famous sea chanties from the asphalt triangle

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"Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God."
--kurt vonnegut, jr., cat's cradle

begin : Built to Spill with Caustic Resin - When Not Being Stupid is Not Enough
09:00 : Superchunk - Girl U Want
11:28 : Giant Sand - Glum
16:20 : Galaxie 500 - Fourth of July
21:33 : Japancakes - Vocode Inn
27:17 : Aphex Twin - Flim
29:54 : Handsome Boy Modeling School - The Truth
34:45 : Lovage - Lies and Alibis
37:38 : Gomez - Revolutionary Kind
41:24 : Frank Black - Calistan
44:30 : Grandaddy - Everything Beautiful is Far Away
48:59 : Sparklehorse - Apple Bed
53:32 : Hefner - Twisting Mary's Arm
58:21 : The Flaming Lips - Halloween on the Barbary Coast
63:38 : Pixies - Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)
66:33 : Smog - I Break Horses (jonah's hoss)
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  :   :     rude boy chi grub
  :  M:xed Euphoria
  :   :Colophon:
  :   : • very little remixing work was done on this tape, and also the
  :   : mood is a little weird. all will be excused away.
  :   : • this is not a story about lovers, though one could be deluded into
  :   : thinking so
  :   : • you may notice, at times, a 'clipping' sound. these seeming
  :   : mistakes are the intention of the artist
  :   : • there are no actual sea chanties, but many of these songs may be
  :   : sung in rounds
  :   : • keen ears will pick up an underlying theme linking sea travel and
  :   : road travel, a theory introduced to the artist by the natives of
  :   : New England, whose city roads have poor drainage
  :   : • these ideas were harmonious to his own findings
  :   : • it is recommended this be the third tape you play on your next
  :   : long automobile journey
  :   : • also present is a unifying motif of desolation and separation
  :   : • this is more what links the highway and ocean travel,
  :   : actually, than something literal
  :   : • if that was what you were looking for
  :   : • but if you need something, descending Colorado into the plain
  :   : states during a hot rain in a truck full of baby furniture and
  :   : grog should raise the 'jolly roger' on your imagination
  :   : • throughout history, fine gentlemen have been garrotted
  :   : even for gracious actions
  :   : • this is actually probably not a colophon
  :   : • doesn't that trumpet in that lips song break your heart? it breaks
  :   : mine
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