Now that CDMOM is over, there’s time for a little statistical reflection. I made 16 monthly mixes, with a total of 316 songs. Here are the artists who appeared most often:

5 appearances: American Music Club.

4: Clem Snide, Death Cab for Cutie, Sloan, Spoon.

3: Calexico, The Dismemberment Plan, Enon, Luna, Pavement, The Pixies, Velvet Crush.

2: Beulah, Big Star, Blackalicious, Richard Buckner, Built to Spill, Call and Response, The Clash, Evan Dando, Devo, DJ Shadow, Mark Eitzel, The Faint, The Flashing Lights, Ben Folds Five, Freelance Hellraiser, The French Kicks, J Mascis, The Minders, Morphine, Mos Def, New Wet Kojak, David Poe, Quasi, Rainer Maria, The Red Stick Ramblers, Saint Etienne, Sea Ray, Seam, Sebadoh, Sleater-Kinney, Sonic Youth, Superchunk, Tahiti 80, Rufus Wainwright, The Weakerthans, X, The Young Fresh Fellows.

Unsurprisingly, that list’s a pretty solid reflection of my tastes. You should buy all their CDs. (Okay, not all — even these giants have produced a few stinkers. But most are great, and all are worth supporting.)

09 April 2003

Comments

09 April | 22:12 | Scott

Hey Josh, did any of us actually introduce you to a good band you hadn't heard of? Any songs stand out on the mixes the rest of us might not have received? Have you had a chance to listen to any of them at all?

09 April | 22:37 | Anon

GREAT question! Josh?

09 April | 22:44 | josh

Yes, Calexico was a band I'd heard of but not heard until CDMOM. That's about it. I haven't listened to more than a handful of CDMOM mixes in the last six months. I've been too busy labeling envelopes, licking stamps, and folding liner notes. That's why (among other reasons) the club is ending -- so I can have time to listen to some of the many hundreds of CDs sitting on my floor.

10 April | 9:56 | mike

hey, keep us updated if you run into any mixes that catch your ear. i mean, whenever you get a chance to listen to 'em. i put a lot of thought into mine and it would be cool to know my efforts were not for naught.

heh, not for naught. i like that.

11 April | 10:48 | Stacy

OH MY GOD! I signed up, made my mix and forgot to send it! It's called It Came From Cleveland--Can I still send it?

11 April | 11:09 | Chuck

Um ... not one of those bands appeared on my mix. (I would have put the Ramblers on, but I figured you already knew them well enough.)

I hope this isn't a bad sign. :-)

12 April | 9:29 | mike

stacy..i would be interested in getting a copy of it came from c'land...email me if u want to set up a trade

madams@itt-tech.edu

p.s.-my wife is from c'land..hence my interest :)

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