I’ve been making mixtapes since I was a kid and music is still a big part of my life.
My parents both loved music and much of their early influences rubbed off on me as a child–Oldies, Classic Rock, Outlaw Country, Blues, & more. Over the years, I’ve enjoyed spending time aggregating and archiving music into playlists and sharing it with others. Below you will find playlists with comprehensive catalogs by genre spanning decades, greatest hits, mixtapes, and DJ sets. Please enjoy.
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Below are my favorite playlists in the collection. These are great labors of love, some having taken many hours to build and complete. I also design and create all of the album covers.
CATALOGS
60s & 70s Classic Rock Radio
60s/70s Guitar-driven Golden Age of Rock: Garage, Glam, Heavy Metal, Hard, Power-pop, Psychedelic, Blues, Punk, Funk, Surf, Folk & British Invasion. A-Z Retrospective of the guitar, Aerosmith to Zappa. Amazing deep cuts, long solos, live jams & a 50s Rock'N'Roll/Rockabilly proto-hard rock set.
SAD!
Sad Pop, Emo Rap, Dark R&B, Autotune, & lo-fi Hip-Hop – Only good cry feels bout drugs, depression, suicide, society and </3. Tear Drop Lils, Yungs, & Kids. Minimal bling & misogyny shit.
80s & 90s Hip Hop Radio
The music never stops. 80s & 90s Classic Hip Hop, Rap, R&B.
Screaming Females
Girls of Grunge, Indie, Rock, and Soul that SCREAM.
40s-70s Black R&B Oldies • "Rhapsody In Black" Radio
Thousands of songs selected by Bill Gardner for his Los Angeles radio show, "Rhapsody In Black," highlighting black Rhythm & Blues artists from the 40s to 70s. Every Saturday at 2-4pm on KPFK 90.7. Visit rhapsodyinblack.info for the Spotify archive.
Surf Rock Classics
ALL THE HITS! Surf rock music and rockin' instrumentals from the 50s and 60s. In the Summer of 2021, this playlist exploded to 25,000 followers and continues to rise. Thank you so much to everyone who is listening!
Essential Emo Radio
A comprehensive catalog of Emo (1997-2007: The Mainstream Years). Filter by Artist for an alphabetical greatest hits of the largest ever Emo catalog or hit that shuffle and you’ll sing to tears!
Sad Soul & Lonely Oldies
The very best 60s and 70s lonely Oldies & sad Soul to sob to. Songs of heartbreak, lonliness, depression, loss, cheating, longing, & grief–all together. This playlist was inspired by the oldies that my mom shared with me as a young kid.
The History of Grunge (1984-1999)
A comprehensive heavily-researched chronological cataloged history of Grunge – proto to post grunge (1984-1999) from early Proto-Grunge influences like 80s hardcore, punk, & metal to the less sludgy alt-rock that wailed into the new millennium.
Beatles Solo • Complete Discography
Everything they touched as solo artists from writing & producing to just picking up a tamborine. In chronological order by release date.
GREATEST HITS
The Cranberries Greatest Hits
One of my all time favorites, this collection is just perfect.
Silverchair Greatest Hits
As a kid of the 90s, Silverchair was one of my childhood favorites. These are the best of the best that fit on a CD-R
MIXTAPES & CD-Rs
New Soul [2009]
I had just moved to Los Angeles and within a few weeks was already dating a Scientologist. I was intrigued by the religion and made this soulful mixtape for her.
Arcade Decade Façade [2009]
I was amping myself up in May for a big July move from Missouri to Los Angeles and after ACL fest in 2008 and Bonnaroo in 2009, this summer of Indie Rock hit list carried my confidence for 3 months and 3,000 miles.
This page is a work in progress! Way more coming soon…