[mixed cd archive - 01] vomiting out of a 1970s holden commodore at 2pm whilst wearing a tiara

archiving my mixed CDs created over the years! i'll be uploading these in small batches going forward since i decided to sunset my spotify and move away from streaming services entirely, so these are just lists on a page...exactly the way i used to discover and build playlists before streaming platforms took off!

linked songs are my personal favourites/highly recommended songs from each mix! and yes, track order DOES matter to me. no shuffling unless i say so!

this issue collects the following playlists:

vomiting out of a 1970s holden commodore at 2pm whilst wearing a tiara

or, 'scenes from the australian suburbs'

Archived: Dec 24, 2019

Length: 1hr, 5 mins

Notes: This is one of my favourite ever mixed CDs ever made, inspired by witnessing a Grade 12 Scavenger Hunt incident where this exact scene played out right before my eyes! This contains a lot of 90s rock bands and some real cheeky song title choices. I'd say I made this around 2013-2015.

grapefruit

night drivin' vibes

Created: Sept 20, 2021

Length: 57 mins

Notes: I don't exactly remember why it's called 'grapefruit' but, whatever, it doesn't matter. It contains a mixture of old and modern cantopop, citypop and other easy listening disco/funk tracks. Leslie Cheung (forever my favourite actor, and I really adore his music career!), Grasshopper, Earth Wind & Fire, and Sade are some of my favourite artists of all time, even though I don't talk about them nearly as often as I should!

Because I can't resist, I wanted to talk about Grasshopper's 怎麼天生不是人. Sadly I'm not a Cantonese speaker, but this loosely translates to "why aren't I born a woman?". The theme of the lyrics expresses frustrations of being unable to cry and express your true emotions because you were born as a man, and the sensual allure of wanting to become a woman. It's a really fascinating queer coded song in the scope of 1990s Hong Kong.

swamp witch blues

mostly 80s and 90s australian punk/psych i guess

Created: April 14, 2018

Length: 1hr, 31 mins

Notes: Some classic Aussie pub psych/punk bands!

those 70s songs that you know all the lyrics to like seasons in the sun and beautiful day

from a tumblr ask box request in 2013

Archived: Dec 24, 2019

Length: 1hr, 54 mins

Notes: I grew up listening to classic rock, and these are all songs I know better than the back of my own hand

macho pizza places that only play 90s/00s commercial rock

eating woodfired pizza listening to the greatest hits of triple m

Archived: Dec 24, 2019

Length: 1hr, 20 mins

Notes: Exactly what it says on the tin. Based on my personal experiences at a woodfired pizza place I used to frequent when I lived in Newcastle, NSW.