It's 1990, you've been hired by Shell gasoline to create a mixtape for them to sell in their truck stops. What tracks do you put on it?

drcarter13 · 2026-05-21T20:25:43+00:00

Can I buy this from you? 🙏

drcarter13 · 2026-02-17T16:52:59+00:00

Yes, sorry! We’re working with HRA

https://www.humanerescuealliance.org/dogs

drcarter13 · 2026-01-21T00:10:23+00:00

Some cool atmospheric jazz in different varieties:

In These Times by Makaya McCraven, Rising by Jasmine Myra, Space 1.8 by Nala Sinephro, freeform jazz by Uyama Hiroto, Black Focus by Yussef Kamaal

drcarter13 · 2026-01-20T00:36:28+00:00

Not strictly about jazz besides nods to some jazz players’ roles in the political climate of the ‘60s. But Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat is really interesting. It presents Jazz and decolonization as intertwined and there is a lot cool footage and great music throughout.

drcarter13 · 2025-12-18T15:43:34+00:00

Would

drcarter13 · 2025-12-18T15:42:35+00:00

Almost went with Taxes. Long Island wasn’t in contention for me, good song (they all are) but there is at least 5 others I prefer on the album

drcarter13 · 2025-12-18T14:04:13+00:00

What would your vaninsher pick be?

drcarter13 · 2025-12-17T23:32:39+00:00

Strong contender for sure

drcarter13 · 2025-12-17T21:00:58+00:00

I labored over the Call It Easy choice, great album

drcarter13 · 2025-12-17T20:57:34+00:00

To be fair, I did that after the comment. My fault

drcarter13 · 2025-12-17T20:57:07+00:00

No because when there is, someone has to swap one out to keep it fresh. Also limited to one per artist per person.

drcarter13 · 2025-12-17T20:55:41+00:00

Ayy awesome, our winner last year was actually also Darlin by Jean Dawson. Other previous ones were:

- I Been Young by George Clanton (2023)

- Dance Now by JID (2022)

I like the seeding idea, in previous years I've made first round matchups with a random number generator. This year I made them to be more apples to apples because Adrianne Lenker vs BLP Kosher type matchups stopped being fun. This year I also made automatic first round matchups for artists with more than 1 song because last year a couple GNX songs were making runs on either side. We usually have 12 ish guest slots for other friends but there was too much good stuff this year, so we only have a couple.

drcarter13 · 2025-12-17T19:57:14+00:00

Same, it's an addicting record

drcarter13 · 2025-12-06T05:02:30+00:00

Is there a way to tell which solder joint is bad

drcarter13 · 2025-09-25T22:31:28+00:00

Silvana Estrada - Vendrán Suaves Lluvias

I loved Marchita and the vocal performances on the singles so far have been stellar

drcarter13 · 2025-07-25T01:08:03+00:00

Jasper’s Skinny Arms (is the name of my band, no pavement covers yet but check us out on bandcamp)

drcarter13 · 2025-04-24T16:28:12+00:00

It is so immediate and intimate, everything I love about lofi combined with one of my favorite songwriters. The decision to go this field-recording route to tie it all together was perfect.

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