Mixtapes. Good for running, but not about running. End transmission.

When I was in the U.S. in July, my uncle told me about a mixtape he and his buddies had made back when they were teenagers. They spent one of the best weeks of their lives on an island, with ONLY this single mixtape. I like these kinds of stories, so anyway: The origin of the tape was that they had all gotten stoned in a friend's basement and spliced together some tunes, some Animal House movie clips, some clips of them being stoned, some choice quotes amongst best friends, etc. The mixtape cassette, however, has disappeared and my uncle was asking me how easy it may or may not be to recreate the original mix, but digitally.

Normally, I would say "no" to putting together someone else's nostalgia-inspired mixtape, but the story behind the mix and then my uncle's playlist that he jotted down from memory (it's below) was funny and weird enough that I decided to give the project a whirl. Please enjoy these mixes so much.

Where I couldn't find or reproduce the original audio, I made some changes. Hopefully, the updates will not only breath some fresh air into the mix but won't wreck the overall good vibes. Otherwise, I tried to stay completely true to my uncle's list and descriptions.

Side A:

Intro to Saturday night live (partial)

Animal House “Helenic Council Mtg” aka “prelaw, pre-med… what’s the difference”

David Bowie – Young American

Animal House – Louie Louie

Animal House – Twisting the Night Away

A Dog Bark – Random…probably Tess

I Could Be Happy – Altered Images

Soul Man – Blues Brothers

Matt & Chris getting stoned (impossible to duplicate)

Institutionalized – Suicidal Tendencies

Little bit of Soul - Ramones

I Don’t Have to Jump – Jerry Lewis (not even sure how to find this soundclip…)

Great Balls of Fire – Jerry lee Lewis

Mr. Thoughtful with a 12 roses – Animal House

Matt & Chris getting more stoned

That’s Life – James Brown version

The Bird – The Trashmen

Hawaii 5-0 – The Ventures

Aint to proud to beg – Temps

Blue Moon - Marcels (partial)

Sitting in Limbo – Jimmy Cliff

Swan, Swan, Hummingbird – REM

“evil fraternity clip’ – Animal house

I Am Superman – REM

Side B:

Wipeout – Surfaris

Grab a Brew – Animal House

Walk, Don’t Run – Ventures

Sweet Transexual – Rocky horror

Dance this mess around – B52’s

Fawn Leibowitz – Animal House

Tequila – The Champs

Green Onions – Booker T and the MG’s

Bitchin’ Camaro – The Dead Milkmen

Tim Forderer quote – “Totally willing to jam on whatever project” (can’t duplicate)

Up All Night – The Boomtown Rats (partial)

Black Rat Swing – Cephas & Wiggins – Original was Memphis Minnie

Blues from the lowlands song that I can’t identify… delta style blues??

Are you Ready to go - Reggae – UB 40??

Legal Tender - B52’s

Whamy Kiss - B52’s (partial)

Blackbird – Beatles

Whamy Kiss – B52’s

Madame Butterfly – Malcom McClaren

Mandy Peperidge , Message Your Thighs! – Animal House

All Right - David Bowie

I came here to be inspired by the great painters???

In this generation - Monkees??

50’s music from scene with Mrs Wormer – Animal House

Side A

Side B