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Latest tape · JMT-003 · 14 tracks
Hater’s Guide to Halloween.
Halloween has never been my favorite holiday. I’m not into scary movies, blood and gore, creepy crawlies, or hocus pocus. BUT, I will take any excuse I can find to make a mixtape. Here are some classics and some forgotten classics for the Halloween Haters.
- 01 Living Dead Girl · Rob Zombie
- 02 Feed My Frankenstein · Alice Cooper
- 03 Astronomy · Metallica
- 04 (Don’t Fear) The Reaper · Blue Öyster Cult
- 05 Werewolves of London · Warren Zevon
- 06 Superstition · Stevie Wonder
- 07 Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings · Father John Misty
- 08 Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard · Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
- 09 Season of the Witch · Donovan
- 10 Somebody’s Watching Me · Rockwell
- 11 Mind Playing Tricks on Me · Geto Boys
- 12 A Nightmare on My Street · DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
- 13 The Monster · Eminem, Rihanna
- 14 Psycho Killer · Talking Heads
From the shelf · JMT-002 · 18 tracks
May You Be Loved.
May is the month of my wedding anniversary, Mother’s Day, and the unofficial start of summer. It’s one of my favorite months. This tape pulls songs for love, dancing, and reflection.
- 01 Do You Love Me · The Contours
- 02 Shut Up & Dance (Acoustic) · Tyler Ward
- 03 Old 45’s · Chromeo
- 04 LoveHate Thing · Wale, Sam Dew
- 05 Parking Lot · Anderson .Paak
- 06 Sit Next to Me · Foster The People
- 07 You Got It · Roy Orbison
- 08 In Your Eyes · Ben Abraham
- 09 When Doves Cry · Sarah Jarosz
- 10 Riptide · Vance Joy
- 11 Me Gustas Tu · Manu Chao
- 12 Superposition · Young the Giant
- 13 Once in a Lifetime · Talking Heads
- 14 The Power of Love · Huey Lewis & The News
- 15 She Drives Me Crazy · Fine Young Cannibals
- 16 On Call · Kings of Leon
- 17 Because the Night · Patti Smith
- 18 Dice · Finley Quaye, William Orbit
From the shelf · JMT-001 · 17 tracks
Spring is Sprung.
I love early spring days where stepping into the warm sun feels like a full-body stretch after a long nap. This playlist combines songs for nature, flow, and rebirth.
- 01 I Feel Like Dynamite · King Floyd
- 02 Take Me Home, Country Roads · Toots & The Maytals
- 03 Everyday · Buddy Holly, The Crickets
- 04 Waiting on a Song · Dan Auerbach
- 05 (What A) Wonderful World · Sam Cooke
- 06 Strawberry Letter 23 · Shuggie Otis
- 07 Spring Again · Biz Markie
- 08 Feel Me Flow · Naughty By Nature
- 09 Steal My Sunshine · Portugal. The Man, Cherry Glazerr
- 10 Cardinal · Kacey Musgraves
- 11 Chicago (Demo) · Sufjan Stevens
- 12 Spring Rain · The Go-Betweens
- 13 Wildflower and Barley · Hozier, Allison Russell
- 14 Here Comes the Sun · The Beatles
- 15 Real Love Baby · Father John Misty
- 16 Can’t Stop the Spring · The Flaming Lips
- 17 In a Big Country · Big Country
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