Mixtape: The Long Road to Denim

Now that Status Update: is out of the way for the foreseeable future (gonna wait until somebody actually listens to the back episodes before I entertain thoughts of a revival), let's get back to the lightly themed mixtapes that brought home the bacon before last February. The Long Road to Denim is a brief road trip into '60s psych-pop and more down-home '70s freedom rock, informed by a wonderful compilation series called Piccadilly Sunshine but ultimately winding up in the dungarees of a laid-back bar band with noble aspirations of actually getting paid for the night. It drifts for an hour, but happily so. Sure is nice not to sweat over segues for a change.

Tracklist:

Lionel Bart - May a Man Be Merry

Q65 - I Got Nightmares

Trizo 50 - You Make Me

Piccadilly Circus - I Don't Understand You

Happy Confusion - Hereditary Impediment

The Magic Mixture - Motorbike Song

Quentin E. Klopjaeger - Weatherman

Tim Andrews & Paul Korda - Waiter Get Me a Drink

The Brain Police - I'll Be on the Inside, If I Can

Justin Heathcliff - You All Should Think More

The Flying Karpets - Behind a Young Smile

Blackwell - Almost Gifted

Starry Eyed and Laughing - Going Down

Lee Michaels - Hold on to Freedom

Zerfas - The Sweetest Part

Ernie Graham - The Girl That Turned the Lever

Assim Assado - Lunática Marciana

Boffalongo - Dancing in the Moonlight

Lesley Duncan - Sing Children Sing