Here’s a discussion of my selections for the ABC mix, Volume 9 of the Green Monkey Music Project.

This was a really fun mix for me, because when I first announced the mix, I didn’t have my songs already picked out. I didn’t know what letters I would be responsible for until all the rest of the participants had gotten assigned their letters. If fact, I believe on this particular mix I ended up being the last guy to pick his songs. It’s nice to be last sometimes!

So, the letters I had were K through O (Metallic K-O!!!).

I was actually a little depressed when I put my songs together, which definitely had an influence on my choices. I’m still satisfied with how my choices turned out. It’s nice to occasionally have a particular emotion influence the selections.

King’s Lead Hat – Brian Eno
This is a very nice rockin’ song from Before And After Science. The title is an anagram for “Talking Heads”.

Love Action (I Believe In Love) – Human League
Off the great album Dare. You can find the Human League’s biggest hit, “Don’t You Want Me” on the same record, but in my opinion, “Love Action” kicks the holy crap out of it. A really great synth pop song. I was a little reluctant to include it here, as I have a future mix planned for synthesizer music where this would surely have had a spot. Oh, well. It starts with ‘L’, I reckon.

Midnight – Kramer
Wow, choosing an ‘M’ song was incredibly difficult. There are so many songs I love that start with ‘M’ — there’s “Move On Up” by Curtis Mayfield. There’s a great song by Stephin Merritt’s band the 6ths called “Movies In My Head” (with vocals by Yo La Tengo’s Georgia Hubley!). And there were many more I won’t list here. I decided to go with a song I like a lot, but you might have not heard before. Kramer is a man of many talents (no, he wasn’t on Seinfeld). He ran a great independent record label, Shimmy Disc. He produced albums for bands like Galaxie 500. He was one-half of Bongwater, with actress Ann Magnuson. He also put out a few solo records. My wife actually had this CD, which I borrowed when we started dating. I hadn’t heard any of his music before. I think this is just a really nice pop song. I really love how the harmonica kicks in at the end.

Nighttime – Big Star
It’s an unwritten law of the music hipster. You must own a copy of Big Star’s Third/Sister Lovers. It’s a really strange, haunting album. This is one of the best tracks off the record, beautiful and melancholy. An FYI: if I was assigned the letter ‘J’, I would most likely have included the song “Jesus Christ”, also off this same album.

Oblivious – Galaxie 500
One of my all-time favorite Galaxie 500 songs, off their first album, Today. A really pretty song, with some nice slightly sad, defeatist lyrics.

And now you’re right all the time
And I’m just oblivious
I’d rather stay in bed with you
Till it’s time to get a drink

Volume 9 of the Green Monkey Music Project has been completed, and is available for download!

If the participants of this mix want to discuss their own selections, please feel free to do so! I’ll put a pointer on this post if you end up posting about it on your own blog (or you could always just add comments here, I suppose).

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ABC!
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Rules and Theme Details

The Participants Discuss Their Selections:
J.D.!
Barbara!
Splotchy!
Dr. Monkey Von Monkerstein!
Tim!
Beth!

The Songs:

Get the mix in chunks!

Zipfile of Songs 01-05 (All of J.D.’s songs)
Zipfile of Songs 06-10 (All of Barbara’s songs)
Zipfile of Songs 11-15 (All of Splotchy’s songs)
Zipfile of Songs 16-20 (All of Dr Monkey Von Monkerstein’s songs)
Zipfile of Songs 21-25 (All of Tim’s songs)
Zipfile of Songs 26-30 (All of Beth’s songs)

No thanks, I’ll just pick at the songs!

01 – Amazing Grace – Hayley Westenra [j.d.]
02 – Beep – The Pussycat Dolls feat. Will.I.Am [j.d.]
03 – Cloud Nine – Evanescence [j.d.]
04 – Disenchanted – My Chemical Romance [j.d.]
05 – Everything – Fefe Dobson [j.d.]
06 – Fee Fie – The Hidden Cameras [barbara]
07 – Go to Sleep – Radiohead [barbara]
08 – Hyper-ballad – Bjork [barbara]
09 – I Fought in a War – Belle and Sebastian [barbara]
10 – Just One More – John-Rae and the River [barbara]
11 – King’s Lead Hat – Brian Eno [splotchy]
12 – Love Action (I Believe In Love) – Human League [splotchy]
13 – Midnight – Kramer [splotchy]
14 – Nighttime – Big Star [splotchy]
15 – Oblivious – Galaxie 500 [splotchy]
16 – Passionate Fight – Ute Lemper [drmvm]
17 – Quit Hollerin’ At Me – John Prine [drmvm]
18 – Respectable – The Rolling Stones [drmvm]
19 – Senior Service – Elvis Costello and the Attractions [drmvm]
20 – The Rose of England – Nick Lowe [drmvm]
21 – Up North Kids – Papa M [timdrussell]
22 – Velouria – Pixies [timdrussell]
23 – War – Tones on Tail [timdrussell]
24 – X-Flies – Mouse on Mars [timdrussell]
25 – Young Man Blues – The Who [timdrussell]
26 – Zither – R.E.M. [beth]
27 – Zurna Preserve – Brooklyn Funk Essential [beth]
28 – Zap – Guided by Voices [beth]
29 – Zazueira – Stan Getz feat. Astrud Gilberto [beth]
30 – Zebra Trucks – Young Marble Giants [beth]

It is my great honor to award a Green Monkey Master Badge to Beth!

This is her third time participating in GMMP, which makes her a bona fide Green Monkey Master!

Congratulations, Beth!

It’s hard to believe, but we already have our track listing for ABC, Volume 9 of the Green Monkey Mix.

01 – Amazing Grace – Hayley Westenra [j.d.]
02 – Beep – The Pussycat Dolls feat. Will.I.Am [j.d.]
03 – Cloud Nine – Evanescence [j.d.]
04 – Disenchanted – My Chemical Romance [j.d.]
05 – Everything – Fefe Dobson [j.d.]
06 – Fee Fie – The Hidden Cameras [barbara]
07 – Go to Sleep – Radiohead [barbara]
08 – Hyper-ballad – Bjork [barbara]
09 – I Fought in a War – Belle and Sebastian [barbara]
10 – Just One More – John-Rae and the River [barbara]
11 – King’s Lead Hat – Brian Eno [splotchy]
12 – Love Action (I Believe In Love) – Human League [splotchy]
13 – Midnight – Kramer [splotchy]
14 – Nighttime – Big Star [splotchy]
15 – Oblivious – Galaxie 500 [splotchy]
16 – Passionate Fight – Ute Lemper [drmvm]
17 – Quit Hollerin’ At Me – John Prine [drmvm]
18 – Respectable – The Rolling Stones [drmvm]
19 – Senior Service – Elvis Costello and the Attractions [drmvm]
20 – The Rose of England – Nick Lowe [drmvm]
21 – Up North Kids – Papa M [timdrussell]
22 – Velouria – Pixies [timdrussell]
23 – War – Tones on Tail [timdrussell]
24 – X-Flies – Mouse on Mars [timdrussell]
25 – Young Man Blues – The Who [timdrussell]
26 – Zither – R.E.M. [beth]
27 – Zurna Preserve – Brooklyn Funk Essential [beth]
28 – Zap – Guided by Voices [beth]
29 – Zazueira – Stan Getz feat. Astrud Gilberto [beth]
30 – Zebra Trucks – Young Marble Giants [beth]

Oh, golly.

We have gone a little crazy in recent volumes of the Green Monkey Music Project.

Can’t Wait For Halloween had a whopping ten participants and fifty songs, while Geography Pop Quiz had nine participants with over sixty songs.

For this, Volume 9, we’re going to have a mix with only six participants, and less than thirty songs.

Here’s how it works. This mix will be called ABC.

Each participant will have letters of the alphabet assigned to them. The only requirement on the participants is that they must provide a song for each letter they are responsible for. The first word in the song must begin with that letter. For example, if you are responsible for the letter “W”, the song “Waiting On A Friend” would be valid, but “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” would *not* be valid.

Okay, so how does a participant sign up for a group of letters? Well, you pick one of the shapes to the left. I have already randomly assigned letters to the shapes. If a shape has already been picked by someone else, you can’t pick it.

I won’t tell you which letters belong to which shapes, but I will tell you how the letters are broken down:

A-E
F-O
P-T
U-Y
Z

Yes, there will be one participant that has one only letter they will be responsible for — Z!

This mix has five open slots. Each participant has to pick a shape when they sign up for the mix. I’ll be taking the sixth slot. I will take whatever shape is left after the five participants have chosen theirs.

I’ll publish the key tying shapes to letters after we get a full number of participants on the mix (if you want to know what letters you got before the mix fills up, I can email the shape/letter key to you).

This mix has everything! The thrill of chance! The magic of the alphabet! And it’s not that long!

So, sign up, already!

UPDATE!

We have our participants!

Beth! (Pink parallelogram)
J.D.! (Blue Circle)
Barbara! (Green Triangle)
Tim! (Orange Star)
Dr Monkey Von Monkerstein! (Red Square)
Splotchy! (Yellow Oval)

Participants, here are your letters! Since übermixologist Beth got short-changed on the number of selections, I said she could still do five songs, provided they all start with the letter “Z” (don’t worry, she will have *no* problem coming up with the songs).

Just post your song selections as a comment on this post.

Volume 8 of the Green Monkey Music Project has been completed, and is available for download!

If the participants of this mix want to discuss their own selections, please feel free to do so! We’ll put a pointer on this post if you end up posting about it on your own blog (or you could always just add comments here, I suppose).

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GEOGRAPHY POP QUIZ!
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Rules and Theme Details

The Participants Discuss Their Selections:
Chris!
DGuzman!
Beckeye!
Manx!
Johnny Yen!
Gizmorox!
Bubs!
Moxie!
Splotchy!

The Songs:

Get the mix in chunks!

Zipfile of Songs 01-07 (All of Chris’ songs)
Zipfile of Songs 08-14 (All of DGuzman’s songs)
Zipfile of Songs 15-21 (All of Beckeye’s songs)
Zipfile of Songs 22-26 (All of Manx’s songs)
Zipfile of Songs 27-33 (All of Johnny Yen’s songs)
Zipfile of Songs 34-40 (All of Gizmorox’s songs)
Zipfile of Songs 41-47 (All of Bubs’ songs)
Zipfile of Songs 48-54 (All of Moxie’s songs)
Zipfile of Songs 55-61 (All of Splotchy’s songs)

No thanks, I’ll just pick at the songs!

01 – Joe Williams – Goin’ To Chicago Blues [chris]
02 – Guster – Amsterdam [chris]
03 – Donovan – Sunny South Kensington [chris]
04 – Fats Domino – Mardi Gras In New Orleans [chris]
05 – Lionel Hampton & Oscar Peterson – Indiana [chris]
06 – XTC – It’s Nearly Africa [chris]
07 – John Linnell – Michigan [chris]
08 – Fats Domino – Walkin’ to New Orleans [dguzman]
09 – Bangles – Going Down to Liverpool [dguzman]
10 – Creedence Clearwater Revival – Lodi [dguzman]
11 – Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman [dguzman]
12 – Michelle Shocked – Anchorage [dguzman]
13 – Missing Persons – Walking in L.A. [dguzman]
14 – Tony Bennett – I Left My Heart in San Francisco [dguzman]
15 – John Hiatt – Memphis in the Meantime [beckeye]
16 – Bill Janovitz and Crown Victoria – Florida [beckeye]
17 – Juliana Hatfield Three – Feelin’ Massachusetts [beckeye]
18 – Mason Jennings – New York City [beckeye]
19 – Billy Joel – Allentown [beckeye]
20 – Duran Duran – Rio [beckeye]
21 – The Bogmen – Mexico [beckeye]
22 – Do Make Say Think – Chinatown [manx]
23 – Stereolab – Outer Bongolia [manx]
24 – Pink Floyd – Grantchester Meadows [manx]
25 – Tortoise – Eros [manx]
26 – Sufjan Stevens – Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in his Hair [manx]
27 – Lloyd Cole and the Commotions – Charlotte Street [johnnyyen]
28 – R.E.M. – (Don’t Go Back to) Rockville [johnnyyen]
29 – Brook Benton – Rainy Night In Georgia [johnnyyen]
30 – Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska [johnnyyen]
31 – Red Rockers – China [johnnyyen]
32 – Paul Butterfield Blues Band – Born In Chicago [johnnyyen]
33 – The Blasters – Hollywood Bed [johnnyyen]
34 – Ben Kwelller – Commerce, TX [gizmorox]
35 – Okkervil River – Savannah Smiles [gizmorox]
36 – Pedro the Lion – Arizona [gizmorox]
37 – Wilco – Via Chicago [gizmorox]
38 – David Bowie – This is not America [gizmorox]
39 – Simon & Garfunkel – Only Living Boy in New York [gizmorox]
40 – The Clash – London Calling [gizmorox]
41 – Tom Waits – Singapore [bubs]
42 – Bob Dylan – Mozambique [bubs]
43 – Marty Robbins – Streets of Laredo [bubs]
44 – Elvis Presley – Viva Las Vegas [bubs]
45 – Bill Monroe – Blue Moon Of Kentucky [bubs]
46 – The Pogues – Wild Cats of Kilkenny [bubs]
47 – Lyle Lovett – That’s Right (You’re Not From Texas) [bubs]
48 – Nellie McKay – Manhattan Avenue [moxie]
49 – Peter Gabriel – Mercy Street [moxie]
50 – Dixie Chicks – Lubbock or Leave It [moxie]
51 – Led Zeppelin – Going to California [moxie]
52 – Erasure – Blue Savannah [moxie]
53 – Marc Broussard – Lonely Night in Georgia [moxie]
54 – Train – Mississippi [moxie]
55 – Bob Haggart & Ray Bauduc – Big Noise From Winnetka [splotchy]
56 – Bob Dylan – Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again [splotchy]
57 – The Ramones – 53rd & 3rd [splotchy]
58 – Magnetic Fields – Come Back From San Francisco [splotchy]
59 – Tom Verlaine – Stalingrad [splotchy]
60 – Wire – Map Ref. 41N 93W [splotchy]
61 – Tino Contreras – Brazil [splotchy]

It is our great honor to award Green Monkey Master Badges to Manx and Beckeye!

This is their third time participating in GMMP, which now makes them Green Monkey Masters.

Congratulations, Beckeye and Manx!

Here’s a discussion of my selections for Chris’ Geography Pop Quiz, Volume 8 of the Green Monkey Music Project.

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Bob Haggart & Ray Bauduc – Big Noise From Winnetka
I think I first heard this song when my dad played it for me eons ago. Some music he would play for me I’d like, some I wouldn’t like. I really dug this song. You might recognize it from the Martin Scorsese film Raging Bull. It was used there, but only briefly.

Bob Dylan – Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
Off the great album Blonde On Blonde. I find myself often singing the chorus aloud (“Ohhhh mama!”).

The Ramones – 53rd & 3rd
Another classic Ramones tune, written by Dee Dee Ramone, supposedly about his time as a male prostitute, trying to earn some money to score drugs. Sadly, Dee Dee is no longer with us. Perhaps he’s hustling in that big street corner in the sky now.

Magnetic Fields – Come Back From San Francisco
A nice pretty song from their enormous collection, 69 Love Songs (hey this damned monkey mix is only 8 shy of that!).

Tom Verlaine – Stalingrad
This is a really nice song by the singer/guitarist/songwriter from Television. He has an odd but compelling voice. Off the otherwise unspectacular solo album The Wonder.

Wire – Map Ref. 41N 93W
Oh, I’m so clever! I’m using a song that has map coordinates in its title. This is a strange, catchy pop song off their third album, 154. The location of the map coordinates is about twenty or so miles southeast of Des Moines, Iowa — I don’t know what the significance of that is.

Tino Contreras – Brazil
Brazil is one of the best damned songs ever written. It’s just absolutely wonderful. I don’t know of a definitive version of the song, but this one is damned tasty.

Thanks again to Chris for guest-hosting this volume. I’m looking forward to other Green Monkey Masters also getting their opportunity to host a mix.

Track Listing Complete!

01 – Joe Williams – Goin’ To Chicago Blues [chris]
02 – Guster – Amsterdam [chris]
03 – Donovan – Sunny South Kensington [chris]
04 – Fats Domino – Mardi Gras In New Orleans [chris]
05 – Lionel Hampton & Oscar Peterson – Indiana [chris]
06 – XTC – It’s Nearly Africa [chris]
07 – John Linnell – Michigan [chris]
08 – Fats Domino – Walkin’ to New Orleans [dguzman]
09 – Bangles – Going Down to Liverpool [dguzman]
10 – Creedence Clearwater Revival – Lodi [dguzman]
11 – Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman [dguzman]
12 – Michelle Shocked – Anchorage [dguzman]
13 – Missing Persons – Walking in L.A. [dguzman]
14 – Tony Bennett – I Left My Heart in San Francisco [dguzman]
15 – John Hiatt – Memphis in the Meantime [beckeye]
16 – Bill Janovitz and Crown Victoria – Florida [beckeye]
17 – Juliana Hatfield Three – Feelin’ Massachusetts [beckeye]
18 – Mason Jennings – New York City [beckeye]
19 – Billy Joel – Allentown [beckeye]
20 – Duran Duran – Rio [beckeye]
21 – The Bogmen – Mexico [beckeye]
22 – Do Make Say Think – Chinatown [manx]
23 – Stereolab – Outer Bongolia [manx]
24 – Pink Floyd – Grantchester Meadows [manx]
25 – Tortoise – Eros [manx]
26 – Sufjan Stevens – Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in his Hair [manx]
27 – Lloyd Cole and the Commotions – Charlotte Street [johnnyyen]
28 – R.E.M. – (Don’t Go Back to) Rockville [johnnyyen]
29 – Brook Benton – Rainy Night In Georgia [johnnyyen]
30 – Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska [johnnyyen]
31 – Red Rockers – China [johnnyyen]
32 – Paul Butterfield Blues Band – Born In Chicago [johnnyyen]
33 – The Blasters – Hollywood Bed [johnnyyen]
34 – Ben Kwelller – Commerce, TX [gizmorox]
35 – Okkervil River – Savannah Smiles [gizmorox]
36 – Pedro the Lion – Arizona [gizmorox]
37 – Wilco – Via Chicago [gizmorox]
38 – David Bowie – This is not America [gizmorox]
39 – Simon & Garfunkel – Only Living Boy in New York [gizmorox]
40 – The Clash – London Calling [gizmorox]
41 – Tom Waits – Singapore [bubs]
42 – Bob Dylan – Mozambique [bubs]
43 – Marty Robbins – Streets of Laredo [bubs]
44 – Elvis Presley – Viva Las Vegas [bubs]
45 – Bill Monroe – Blue Moon Of Kentucky [bubs]
46 – The Pogues – Wild Cats of Kilkenny [bubs]
47 – Lyle Lovett – That’s Right (You’re Not From Texas) [bubs]
48 – Nellie McKay – Manhattan Avenue [moxie]
49 – Peter Gabriel – Mercy Street [moxie]
50 – Dixie Chicks – Lubbock or Leave It [moxie]
51 – Led Zeppelin – Going to California [moxie]
52 – Erasure – Blue Savannah [moxie]
53 – Marc Broussard – Lonely Night in Georgia [moxie]
54 – Train – Mississippi [moxie]
55 – Bob Haggart & Ray Bauduc – Big Noise From Winnetka [splotchy]
56 – Bob Dylan – Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again [splotchy]
57 – The Ramones – 53rd & 3rd [splotchy]
58 – Magnetic Fields – Come Back From San Francisco [splotchy]
59 – Tom Verlaine – Stalingrad [splotchy]
60 – Wire – Map Ref. 41N 93W [splotchy]
61 – Tino Contreras – Brazil [splotchy]

Hey everyone! My name is Chris and I host Some Guy’s Blog. As a three-time participant in the Green Monkey Music Project, Splotchy has generously allowed me to invade his blog and select the next mix theme.

Well, after giving it some thought, I have come up with something that reflects my love of travel and exploration. I hereby announce the “Geography Pop Quiz” Mix. The titles of all songs must contain a specific geographical reference: either a continent, country, state, city, or street. It can be a place you’ve been or a place you hope to see someday or a place you never want to go. It’ll be our own little musical travelogue.

My songs will be last and I guess I’ll take on the first six people who express interest. How about 5-7 songs each? Sound good?

Oh, and before I wrap this up, how about a round of applause for our host, Splotchy? He’s going to round up all these songs and make them all available, free of charge to you – the reader. That’s pretty damn cool.

OK, who’s in?

Volume 7 of the Green Monkey Music Project has been completed, and is available for download!

If the participants of this mix want to discuss their own selections, please feel free to do so! I’ll put a pointer on this post if you end up posting about it on your own blog (or you could always just add comments here, I suppose).

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SPEED IT UP!
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Rules And Theme Details

The Participants Discuss Their Selections:
Splotchy!
Beckeye!
Johnny Yen!
Barbara!
Tim!
Tenacious S!

The Songs:

Get the mix in chunks!

Zipfile of Songs 01-08 (All of Splotchy’s songs)
Zipfile of Songs 09-16 (All of Beckeye’s songs)
Zipfile of Songs 17-24 (All of Johnny Yen’s songs)
Zipfile of Songs 25-32 (All of Barbara’s songs)
Zipfile of Songs 33-40 (All of Tim’s songs)
Zipfile of Songs 41-47 (All of Tenacious S’ songs)

No thanks, I’ll just pick at the songs!

01 – Antony and the Johnsons – Divine [splotchy]
02 – U.S. Maple – Open A Rose [splotchy]
03 – James Brown – It’s A New Day [splotchy]
04 – The Feelies – The High Road [splotchy]
05 – The Wedding Present – It’s A Gas [splotchy]
06 – The Ramones – Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment [splotchy]
07 – Hüsker Dü – Divide And Conquer [splotchy]
08 – The Feelies – Crazy Rhythms [splotchy]
09 – Elvis Costello – I Want You [beckeye]
10 – Pearl Jam – Come Back [beckeye]
11 – Ryan Adams – Halloweenhead [beckeye]
12 – Guided by Voices – Twilight Campfighter [beckeye]
13 – The Bottle Rockets – Nancy Sinatra [beckeye]
14 – Edwin Starr – 25 Miles [beckeye]
15 – Squeeze – Misadventure [beckeye]
16 – Flogging Molly – Seven Deadly Sins [beckeye]
17 – Fairport Convention – Who Knows Where the Time Goes [johnnyyen]
18 – Jack Johnson – Flake [johnnyyen]
19 – Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers – Pablo Picasso [johnnyyen]
20 – Joni Mitchell – Free Man In Paris [johnnyyen]
21 – Elvis Presley – That’s All Right Mama [johnnyyen]
22 – The Clash – Brand New Cadillac [johnnyyen]
23 – Motörhead – Ace of Spades [johnnyyen]
24 – The Dead Kennedys – Religious Vomit [johnnyyen]
25 – The Constantines – Saint You [barbara]
26 – AC Newman – Drink to Me Then Babe [barbara]
27 – Wood Pigeon – Chorus of Wolves [barbara]
28 – Cuff the Duke – Belgium or Peru [barbara]
29 – Tegan and Sara – Speak Slow [barbara]
30 – The B-52’s – Private Idaho [barbara]
31 – Tokyo Police Club – Cheer It On [barbara]
32 – Stiff Little Fingers – Suspect Device [barbara]
33 – Cocteau Twins – Multifoiled [timdrussell]
34 – Radiohead – A Reminder [timdrussell]
35 – My Bloody Valentine – Emptiness Inside [timdrussell]
36 – Yo La Tengo – One PM Again [timdrussell]
37 – Pixies – Planet of Sound [timdrussell]
38 – The Police – Deathwish [timdrussell]
39 – The Cure – Why Can’t I Be You? [timdrussell]
40 – Beastie Boys – Nervous Assistant [timdrussell]
41 – Radiohead – Pyramid Song [tenaciouss]
42 – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Spread Your Love [tenaciouss]
43 – Joy Division – Failures [tenaciouss]
44 – Jazz Butcher – Grooving in the Bus Lane [tenaciouss]
45 – The Methadones – Turning Inside Out [tenaciouss]
46 – Voodoo Glow Skulls – Nicotine Fit [tenaciouss]
47 – Ministry – TV II [tenaciouss]

Tim said it would be cool to provide an alternative order, from all slowest selections grouped together, to the fastest.

Here ya go, Tim! — Alterate playlist file (compatible with Winamp and Windows Media Player)

It is my great honor to award a Green Monkey Master Badge to Barbara! This is her third time participating in GMMP, which now makes her a Green Monkey Master.

Congratulations, Barbara!

Here’s a discussion of my selections for Speed It Up, Volume 7 of the Green Monkey Music Project.

Antony and the Johnsons – Divine
A great operatic kickoff to my songs. Previously featured in my tribute to the gay side of Splotchy.

U.S. Maple – Open A Rose
This is a great Chicago band you’ve probably never heard of. It’s music ahead of its time. I kid you not, in twenty years, people are going to be wondering why the hell we weren’t all listening to this stuff when the band was around. From Acre Thrills.

James Brown – It’s A New Day
You can’t get much funkier than this. From the awesome collection In A Jungle Groove.

The Feelies – The High Road
Wow, it took me seven volumes of green monkey mixes before I used a Feelies song. This is off my all-time favorite album, The Good Earth. If you could take my DNA sequence and somehow run it through a machine that translates the code into music, it would probably play this song.

The Wedding Present – It’s A Gas
This song is wickedly poppy. I’ve never been a really big fan of singer/songwriter David Gedge’s lyrics, but for this song I wouldn’t care if he was talking about punching out old ladies and babies. Irresistibly catchy. Off the great album Watusi.

The Ramones – Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
My favorite Ramones song.

Hüsker Dü – Divide And Conquer
From the great record Flip Your Wig. This song just pumps me up every time I hear it. Great stuff.

The Feelies – Crazy Rhythms
*Another* Feelies song?!! You’re goddamn right, another Feelies song! This is the title track off their first album. Another song that represents the core of my musical being.