mixtape (february 2009)

Relationshipness (rollerskating at night)
Belle and Sebastian "The Rollercoaster Ride"
Can "Moonshake"
Califone "Your Golden Ass"
Yo La Tengo "Demons"
Throbbing Gristle "United"
Animal Collective "Taste"
Beach House "Used To Be"
The Antlers "Bear"
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart "Young Adult Friction"
The Velvet Underground "Here She Comes Now"
Ancient Crux "In Teen Dreams"
Broadcast "Before We Begin"
Lotus Plaza "Red Oak Way"
Wilco "Cars Can't Escape"

Truths: So the first time I test-drove this mix on a night jog, there were actually these two kids rollerskating along the canal with me, young boy and a girl who inspired the latter part of the mixtape title, for the short length of time Throbbing Gristle runs into Animal Collective runs into Beach House, seamlessly I like to think. The version of "Demons" I used was originally the one from the Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo record, which I replaced with the one appearing on the I Shot Andy Warhol movie soundtrack because I really like the slightly-crazed feminist/gendercide rant by Lili Taylor (in character as the unsucessful Warhol assassinator Valerie Solanas) tagged on the end of this soundtrack version. "Cars Can't Escape", one of my favorite Wilco compositions, is still officially unreleased to the best of my knowledge, Jeff Tweedy's lyrics I misheard on this particular song ("relationless") having something to do with the word "relationshipness" used here.