Sunset & Vine
01. Tonite It Shows - Mercury Rev
02. Race for the Prize - The Flaming Lips
03. Love My Way - The Polyphonic Spree (cover of The Psychedelic Furs)
04. 1963-94 - New Order
05. Radio Kaliningrad - Handsome Furs
06. Stadium Love - Metric
07. No Cabaret - VHS or Beta
08. Dangerous (CSS Remix) - Faker
09. Miss Europa Disco Dancer - Manic Street Preachers
10. A Forest (Tree Mix) - The Cure
11. Wandering Star - Portishead
12. Shelter - The Xx
13. Sylvia - Pulp
14. Cracked Actor - David Bowie
The mix title comes from the line in Bowie’s track, Cracked Actor, which is a song about an ageing Hollywood star and their encounter with a prostitute.
I’ve always been a fan of mixes that can tell a story, or suit a story that should be. The idea of this mix is to be a wild summer night out. The opening tracks are the idea of you getting ready, ‘Love My Way’ is while you’re in the cab and they are playing some 80’s music, then it’s all dancing for a while until The Cure kicks in and suddenly it’s the early hours of the morning. You’re a little wrecked from the night so far so you need a few songs to wind down and to complete it the final two are to be the soundtrack for the journey home.
That’s how the songs fell together for me.
Download: Sunset & Vine
(Mixtape no longer available - comment and I’ll upload it again)
