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Mixtape 197 :: Derek Spears

The voice of your conscience is a very close match to the one you hear coming from Grandaddy.

The voice of your conscience is a very close match to the one you hear coming from Grandaddy.
Grandaddy
SongArtistNotes
Derek Spears
Grandaddy
Your conscience is singing at you
— • BREAK • —
E.S.P.
Sonny + the Sunsets
Having a vision
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
It's a state of mind
Super Afro-Beat
The Daktaris
Truth in advertising
Souvlaki #3
Boom Pam
Odd meters and tuba gymnastics
— • BREAK • —
Numb
Beach Fossils
Crashing out
Agastopia
Draag
Spooling out chords
Questions And Answers
The Apples In Stereo
Getting Socratic
— • BREAK • —
People Are Toys To You
Joanna Sternberg
We all know one
Fresh Blood
Eels
Sulking in style
Six Months in a Leaky Boat
Split Enz
Circumnavigate the globe
Gouge Away
The Promise Ring
Making it fit better
— • BREAK • —
St. Charles Square
Blur
Where it happened
Hippie Soldier
The Orwells
A juxtapositional person
She's Weird
Ascensions
Everybody said so
— • BREAK • —
Now I'm Freaking Out
Ween
Here comes the madness
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