EAR FARM's Muxtape #12: Paraskavedekatriaphobia

Paraskavedekatriaphobia: the fear of Friday the 13th.

Horror movie fans will have to wait until next year for the remake of the 1980 Sean Cunningham classic Friday the 13th; fans and foes of the day itself have only one chance this year to either revel in its glory or hide from the world for twenty four hours. You see, today is Friday the 13th. Watch out.

If we had planned things a bit better we'd be on our 13th mix this week, but we didn't. And hey, maybe we don't want that many thirteens all up in one post together. Still, we won't let no stinkin' paraskavedekatriaphobia stop us from gettin' busy with EAR FARM's Muxtape #12: twelve (Muxtape doesn't allow thirteen!) songs dedicated both to the wonderful horror series, and to the unluckiest of days in the entire calendar. Be careful out there!

Listen to this week's muxtape HERE.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #12: Paraskavedekatriaphobia
1. "Moments of Terror" by Harry Manfredini
2. "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads
3. "Luck's Up" by Public Image Ltd.
4. "Good Friday" by Why?
5. "I Ain't Superstitious" by Megadeth
6. "Jason's Theme" by Brendon Small
7. "Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)" by Bill Haley And His Comets
8. "Unlucky Day" by Murder City Players
9. "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder
10. "Jason" by Sufjan Stevens
11. "The Crystal Lake" by Grandaddy
12. "Triskaidekaphobia" by Jimmy Sutton's Four Charms

*above photo from HERE.

Recent EF mixes:
EAR FARM's Muxtape #11: A Change Is Gonna Come (EAR FARM's relaunch mix)
EAR FARM's Muxtape #10: MARS!
EAR FARM's Muxtape #9: Pulled From My "On-The-Go" Playlist
EAR FAM's Muxtape #8: I Broke My Arm Playing Wiffle Ball
EAR FARM's Muxtape #7: Happy Muxther's Day!
EAR FARM's Muxtape #6: Songs that used to live in my TV set
EAR FARM's Muxtape #5: 2:42
EAR FARM's Muxtape #4: Rock Band Setlist
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A Muxtape is a simple way to create and share mixtapes. That's all there is to it. Feel free to share your own mix in the comments. View all EAR FARM mixes HERE.

EAR FARM's Mixes

Below (after the jump) you will find links to each of the custom mixes featured on EAR FARM to date, listed from most recent to oldest. In order to make room on our server, not all of these are currently available to listen to or download; therefore, be sure to check back often so you don't miss out on future EAR FARM mixes! There's a new one posted every Friday with some special ones thrown in here and there randomly and on our favorite holidays.

Muxtape #11: A Change Is Gonna Come (EAR FARM's relaunch mix)
Muxtape #10: MARS!
Muxtape #9: Pulled From My "On-The-Go" Playlist
Muxtape #8: I Broke My Arm Playing Wiffle Ball
Muxtape #7: Happy Muxther's Day!
Muxtape #6: Songs that used to live in my TV set
Locally Grown: an April Mix Tape from Brooklyn Based and EAR FARM
Muxtape #5: 2:42
Muxtape #4: Rock Band Setlist
Muxtape #3: Fank Fod it's Friday and Finally Fpring!
Muxtape #2: April Fools Edition!
Muxtape #1: 12 Songs For A Cat Named Joe
Valentine's Day Mix 3: Easily the Cheesiest
National Kazoo Day: Top Ten Eleven Songs That Feature A Kazoo
You Name The Mix #1
New Wave Cure For A Serious Case Of The Mondays Mix
Presidential Campaign 2008 Mix
All I Want For Christmas Is Music Mix
Beatles Cover Song Mix
10 Songs by Sassy Magazine 'Cute Band Alert' Bands (and yes, I did some research) Mix
Saxophone Mix
Gambling Mix
Chemistry Mix
Thanksgiving Mix
Dangerous Cities Mix
Mix for Barry Bonds
Valentine's Day Mix 2: Easy Cheesier
"Easy Cheesy" Valentine's Day Mix

EAR FARM's Muxtape #11: A Change Is Gonna Come (EAR FARM's relaunch mix)

Ladies and gentlemen, a change is gonna come... EAR FARM is about to change big time. We won't be starting over from scratch per se, but we will be giving EAR FARM a junior kickstart in hopes of making the site something bigger, something brighter, something much more awesome. Here's the deal: in just over a week we're going to bust a move out of Blogger for good and start new/start again. Like the Jeffersons (and thanks to some supersweet design work by our friends at Destroy Space) we'll be movin' on up to a brand new address with a funky fresh layout. Checkit: as of Monday, June 16th, you will be able to find a completely redesigned EAR FARM over at http://earfarm.com.

Asked to comment on the move, EAR FARM said "I want to be a farmer, a real farmer, and I am confident that things with the new site will be getting better and better with each passing day as I grow into this better version of me. I'm excited!"

You can listen to this week's muxtape celebrating the new EAR FARM HERE.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #11: A Change Is Gonna Come (EAR FARM's relaunch mix)
1. "Getting Better" by The Wedding Present
2. "Bust A Move" by Young MC
3. "Start New" by Cloud Cult
4. "Junior Kickstart" by The Go! Team
5. "The Jeffersons" by Ja'Net Dubois & Oren Waters
6. "Start Again" by Folk Implosion
7. "Change" by Tears For Fears
8. "Something Bigger, Something Brighter" by Pretty Girls Make Graves
9. "Better Version Of Me" by Fiona Apple
10. "A Change Is Gonna Come" by Otis Redding
11. "I Want To Be A Farmer" by Pete Seeger
12. "Scratch" by Morphine

***Remember... Monday, June 16th: the new EAR FARM launches over at http://earfarm.com***

See also:
EAR FARM's Muxtape #1: 12 Songs For A Cat Named Joe
EAR FARM's Muxtape #2: April Fools Edition!
EAR FARM's Muxtape #3: Fank Fod it's Friday and Finally Fpring!
EAR FARM's Muxtape #4: Rock Band Setlist
EAR FARM's Muxtape #5: 2:42
EAR FARM's Muxtape #6: Songs that used to live in my TV set
EAR FARM's Muxtape #7: Happy Muxther's Day!
EAR FAM's Muxtape #8: I Broke My Arm Playing Wiffle Ball
EAR FARM's Muxtape #9: Pulled From My "On-The-Go" Playlist
EAR FARM's Muxtape #10: MARS!
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A Muxtape is a simple way to create and share mixtapes. That's all there is to it. Feel free to share your own mix in the comments.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #10: MARS!

With the recent (successful) landing of the Phoenix Mars Lander all up in the news, I've had Mars on the brain tons lately. In fact, I nerded out and downloaded an animation (from here) of the entry, descent and landing of the Phoenix Mars Lander and added a Black Moth Super Rainbow song to it. It's pretty sweet. Check it out over on EARF... Mars fever! Let's get people on that planet already. "Come on, Cohaagen! You got what you want. Give those people air!"

You can listen to this week's EAR FARM muxtape HERE.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #10: MARS!
1. "Tip Your Hat To Whitey (Mars)" by Chris Rock
2. "Mars Loves Venus" by The Brunettes
3. "Mars Needs Women" by Mylo
4. "The Stars Our Destination" by Stereolab
5. "Mars Sparkles Down On Me" by The Wedding Present
6. "Woodpecker from Mars" by Faith No More
7. "Red Planet" by NRBQ
8. "Teenagers From Mars" by The Misfits
9. "Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars)" by Grinderman
10. "I Married A Martian" by Sparks
11. "Holst: Mars, The Bringer Of War" by London Symphony Orchestra
12. "Life On Mars?" by Seu Jorge

*above picture found HERE.

See also:
EAR FARM's Muxtape #1: 12 Songs For A Cat Named Joe
EAR FARM's Muxtape #2: April Fools Edition!
EAR FARM's Muxtape #3: Fank Fod it's Friday and Finally Fpring!
EAR FARM's Muxtape #4: Rock Band Setlist
EAR FARM's Muxtape #5: 2:42
EAR FARM's Muxtape #6: Songs that used to live in my TV set
EAR FARM's Muxtape #7: Happy Muxther's Day!
EAR FAM's Muxtape #8: I Broke My Arm Playing Wiffle Ball
EAR FARM's Muxtape #9: Pulled From My "On-The-Go" Playlist
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A Muxtape is a simple way to create and share mixtapes. That's all there is to it. Feel free to share your own mix in the comments.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #9: Pulled From My "On-The-Go" Playlist

I'm a mover and a shaker. I won't wear sweatpants outside the house and I'm not above walking down the wrong side of the subway stairs to get where I need to be. I like to constantly make "On-The-Go" playlists to alleviate the boredom between points A and B. Thus, this mux is plain and simple; it's basically just my most current "On-The-Go" playlist. Boom bam. You can listen HERE.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #9: Pulled From My "On-The-Go" Playlist
1. "Let's Talk About It" by White Denim
2. "J'aime Vous Voir Quitter" by Islands
3. "Don't Sell Me Now" by Hey Hey My My
4. "Hold It In" by Jukebox The Ghost
5. "Slowly Typed" by Pavement
6. "Navajo" by The Black Lips
7. "One Wink At A Time" by The Replacements
8. "Sea Shanty" by Plants and Animals
9. "Science Killer" by The Black Angels
10. "Deep Water" by Portishead
11. "Angelo (4-Track") by Sublime
12. "Hugs On Soil" by Windy & Destiny

*above picture found HERE

See also:
EAR FARM's Muxtape #1: 12 Songs For A Cat Named Joe
EAR FARM's Muxtape #2: April Fools Edition!
EAR FARM's Muxtape #3: Fank Fod it's Friday and Finally Fpring!
EAR FARM's Muxtape #4: Rock Band Setlist
EAR FARM's Muxtape #5: 2:42
EAR FARM's Muxtape #6: Songs that used to live in my TV set
EAR FARM's Muxtape #7: Happy Muxther's Day!
EAR FAM's Muxtape #8: I Broke My Arm Playing Wiffle Ball
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A Muxtape is a simple way to create and share mixtapes. That's all there is to it. Feel free to share your own mix in the comments.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #8: I Broke My Arm Playing Wiffle Ball

Wallowing in self-absorption this past week, focusing entirely too much on my injury, I created the following mix. The song order kind of tells the story of how I became a crippled wiffle ball legend. You can listen HERE.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #8: I Broke My Arm Playing Wiffle Ball
1. "Wiffle Ball" by Halliburton(s)
2. "Falling and Laughing" by Orange Juice
3. "The Arm" by Islands
4. "Definition of an Accident" by Mancino
5. "Emergency" by Wilderness
6. "Broken Bones" by Howling Bells
7. "Broken Man" by Corrosion of Conformity
8. "Fractured (Like Chandeliers)" by Polvo
9. "Bones" by Radiohead
10. "Broken Wings" by Mr. Mister
11. "Healer" by Marnie Stern
12. "Good Arms vs. Bad Arms" by Frightened Rabbit

*above picture found HERE.

See also:
EAR FARM's Muxtape #1: 12 Songs For A Cat Named Joe
EAR FARM's Muxtape #2: April Fools Edition!
EAR FARM's Muxtape #3: Fank Fod it's Friday and Finally Fpring!
EAR FARM's Muxtape #4: Rock Band Setlist
EAR FARM's Muxtape #5: 2:42
EAR FARM's Muxtape #6: Songs that used to live in my TV set
EAR FARM's Muxtape #7: Happy Muxther's Day!
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A Muxtape is a simple way to create and share mixtapes. That's all there is to it. Feel free to share your own mix in the comments.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #7: Happy Muxther's Day!

A special mux for a special day; this one goes out to our Earfmoms for raising their sons into some tall drinks of water who never fail to irk those standing behind them at concerts. To all the mothers, grandmothers, mothers-to-be, and erstwhile maternal figures, enjoy the following collection of maternally-themed songs hand-picked to soundtrack your Mother's Day celebrations. You can listen to this mix/mux right HERE.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #7: Happy Muxther's Day!
1. "Mama" - Stephen Malkmus
2. "Mama, Won't You Keep Those Castles In The Air & Burning?" - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
3. "Some Mother's Son" - The Kinks
4. "Your Mother Loves You Son" - Beulah
5. "Momma's Boy" - Chromeo
6. "Hey Mama" - Kanye West
7. "Shop Around" - The Miracles
8. "Mama Says" - The Beach Boys
9. "Rabbit Fur Coat" - Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins
10. "Your Mother Should Know" - The Beatles
11. "Mother and Child Reunion" - Paul Simon
12. "Mother Popcorn" - James Brown

*above picture found HERE.

See also:
EAR FARM's Muxtape #1: 12 Songs For A Cat Named Joe
EAR FARM's Muxtape #2: April Fools Edition!
EAR FARM's Muxtape #3: Fank Fod it's Friday and Finally Fpring!
EAR FARM's Muxtape #4: Rock Band Setlist
EAR FARM's Muxtape #5: 2:42
EAR FARM's Muxtape #6: Songs that used to live in my TV set
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A Muxtape is a simple way to create and share mixtapes. That's all there is to it. Feel free to share your own mix in the comments.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #6: Songs that used to live in my TV set

Jimmy Jet And His TV Set
by Shel Silverstein

I'll tell you the story of Jimmy Jet --
And you know what I tell you is true.
He loved to watch his TV set
Almost as much as you.

He watched all day, he watched all night
Till he grew pale and lean,
From "The Early Show" to "The Late Late Show"
And all the shows between.

He watched till his eyes were frozen wide,
And his bottom grew into his chair.
And his chin turned into a tuning dial,
And antennae grew out of his hair.

And his brains turned into TV tubes,
And his face to a TV screen.
And two knobs saying "VERT." and "HORIZ."
Grew where his ears had been.

And he grew a plug that looked like a tail
So we plugged in little Jim.
And now instead of him watching TV
We all sit around and watch him.
You can listen to this mix/mux right HERE.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #6: Songs that used to live in my TV set
1. "Scooby Doo"
2. "Airwolf"
3. "Tales From The Crypt"
4. "The Muppet Show"
5. "Dr. Who Theme"
6. "Who’s The Boss?"
7. "Growing Pains"
8. "Wonder Woman"
9. "Looney Toons"
10. "Fraggle Rock"
11. "Knight Rider"
12. "Theme From The A Team"

*above picture of Jimmy Jet from HERE.

See also:
EAR FARM's Muxtape #1: 12 Songs For A Cat Named Joe
EAR FARM's Muxtape #2: April Fools Edition!
EAR FARM's Muxtape #3: Fank Fod it's Friday and Finally Fpring!
EAR FARM's Muxtape #4: Rock Band Setlist
EAR FARM's Muxtape #5: 2:42
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A Muxtape is a simple way to create and share mixtapes. That's all there is to it. Feel free to share your own mix in the comments.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #5: 2:42

Joshua Allen recently wrote a piece in The Morning News claiming that the perfect song length is precisely 2:42, and after going through the exercise of putting together the following mix, I'm inclined to agree. The quality of songs in my library at the 2:41, 2:42, and 2:43 marks is rather outstanding. So how was I able to whittle down this week's mux to a mere 12 songs? Because I rule. Also because I made rules.

Even though the length of songs gets a bit screwy sometimes upon import, I stuck to tracks that registered as exactly 2:42 in my library. This ruled out a lot of great songs I've noticed on other peoples' 242 lists. For example, "California Dreamin'" shows up on a ton of 242 lists but in my music library it's listed at 2:43. Sorry Charlies. Also, I decided to avoid picking any of the songs already posted on the following 242 muxes I stumbled upon: author Joshua Allen's 2m42s mux, contrabandwidth's 2:42 is the magic # mux, and Wired's listeningpost242 mux.

If it seems as though everyone has made a 242 mix, it's probably because they have. The way I see it, it's like Spike with all of his ruminating about how you can quickly judge a chef by the soup they make - one can tell a lot about the talent/resources of a given mix-maker by their ability to put together a proper 242 mix. I decree. So listen to mine, make your own, and let's fight over whose is better!

You can hear EF's 242 mux right HERE.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #5: 2:42
1. "Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)?" by Buzzcocks
2. "If You Hate Your Friends, You're Not Alone" by Pretty Girls Make Graves
3. "School" by Nirvana
4. "Me-Jane" by PJ Harvey
5. "Sheila Take A Bow" by The Smiths
6. "Leah" by Roy Orbison
7. "Sway" by Dean Martin
8. "The Next Episode" by Dr. Dre
9. "Michelle" by The Beatles
10. "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" by Jerry Lee Lewis
11. "A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off" by The Magnetic Fields
12. "Center Of Gravity" by Yo La Tengo

*above Front 242 record photo from HERE.

See also:
EAR FARM's Muxtape #1: 12 Songs For A Cat Named Joe
EAR FARM's Muxtape #2: April Fools Edition!
EAR FARM's Muxtape #3: Fank Fod it's Friday and Finally Fpring!
EAR FARM's Muxtape #4: Rock Band Setlist
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A Muxtape is a simple way to create and share mixtapes. That's all there is to it. Feel free to share your own mix in the comments.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #4: Rock Band Setlist

Rock Band + Muxtape = YAY!

EAR FARM's fourth mix mux is 100% self-indulgent. It's my personal top 12 favorite songs to play (I play guitar, rather than drums or vocals) in the video game Rock Band (full list of Rock Band songs HERE). So it stands to reason that this mux is all about rocking, shredding, finger-tapping, and making that guitar solo face. Check out the songs featured in this mix listed below and listen to the mix itself HERE.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #4: Rock Band Setlist
1. "Working Man" by Rush
2. "Maps" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3. "...And Justice for All" by Metallica
4. "Say It Ain't So" by Weezer
5. "Dani California" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
6. "Foreplay/Long Time" by Boston
7. "Green Grass and High Tides" by The Outlaws
8. "Train Kept a Rollin'" by Aerosmith
9. "Go With The Flow" by Queens Of The Stone Age
10. "Siva" by Smashing Pumpkins
11. "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones
12. "My Iron Lung" by Radiohead

See also:
EAR FARM's Muxtape #1: 12 Songs For A Cat Named Joe
EAR FARM's Muxtape #2: April Fools Edition!
EAR FARM's Muxtape #3: Fank Fod it's Friday and Finally Fpring!
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What's this Muxtape business? A Muxtape is a quite genius, very simple, way to create and share mixtapes. Please share your own ridonkulously themed mix in the comments. Or ELSE.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #3: Fank Fod it's Friday and Finally Fpring!

Ya'll know what time it is? Muxtime baby! EAR FARM's third mix mux is all about applauding the arrival of Spring (at least here in NYC) and celebrating the weekend. It's a menagerie of like-minded songs/artists that should make for a swell listen as you begin your weekend and enjoy the nice weather. Check out the songs featured in this mix listed below and listen to the mix itself HERE.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #3: Fank Fod it's Friday and Finally Fpring!
1. "Hold Tight!" by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
2. "Surprise, Surpise" by The Rolling Stones
3. "Grass" by Animal Collective
4. "Jody" by The Dodos
5. "Wash Jones" by Squirrel Nut Zippers
6. "Never Tell" by Violent Femmes
7. "Mister Jung Stuffed" by Man Man
8. "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" by The Blues Magoos
9. "Candy And A Currant Bun" by Pink Floyd
10. "Gods And Gentlemen" by Drink Up Buttercup
11. "With A Girl Like You" by The Troggs
12. "Chick Habit" by April March

See also:
EAR FARM's Muxtape #1: 12 Songs For A Cat Named Joe
EAR FARM's Muxtape #2: April Fools Edition!
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What's this Muxtape business? A Muxtape is a quite genius, very simple, way to create and share mixtapes. Please share your own ridonkulously themed mix in the comments. Or ELSE.

*above photo of Spring in NYC taken by me in April 2005

EAR FARM's Muxtape #2: April Fools Edition!

Another week, another Muxtape! The second mix (mux) brings together themes of chicanery, pranks, shenanigans, jokes and fools in celebration of the most deceptive of days, April 1. Check out the songs featured in this mix listed below and check out/listen to the mix itself HERE.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #2: April Fools Edition
1. "April Fools" by Rufus Wainwright
2. "The Joker" by Steve Miller Band
3. "Show Your Hand" by Super Furry Animals
4. "I Started A Joke" by The Dirtbombs
5. "The Worst Joke Ever" by R.E.M.
6. "Fools" by Nada Surf
7. "Don't Take Us For Fools" by Graveyard
8. "Prank Calls" by Kelley Stoltz
9. "Don't Get Mad, Get Even" by Aerosmith
10. "Fools" by The Dodos
11. "No Surprises" by Radiohead

See our previous Muxtape HERE

As you probably know by now, a Muxtape is nothing more than a quite genius, very simple, way to create and share mixtapes. Feel free to create your own foolishly themed mix and link to it in the comments.

*above photo found HERE

EAR FARM's Muxtape #1: 12 Songs For A Cat Named Joe

EAR FARM's got a Muxtape*, obvs. You can check it out HERE. The first mix I've made is 12 Songs For A Cat Named Joe (that's my cat's name, pictured above at his 10th birthday party, he'll turn 13 in a little less than a month). Check out the songs featured in this mix listed below.

EAR FARM's Muxtape will likely become a recurring thing with a new mix posted every week, so do check back. And enjoy the Joe mix.

EAR FARM's Muxtape #1: 12 Songs For A Cat Named Joe
1. "Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix
2. "Joe's Waltz" by The Dodos
3. "Joe" by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
4. "Soap Star Joe" by Liz Phair
5. "Joe" by PJ Harvey
6. "Harold and Joe" by The Cure
7. "Joe #1" by Fugazi
8. "Jimmy Joe Roche" by Dan Deacon
9. "Old Joe's Place" by The Folksmen
10. "Joe's Head" by Kings of Leon
11. "Hey Joe" by Patti Smith
12. "Cotton Eyed Joe" by Starsound Orchestra

*a Muxtape is nothing more than a quite genius, very simple, way to create and share mixtapes. you should create your own and link to it in the comments. go now.