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    Rock

    Clocking in at 2:28

    A lot can be accomplished musically in two minutes and twenty eight seconds. What brought this to mind was a Little Feat tune I heard on my way to work recently: “Feats Don’t Fail Me Now”. It funks and it rocks & rolls and grooves…makes me wanna strut down a crowded street with a sweet hat and some big fat shades – a grin on my face. “GIT the hell outta my way people, I’m coming THROUGH!”

    I sorted my iTunes by Time, and found 37 tunes in my online collection that clock in at 2:28 (three of ’em by Jim Croce, go figure). Here’s that sweet-ass Little Feat tune and eight other nuggets of 2:28 goodness…

    If you’ve got a spare 22:12, listen to ’em all!

    Little Feat – Feats Don’t Fail Me Now – from Feats Don’t Fail Me Now

    Steve Earle – South Nashville Blues – from I Feel Alright

    Reverend Horton Heat – Baddest of the Bad – from Liquor in the Front

    Creedence Clearwater Revival – Who’ll Stop the Rain- from Cosmo’s Factory

    Old 97’s – Coahuila – from Drag It Up

    The Byrds – I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better – from Mr. Tambourine Man

    Calexico – Sunken Waltz – from Feast of Wire

    Jim Croce – Time in a Bottle – from The Definitive Collection

    Paul Weller – Spring (At Last) – from Illumination [Limited Edition w/ Bonus DVD]

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    Ickmix

    Ickmix 2

    I used to really enjoy creating mixes for friends and – well – especially girlfriends. Inspiration would smack me like a freight train, and I’d dig into my collection and weave together tapestries of musical brilliance (at least I thought so!) and what I thought to be clever proclamations of affection. Well, the girlfriends are no more (my wife would kill me), but I have to get my mix fix in every now and then. So indulge me, my internet friends, and take in my new Ickmix.

    It’s a fairly mellow mix. I’m a mellow fellow. I hope you enjoy. If you do, let me know. It may give me a kick in the pants to make more.

    Ickmix 2 (mp3 – 63MB – 46:00)

    Playlist:

    Bob Schneider – “The World Just Passes You By”
    Tom Petty – “Casa Dega”
    Los Lobos – “The Town” – from The Town and the City
    Wilco – “Pieholden Suite”, from Summerteeth
    Old 97’s – “Valentine”, from Fight Songs
    The Shins – “Gone for Good”, from Chutes Too Narrow
    Steve Earle – “Telephone Road”, from El Corazon
    Little Feat – “New Delhi Freight Train”, from Time Loves a Hero
    John Prine – “Morning Train”, from Fair & Square
    My Morning Jacket – “The Way That He Sings”, from At Dawn
    Phish – “Esther”, from Junta