Good Morning, Folks! If you have not been around this blog for long, one of the things that you have to know is that mixtapes are really important to me. I have spent large swaths of my life creating carefully curated lists of songs for the purpose of creating an experience greater than the parts. I used to do this for individual friends and paramores while growing up, and now I release my madness out into the greater internet. I am truly uncertain if anyone appreciates this nonsense, but it makes me happy, and I legitimately listen to my own Mixtapes on the regular. So I guess at the end of the day I am doing it for myself as much as I am doing it for you all. If this is your first outing, you can find the other 31 Mixtapes that I have created to date over on the archive.
32 – Jangly Bits
This particular brand of madness dominated my mind one night and would not let me sleep until I had assembled what you see before me. Essentially, it started with Toad the Wet Sprocket and Jars of Clay, and then attempting to craft something that thematically matched that level of melancholy. The only regret that I have with this mix is the fact that there is a whole-assed Cracker album that none of the streaming services have. So I had to choose an alternate song, but in truth, it worked out well because it became the perfect last track. I spent a lot of time listening to this music, especially in late high school, and as a result, I am sharing yet another fragment of my soul with you all. Jars of Clay is a Christian band, which is a thing you are not likely to see often among my mixes, but Flood broke into the mainstream. I once went to a Jars of Clay concert expecting it to be normal, but there were folks in the aisles doing the “celestial benchpress” as a friend calls it, raising their hands to the sky with eyes closed. Side note… I am agnostic. I appreciate the role faith has in people’s lives, but I chose to remain unaligned.
Track List
- 01 – Flood – Jars of Clay
- 02 – Promises Broken – Soul Asylum
- 03 – Come Back Down – Toad the Wet Sprocket
- 04 – Mr. Jones – Counting Crows
- 05 – Bittersweet – Big Head Todd and the Monsters
- 06 – My Sister – The Juliana Hatfield Trio
- 07 – Allison Road – Gin Blossoms
- 08 – Selling the Drama – Live
- 09 – Man On The Moon – R.E.M.
- 10 – Noah’s Dove – 10,000 Maniacs
- 11 – Wonderful – Everclear
- 12 – Somewhere Out There – Our Lady Peace
- 13 – Best I Ever Had – Vertical Horizon
- 14 – The Old Apartment – Barenaked Ladies
- 15 – Sick of Goodbyes – Cracker
Listen to it yourself
Well, folks, that is another mixtape added to the archive. I did not honestly expect to keep doing this thing, as my brain aligns with new mixes, I post them. This one in particular means quite a bit to me, because the music is deeply personal. Trivia… not sure if you have realized, but I specifically never use the same song twice. Often during the process, I add a bunch of tracks and then weed them out, and my brain attempted to reuse three songs while creating this mix. I just hope there is someone out there who appreciates this nonsense.