Bert Jansch & Pentangle [Reflection]
Just discovered that Bert Jansch is one of Spacey’s favorite singer/songwriters – here’s one of my favourite Bert Songs, albeit with Pentangle and the lovely Danny Thompson on double bass.

[04] Sloe Gin – Joe Bonamassa [Live from the Royal Albert Hall]
A big hit on here a couple of months ago with Black Country Communion with me saying “he was born to play in this rock band” – well after this album, Joe sounds to me like he was simply “born to play guitar”.

[05] Lipsill – Dungen [Ta Det Lugnt]
Dungen is a Swedish rock band based in Stockholm fronted by singer/composer Gustav Ejstes – heard about them on the Wolf People’s website and kinda liked.

[06] You Hung The Moon – Elvis Costello [National Ransom]
Produced by T Bone Burnett – not everyone’s cup of tea – but I do like and most certainly respect what this guy has achieved and still enjoy most of his recent output

Three in a row from the Andy Williams’ Silky album
[07] Bonin’
[08] Car with the Star
[09] Let Me Put It In
My Mam is a great fan of Andy Williams, especially at Christmas. I will always remember her playing Andy’s LP’s along with Val Doonican and Perry Como – nice nice nice. Andy seems to have changed a bit lately but I’m sure me Mam would enjoy this album.

[10] Racing in the Street – Bruce Springsteen [The Promise]
Again not everyone’s favourite but I do like much of his earlier stuff and this album must be there up with his best work and be recognized as a classic album.

[11] Australia – JP, Chrissie and The Fairground Boys [Fidelity!]
Chrissie Hynde and a new collaboration with her 31-year-old Welsh Ram JP Jones and friends – sounds like a bit of an orgy. However, Mr JP must be doing something right (Play gel maybe) cos Miss Hynde hasn’t sounded this good in years.

[12] Reflective – Panaphonic [Sunrise Light]
From the Funky Juice label a really nice ambient track that has “put me in your best chill out play list” written all over it.

Three in a row from Sandy Denny’s A Boxful of Treasures
[13] 3.10 to Yuma
[14] Rising For the Moon
[15] Sweet Rosemary
Sandy Denny – how can one pick 3 songs of her’s that truly reflects what she was. I can’t but the 3 songs here (plus the final track) do, I hope give you an idea of the lady – I just love her.

[16] Dog Shelter – Burial [Untrue]
51 people gave this 4 and half stars on Amazon – wow does this mean I’m trendy? Beef what you think?

Anyway, thought I would try this song on you – the album can be hard work but when its dark and you want something to create a little bit of atmosphere – this certainly does the trick.

[17] One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer – The Destroyers, George Thorogood [Live in Boston, 1982]
George tells us “I’m gonna tell you story” at the beginning of this monster song – and yep he does. It’s mostly a load of tosh but what do you expect from a song called One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer – culture?

[18] Inae – Da Lata [Songs From The Tin]
Surprisingly – Da Lata (meaning From the Tin in Portuguese) are a Brazilian-influenced British group formed in the early 1990s. Don’t know much else about them as this comes from a Jazz compilation – but I do know that that it sounds good and makes me wish I could dance a bit better than I can.

[19] Rumo ao Sul – Ana Moura [Leva-Me Aos Fados]
Which leads nicely into Ana Moura, A Fado singer from Portugal. I’m reliably informed by this thing called the Internet that Fado (Portuguese:destiny, fate) is a music genre which can be traced from the 1820s in Portugal and is a form of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor. Could have been written about Barry Island.

[20] No End – Sandy Denny [A Boxful of Treasures]
I know I’m boring and predictable – we finished the last Elektra mix with ‘The End” and now I finish this one with a song called ‘No End’. Don’t care, never will, just love this song and is currently hot favourite to replace ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ as the song I’m buried to – or maybe I’ll do a Funeral mix that lasts for 3 hours – yep sounds good to me.

Hope you enjoy the music here – please let me know which songs you like, which songs you hate – it means a lot to me that so many people are still downloading the music I put here – shokran.

Now I’m off to the Corniche as Qatar has amazingly just won the bid to host the 2022 World Cup and it’s party time in Doha – hopefully home in time for Techy.

The December mix (146 mb) will be available here to download for the next month (until midnight on 31 December 2010).

Well here is the mix I finally settled on, a bit of something for everyone – hope you enjoy.

[01] Frank Zappa – Flakes (a flake is an unreliable person) [Sheik Yerbouti]
You didn’t think you would get away without a Zappa song did you? This is one of my favorite songs from Zappa and I just love the lyrics.

[02] Urban Trapeze – Urban trapeze (available in the UK soon) [Reactivated Tarkus]
I chose this because they are my friends and they are good, the music is great and the band are incredible live.

[03] Ween – Voodoo Lady [Chocolate and Cheese] [album cover is NSFW]
This I chose because it is a great song and a tribute to Jimi Hendrix, I really like the lyrics to this song and the wacked out guitar.

[04] Mago De Oz – Vodka & Roll [Gaia III Atlantia]
This one is for all you hard rock alkies. This is great rock and celtic fusion and I like the way they make it work.

[05] Peter Frampton – Show me the way [Show me the way]
This one I chose for the lyrics and great guitar. Frampton has always been one of my favorite guitarists and I love his use of the voice box.

[06] Triana – Se de un lugar [El Patio]
Being the Floyd of Spain I had to include this, the song brings back many good memories for me and the fusion of flamenco and rock is just brilliant.

[07] Free – Alright Now [The best of Free]
This one should bring back some memories, it does for me. I love the riff and the lyrics from this, one of my favorite rock songs.

[08] Extremoduro – Lo De Dentro [Ley Innata]
This song is especially for LD, hope you enjoy. The music is just amazing rock and it’s hard not to enjoy it.

[09] Jace Everet – Bad Things [Red Revelations]
The opening song for True Blood, my favorite TV show, and a great song I just love the lyrics.

[10] No Doubt – Don’t Speak [Tragic Kingdom]
I always liked this song and the lyrics are great again – one of my all time favorites.

[11] Amparanoia – Que te Den [El Poder De Machin]
A fantastic Spanish artist with great rhythm and style and great lyrics if you understand Spanish.

[12] Manu Chao – Bongo Bong [Clandestino]
One of my favorite songs from this artist, I have used it busking many times on the coast of Spain.

[13] Parliament – Give up the Funk [The Best Of Parliament]
This has to be for me one of the best Funk bands in the world and I just love the lyrics.

[14] Dr John – Right Place Wrong Time [In The Right Place]
Because he is just great, his music is amazing and he sits next to Zappa on a musical level for me, although his music is different .

[15] US3 – Cantaloop [Hand On The Torch]
A great fusion of hiphop and jazz, this song brings back a lot of memories as well – I found the album in Ireland, heard it, liked it, bought it and have never grown tired of hearing it.

[16] Fela Kuti – Sorrow, Tears & Blood [Opposite People]
Nigeria’s best artist and the inventor of afrobeat – my all time favorite African musician. If you would like to know more start here with Music Is The Weapon.

[17] Oliver Mtukudzi – Ndakuvara [The Tuku Years]
Zimbabwe’s most loved artist and an amazing guitarist, I grew up listening to him every morning and I still like his music.

[18] Black Eyed Peas – Where Is The Love [Elephunk]
This song I chose because the lyrics are very powerful and beautiful and I have liked the Black Eyed Peas for many years, especially their early stuff.

[19] Damien Marley – No No No [Eve-Olution]
One of my all time favorite songs, I love the female vocals by Eve. I was given this song on a select mix of Damien’s music but it was originally released by Eve.

[20] Max Romeo & The Upsetters – I Chase The Devil [War Ina Babylon]
This has to be the most famous reggae song as it has been mixed by many djs and has even been used by the Prodigy. I love it – the lyrics are some of the best ever.

The September Mini Mix 08 [a 141 mb zip file] will be available for one month from today – until midnight on 15 October 2010.

As you can see a mix of all types of music here, old and modern. Hope you enjoy it and as with Laughing Dog’s mixes, feel free to comment.