Mike Bennett:
CD-R of the Month:
November/December,
2006

Here we go – two months worth of mixes. Please send me your track lists – mike_bennett@fufkin.com.

The title of the October 2006 entry is from a sketch from Duck's Breath Mystery Theater:

A heart so big, it took the whole world to break it

Radio Birdman – Hungry Cannibals
The White Animals – Don't Care (Great frat-rock from Nashville in the ‘80s – my mom used to babysit for their drummer)
Jerry Lee Lewis – Hound Dog (Live from Hamburg, backed by The Nashville Teens – this is from one of the greatest live albums ever)
The Studiofix – Sleeping
Mark Burgess & Yves Altana – Moon Over Kentucky (Sparks cover from Chameleons frontman)
The Modern Lovers – Astral Plane
Wisely – Parador
Marjorie Fair – Waves (Overlooked alt-rock gem from 2005)
Steve Earle – I Can Wait
Boys On Trial – Big White Lie
That Petrol Emotion – Shangri-La
The Easybeats – Lisa (They had so many great songs)
Tom Verlaine – The Earth Is In The Sky
Reverb – I've Been Away
Husker Du – Celebrated Summer (I may have thrown this on another recent disc – one of their best)
Pet Shop Boys – Luna Park
Ann Peebles – I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
The Greenberry Woods – Different Ways
The Methadones – Heart Of The City
The Rumors – Hold Me Now (Garage rock from the ‘60s)
Peter Wolf – Growin' Pain
Tommy Keene – Warren In The ‘60s
The Chills – I Love My Leather Jacket

The title for the November entry is from a random title generator:

The Expression Of Undefined

The Pipettes – Judy
The Andersons – Laid Back And Logical (Loping power pop with a wee bit of twang)
Walking Floors – No Next Time (From the Messthetics post-punk comp)
Channels – The Licensee
Talking Heads – Cities
Nikka Costa – I Don't Think We've Met (Why wasn't this retro R & B chick's last album a smash?)
Sound Team – Back In Town
The Ballroom – Baby Please Don't Go (This blues classic, done psych-pop style)
Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight, Tonight
Golden Bear – The Darkest Of Things
The Waxwings – Firewood
Matt Bruno – When Push Comes To Shove (Nice cover, emphasizing Buddy Holly feel of this Shoes song)
Phoenix – Lost And Found
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band – Hot Head (One of the most accessible Beefheart tunes)
Waylon Jennings – Luckenback, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)
Beatnik Filmstars – It's Not What You Know
Party Of Helicopters – The Toucher
Amboy Dukes – For His Namesake (More psych than gonzo, though Ted Nugent does bust out some nice lead work)
Oneida – History's Great Navigators
Dubstar – Everyday I Die (Swell Tubeway Army cover)
Tot Taylor & His Orchestra – Living In Legoland (Whimsy from Advertising's frontman)
The Rakes – T Bone
Kiss – Strutter
The Vacant Lot – Can't Take Anymore

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