Well this is several kinds of cool. As we've made you really well aware, All Tomorrow's Parties Presents: I'll Be Your Mirror is happening at the end of the month near here in (beautiful?) Asbury Park, NJ. We've obviously got something awesome planned for that, but today they've gotten us even more psyched by releasing a free downloadable 2.5-hour mixtape curated by Portishead featuring cuts from nearly every band/artist playing the Festival.
Stream it below (check out that tracklist!) and download it over here too. ATP will be releasing a full schedule of set times for the Festival soon, but in the meantime you can still go pick up tickets if you've been under a rock up 'til now. Hot damn.
Currently the only thing on sale... that will change soon!
If you didn't hear, Fucking Nostalgic threw a party at Motor City Bar on Saturday night and raged it till 4am, spinning the likes of the Buzzcocks, T. Rex, the Stooges, Echo & the Bunnymen and much, much more. We also gave away mixtapes (pictured above) to seven lucky fans, and we would have given away more had we been able to mass produce them quicker. But if you weren't there, you now have the opportunity to purchase one from the Etsy shop we just opened.
For now, all we have for sale is Fucking Nostalgic #1, which was compiled by myself and FN photographer Dana Distortion, but that will change soon as we plan to rollout a series of cassette mixtapes curated by other Fucking Nostalgic writers & photographers. Each tape costs you only $5.00, and comes encased with the artwork shown above, as well as your very own Fucking Nostalgic sticker. Below, check out the tracklisting for Fucking Nostalgic #1, and head over to our Etsy shop to buy yourself a copy.
I made a mix during my senior year at University of Hartford. This was before podcasts were around and iPods were still chunky. It was just my discman and me, roaming the campus everyday, with the CD of this mix on repeat and sometimes on shuffle. This was during my final semester so I had a lot on my mind—completing works for my composition recital, competing in the regional semi-finals with my a cappella group, asking myself if there is a future with this guy I was seeing, wondering what the fuck I was going to do after I graduate. Those were bittersweet times but it was my best semester.
I graduated, then I had to pack everything and take down the photos from my wall one last time. I had that room all to myself for the entire school year. Boy, if those walls could talk… Anyway, my family helped me pack. They knew I could be slow and inefficient sometimes so they were being a little pushy. The truth was I was dragging my feet because I was too sad. Our family friend drove up from Queens in his van and took my parents and myself to his house where my boxes and suitcases would be stored for the entire summer. I would then spend the next two months in Taipei before I returned to New York for my summer job. After that, Lori and I would go apartment hunting while we submitted our resumes to whoever was hiring. That was all I knew: the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. Ah, the unknown.
As we drove away from my dorm, I put my headphones on and listened to my mix once again. The opening track that gave me confidence and energy every morning now made me feel anxious and…well…FUCKING NOSTALGIC. Wow, four years go by so fast. I had great times there. Senior year rocked. Where am I going to live in New York City? What jobs can I get? What funds do I have? When am I going to see my boyfriend again? What can I do with my music? And so on. If only I could go back in time and tell myself that everything will be OK, but I think deep down I knew that already.
This is the exact order of the mix with fewer gaps. None of these songs were popular hits in 2004, so this is nostalgia within nostalgia. Yes, there are two U2 tracks. Yes, there are three songs by The Cure. Welcome to my life in West Hartford, Connecticut. I hope you enjoy this mix as much as I enjoyed my spring of 2004.
No theme or anything here, except for the fact that these are Beatles songs I felt sounded particularly good on vinyl. Please listen on good speakers or good headphones. Recorded directly off the Technics... enjoy!
Love Me Do
Sexy Sadie
Lady Madonna
Paperback Writer
Getting Better
Hey Bulldog
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Oh Darling
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me and My Monkey
Old Brown Shoe
I Feel Fine
Strawberry Fields Forever
All Together Now
I'm So Tired
Here Comes The Sun
Yesterday was Record Store Day. Unfortunately it fell on the day after my birthday so sleep was necessary. Meaning I missed all the good exclusive stuff. Still picked up some records though, all of which are included in this mix.
Schizophrenia - Sonic Youth
Learn How - Mission of Burma
Supertouch/Shitfit - Bad Brains
Mannequin - Wire
Fast Canoe - Polvo
Cupid Come - My Bloody Valentine
I've Been Tired - Pixies
Kennel District - Pavement
Franz Schubert/Endless Endless - Kraftwerk
Available to stream below or download. All from vinyl (though I doubt I can keep that up). Enjoy!
