Hello My Name Is Mix (vol.10)

I kinda hate when I'm forced into an immoral act against my will. Sometimes, however, a guy just has to do what a guy has to do. I'm speaking, of course, about including the unnecessary apostrophe in a band name that ends with an "S." I mean, I'll call a band whatever the band members want to be called - that's 100% their prerogative - but it's just annoying that, by simply typing out a track list, I have to get tarred and feathered as someone who doesn't know the difference between plural and possessive. Ah well, eventually I managed to get over Johnny Thunders' inability to spell "lose" (as in "Born T(o)o Lo(o)se"), so I imagine the same dulling of righteous indignation will save the day here as well. Also, there's a new Name's mix (you see what I did there?).

What A Classic Kind of Nonsense

 

1. Meyerman Katie Wong

2. The Mowg1i's Norman Rockwell

3. Be11saint Jim Carrey 

4. Fast Co1or Natasha Lyonne

5. Stephie James Steve McQueen

6. Surf Curse Randall Flagg

7. The S1eeveens Aretha Franklin

8. Mike Vio1a Paul McCarthy

9. The Trafa1gers Davey Parker

10. Willie J. Hea1ey Tiger Woods

11. Lizzie N0 Annie Oakley

12. Pointed Stix Billy Wilder

13. B1ondshell Veronica Mars

14. Sing1e Mothers James Gandolfini

15. B1ack Honey Charlie Bronson

16. Stumps David Byrne

17. Pixies Ernest Evans

18. Kid Kapichi Oliver Twist

19. Rob M0ss & Skin-Tight Skin Richard Jewell

20. B1air Gun Andrew Savage

21. Great Big C0w  Wyatt Aubrey

22. Lion Is1and Danny Larusso

23. Joey Ram0ne Maria Bartiromo

24. Rande11s Paul Stanley

Hello My Name Is Mix (Vol. 9)

 

I Didn't Take The Time To Listen To His Name

1. The F1eshtones Alex Trebek

2. Cocktai1s Bun E. Carlos

3. Michae1 Carpenter Chrissie Hynde

4. Bedr00m Eyes Paul Westerberg

5. The Snuts Juan Belmonte

6. Heaven1y Ben Sherman

7. The Handcuffs Peggy Moffitt

8. A1vvays Tom Verlaine

9. Spang Sisters Eddy Murphy

10. De1ta Spirit Jane Pauley

11. Mattie1 Jeff Goldblum

12. Ant0n Barbeau Julian Cope

13. Paranoid Sty1e Doug Yule

14. The Rave-Ups Brigitte Bardo

15. He1en Love Sandra Dee

16. The Ch0rds UK Veronica Jones

17. Surf Curse Randall Flagg

18. Neighborh00d Brats Lebron James

19. The Se1ecter James Bond

20. B1unt Bangs Tom Ford

21. The B1usterfie1ds January Jones

22. The Church Anna Miranda

23. C0wboy Junkies Ornette Coleman

24. The C0at Hangers Tonya Harding

Hello, My Name Is Mix (vol. 8)

Another concoction to tide us all over while self-isolating. The theme of these mixes is pretty self-explanatory, so I won't belabor the point. Although, I will note that I'm continually surprised (and delighted) that so many of these name titles exist out there. Keep 'em coming!

We're Not Where We Belong

1. The J0nes Sid Vicious
2. Richard Turge0n Keanu Reeves
3. Jeremy Messersmith Jim Bakker
4. Jagger Ho11y Bree Olson
5. The Get Up Kids Lou Barlow
6. Sunshine B0ys John Cage
7. A1ex Lahey Wes Anderson
8. A1ex Cameron Marlon Brando
9. The Snuts Fatboy Slim
10. Ve1vet Negroni Kurt Kobain
11. L0wer Dens Buster Keaton
12. The Suite16 Bob Greene
13. The Mowg1i's Norman Rockwell
14. The Pride of Erie, PA Betty Draper
15. N0 Win Shelly Duvall
16. Bandit Queen Frida Kahlo
17. C1are Maguire Elizabeth Taylor
18. Drivin N Cryin Ian Mclagan
19. B0b Segarini Groucho Marx
20. The Stars Exp1ode Matthew Sweet
21. Simon Love Joey Ramone
22. The Gumbys Linda Blair

Hello My Name is Mix (vol. 7)

It's been almost two years since the last installment of these titular rarities. As a compilation its raison d'etre should be entirely self-explanatory, but what's not quite so obvious is the quality of the songs. I place the same restrictions on these mixes as on everything else (meaning that if I don't like the song it doesn't get posted), so just know there's gold in the gimmick.

I Stayed In The Shower To Avoid Doing Some Useful Shit

1. The M0vement Karl Marx
2. Lemur1a Christine Perfect
3. The Successfu1 Fai1ures Sam Houston
4. Ch1xdiggit Gerry Cheevers
5. The Orwe11s Black Francis
6. The D0gs Winston Smith
7. Chuck Pr0phet Alex Nieto
8. Art Brut Emily Kane
9. A1ex Lahey Wes Anderson
10. The 7 & 6 Bruce Foxton
11. Robbers 0n High Street Amanda Green
12. Rozwe11 Kid Michael Keaton
13. The Zat0peks Sophie Scholl
14. The Pack AD Thomas Hardy
15. Lydia Love1ess Steve Earle
16. Tim East0n Elmore James
17. Why? George Washington
18. Love1y Bad Things Thora Birch
19. G1enn Morrow's Cry For He1p Keira Knightly
20. Buttercup Henry B. Gonzalez
21. R0byn Hitchcock Virginia Woolf
22. Leer0y Stagger Joe Strummer & Joey Ramone

Hello My Name Is Mix (Vol. 6)

In my continued, unexamined quest to make this blog the sole repository on the entire internet of songs named after people, here are some more (*cough*) songs named after people.

Hello My Name Is...

1. Curt Baker Emma Stone
2. Hot Panda Linda Ronstadt
3. The Apers Jamie Oliver
4. Matt Whipkey Gary Flanagan
5. Admira1 Freebee Kim Basinger
6. Simon Love Elton John
7. Grizfo1k Bob Marley
8. Night Moves Carl Sagan
9. Swedish Po1arbears Norman Blake
10. Lydia Love1ess Chris Isaak
11. Nerf Herder Allie Goertz
12. Tacocat Dana Katherine Scully
13. Bent Shapes Samantha West
14. The Nasty On Lester Bangs
15. S1ow Faction Woody Guthrie
16. The Tranzmitors Alma Blackwell
17. Razorbats Betty Boop
18. Cowboy Mouth Joe Strummer
19. Gospe1beacH Mick Jones
20. Free Time Peter Green
21. The Sugarp1astic Polly Brown
22. Any Troub1e Glen Campbell
23. Cliff Hi11is David Crosby
24. The Phi11y Craw1ers Lee Remick

Hello My Name is Mix (vol.5)

Listen, I totally cop to the fact that these names mixes are a tad on the crazy side and, frankly, I'm as surprised as anyone that it's even possible for so many volumes to exist. But here's the thing: these songs are out there. And they're awesome. And, godammit, somebody has to compile 'em. And so it may as well be this little backwater blog that almost exclusively places its attention on non-mainstream oddities and confections, amirite? I mean, if not here, where else?

 Walking 'Round the House in My Underpants

1. The Redwalls Robinson Crusoe
2. Dipsomaniacs Syd Barrett
3. Supraluxe Lester Bangs
4. Bad Books Forest Whitaker
5. Late Cambrian Ryan Gosling
6. Art Brut Martin Kemp
7. Barrance Whitfield Oscar Levant
8. Jet Electro Walter Cronkite
9. American Aquarium Abe Lincoln
10. The Prime Ministers Ron Wood
11. Bronx Cheerleader Ann Coulter
12. Dick Diver Michael Jackson
13. Cherry Blossom Clinic Bobby Baccalieri
14. Terry Andersen & the Olympic Ass-Kickin' Team Willie Mays
15. Big Dipper Robert Pollard
16. Boxer the Horse Karen Silkwood
17. Saint Motel Benny Goodman
18. The Breakup Society Mary Shelley
19. Lily Wood & the Prick Joni Mitchell
20. The Rifles Robin Hood
21. The Courtneys KC Reeves
22. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Harrison Ford
23. This Many Boyfriends Tina Weymouth
24. Bodeens Jay Leno

Hello My Name Is Mix (vol. 4)

At one point I figured I'd be lucky to manage a single collection of songs named after public figures, and here we are at Volume 4. The weird thing is that the quality of songs continues to stay high (if not get stronger). For example, three of these tracks ("Paul Stanley", "Samantha Jones", and "Fats Domino") are three of my favorite songs from last year, period.

I owe big thanks to Marc Friedlander for generously offering "Benmont Tench" from his awesome '90s band Salt Peter (which he accurately describes as "Uncle Tupelo but poppier") as well as "Maria Bartiromo" from the impressive Tan Sleeve. Both bands are well worth further investigation. Kudos to you, sir!

Who You Want In Your Corner?

1. Gustav Nilsson Paul Stanley
2. The Someloves Jack Robinson
3. Psychotic Youth Goldie Hawn
4. The Features Fats Domino
5. The Krayolas Gordon Lightfoot
6. The Breakdowns Samantha Jones
7. Jr. Gone Wild Martha Quinn
8. Ghost Trains Michael Caine
9. Avocadoclub Geraldine Ford
10. Tan Sleeve Maria Bartiromo
11. KC Bowman Harry Truman
12. The Huntingtons Judy Jetson
13. Salt Peter Benmont Tench
14. The Breakup Society Robin Zander
15. The Posies Grant Hart
16. The Makes Nice Anna Karina
17. The Hoodoo Gurus Gene Hackman
18. The Tights Howard Hughes
19. Highschool Hellcats Andy McCoy
20. Local H Eddie Vedder
21. The Jesus and Mary Chain Moe Tucker
22. Cymbals Eat Guitars Gary Condit
23. Art Brut Axl Rose
24. Saturday Night Karaoke Caroline Andersen

Hello My Name Is Mix (vol. 3)

The third volume in a series I never thought could get this far. This time there's a couple of slight cheats involved, as I've included two fictional characters. For those of you out there playing the home game, Gladys Kravitz was the nosy neighbor in the old Bewitched series, and Erica Kane was (possibly still is) Susan Lucci's character on whatever daytime soap she's on. And yes, I take a small bit of pride in the fact that I don't know which soap.

Musically, it hews closely to the previous volumes, meaning lots of pop punk amid quirky indie and even a few noo wave oldies.


Hello My Name Is... Vol. 3

1. intro (courtesy of Andy Clockwise)
2. Urge Overkill Erica Kane
3. The Riffbrokers Roy Orbison
4. Binge Anna Kournikova
5. The Gay Blades Mick Jagger
6. Arkells John Lennon
7. Chixdiggit! Koo Stark
8. The Dollyrots Jackie Chan
9. The Adorkables Christina Ricci
10. Betty & the Werewolves David Cassidy
11. The Badamps Scarlett Johansson
12. The Successful Failures Niki Zerenberg
13. Discipulos de Dionisos Traci Lords
14. The Tories Gladys Kravitz
15. Wreckless Eric Joe Meek
16. The Young Jacques Jacques Cousteau
17. Human Sexual Response Jackie Onassis
18. The Jazz Butcher Shirley MacLaine
19. The So So Glos Fred Astaire
20. The Major Labels Richard Randolph
21. Casey Spooner Faye Dunaway
22. Roadside Graves Liv Tyler
23. Thee Jenerators Georgie Best
24. Half Hour To Go John Glenn
25. Corduoroy Jan Michael Vincent

Hello My Name Is Mix (vol. 2)

With thanks to a few readers' suggestions, I've come up with another volume of self-explanatory silliness. Actually, the overall song quality on this one might even be better than the first. And there's already 17 songs compiled for a third volume, but I've gotta warn you - that one might include such un-Un-Herdlike things as Weezer's "Buddy Holly" and Barenaked Ladies' "Brian Wilson" if I can't find suitable replacements. Stop me now.

Hello My Name Is... (Vol. 2)

1. The Silver Brazilians Kate Winslet
2. Spearmint Julie Christie
3. Pernice Brothers Jacqueline Susann
4. Charlotte Hatherley Kim Wilde
5. Fenix TX Phoebe Cates
6. Idle Jets Karen Valentine
7. The Smugglers Alan Thicke
8. The Haints Carly Simon
9. Oppenheimer Cate Blanchett
10. William Pears Johnny Rotten
11. Brinkman Kirsten Dunst
12. Mambo Sons Overend Watts
13. GE Smith James Brown
14. Dogs D'Amour Errol Flynn
15. Who By Fire Madchen Amick
16. Darlington Jodie Foster
17. The Meanies Lee Remick
18. The Neighborhoods Evel Knievel
19. The Len Price 3 Julia Jones
20. The Gin Blossoms Keli Richards
21. The Sun Sawed In Half Janet Greene
22. Ridel High Wynona Ryder
23. Ozma Natalie Portman
24. Ride Howard Hughes

Hello My Name Is Mix

Sometimes, you do things just because you can. And as unlikely as it may seem, every song is a keeper.

Hello My Name Is...

1. Dan Bern Tiger Woods
2. Vic Goddard Johnny Thunders
3. The Leaving Trains Bob Hope
4. You Am I Doug Sahm
5. The Dexateens Neil Armstrong
6. Young Fresh Fellows Amy Grant
7. Veal Judy Garland
8. New Cassettes Huey Lewis
9. The Chevelles Angelina Jolie
10. The Blondes Suzi Quatro
11. The Bis-Quits Yo Yo Ma
12. Ze Malibu Kids Fiona Apple
13. The Beards T.S. Eliot
14. The Gay Robert Smith
15. Jerry Jerry & the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra Jimmy Reeves
16. Paul Melancon Jeff Lynne
17. The Replacements Alex Chilton
18. Thelonious Monster Michael Jordan
19. Ass Ponys Donald Sutherland
20. Hadacol Gerald Ford
21. Bottle Rockets Nancy Sinatra
22. Forgotten Rebels Rona Barrett
23. The Dirtbombs Tina Louise
24. Action Swingers Courtney Love