The Shortlist:Mixtape Loveletter

“The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then you got to take it up a notch, but you don’t wanna blow your wad, so then you got to cool it off a notch. There are a lot of rules. Anyway…I’ve started to make a tape… in my head…”

                                                                  Nick Hornby, High Fidelity

           43 songs.  1 hour.  1 host.  1 show.  An army of loyal fans….okay well, maybe not an “army” but you guys are killer.  This mixtape took way longer than I thought it would to compile.  Mostly due to the fact that the sheer number of song-age (thanks Descendents!) I had to find.  This is my short songs mixtape.

SHOW OPENER- “Short Songs” by Dead Kennedy’s

***SIDE A***

“All” by The Descendants

“Anxious Mofo” by The Minutemen

“Patience” by Osker

“Room Without A Window” by Operation Ivy

“Fat Cats” by Closet Monster

“Aspirin Mouth” by The Exploder

“Jubilee” by Rabid

“Let Me Get What I Want” by The Thumbs

“Computer Date” by Suburban Lawns

“Don’t Draft Me” by Christ On Parade

“Obnoxious” by D.I.

“I Want To Take You Out For Ice Cream” by Nerf Herder

“Reach For The Bottle” by Pinhead Gunpowder

“Where’s The Line Begin For Vicodin” by Le Shok

“Star Whore” by Anti-Seen

“Demotivating Song” by Fleas And Lice

“Stabbed In The Back” by Limp Wrist

“Hot Cars” by Angry Samoans 

***SIDE B***

“No! All!” by The Descendants

“Riot In The City” by Riot Squad

“Don’t Lick My Leg” by Stikky

“Burn Down The Forest” by Cringer

“Contempt For Modesty” by J Church

“Lenny’s A Drunk” by Darkbuster (played this at least four times)

“Ghost Town” by Operation: Cliff Clavin

“Rich Plastic People” by Killjoy

“Food Not God” by F-Minus

“30 Second Song” by Against All Authority

“Stupid” by Naked Raygun

“Six Pack Girls” by NOFX

“Sleep” by Skankin’ Pickle

“Considerate Suicide” by Apocalypse Hoboken

“First On The Block” by The Vindictives

“Said & Done” by Negative Approach

“My Girlfriends Shower Sucks” by Goldfinger

“Road Kills” by Fang

“A” by The Gits

“Bricklayer” by Husker Du

“Bad Scene” by Lagwagon

“Pick Up The Phone Master P” by Reggie & The Full Effect

“Song X” by 88 Fingers Louie

“Which Describes How You’re Feeling” by They Might Be Giants

             “Pick Up The Phone Master P” may not be a song but I totally stand by it’s place in my mixtape.  If I had to pick my favorite track I would go with    either “Ghost Town” or “Where’s The Line Begin For Vicodin?”.  Le Shok was kind of amazing.

Every week Friday at 7:00pm Elitist Geezer Punk Radio on Tapdetroit.com will be providing you with a mixtape that pays due credit to the punk scenes of the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and that’s it.  If you were in a band or knew some bands or collected any CD’s of local punk bands please send us your shit at…

   gogeezorgohome@gmail.com

…or even if you just have a great story from your days of Dr. Martens Boots and chain wallets jot it down in an email along with a song request and, who knows, I’ll probably play it.

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