#18 - El Violoncello

Have you ever heard the one about the dusty old El Violoncello up for auction where the guy selling it says something like, "Anyone want it for a buck?" But nobody wants to bid anything for it since it looks so worthless. Then an old man with grey hair (probably messy) from the back of the room silently rises and makes his way to the stage (these were the days before heightened security at auctions). He picks up the old and battered El Violoncello, blows the dust off, and plays something amazing that sounds like angles. Suddenly everyone in the place is weeping and falling over themselves to whip out their checkbooks to pay a million dollars for the thing. I know it's a parable for homeless people or whatever, but I feel like my mix tapes are kinda' like that too. "Who wants this old cassette tape? Anyone?" I call it "The Touch of the Master's Cassette Player." You can read the entire poem here.

side one:

01. You're So Cool - Jonathan Bree

02. Cruel - St. Vincent
03. Slow Hand - Pointer Sisters
04. I.O.I.O. - Bee Gees

05. Bring a Little Sunshine - The Tee Set
06. Everybody's Talking - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
07. The High and the Mighty - Jimmy Smith
08. Window Shades - U.S. Girls

09. Tremolo - Young Fathers

10. Love For Sale - Helmut Zacharias and His Magic Violins

11. I'm Alone - Janos Sarkozi

12. The Wilder Wise - Thumpers

13. Walking With a Killer - The Breeders

14. Grandpa's Waltz - Nino Rota

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side two:

01. Etincelles - Op. 36, No. 6 - Moritz Moszkowski (piano: Daniel Grimwood; violin: Nazrin Rashidova)

02. Violin - Kate Bush

03. Quarterback - Kopecky
04. The One I Love - Blonde Redhead

05. Blue Moovie - Pasquale Dagorn and the Sounds of Love Orchestra
06. Huag Mo Akong Iwanan - Cenon Lagman

07. Csütörtök Este - Imre Magyari and His Gypsy Orchestra
08. Hammer - Tune-Yards

09. Climb to Me - Pattern Is Movement

10. Demolition Man - Grace Jones

11. Tremble (My Girl Doesn't) - The Wolfgang Press

12. Deadly Valentine - Charlotte Gainsbourg

13. Charly - Santabárbara

14. A Starting Point - Dif Juz

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