May 27

1st Official PHG Mixed CD Swap: HUGE SUCCESS

Posted by Chris at 4:36 pm on May 27th, 2008.
Category: Fun

The middle of May was something of a berserk time for us here at Powerhead Games. In the space of one week, we had multiple milestones due for multiple different projects, a client visit, and the sort of computer issues that usually only come from having your offices built on an Indian burial ground. It was like the perfect storm, only without George Clooney dying at the end. We think.

So what better week, then, to have the first ever PHG Mixed CD Swap? Armed with a handful of rules to keep things interesting and the names of three other people to make physical copies of their mix with, a bunch of us set about the time-honored tradition of carefully arranging songs and assembling cover art. The results were far better than anybody could have expected, producing a surprisingly eclectic range of songs and styles while proving once and for all that, to truly know the people you work with, you must first walk a mile in their headphones. For some it was their first mix ever (and how any of them have significant others is a mystery for the ages), while for others it was a chance to dust off old skills while trolling through albums and hard drives long forgotten in search of the perfect obscure Beach Boys cover. While some people had themes for their mixes and others just went with a bunch of songs they liked, one thing is abundantly clear now that it’s all said and done: we’re all secretly in love with each other and can only express our feelings through the poetry of Journey and Avril Lavigne.

Everybody seems to have really enjoyed it, and we’re definitely doing it again next month. In the meantime, if you were to take the fruits of our labors and pile them up on the floor in Jason’s office, it might look remarkably like this:

UPDATE: For the curious, some of us have started putting up tracklists in the comments section. Check ‘em out, won’t you?

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  1. Expertologist » Signs Of Life May 27th, 2008 6:20 pm

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  2. Patrick A. Reed May 28th, 2008 1:04 pm

    I am totally gonna bill you for use of my likeness on that CD cover (and don’t think you can get out of it by using the “new media” argument, that only works for the pushovers at AFTRA).

    But seriously: How ’bout some tracklists?

  3. Megan May 29th, 2008 12:47 pm

    I second the request of the track listings :D

  4. Chris May 29th, 2008 3:31 pm

    As a way of sating the more shouty elements of the PHG Blog fan base, here’s my tracklist:

    “Pretty Bad Ideas”

    1. ‘Vicky Verky’, Squeeze
    2. ‘You Little Fool’, Elvis Costello
    3. ‘Guilt’, The Long Blondes
    4. ‘Gravel’, Ani DiFranco
    5. ‘Under My Thumb’, The Rolling Stones
    6. ‘Red Planet’, Comsat Angels
    7. ‘Give Me Just a Little More Time’, Chairmen of the Board
    8. ‘I Was Made To Love Her’, The Beach Boys
    9. ‘Sixteen’, The Indelicates
    10. ‘Radio Heart’, The Futureheads
    11. ‘Thin Line’, Jurassic 5 ft. Nelly Furtado
    12. ‘Thinking of a Dream I Had’, The Walkmen
    13. ‘What New York Used to Be’, The Kills
    14. ‘Rising Sign’, Mike Doughty

    I’ll see if I can get some of the others to post their tracklists as well here in the comments.

  5. Jon May 30th, 2008 12:59 pm

    “SEE YOU IN CHEM”

    6/20/199X

    Dear [indecipherable],

    I made you this mix tape to show you how I feel about you. I know we’ve been friends since freshman year, but you’re a girl, and I’m a guy, and I think we could really have something special. Think about it over the summer. See you in September!

    Your friend always,
    Jon

    1. Boston – More Than A Feeling
    2. The Who – Magic Bus [Live at Leeds]
    3. U2 – Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
    4. Madness – It Must Be Love
    5. Guns N’ Roses – November Rain
    6. Derek and the Dominoes – Layla
    7. Spin Doctors – Two Princes
    8. Kansas – Dust in the Wind
    9. Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
    10. Nine Inch Nails – A Warm Place
    11. Styx – Come Sail Away
    12. Freezepop – Jem
    13. Seal – Kiss From A Rose
    14. Bon Jovi – You Give Love a Bad Name
    15. Live – I Alone
    16. Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me)

  6. Sean May 30th, 2008 1:08 pm

    My track list was:

    Time – Song – Company – Artist
    World 1:
    0:26 – Bogey – Kid Radd (Dan Miller) – Mark J. Hadley
    1:37 – Bus Ride – Nintendo – Hirokazu Tanaka, Keiichi Suzuki
    1:39 – Sweet Factory Galaxy – Nintendo – Mahito Yokota
    2:56 – Still Alive – VALVe – GLaDOS (Jonathan Coultron)
    World 2:
    5:31 – Phendrana Drifts 2 – Nintendo – Kenji Yamamoto
    1:44 – Korobeiniki – Nintendo – Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov
    5:44 – Lonely Rolling Star – Namco – Yohihito Yano, Saki Kabata
    World 3:
    5:21 – Fountain of Dreams – Nintendo – Hirokazu Ando
    2:19 – Darkworld – Nintendo – Koji Kondo
    4:06 – Word Disassociation – Lemon Demon
    World 4:
    1:54 – Final Battle – Sony – Koh Ohtani
    1:21 – Susano-o’s Fight – Clover – Masami Ueda
    1:28 – Death Egg Zone – Sega – Howard Drossin
    2:10 – Brainpower – Freezepop
    World 5:
    2:03 – Shadowman – Capcom – Yasuaki Fujita (Bunbun)
    4:11 – Jungle Japes – Nintendo – Grant Kirkhope
    3:03 – Ai No Uta – Nintendo – Strawberry Flower
    World 6:
    4:27 – Blackrock & Roll – Blizzard – Glenn Stafford
    2:31 – Magitek Factory – Square – Nobou Uematsu
    2:06 – Night of Fate – Square, Disney – Yoko Shimomura
    1:46 – The System is Down – Strong Bad (The Brothers Chaps)

  7. David May 30th, 2008 2:17 pm

    “David PHG Mix#1”

    1. ‘Golden Skans’, The Klaxxons
    2. ‘Vela-Nova’, Hideki Naganuma
    3. ‘I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind of Thing’, Pet Shop Boys
    4. ‘Movin on Without You’, Hikaru Utada
    5. ‘Space Oddity’, David Bowie
    6. ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’, Queen
    7. ‘New’, No Doubt
    8. ‘Rock the House’, Gorillaz
    9. ‘Easily’, Red Hot Chili Peppers
    10. ‘Miracle Drug’, U2
    11. ‘Here With Me’, Dido
    12. ‘Harvest’, Dragon Ash

  8. Yury May 30th, 2008 2:32 pm

    “MixCD 1″

    1. “Money for Nothing”, Dire Straits
    2. “Blue Monday”, New Order
    3. “Fire Woman”, The Cult
    4. “Bloodstains [Original Version]“, Agent Orange
    5. “Safety Dance”, Men Without Hats
    6. “Fall Behind Me”, The Donnas
    7. “Cars”, Gary Numan
    8. “Godlike”, KMFDM
    9. “Electric Avenue”, Eddie Grant
    10. “Holiday in Cambodia”, Dead Kennedys
    11. “Sunspots”, Nine Inch Nails
    12. “Just Another Day”, Oingo Boingo
    13. “Buring Down the House”, Talking Heads
    14. “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”, Beastie Boys
    15. “Rock ‘n’ Roll Singer”, AC/DC
    16. “Long Slow Goodbye”, Queens of the Stone Age

    –Yury

  9. Ethan May 30th, 2008 3:09 pm

    Saiko Mikusu #1

    01 – Hans Zimmer – Vespertilio
    02 – The Delta – Standby
    03 – Rinkadink – Broken Collaboration
    04 – CPU – I Lost My Brain In Tokyo
    05 – Midimiliz – No Exit
    06 – X-Dream – The 1st
    07 – Der Interpret – Wechselstorm
    08 – DJ Shadow – Walkie Talkie
    09 – The Roots – Don’t Say Nuthin’
    10 – Brian Eno – Prophecy theme
    11 – Arch Enemy – I Am Legend – Out For Blood
    12 – Throwdown – Venom And Tears
    13 – Dethklok – Kill You
    14 – Phillip Glass – Pruit Igoe
    15 – Headroom – Will Never End

  10. Chris 2.0 May 30th, 2008 3:32 pm

    Thumbs Up

    01 Beirut \ Prenzlauerberg
    02 Feist \ When I was A Young Girl
    03 La Rue Kétanou \ La Fiancée De L’eau
    04 Gustavo Santaolalla \ La Partida
    05 Ratatat \ Breaking Away
    06 Infinite Number of Sounds \ Kiss My Converse
    07 Jay-Jay Johanson \ Forbidden Words
    08 Cat Power \ Werewolf
    09 Four Tet \ And Then Patterns
    10 Shout Out Out Out \ Forever Indebted
    11 Tori Amos \ Riot Proof
    12 The Streets \ Turn The Page
    13 Kanye West \ Diamonds From Sierra Leone
    14 Beirut \ Cliquot

  11. Patrick A. Reed June 1st, 2008 1:03 pm

    Awesome… That’s a super-diverse bunch of sets!

  12. Jason June 2nd, 2008 4:25 pm

    “I hope you like guitars…

    …in space.”

    1. Thx Theme – Various
    2. Ancient Krell Music — Jack Dangers (Forbidden Planet Soundtrack)
    3.Theme From Eeviac — Man Or Astro-man?
    4. We’re Not Adult Oriented (Neu Wave Live) – Stereolab
    5. The Riff – DJ Flood
    6. And Begin — The Mooney Suzuki
    7. Mary Had A Little Lamb (live) — Stevie Ray Vaughan
    8. Stroll On — The Yardbirds (f. Jimmy Page & Jeff Beck)
    9. Ape Shall Never Kill Ape (Cornelius reMix) — UNKLE
    10. Sad Statue — System of a Down
    11. Party Party Party — Andrew W.K.
    12. Theme From Enter The Dragon (Remix) — Lalo Schifrin
    13. Coconut – Fred Schneider
    14. I’m Cold — The Fastbacks
    15. Fire in the Hole – The Didjits
    16. My Favorite Things — Stanley Jordan
    17. Oye Como Va — Santana
    18. Red House – Buddy Guy
    19. Johnny B. Goode (Live) — Jimi Hendrix
    20. Baby Please Don’t Go — Them (f. Van Morrison)
    21. Fly Me To The Moon – Astrud Gilberto
    22. How High The Moon — Les Paul & Friends

    (There’s a movie in here, unfolding with each song. Make up your own narrative.)

  13. Niki June 3rd, 2008 3:26 pm

    “Hello My Future Girlfriend”

    00. “Hello My Future Girlfriend”
    01. “In Hope” – Boysetsfire
    02. “Attitude” – Bad Brains
    03. “Brother and Sisterhood” – Warzone
    04. “A Dagger Through the Heart of St. Angeles” – Alexisonfire
    05. “Preteen in my Twenties” – Petaluma Vale
    06. “She Really Loved You” – Reach the Sky
    07. “Sunflowers and Sunsets” – BANE
    08. “Why Father?” – Walls of Jericho
    09. “Wasted Youth Crew” – Blood for Blood
    10. “Reminder” – Greyarea
    11. “Bring your Knives” – Buke and Gass
    12. “Portland” – The Measure [SA]
    13. “Just Sit Back and Relax” – Ex Number Five
    14. “A Year in the Past, Forever in the Future” – Grade
    15. “Salad Days” – Minor Threat
    16. “Finnegan’s Wake” – Dropkick Murphys
    17. “Beyond Man” – Shai Hulud
    18. “Bye, Thanks for Stopping by!”

  14. Christy June 4th, 2008 2:09 am

    Never Say Die

    Intro
    2. The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough – Cyndi Lauper
    3. Kill the Lights – The Birthday Massacre
    4. Language of the Living Dead – Blacklist
    5. Into my Arms (Club Mix) – Deine Lakaien
    6. Da Ya Think I’m Sexy – Revolting Cocks
    7. Shut Me Up – Mindless Self Indulgence
    8. Cracker – ohGr
    9. Starsign – Apoptygma Berzerk
    Intermission
    11. Glamorous – The Constance Billard Choir
    12. The Queen and I – Gym Class Heroes
    13. Huddle Formation – The Go! Team
    14. Chick Habit – April March
    15. The Greatest Taste Around – Negativland
    16. Ticket to the World – Low Light Supercharger
    17. Girlfriend – Avril Lavigne
    18. Boyfriend – Ashlee Simpson
    19. I Want You to Want Me – Lindsay Lohan
    20. Bleed American – Jimmy Eat World
    21. Of All the Gin Joints in the World – Fall Out Boy
    22. The Gold Song – Bouncing Souls
    23. The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough – New Found Glory

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