This week I’m taking a break from our vinyl collection and digging out some old mixtapes, ones I made and ones given to me. Today’s pull was from my friend Susie, who kindly dated this Memorex tape: 10/31/89. We were freshmen UW-Madison and generally spent our time playing pool at Memorial Union and going to the Industrial/New Wave/Punk Dance night at Union South. (I remember some guy that we knew from either Appleton or Green Bay would come down to DJ. It was usually just me, Susie, our friend Marci and maybe a couple of other people there. Kinda sad attendance but still a good time. I think the dances didn’t last much past that Fall.) Titled Harlan + Gunter’s Great Comp. Tape: a Collection of Their Favorites for Sarah, this tape reflects that time perfectly (I can’t recall the significance of Harlan and Gunter, but it looks like Harlan was a fish and Gunter was a spider):

         Side A

“Stigmata” – Ministry

“Headhunter” – Front 242

“Revenge” – Ministry

“Don’t Crash” – Front 242

“Nemesis” – Shriekback

“This is Not a Love Song” – PiL

“Police and Thieves” – The Clash

“Burning Skies” – Tones on Tail

“Heroes” – David Bowie

“Let’s Have a War” – Fear

Side B

“Faded Flowers” – Shriekback

“Haunted” – Love and Rockets

“Boys” – Bauhaus

“The Last Beat of My Heart” –Siouxsie and the Banshees

“Happy Boy” – The Bolshoi

“Stay Free” – The Clash

“My My Kinda Girl” – Ramones

“The Devil’s Coachman”- Robyn Hitchcock

“Change” – Fishbone

“Throw Your Arms Around Me” – Hunters and Collectors

“Birth of the True” – Aztec Camera

 

The tape is just as awesome and eclectic as Susie is.