Michael DeForge picked some great music for his interview a couple of months ago, so when i asked to do a mixtape, I couldn’t say no. And you know what, he brought the awesome.
1. Betty Davis – Game Is My Middle Name
2. The Soul Seven – Mr. Chicken
3. The Dirtbombs – I Can’t Stop Thinking About It
4. Gloria Jones – Tainted Love
5. The Cramps with the McMartin Preschool Choir – People Ain’t No Good
6. Dinks – Nina Koka Nina
7. Sheriff and the Revels – Shombolar
8. The Rivingtons – Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow
9. Cool Jerks – Skip a Beat
10. Bobby Womack – Quicksand
11. Jim Ford – Harland County
12. Bette Williams – A Feeling (For Someone Else Has Grown)
13. Prince – Bambi (from The Undertaker)
14. Spiderman Rock Reflections – Spider-Man
15. The Compulsive Gamblers – Wait a Bit, Joe
16. Lavern Baker – Hey Memphis
17. Chuck Rives – Say I Love You
18. The Five Royales – I Ain’t Getting Caught
19. Robert Mitchum – Little Ol’ Wine Drinker Me
20. Dean Martin – Houston
21. James Hand – When You Stopped Loving Me, So Did I
22. Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs – For All This
23. Les Paul and Mary Ford – I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine
24. Crumb Brothers – Seat in the Kingdom
25. Precious Bryant – If I Could Hear My Mother Pray
26. Elvis Presley – Puppet on a String
27. $100 – Someday Soon (Ian Tyson cover)
28. Bobbie Gentry – Fancy
29. Lee Hazlewood – You Look Like a Lady
30. Rowlf – It’s Not Where You Start, It’s Where You Finish

 

 Mixtape 22 Michael DeForge: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Michel Fiffe is one of the founding dudes of the Act-i-vate comics collective and a mighty fine cartoonist himself. He did this mix quite a while ago, and I have been way too slow on posting it. Its a fine mix that needs to be listened to.

 

 Mixtape 21 Michel Fiffe: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Inkstuds favorite, Farel Dalrymple stepped up to the plate, holding true to the mixtape idea. His mix comes in 2 parts, side A and side B and includes artwork to print out for your extra enjoyment. The high-res version is here.

Side A

1. Eddie Cantor – When My Ship Comes In
2. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Artifact
3. Akron Family – I’ll Be On The Water
4. Moondog – High On A Rocky Ledge
5. Earth – Harvey
6. Evangelicals – What An Actress Does Best
7. Unrest – When It All Comes Down
8. Spiderstraw – Red Taurus
9. Jason Spaceman – Garden Walk
10. The Angels Of Light – My Sister Said
11. The Verlaines – Lying In State
12. Billy Bragg – A New England
13. Lightnin’ Hopkins – Business You’re Doin’
14. David Pajo – Attitude

Side B

1. Lil Troy – Wanna Be A Baller
2. Apse – Blackwood Gates
3. The Clean – Big Soft Punch
4. Coachwhips – Extinguish Me
5. Ancient Justice – Manhattan Bridge
6. The Mountain Goats – Song For Dennis Brown
7. Beck – Go Where You Want
8. The Gris Gris – Me Queda Em Bejou
9. Swans – Can’t Find My Way Home
10. Exuma – Damn Fool
11. Paul Simon – Born At The Right Time (Original Acoustic Demo)
12. Bright Lights – Spy Novel

 

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 Farel Dalrymple Side B [42:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The Mixtapes return with a nice lowfi installment by Sam Gaskin.

1. Kemialliset Ystävät – “Himmeli Kutsuu Minua”
2. Sord – “How Many Times”
3. Caethua – “The Blood Beneath Our Skin”
4. Orphan Fairytale – “Suicidal Childswing”
5. Lazy Magnet – “Masters of Science Fiction”
6. Russian Tsarlag – “Special Leg”
7. The Cherry Blossoms – “Charlie Prim”
8. Maher Shalal Hash Baz – “Different Daylight”
9. Colin Langenus – “Woe is Me”
10. Foot Village – “Brazil”
11. Ducktails – “Backyard”
12. Grass Widow – “Black Hole”
13. Dunebuggy – “Money Honey”
14. the Terribles – “Church”
15. Fat Day – “Sex On Drugs”
16. Defneg – “(untitled)”
17. Bone Zone – “I Am the Ear”
18. No Sound – “Down Sunday”

 

 Mixtape 19 Sam Gaskin [37:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Carol Swain and her partner, Bruce Paley sat down for a chat about her 2 new collections; Her collaboration with Bruce, Giraffes in My Hair: A Rock ‘N’ Roll Life and anthology collection Crossing the Empty Quarter. I am a huge fan of Carol’s cartooning work, she seems to bring a singularly unique vision to her work.

 

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Time for return to the Mixtapes. Many thanks to Liz Prince for making the mix that Rocks! I love Liz’s comics. They make me very happy.

Here is what Liz has to say about her mix:

While contemplating what I should put on my inkstuds mixtape, I found myself looking through the mixtapes I have gotten over the years. Man, there were some great songs on those mixtapes; I thought, why not make a playlist of my favourite songs from mixtapes that have been given to me?  So, without further adieu, I give you my best of mixtapes mixtape.

01: Grey Area – Reminder
02: The Riverdales – You Know You Do
03: The Copyrights – She Turns it Up
04: Fifteen – The End of Summer
05: The Bouncing Souls – Gone
06: Ben Weasel and His Iron String Quartet – Got My Number
07: Chinese Telephones – Back To You Again
08: The Stereo – 300
09: Dillinger Four – One Trick Pony
10: The Ergs – Million Perfect Dub
11: The National – Slow Show
12: Torche – Vampyro
13: Lifetime –  Somewhere in the Swamps of Jersey
14: Lemuria – Length Away
15: King Khan & BBQ – Waddlin’ Around
16: Dead To Me – Special Professional
17: The Marked Men – Wait Here, Wait For You
18: The Methadones – Bored of Television
19: Dear Landlord – High Fives
20: The Queers – Definitely
21: Kevin Devine – Just Stay

 

 Mixtape Vol 17 Liz Prince: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Jason Leivian isn’t really a cartoonist, but he is a really great supporter of comics. His store in Portland, Floating World Comics has had lots of great events including a plethora of fundraising artshows. He also puts Diamond Comics, which is up to its 4th issue and gets better with each issue.

1.  Madlib – Anthenagin’ (?)
2.  Javelin – Tu Machina
3.  Low Motion Disco – Things Are Gonna Get Easier
4.  Double Fantasy – Heartbreaker (Rub-N-Tug edit)
5.  Prince – Strange But True
6.  Syclops – Nelson’s Back
7.  DJ Babu – Veetee
8.  Discodeine – Tema Di Gamma
9.  Irsol – Anthem
10.  Siouxsie & The Banshees – Skin
11.  Gang Gang Dance – Dust
12.  Stalker – Radios Et Announceurs
13.  Mac Dre – Too Hard For The F@#kin’ Radio
14.  Thomas Bangalter – Unplugged
15.  El Remolon – Vem Que Tem
16.  Atlas Sound – River Card
17.  LL Cool J – Two Different Worlds
18.  Moondog – Lament 1 ‘Bird’s Lament’

 

 Vol 16 Jason Leivian: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

My good friend and awesome cartoonist, Mike Myhre pulled together a fine mix of music. Lots of good stuff to listen to and get into!

 

 Mixtape Vol 15 Mike Myhre: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Steve Lafler brings us a fine mix of rock n’roll from his compound in Mexico.

1. Hank Williams, I’m so Lonesome I could cry
2. Iggy Pop, The Passenger
3. Wreckless Eric, Whole Wide World
4. Sam Cooke, Let the Good Times Roll
5. Grateful Dead, It’s All Over Now Baby Blue
6. Cracker, Take Me Down to the Infirmary
7. Jonathan Richman, Egyptian Reggae
8. Dwight Yoakam, Carmelita
9. The Cramps, Mule Skinner Blues
10. Dead Kennedy’s, Stars & Stripes of Corruption
11. Hasil Adkins, She Said
12. Beatles, Baby’s In Black
13. Rolling Stones, Let Me Go
14. Thelonious Monk, In Walked Bud (thanks to Austin English for that great tune)
15. Del McCoury Band, 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

 

 Vol 14 Steve Lafler: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download