Whitechapel - The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2009-12-28T11:06:48-08:00

Hey Guys, the original got shut down because of inactivity. I put this one under Music so we don't run into the same problem...(I think only London Zoo posts close after 5 inactive days). Anyway, mine is almost done. Should be out within a day or two. It's just down to writing the playlist now. Despite my paltry knowledge of music, this has been a lot of fun for me and hopefully it will be enjoyable for the person who gets my cd too.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2009-12-28T11:10:01-08:00

i've been totally swamped hope to get mine out soon though, the lpaylist is done, its just getting the design done....

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2009-12-28T15:01:20-08:00

Seems like we're all in the same boat at the moment.
CD is burned and ready, I just have to figure out what to do w/ the design!

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2009-12-28T15:53:18-08:00

I'm not sure if the person I sent mine to got theirs alright. I forgot to give them my e-mail to find out what they thought of it.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2009-12-29T01:30:15-08:00

People are designing covers? Damn. I should really sort that.

Also, my CD will be sent on Friday.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2009-12-29T13:48:03-08:00

I finally got my comp fixed, so the mix is going out tomorrow. I'm a bit late, and I'm sorry for that. Didn't expect my comp to bitch out just before Christmas.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2009-12-30T10:48:58-08:00

Bomb(')s away.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-04T12:02:58-08:00

Any updates? Pictures? I know a few of these have to be received by now right? I think mine should be arriving to its new owner tomorrow.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-04T12:18:34-08:00

I mailed mine out. . . the 17th of December or so? I couldn't think of anything clever to do, art wise, so thought the totally minimal look was best. Plain envelop, blank case, blank CD. Quite stark.

The mix turned out quite good, in a rock n' alternate roll kind of way, and I'll post it here, or email it to whomever is interested, if the recipient doesn't mind? my email, for those who want the list is:
eight.blocks @ REMOVETHISgmail.com

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-04T14:36:18-08:00

I'm a procrastinator... but I've also been sick lately so I'll blame that D:<

Going out tonight/tomorrow.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-04T15:24:32-08:00

I toyed with the idea of making a fancy cover and whatnot, but decided that I'd put off making and sending the damn thing quite long enough. FINALLY got it into the mail today, so (since it's going from Iowa to the UK) it'll probably arrive in about a week. I really should have included a track list, though, since I was really wishing for one with the disk I received! I think it'd be a keen and fun idea for all of us to post track lists here, just because I'm nosy as to what others chose :) Thoughts on that??

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-04T16:22:57-08:00

I was gonna make an 8tracks to share

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-04T16:37:30-08:00

Sorry, sorry, another goddamn procrastinator here.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-05T05:54:58-08:00

@misplaced mind I'm all for posting track lists! Since that's two of us, now, here's what I sent out:

Teeth by Lady Gaga
Runs in the family by Amanda Palmer
Disco Sheets by Wolf Parade
Arrive by Horse the Band
Whale Song by Modest Mouse
Astronaut by Amanda Palmer
Vlad the Impaler (Alt LP Version) by Kasabian
On It by Mindless Self Indulgence
I'm On a Boat by The Lonely Island
Whiskey Trigger Finger by Look Afraid
Barely Legal by The Strokes
Want You To by Black Light Burns
Dull Life by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
red rubicon by Cloudboy (if you have trouble finding this, lemme know and I'll see about scrounging a copy)

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-05T09:27:46-08:00

Semi-random, @Phill_sea, I could NOT get in to the new Lady Gaga album, but teeth was a notable exception. That track is AWESOME.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-05T09:32:17-08:00

@dorkmuffin Is it just me, or if some of the lyrics of Teeth were changed could Tom Waits sing part of that song and do awesome at it?

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-05T09:52:21-08:00

@Dorkmuffin : The Fame Monster is very reminiscent of early Lords of Acid ("Lust" in specific) which I grew up listening to, so I had that entryway --Alejandro, in particular makes me smirk. Also, I find myself enjoying "club songs" (like So Happy I could Die, and Telephone) a lot lately***. All that said, Teeth is definitely the standout track in my opinion, mainly because, as @oldhat ('ello thar) says, it could easily be done by Tom Waits. Also, Teeth's roots are the furthest from where the rest of the album seems to start, ie: it has gospel and southern and tribal-chant elements wound through it.

***These sorts of songs are depressingly missing from Timbaland's lackluster Shock value 2 which I've found almost entirely lacking the jump around and f**k energy of Shock Value, which is one of my favorite CD's from 2ish years ago. That disc had three(?) songs that got played regularly at bars and clubs everywhere. . . on this album, I don't hear anything close to that kind of power. . . /aside

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-05T10:00:33-08:00

have burned my CD and will be sending it in the next day or so. Apologies to my recipient for the general tardiness, but you WILL get some nice music....

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-05T10:35:57-08:00

This sounds hella interesting. Will there be a second wave of this, do you think?

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-05T13:19:10-08:00

@phill_sea - hey, I got your CD! How fortuitous. I'd been listening to track 3 thinking, "Damnit I KNOW that's Spencer's voice... why have I never heard this?!?!" Hehe now I have to track down that EP.

Here's the track listing for what I sent out. I hope the recipient doesn't mind seeing it before receiving the disk.

The Song that Goes Like This -- Spamalot soundtrack
City of the Damned -- the Gothic Archies
Presto -- Rush
I Can't Do Anything -- X-Ray Spex
Sheena is a Punk Rocker -- the Ramones
You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II) -- Sunset Rubdown
Leeds United -- Amanda Palmer
Language City -- Wolf Parade
The Guest List/The Execution -- Spoon
Sapphire -- the Meat Puppets
Evangeline -- Handsome Furs
Touch Too Much -- Hot Chip
Hearts on Fire -- Cut Copy
Soft Power -- Ladytron
Sweet Tides -- Thievery Corporation
Smoke Signals -- Magnetic Fields
Oh Deed I Do -- Donovan
Terrapin -- Syd Barrett
Alla This -- Ani DiFranco
If -- Joni Mitchell

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-05T14:51:21-08:00

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will get sent this week , sorry just had a shit ton of life falling on me

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-05T14:54:11-08:00

After this week's tour it'll get flying off to far flung continents.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-05T16:26:11-08:00

Looks like mine just arrived according to my tracking info so I'll post my list here:

Dr. Dog - My Old Ways
The Pixies (Live in Vienna) - Wave of Mutilation
Dead Man's Bones (Thanks for the intro to them Warren) - Pa Pa Power
The Buzzcocks - Whatever Happened To?
Future of the Left - Land of My Formers
Rage Against the Machine - New Millenium Homes
Dinosaur Jr. - There's No Here
Bob Dylan - Gotta Serve Somebody
Humanwine - Big Brother
Lost Prophets - The Fake Sound of Progress
Modest Mouse - I've Got It All (Most)
Worm Quartet feat. Curt Allen - It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Lib 2008 (Atom and His Package Cover)
Professor Plum - And the Stories Will Live On
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Parallel Universe
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - Swimming Pools
Less Than Jake - Faction
The Dead Weather - No Hassle Night
The Specials - (The Dawning of a) New Era
The Thermals - When We Were Alive
Them Crooked Vultures - Dead End Friends
Gorillaz feat. Dennis Hopper- Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-05T17:45:55-08:00

A package arrived today.

The pictures at a readable size can be found on my flickr stream:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eight_blocks

Thanks again Mr. Steevo: You've made my week at minimum and from the first listen introduced me to at least one new band I'm going to hunt down!

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-05T18:02:12-08:00

Steevo I think you've won this round.

Jared, I bet there will be another project like this in the near future. Dorkmuffin ran the first one and I'm "running" this one.

I still haven't worked out who I'm sending my mix to. ^^; I finished the mix a few weeks back, but when I was sending out the pairs it broke because of international shipping requirements; so I didn't work out who I'm sending my disk to.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-05T18:17:49-08:00

Glad you liked it. I had a friggin blast making it.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-05T18:20:44-08:00

@MisplacedMind : hopefully there's some new and likable music on the disc? It's pretty random, but from your mix list (ie: Amanda Palmer, and knowing wolf parade already) I suspect it's pretty up your alley. ?

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-07T18:47:58-08:00

Mix should be winging its way across the Atlantic by now. Sorry for the lack of exciting packaging/decoration. Does "I was trying to keep the weight and postage down" work as an excuse? Erm, I thought not.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-11T14:41:42-08:00

Mine was sent on Saturday. To the recipient, sorry for the lateness and the fairly mediocre cover (that was drawn in 90 seconds before the last post). But i´m sure that you´re going to love the mix. I´ll post it on 8tracks later this week.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-11T15:06:29-08:00

I bought an envelope! It's gonna get in the mail, I swear!

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-11T15:55:14-08:00

shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit really its gonna get sent

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-14T09:19:38-08:00

Got mine when I got home last night, it's awesome so far. Pics later.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-14T10:26:00-08:00

I will be sending mine off tomorrow morning. Got quite behind. Thankfully I haven't received one yet, so I don't feel as super guilty.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-15T14:46:30-08:00

I'm taking it to the post office. For real. Like, as soon as I seal up this envelope.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-15T16:08:55-08:00

Ok, my internet at home has been down for the last two days...sooo might not get pics up anytime soon, but I have been listening to it like crazy. Awesome mix, it's on full repeat in my car and into the mix on my work comp.

For those interested:

Snookered - Dan Deacon
Wild Kingdom - Pillow Queens
Goby - Kaki King
Comin Thru - Chali 2na
A Boy and a Tiger - Yonlu
Take Me There - Concrete Blonde
Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold - Steve Earle w/ Justin Townes Earle
This Tornado Loves You - Neko Case
Dutch Ghost Reclamation of the City of New York - Mind Science of the Mind
Geek Down - J Dilla feat. Busta Rhymes
Frog and Toad - The Bad Plus
Grass - Animal Collective
Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden
Welfare Bread - King Khan and the Shrines
Courtyard Waltz - Kingsbury Manx
Sukie in the Graveyard - Belle and Sebastian
African Battle - Brownout
As the Sea Holds Creatures Vast and True - Tommy Guerrero
Whatchadoin? - N.A.S.A feat. Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold, Nick Zinner
Oh You Chatterbox - Broadcast and the Focus Group
Ma Blonde Est Partie - Amedee Breaux
The Mountain - Heartless Bastards

Lots of good new stuff for me in here, woop woop.

ETA: Thanks so much Jason. I'm not sure who you are on here (despite brief snooping around trying to figure it out), but have been loving the mix.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-16T18:53:12-08:00

ok i know that brittanica received her mix CD today, so i´m now posting the mix on 8tracks (with extra tracks)

Dance Local, Fuck Global!! a 2009 retrospective....

Playlist

Múm - If I Were A Fish
Bloodgroup - First to go
Prins Póló - Átján og hundrað
Sudden Weather Change - St. Peter's Day
My Summer as a Salvation soldier - All The Way Home
Morðingjarnir - Manvísa
Kimono - Wire
Ben Frost - Peter Venkman Pt I
Cold Cave - Life Magazine
Moderat - A new error
Beak> - Blagdon Lake
Boris - 8
Jodis - Secret house
PJ Harvey & John Parish - Black Hearted Love
White Lies - All Consolation
Wintersleep - Archaeologists
The Horrors - Who Can Say
Surfer Blood - Swim
Health - We Are Water
Califone - Giving Away the Bride
Demdike stare - Haxan dub
Julianna Barwick - Sunlight, Heaven

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-20T00:02:11-08:00

Hmmm, I sent mine off (from Scotland to Canada) on 21st December but it doesn't seem to have arrived. I guess I'll give it until next week when I'm back in Glasgow and send another copy.

Bastard postal services.

S.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-20T03:10:58-08:00

SENT!!!!! i actually did it!

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-20T06:59:15-08:00

Steven, Iposted on here earlier saying that I got mine! Sorry I haven't been able to e-mail you, things just got a little crazy.

I love this mix so much!

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-20T07:32:20-08:00

@oldhat

Oh, sorry, I'm blind. I was just worried you hadn't received it.

Glad you liked it.

S.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-20T08:58:21-08:00

I live in hope that mine managed to get from London to Finland in one piece! If not, I shall send it again.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-20T11:00:23-08:00

the package has until this friday to arrive, otherwise have to resend it. :(

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-20T11:46:50-08:00

halcyonday: Got your CD the other day! The local post office here screwed up a bit and accidentally sent it first to a wrong address. Thankfully, I got it back. :) It's a great listen.

My CD is getting resend, since it seems to have disappeared somewhere between Norway and Canada. :/

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-20T23:24:20-08:00

@kahavi - phew! Hooray! and etc. I'm glad you enjoyed!

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-22T00:16:25-08:00

I got my CD from Brittanica it is quite nifty. Sadly took me a day from receiving it to listen to it thanks to friend calling me to hang out JUST as I was putting it into the player. It is a very fun CD, and not just because it has a song about Katimari that made me giddy like a 12 year old girl, but it has good music, all except for one song I had never heard before, and the one I did know about reminded me I hadn't listened to Pigface or anything involving Meg Lee Chin in years, I have dug out CDs to remedy that and put them on my IPod.

I also finally had time enough to send my CD off, feel horribad for taking so long. But it is in the mail and on it's way to England!

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-22T07:16:19-08:00

@Allen
:D

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-22T16:15:37-08:00

I've had my CD from MisplacedMind for over a week now (maybe two weeks) and not been in the mood to listen to new music.

I know that on my first play through there was quite a lot of stuff I like and quite a lot of stuff I was indifferent to. Which is all good.

The track listing is the following:

1. Soundtrack - Spamalot - Original Cast Recording (2:54)
2. The Gothic Archies - City of the Damned (1:41)
3. Rush - Presto (5:44)
4. X-Ray Spex - I Can't Do Anything (2:55)
5. Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (2:49)
6. Sunset Rubdown - You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II) (5:41)
7. Amanda Palmer - Leeds United (4:46)
8. Wolf Parade - Language City (5:01)
9. Spoon - The Guest List/The Execution (2:03)
10. Meat Puppets - Sapphire (4:00)
11. Handsome Furs - Evangeline (3:40)
12. Hot Chip - Touch Too Much (4:05)
13. Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire (4:52)
14. 104 - Soft Power (5:19)
15. Thievery Corporation - Sweet Tides (4:49)
16. Magnetic Fields - Smoke Signals (3:28)
17. Donovan - Oh Deed I Do (2:09)
18. Syd Barrett - Terrapin (5:04)
19. Ani DiFranco - Alla This (3:13)
20. Joni Mitchell - If (5:32)

I promise that I'll mail my mix-CD (which I've put together) to someone very soon.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-28T10:16:02-08:00

Huzzah! it arrived this morning from Emmymau!

haven't listened yet but am really looking forward to it

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-28T11:14:35-08:00

hmm still waiting at the mailbox for mine. It´s getting cold here, and there are some dangerous looking kids gathering near me....

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-28T14:08:16-08:00

Still waiting for mine as well. Keep meaning to get an eight tracks version of the one I sent done, but keep putting it off. Think I'll kill some time with that right now.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-28T18:52:59-08:00

Havent gotten one yet either. Sent mine out weeks ago, I dont know the whitechapel name of the recipient, but I assume it got there alright and that they hate it. I am also not offended.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-29T16:40:58-08:00

The irony of ironies. The day after I sent the second copy of the CD to its recipient, the first copy comes back from Canada - where it wasn't even supposed to go - all battered up and broken.

Postal services. Argh.

The Whitechapel New Year Mix CD Swap (Redux)

2010-01-30T14:42:40-08:00

Holy crap, the slow boat to the UK is slow. Anyway, enjoy, Alastair!