10 Minutes - Idea Box: Spotify "Mix Tapes" for My Readers

Hi. It's Joe.

I have SPOTIFY and I love it.

You probably have it too, if you know what is good for you.

And that means we can share songs with one another.

A part of me still digs good ol' fashioned "mix tapes."

So, I had this idea. Every once in a while, I am going to make a "Cup o' Joe" mix tape of SPOTIFY tracks and post it right here.

Starting now.

But no more than 10 songs per mix. That's an arbitrary guideline, but I figure since SPOTIFY is mostly listened to online, you are unlikely to have time to listen to more than 10 songs in a sitting. And there is no obligation to listen to it at all, of course. I expect most of the time you won't.

I'll add some brief notes about why I added the song.

Late on a Saturday Night Mix Tape

Clark Terry – Squeaky's Blues

Clark Terry – Incoherent Blues

The above 2 tracks are actually Oscar Peterson Trio songs. Recall that my New Year's Resolution is to learn jazz piano. Oscar Peterson is kind of my inspirado for that. In my mind he is the best jazz pianist ever, bar none. I don't expect to ever be this good, but it is a goal to strive for, and if I end up even 1/10 as good I will be OK with that.

Parry Gripp – Zamboni

GUPPY EFFECT is playing an awesome rock-n-roll show at the Madison Capitols Ice Hockey Arena on Saturday 2/11, and I was searching SPOTIFY for an apropos hockey related song we could play. I came across this one. It is catchy, simple, and I dig it. I had thought about the "I Wanna Drive a Zamboni" song, but it's kind of generic and cliche (read, it has too many words and I am too lazy to learn them...this one has very few).

Songs To Wear Pants To – Shoot The Zombies

Toe-tappin'. I love songs about zombies and zombie killing.

Strong Like Bear – Shut Up

My friend Jordan's band in Iowa. This is one of my favorite songs that they play, a catchy 3-chord rocker.

NOFX – Creeping Out Sara

I played this at open mic the other night. Crowd pleaser. Any song that talks about lesbians, 3-ways, fourgies, and fivesomes, as well as strap-ons, has got to be good, eh?

The Donnas – Who Invited You

Kind of anti-social, but it rocks. My awesome rock-n-roll band JEEBUS PREEBUS plays another Donnas song, but not this one.

Ben Folds/Nick Hornby – From Above

This song is the secret song of me and my Platonic girlfriend, Amb.

North Mississippi Allstars – Skinny Woman

This song is about all the reasons NOT to date a skinny woman. The best reason given by the North Mississippi Allstars? Her "meat don't shake." You can't argue with that.

The Bangles – Walk Like An Egyptian - Album/Single

Timeless.

Time.