Favorite Christmas Song?

“Father Christmas” by The Kinks

Instrumental Illness

I’ve pretty much decided to go with my “Everything’s Cool” playlist for the January CD, but I thought I’d share The CD That Could Have Been, a.k.a. “Instrumental Illness”:

Abunai - “Dreaming of Light”
Barn Owl - “Sundown”
Glenn Branca Orchestra - “Lesson #1 Edit
Buzzcocks - “Walking Distance”
Explosions in the Sky - “Memorial”
Faraquet - “Yo Yo”
Felt - “Magellan”
Flat Duo Jets - “Wild Trip”
Ghosts and Vodka - “Futuristic Genitalia”
Guided By Voices - “Allright”
Immense - “Glass Eye”
Lynx - “United States”
Pele - “Black Socks”
Pelican - “City of Echoes”
Pell Mell - “Nothing Lies Still Long”
Polvo - “El Rocio”
The Spinanes - “I Love to Party with that Monkey Kitty“
Teenage Fanclub - “Is This Music”
Wolf People - “Cromlech”
Working for a Nuclear Free City - “Asleep at the Wheel”
Frank Zappa - “Black Napkins”

My January CD

Okay, I’ve done quite a few of these, but I’ve never kicked things off, so I’m stressing out about the content of my CD. At the moment I have two competing playlists: one tentatively called “Everything’s Cool” with song titles related to cold, winter, etc., and the other entitled “Instrumental Illness”, with all rock instrumentals. Any strong preferences in either direction?

Some Guidelines

These have been unabashedly copied and pasted from a previous CD club and are strictly suggestions. We can certainly add and subtract as we evolve:

I took a first pass on assigning months according to some early requests. Please feel free to work out any changes to the order among yourselves and I'll update the blog.

The name was something I came up with on the spur of the moment. I am open to other ideas, of course!

To be in the club, all you’ve got to do make one CD mix over the year when it’s your month and mail it out to the other eleven members. Four of us (Mary and I, and my brother Mike and his wife Ileana) are at two addresses, so most of you will only have to mail out nine CDs.

Try to make a cover for your CD. Do what you like with it. Be creative. Include song titles and artist names for every track, and provide track numbers.

Mark the CD itself with your name and your month, using a marker.

Mix up your mix CD. Think about the flow, the order it will be listened to. Do not copy a whole album, although you can use more than one song by an artist, if you like.

Mail your CD to the others in the group, postmarked by the 15th of your month. Of course, let us know if you’re running into any issues and we’ll work something out.

The Starting Lineup

January : Paul
February : Mary
March : Bill W.
April : Willie
May : Brett
June : Angela
July : Ileana
August : Chuck
September : Bill K.
October : Cynthia
November : Mike
December : Dan

Welcome aboard

Welcome to the Eleventilicious CD Club — “Eleven“ in acknowledgement of the year 2011, but also in reference to the famous line from the movie “This is Spinal Tap.”  Delicious because we’re anticipating some tasty tunes!  Mind you, the name of the Club is not set in stone.  We know you’re a creative bunch, so we’re open to suggestions.

We thought we’d set up this blog as a centralized point of contact to and for all Club members.  Its purpose is to be a place for feedback and the exchange of ideas.  In the past we’ve posted playlists, cover art and other tidbits in order to whet the aural appetite.  But it’s really just a web presence that we can use in any way we see fit.