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NICK CATCHDUBS AND MR DUCKER - RADIO FRIENDLY UNIT SHIFTER

My two cents (adjusted for inflation) are that this is perfect. It's well mixed, laugh out loud funny, filled with forgotten, neglected and impossible to ever neglect songs (paging Doctor Sliver). As the wave of 90's nostalgia kicks off (parties everywhere with the theme, 90210 remakes, 90's babies legally in the club), this mix is beyond essential. Yo, I'm on this 90's nostalgia, my armoire stayed an armory of cardigans and flannel.

Here's what Catchdubs (class of 99) had to say about his teenage decade mixtape genesis.

"My good friend Mr. Ducker isn’t a DJ, but he always wanted to make an ultimate ’90s tape, something that brought a mixshow vibe to alt nation sounds. When he asked me to get down with his dream and collaborate, we delved deep into our middle and high school record collections (and used CD bargain bins) and brainstormed new ways to present all the alternative music we grew up on. We were inspired by DJ Spinbad’s impossibly fun ’80s pop mixes: big hits next to unexpected favorites with lots of movie dialogue and interludes for jokes, all smashed up in a dance party megamixxx. Picking from hundreds of beloved Buzz Bin jams was easier said than done (sorry Superdrag, you’ll make Vol. 2!), but with the Mishka crew’s annual trip to Magic in Las Vegas giving us an actual deadline, we finally finished this badmotorfinger as a giveaway CD for their new season. Even with double digit-old tunes, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter feels right on time, connecting the dots between Sonic Youth breakbeats, weeded Lollapalooza rap, gloriously fuzzed-out one hit wonders and much more. No irony, no empty nostalgia, just a lot of music we love that shaped what we do today. They used to play King Missile on the radio! In America! Download and enjoy."
- Nick Catchdubs

NICK CATCHDUBS AND MR DUCKER - RADIO FRIENDLY UNIT SHIFTER

1. L7 - Pretend We’re Dead
2. Sonic Youth - 100%
3. Folk Implosion - Natural One
4. King Missile - Detachable Penis
5. Beck - Beercan
6. Dinosaur Jr - Start Choppin’
7. Meat Puppets - Backwater ‘
8. Pavement - Cut Your Hair
9. Nirvana - Sliver
10. Foo Fighters - I’ll Stick Around
11. Porno For Pyros - Tahitian Moon
12. Temple Of The Dog - Hunger Strike
13. Tripping Daisy - I Got A Girl
14. Primus - Wynonas Big Brown Beaver
15. Body Count - There Goes The Neighborhood
16. Offspring - Come Out And Play
17. Rancid - Roots Radicals
18. Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz
19. Weezer - El Scorcho
20. Green Day - Longview
21. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
22. Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade
23. Bjork - Army Of Me
24. Soundgarden - Outshined
25. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss
26. Tribe Called Quest - Oh My God (Live @ The Tibetan Freedom Concert)
27. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man (Live @ Woodstock ‘94)
28. House Of Pain - Shamrocks and Shennanigans
29. Cibo Matto - Know Your Chicken
30. Breeders - Cannonball
31. Smashing Pumpkins - Today
32. Butthole Surfers - Pepper
33. Sublime - Doin’ Time
34. Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon
35. Faith No More - A Small Victory
36. MC 900 Foot Jesus - If I Only Had A Brain
37. Everclear - You Make Me Feel Like A Whore
38. Toadies - Possum Kingdom

Oh, yeah, it was brought to you by Mishka, who have a great blog and make clothing. STREETWEAR COMAPNIES and FASHION PALACES take note...THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO COMISSION MIXTAPES

It's not about being cool, or associating oneself with music, or any of that surface skimming...You sell clothes. A lot of people sell clothes. You can buy great jeans at the supermarket. Mishka brought this mixtape into my ears. Step. Your. Game. Up.

NICK CATCHDUBS AND MR DUCKER - RADIO FRIENDLY UNIT SHIFTER

As a parting blast of feedback, here's a shot of this blog's operator and my friend named Ron, outside of our first 90's retro night in 2008.