Friendos –
Welcome back from the holidays! Apologies for the lateness, but I’ve been doing some traveling, and taking breaks from my responsibilities (even self-imposed ones like making a mixtape every month for god only knows how long), but we’re back, baby, and it’s THE TENTH YEAR OF THIS BUSINESS.
Let’s start the year ahead with a look back, with a barrage of bangers turning 30 this year (jesus fkn christ):
Chicken Sandwich, Carl!: The Steel Ape Sessions, Vol. 24, Pt. One

- Intro – Luscious Jackson
- Citysong – Luscious Jackson
- Sabotage – Beastie Boys
- Time Baby II – Medicine
- Support System – Liz Phair
- No Excuses – Alice in Chains
- King of Comedy – REM
- Give It Up – Public Enemy
- Not For You – Pearl Jam
- The World Is Yours – NAS
- Flava In Ya Ear – Craig Mack
- Ode to My Family – The Cranberries
- Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam – Nirvana
- Son of a Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield
- Locked Out – Crowded House
- Sweet Jane – Cowboy Junkies
- Big Empty – Stone Temple Pilots
- A Warm Place – Nine Inch Nails
- Nuttin’ But Love – Heavy D & The Boyz
- Regulate – Warren G & Nate Dogg
- Nothing Gonna Stop – Folk Implosion
- On Point – House of Pain
- My Wave – Soundgarden
- Andres – L7
- Holiday – Weezer
- Stranger Than Fiction – Bad Religion
- Only A Girl – Redd Kross
- Violet – Hole
- Strangers – Portishead
- Ezekiel 25:17 – Samuel L. Jackson
Putting the finishing touches on another, more contemporary mix for the month, which I’m hoping to have your way in a week or so.
Till then,
Yours in Apes,
AG.