Hello, partygoers! As always, you are welcome to join David and Mary in the Listening Party rumpus room. Dave is sitting in the big armchair this week so we recommend the bean bag chair.

Everything gets back to normal this week as Dave takes the controls for the first time since December! We had our friend David M. drop by for a couple of shows with his Christmas music, and then Mary filled in with her fabulous Laundromancer mixtape, and now Dave is back with a mixtape he made for listener Mike Davidson in August of 2016.

So settle down into your big ol’ comfy chair with a mug of hot liquid and a plate of goodies, and listen to:

* Eric Matthews – “Fanfare” – It’s Heavy in Here, 1995* Bubble Puppy – “Hurry Sundown” – A Gathering of Promises, 1969* Sparks – “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us” – Kimono My House, 1972* Preston School of Industry – “Monkey Heart and Horses Leg” – All This Sounds Gas, 1971* The Bamboo Shoot – “The Fox Has Gone to Ground” – Columbia single b/w “There and Back Again Lane”, 1968 [from Acid Drops, Spacedust and Flying Saucers: Psychedelic Confectionary from the UK Underground 1965-1969, 2001 or Rubble 3: Nightmares in Wonderland, 2001]* Destroyer – “Beggars Might Ride” – Streethawk: A Seduction, 1998* The Mohawk Lodge – “Wear ‘Em Out” – Wildfires, 2007* Field Music – “In Context” – Tones of Town, 2006* No Fun – “Ambivalence (Gets Me)” – Snivel, 1984* Sufjan Stevens – “Jacksonville” – Illinois, 2005* Belle and Sebastian – “The Stars of Track and Field” – If You’re Feeling Sinister, 1996

And we also heard:

* Belt Buckle – “Judas Suicide” – Belt Buckle EP, 1993* Demian – “No More Tenderness” – Demian, 1970

Thanks for listening.

Here is the front page of Dave’s booklet from the Snivel box set – the only sign of its 26 years of age is the yellowing of the plastic overlay.