Steel Wagstaff

Trying to do good things for good reasons

Tag: music

  • Mixtapes for Camille: 1997

    Mixtapes for Camille: 1997

    Here’s the 1997 mix I made for my sister. “Heywood Lane” by Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci should have appeared between “Shame on You” and “Father of Mine,” but Spotify doesn’t have it. Enjoy!

  • Mixtapes for Camille: 1996

    Mixtapes for Camille: 1996

    Here’s the mixtape I made for the year 1996. This is about the year where my adolescent memories really start to kick in, and the hormonal imprinting, too. Ready or not …

  • Mixtapes for Camille: 1995

    Mixtapes for Camille: 1995

    Here’s the mixtape I made to represent the year 1995. Some real howlers on this one, and a couple of gems which stand up nicely. Spotify didn’t have The Rentals’ song “These Days,” which fit in the original mix between “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” and “Just A Girl”. Enjoy!

  • Mixtapes for Camille: 1994

    Mixtapes for Camille: 1994

    In 1994, I was 12. What??? The songs on this mixtape are still all out of order, but here’s the essential 1994 mix. Enjoy!

  • 50 Tracks [Best of October 2014]

    50 Tracks [Best of October 2014]

    Here’s a playlist of 50 songs I listened to and liked in October. Artists/records I really enjoyed included Sean Rowe, Vulfpeck, Chris Staples, Steve Gunn, Dawn Golden’s Still Life album, Passenger’s Whispers, and Jenny Lewis’ new record The Voyager. Enjoy!

  • Mixtapes for Camille: 1993

    Mixtapes for Camille: 1993

    Here’s the playlist I made for the year 1993. Sequencing problems once again on this one, and Spotify didn’t have Palace Brothers’ “Idle Hands are the Devil’s Playthings“, but other than that, here’s the mix:

  • Mixtapes for Camille: 1992

    Mixtapes for Camille: 1992

    Here’s another mixtape I made for my sister Camille’s Christmas present. All songs released in 1992. Playlist order is off, but the songs are all there. Music fans, what other songs from 1992 ought I to have included?

  • Mixtapes for Camille: 1991

    Mixtapes for Camille: 1991

    This week’s mixtape was the second in a series of 21 mixtapes I made as a Christmas present for my sister Camille a few years ago. The playlist order is messed up because the artists are presented in alphabetical order, which wasn’t the case on the actual disc, but this is the 1991 mix (featuring only songs…

  • Mixtapes for Camille: 1990

    Mixtapes for Camille: 1990

    For most of the past decade, our Wagstaff family tradition has been to run a single, simple gift exchange for Christmas. Instead of buying presents, we draw one family member’s name and then make them a gift to be presented to them at next year’s Christmas. It’s been a great experience for everyone–we’ve all wasted less…

  • Found Mixtape from 2008

    Found Mixtape from 2008

    For the next several weeks, I’m going to be posting a new mixtape each week. Most of these were CD mixes that I made at some point in the past half dozen or so years. I don’t remember the occasion for this one, but I made it some time during the first year or two…

  • 100 Tracks [Best of September 2014]

    100 Tracks [Best of September 2014]

    Here’s a playlist of 100 songs I listened to and liked from the month of September. Some favorites from the month were Sarah Jaffe, The War on Drugs, Flume, Shad, Larry Gus’s Years Not Living, Eef Barzelay’s new Girls Come First EP, Snorri Helgason’s I’m Going to Put My Name On Your Door,  Tamikrest’s Chatma, Hammock’s Oblivion Hymns, Bellows’…

  • Cedar Dance Parties [Second 50]

    Cedar Dance Parties [Second 50]

    Most mornings, Cedar and I like to kick out the jams and dance it up. With special thanks to Bev Buretta, Nana C, Kevin Boettcher, Grandpa Bastian and others for sharing their suggestions, here are 50 songs we’ve recently listened to:

  • 80 Songs [Best of August 2014]

    80 Songs [Best of August 2014]

    Here are 80 songs that I listened to and liked in August 2014. Five plus hours of music. Very few artists with more than one track on this list–more akin to the old school mix tapes I used to make. Some favorites from the month: classic Louis Prima (listened to a lot with Cedar boy),…

  • 175 Tracks [Best of July 2014]

    175 Tracks [Best of July 2014]

    July was a fantastic month for me, musically, by which I mean that I listened to a lot of great music. Some favorites from the month included Son Lux, Bahamas (Feist’s guitarist), Actual Wolf, Alex Bleeker & the Freaks, Sarah Jaffe’s Even Born Again, Laura Mvula’s Sing to the Moon, Glenn Jones’ My Garden State…

  • 50 Tracks [Best of June 2014]

    50 Tracks [Best of June 2014]

    Here are 50 songs that I listened to and liked in June 2014. Dug back into Aden (a fairly obscure band I liked as a freshman in college, and hadn’t listened to in more than a decade!–fronted by Phil Gramm’s son, no less), really enjoyed Julie Doiron’s So Many Days record and Mutual Benefit’s Love’s…

  • Best of April/May 2014

    Best of April/May 2014

    Here’s a 6+ hour playlist of songs I listened to and liked in April and May of 2014. Was on paternity leave for a big chunk of this time, getting to know a new being, and away from new music on my computer. It was so worth it. Favorites from this period included Clap! Clap!,…

  • 100 Songs [Best of March 2014]

    100 Songs [Best of March 2014]

    It’s been a while since I last posted (our son was born in March!), but I’m back with a hundred songs I listened to and liked in March 2014. A pretty good mix of longtime favorites like Advance Base, The Very Best, Here We Go Magic (Luke Temple), San Fermin, Angel Olson, Vance Joy, Nightmares…

  • 100 Songs [Best of February 2014]

    100 Songs [Best of February 2014]

    Here are 100 songs I listened to and liked in February 2014. A little less variety than in previous months, perhaps. Representing a few groups/albums pretty heavily. I was most excited about Beck’s new Morning Phase album, and also listened to a lot of Willy Mason, Paul Simon, Ana Tijoux, Luke Temple, Goldfrapp, J Roddy…

  • 3 Hours [Best of January 2014]

    3 Hours [Best of January 2014]

    In January I listened to a lot of new music. Most of the artists in this month’s playlist are represented by just one song, but some favorite records from the month included Rogue Wave’s Nightingale Floors album, and Simon White’s Silver Silver and Yakiimo albums. This playlist clocks in at just about 3 hours. Enjoy!

  • 60 Tracks [Best of December 2013]

    60 Tracks [Best of December 2013]

    December of this past year was a mild one for me, musically. Not a lot of new discoveries, really, but I listened to a lot of old favorites: Andrew Bird, Damien Jurado, Bob Dylan, the Wainwrights.