Mixtapes in Miniature

Image: Banksy 

I try my best to keep up with the new hip swinging sounds the kids bop in their boomboxes.  Still, the constant pursuit of finding the next ________ can leave me feeling a bit overwhelmed by information and wanting for lasting impressions.  I just don’t have the time to keep up with bedroom demos of future One Blog Wonders. 

I think of this blog as more of a multimedia mixtape for friends and my mixtapes have always been filled with nostalgia and lost hymns. 

So, here are three songs by bands (The dB’s, The Go-Betweens, and Catherine Wheel) that are about a generation removed from SXSW photo-ops:

mp3:

• The dB’s “Big Brown Eyes” from Stands for Decibels (1981)
• The Go-Betweens “Streets of Your Town” from 16 Lovers Lane (1988)
• Catherine Wheel “Black Metallic” from Ferment (1992)