Ummmmm.... In lieu of the regularly scheduled blog entry (ed - regularly scheduled? who the fuck are you kidding? Go screw, it's my website, and I can lie if I want), I present to you: The liner notes for the aforementioned mix. Sorry about this, but the time I would have spent blogging tonight, I spent writing this thing. They are vaguely entertaining (certainly as much as anything else on here), so I feel fairly justified in posting them. And if you don't like it, I offer a 100% money back guarantee (although I can do nothing about the time you waste. Sorry).

Also, yes. I write detailed liner notes for all the mixes I make. Music is a serious business, and undertaking the compilation of a mix should not be done lightly. I refer you to the portion of High Fidelity where the protagonist expounds at length on the magic (read: art and science) of mix making.

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Monosylllabic Girl - NOFX: I've become a really big fan of punk rock love songs. And I've become a really big fan of NOFX. And this combines two things that I love. So good on NOFX for writing this song (which, entertainingly enough, comes in at just about a minute. Ain't those guys funny?

Come Dance With Me - Teen Idols: Another one of those aforementioned punk rock songs. At least, I'm pretty sure it is (sometimes it's tough to tell - during this one I think (and you can draw your own conclusions on this) the refrain switches from "Won't you come dance with me" to "Fuck you come dance with me." Which, having dated a punk rock goddess for a while, I realize may very well be the pierced nose equivalent of crooning. God bless Joey Ramone).

Knock, Knock - The Hives: Honestly, I'm a little bitter about putting this on here. Not because it's anything but awesome ('cuz believe you me - it's awesome), but because the Hives are playing this week in NYc, and I'm probably going to miss them. Of course, it's a little unfair to be upset, since the reason I'm going to miss them is because I'm going to other shows the two nights they're playing. But still. Evidentally they play the best live show ever. And they wear really dapper suits in all the pictures I've ever seen of them, and dapper is good. (Side bar: these guys show up as punk in my iPod, which true blue punx maybe wouldn't agree with, but I'm punk enough that I don't need their fucking agreement. That's me in a nutshell, really. Punk as fuck. Errrr... or something).

The Witch - The Sonics: Thinking about this now, I may turn these liner notes into a blog entry, since I was going to write one tonight but am doing this instead. I'll think about it. Until then, The Sonics. For one thing, this band is interesting if only because they are like the 30th freaking band in my iPod that is "Article followed by some noun starting with the letter 'S'": The Strokes, The Smiths, The Streets, The Shins, The Saints. That's not the only thing, though. They are often considered the worlds first punk band (which is funny, cuz when you listen to them, they sound kind of wussy. But they were so freaking hard core in their day). Even given their status as the Ur-punk band, they show up as Rock and Roll in my iPod (along with Buddy Holly and Elvis, and nothing else. This is as opposed to Rock, the genre into which everything that isn't easy classifiable goes into).

Debra Jean - The Queers: Another of them punk rock love songs. I dig this song so much. Makes me want to make out with my best girl on the steps for a half hour, then go to a show. It's real sweet. Interesting enough, this is the song that really got me interested in punk to begin with (which is a fairly recent thing for me, as before mentioned [if not in these liner notes, then in conversations I've had with people you've neither met, nor care about]).

21st Century Digial Boy - Bad Religion: This song makes me think of myself. Except for the cruel analysis and condemnation of a materialistic, thought- and soul-less society, and the bits about loveless and disinterested parents. Really, I just like the phrase "21st Century Digital Boy," and would like it if people thought that phrase when they talked about or to me.

Radio - Rancid (as covered by NOFX): This is part of a series of albums that have one punk band (and we're almost past the punk portion of the album, I promise), where they have one punk band play the songs of another punk band for half an album, and then switch it for the other half. This is a brilliant idea. If you like both bands, it's the best album ever. If you only like (or have been exposed, or whatever) to one of the bands, it's still the best album ever, since you get to hear a band you like play a bunch of songs you've never heard before, and then get to hear new versions of songs that you already love. Of course, now the problem is, since I've been listening to this album (over and over), what I really want to do is go start listening to Rancid. Which is a little embarrassing.

Tetris (ska mix) - Minibosses: I don't have all that much to say about this except: Holy crap. This band cut an entire album of them covering, in various styles (metal, ska, reggae, etc), the theme songs to a bunch of video games. We're talking Rygar, Ghosts and Goblins, Spy Hunter, Mega Man, Super Metroid . . . It's amazing. This, in my opinion, is the best of the bunch. I may think that because I love Tetris, and I really dig a good horn section. (Side Bar: My love for Tetris has been severly tested over the past years, because like all games of this type, Ben and Ton are fucking amazing at it. So it's hard to enjoy a game when your best friends can regularly put up scores that are, literally, two orders of magnitude greater than your own. So a brief "Fuck You, Ben and Ton" for coming close to ruining my love for this game. The same goes for Bejeweled, Snood, Bubble Bobble, and Dope/Drug Wars. I can still school them both at any of the Tony Hawk games, however, which is reassuring).

Bohemian Like You - The Dandy Warhols: God damn these guys are good. And how about that name? More later on them.

40 Oz. To Freedom - Sublime: I've had a bunch of barbeques in the past couple of months, and they've all been a really good time (remind me to write about the Olsen Twins Barely Legal Birthday Bash I had last month, for instance). It's all about sitting in my back "yard" drinking beer and eating meat. And at all of them I've demanded that we listen to at least an hour of Sublime, because that's just what sitting on concrete in a wife beater with some friends is really all about).

The Dark of the Matinee - Franz Ferdinand: I can't say much about this guy, since I don't know all that much about him. Although, I can say that I heard one of the tracks from this album on the radio, which surprised me. Mostly because none of the songs on the album sucks, and I thought that was a prerequisite for a song getting played on the radio. The (epynomous) album this song is off of has only refrained from becoming one of my favorites in the past couple of weeks because I am a big stupid head.

Used To Be Friends - The Dandy Warhols: Again, god DAMN these guys are good. And they are so styling. The Dandy's (as I lovingly call them) I feel are one of those bands that can really reach across a lot of listening boundaries. I feel like just about everyone, regardless of musical background, can really get into them, and enjoy them immensely. Great lyrics, really funny, excellent musicians. Bully for the Dandy Warhols. Woohoo!

Emerge - Fischerspooner: Man I listened to this song a lot last year. And again in the past few days. I've written about Fischerspooner before in the blog, so I'll leave off any comments about their live show. I will mention that these guys, much like Daft Punk, undulge in a musical genre that can be really annoying [I think the kids call it Electroclash], but you love them because they do it just so damn well. (Side Bar: The beats per minute for this song exactly match the running stride of a man 5'8" going at 6mph (my standard running speed on the treadmill)).

B-Boy Document '99 - The High And The Mighty: I first heard this song becuase it was on the soundtrack for Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 on the playstation. Which means that was the first time and the 500th time I heard the song, since I played that game so damn much during college (and how cool is it that video game soundtracks are awesome these days? What a great idea that was). Things I like about the High and Mighty are that: they are white rappers other than Eminem that tear up the mic, they have a great sense of humor, and they do songs with Princess Superstar and Kool Keith (see the immediately preceeding point). This song has Mos Def guesting on it.

Feedback - Akrobatik: I'll be honest, I think I may be too white to be listening to Akrobatic. Like if he heard me bumping his album in my car, he might tap on my window and ask me to turn it down a bit, kind of like that time Jeru the Damaja did (in my dream). But still, he's really good, and he's got my support whether or not he likes it.

Last Hit (Original) - The High and The Mighty: Told you I really like these guys. This song features perennial favorite, Eminem. My favorite rhyme? "Got Pope John Paul the second praying to Satan, got your vegan girlfriend cooking up bacon!" Or possiblly "Thought Eon's weak now? How'd you think that? couldn't get on my record if you were shrink wrap." Are they good or what?

Superman Lover - Johnny "Guitar" Wilson: This man has the funk, and that's just all there is to it. And it's a song chock full of superman references, which I'm clearly going to come out in support of. The only problem with it is that it's inclusion into this mix takes an already vaguely schizophrenic collection of songs, and pushes it straight to 'requires medication.'

Trouble - Elvis Presely: Notes on this song? I said "Elvis Presley." What more do you need? (Side Bar: I learned the other day that, no matter how much I think it should happen, me playing "Jailhouse Rock" really loud on my speakers at work will NOT get everyone on my floor off their seats and dancing on the tables. Even if I start first.

Trompe L'oiel - Fisheyspoon: How about this: Fischerspooner will play a live show, and they don't actually play anything. Seriously - they just have a guy in the back with their CD, and it's hooked up to a HUGE sound system, and they do a floor show. At the end of the show, they did an encore and asked the audience what song they wanted to hear again. Just required them queuing it up on the player. Kind of funny. The point is - Fisheyspoon is a Fischerspooner cover band. I don't even know what that means. This is one of their (free) original tracks, which may very well be better than any track on the Fischerspooner album. Good for them.

Against All Odds - Phil Collins (as performed by The Postal Service): If you don't already listen to the Postal Service, you are just a big jerk face. Sorry about the big jerk face thing. But seriously, nice face. I also think I've mentioned this song in the blog, so I'll just remind you that I became aware of this cover because they played it at a show in Brooklyn last year, and about half a year ago I got a copy by putting a Missed Connections post on Craigslist. I love the internet so much, I could just spit.