happy valentine's day, bitches!

February 14, 2007  /  slewfoot

Music: Today Show

What a glorious and love-filled Wednesday this is! . . . or NOT! As usual, this year I have mixed up two cd-length mixes of music so that none of you are empty handed for this most commercial of emotional holi-daze. I regret I can no longer afford to mail out the disks to you bitches, so a joshcast or two will have to do!

The first joshcast is for all you lovers out there. I know you think I’m critical of romantic love—and I am—but that don't mean I'm immune to longing for it! That said, this year's pro-valentine mix is titled "lil' heart-shaped beasties 2007," and you can download the mp3 by clicking this link. I've also uploaded a CD insert, which includes the tracklisting, as a pdf file, which you can download from here. Here's a tracklisting for the pre-DL curious:

lil' heart-shaped beasties 2006

  • The Delays: "Valentine"
  • The Human League: "Love Action"
  • Flock of Seagulls: "Space Age Love Song"
  • Cut Copy: "Time Stands Still"
  • Colder: "Crazy Love"
  • Tom Petty: "Even the Losers"
  • Milton Mapes: "Quick Eyed Love"
  • Now It's Overhead: "Meaning To Say"
  • Portastatic: "I'm in Love"
  • Favorite Sons: "Down Beside My Beauty"
  • Futureheads: "Hounds of Love"
  • Elkland: "Put Your Hand on Mine"
  • CSS: "Let's Make Love"
  • The Similou: "All This Love"
  • Alloy Mental: "Gotta Love"
  • Electric Hellfire Club: "Calling Dr. Love"
  • XTC: "Love at First Sight"
  • The Rapture: "Don Gon Do It!"

Next up is the anti-Valentine's mix, which is a bit gloomy (though, what do you expect?) titled "Philophobia 2007." No love songs here! Just anti-commercial vitriol for a commercialized emotion. You can download the mp3 by clicking this link. The CD insert for "Philophobia 2007" can be downloaded by clicking this link. Here's a tracklisting for the pre-DL curious:

philophobia 2007

  • the swans: "love will tear us apart"
  • beautiful south: "especially for you"
  • annie ross: "to hell with love"
  • emiliana torrini: "bad luck woman"
  • wire: "i should’ve known better"
  • morrissey:" life is a pigsty"
  • tv on the radio: "don’t love you"
  • type-o negative: "everyone i love is dead"
  • yeah yeah yeahs: "no no no"
  • the gossip: "your mangled heart"
  • the fall: "what about us?"
  • grand national: "drink to move on"
  • she wants revenge: "i don’t want to fall in love!"

Enjoy your day, whether you love or love to hate the holiday!

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