I can see David's point

Well, I'm an editor and it is my experience that writers always try to fudge the lines. So I like drawing them bright and clear.

However, I have no enforcement capacity so the worst that can happen is a cavil on my part. And the best is, "I was completely wrong! That song rocks with implicit cowbell and more than satisfies all requirements." I'm willing to be proven wrong.

I dunno. I can't see the More Cowbell category without cowbell, myself, but part of the fun of the mix is the freedom to define the categories in ways that make sense to you.

Incidentally, I went back over my mix, and it is 95% done, but I didn't have time to upload it last night.

There ought to be at least a hint of cowbell.

But of course, there can never be enough cowbell.

Punky Chips Ahoy - Oi! Oi! Oi! [link]

whee I finished my liner notes! Should I post them here? Send them to the buffitarawk2? Or both?

From Corwood's post:

H. Liner notes make it more fun for everyone, so send them with your mix and, if you wish, post them here.

I'm just nervous because I'm the First One! (Also, proud. And thinking I deserve a cookie!)

And thinking I deserve a cookie!

::secretly nicknames lisah "Cookiepuss" behind her back::

I sent 'em and I'm going to post 'em. Hope the formatting doesn't go all wonky...

1. The first song you'd put on a mix tape for somebody you were attracted to

I’m Ready – Fats Domino

My band just started playing a totally rocked out version of this. It is super fun to sing. I really wish I had someone who I was crushing on hard enough who was worthy of a mix with this as a first song. It’s so PERFECT. That’s it I’m crushing on Fats Domino!

2. A song that makes you think of BTVS that was never used on the show

Vienna – Ultravox

Picture drunk & Dru-dumped Spike secretly blasting this and singing along at top volume all teary nostalgic for the time they spent ravaging central Europe.

3. Cross-genre cover song (such as a soul musician covering a country song)

Little Red Book – Love (Burt Bacharach)

Aw I just love this song. It’s cross-genresque, right? Pychewhatever they were Love doing a Pop Standard King Classic. A friend put this on a mix for me that was all covers. The song following this was the Damned doing Love’s Alone Again Or. I almost put that on here. But I love the Little Red Book’s tambourine.

4. Quotes another song, either in the music or words – bonus points if by the same artist

Punk Rock Girl – The Dead Milkmen

At first I was like "Did the Beach Boys even do a version of California Dreamin'?" Evidently they did. Anyway, I love this song because of how it narrates my experience as a punk rock kid in the Greater Philadelphia Broadcast Area in the early-mid 80s where the kids who listened to the Beach Boys were our natural enemies. We saw the Dead Milkmen at this old bowling alley in Wilmington (DE) back in '83 or '84 and there were like 12 people there and they blew the place away. They didn't care! They just loved what they were doing and we loved them for it.

5. Makes you want to get high, drunk, or, if it's your druthers, dizzy & giddy from spinning around in circles

Cadillac – T. Rex

Okay, honestly, this song makes me want to have the dirty, dirty sex. But in lieu of the availability of that I'll get drunk on … hmm… I'll say jack and cokes. Many of them. Loudly.

6. Features a great bridge

Where do they make Balloons? – They Might Be Giants

As we all know, monkeys make a mess. Also, turkeys? They can't fly but they can dance. Right on!

7. A song released the year you turned 21 (you didn't have to know about it then)

Monkey Gone to Heaven – Pixies

Couldn't resist adding more monkeys! Plus The Pixies were very much on the Soundtrack of My Life at 21.

8. A song dedicated to your nemesis (or who you imagine your nemesis to be)

Dead from the Neck Up – The Riverboat Gamblers

Ah the stupid people. Whose nemesises aren't they?

9. A song about committing a crime

Bootlegger’s Blues--Mississippi Sheiks

I knew the crime song would be something from my old stuff collection. This is from an album called "Songs of the Prohibition". There was some very song-worthy crime going on in those days, lemme tell ya.

10. A song from a tribute or charity album

Detroit Rock City—Mighty, Mighty Bosstones

It's the phone call in the beginning that does it for me. Kinda meta, right? And I've always had a soft spot for the Mighty, Mighty Bosstones.

11. A song with a year in the title

Louisiana 1927 – Randy Newman

I know the hell was played out of this song after Katrina (on NPR at least) but it still gets me every time. I love songs about historical events.

12. A song about traveling

Packin’ & Drivin’ – Secret Crush Society

I know it's tacky. It's shameless self-promotion. But, fuck it, I still really like this song! And it's about traveling both literally and figuratively and stuff.

13. A song that does not feature a guitar or a piano as the main instrument

Early In The Morning -- Prisoner "22" + Group

Only instruments here are voices and, what I'm guessing are, sledgehammers breaking rock.

14. A song by a band that you could have, but didn't, (continued...)