Albums I actually physically own (whether or not I can find them is different) by artists only. No soundtracks or comps. I'll put Musicals in a separate list at the bottom.

A
ABBA - ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits 1993
Abe Vigoda - Skeleton 2008
ADULT. - D.U.M.E. 2005
ADULT. - Gimmie Trouble 2005
Air - Moon Safari 1998
Albert Hammond, Jr. - Yours To Keep 2006
The Album Leaf - One Day I'll Be on Time 2001
The Album Leaf - Seal Beach EP 2005
Alice Smith - For Lovers, Dreamers & Me 2007
Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor 2002
Aloha - That's Your Fire 2000
Amos Lee - Amos Lee 2005
Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs 2005
Angie Mattson - Given to Sudden Panic and Noisy Retreat 2007
Annie Lennox - Bare 2003
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not 2006
Astronautalis - The Mighty Ocean & Nine Dark Theaters 2006
Audioslave - Audioslave 2002
Auto Escape - Hollywood EP 2006
Auto Escape - Turn It Off EP 2006
Avril Lavigne - Let Go 2002

B
Baboon - Baboon 2006
Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast 2000
Barbra Streisand - The Third Album 1964
Barbra Streisand - Classical Barbra 1976
Barbra Streisand - The Broadway Album 1985
Barbra Streisand - Duets 2002
BARR - Beyond Reinforced Jewel Case 2005
The Beatles - With the Beatles 1963
The Beatles - Revolver 1966
The Beatles - The White Album 1968
The Beatles - Abbey Road 1969
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine 1969
The Beatles - 1 2000
The Beatles - Let It Be... Naked 2003
The Beatles - Love 2006
Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits: the Record 2000
Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister 1996
Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs 2001
Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman 2005
Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen 1997
Bernadette Peters - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 1996
Bernadette Peters - Sondheim Etc. Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall 1997
Bernadette Peters - Sondheim, Etc., Etc. Bernadette Peters Live At Carnegie Hall (The Rest Of It) 1997
Bernadette Peters - Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein 2002
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M 1972
Billy Corgan - TheFutureEmbrace 2005
Billy Joel - Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 (1973-1985) 1985
Björk - Debut 1993
Björk - Homogenic 1997
Björk - Vespertine 2001
Björk - Vespertine Live 2004
Björk - Volta 2007
The Black Angels - Directions To See A Ghost 2008
The Black Heart Procession - 2 1999
Blink-182 - The Mark, Tom And Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back) 2000
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket 2001
Blue Man Group - Audio 1999
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home 1965
Bon Jovi - Bounce 2002
The Books - Lost and Safe 2005
Boyz II Men - Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection 2004
Bravo Silva - Bravo Silva 2005
The Breeders - Last Splash 1993
Bright Eyes - A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997 1997
Bright Eyes - Letting Off the Happiness 1998
Bright Eyes - Fevers & Mirrors 2000
Bright Eyes - Don't Be Frightened of Turning the Page 2002
Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground 2002
Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn 2005
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning 2005
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People 2003
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene 2005
Brothers And Sisters - BROTHERS AND SISTERS 2006
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run 1975

C
The Calling - Camino Palmero 2001
The Cardigans - Grand Turismo 1998
Carly Simon - No Secrets 1972
Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts 2005
Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 2007
Cat Power - Moon Pix 1998
Cat Power - The Greatest 2006
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman 1970
Celebration - Celebration 2005
Cheap Trick - Authorized Greatest Hits 2000
Chicago - The Very Best Of: Only The Beginning 2002
Chomsky - A Few Possible Selections for the Soundtrack of Your Life 2000
Chomsky - Onward Quirky Soldiers 2001
Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera 1999
The Clash - London Calling 1979
Coldplay - Parachutes 2000
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head 2002
Coldplay - X&Y 2005
The Concretes - The Concretes 2003
Copeland - Eat, Sleep, Repeat 2006
Cornelius - Fantasma 1997
Crash Vinyl - Precious Platinum 1999
Crash Vinyl - High-Five Your Sex Drive 2000
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds 1980
The Cure - Pornography 1982
The Cure - Disintegration 1989
The Cure - Wish 1992
The Cure - Show 1993
The Cure - Wild Mood Swings 1996
The Cure - The Cure 2004
Cursive - The Ugly Organ 2003
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual 1983

D
Damien Rice - O 2003

I take making mixes very seriously, probably more serious than necessary, but that's just me. It's more than a random throwing of songs on an 80 minute blank disc; it's a snapshot in time. I make sure to document every mix I make for a person. After enough time has passed it's one of my greatest joys going back to that time and place through the mix.

Walking down memory lane, here.
One of the first mixes I ever took time to make and perfect was back in August 2005. This is what I had to say about the mix at the time it was made, originally on ArtoftheMix.org.

Name: fakehand
Mix ID: 95285
Category: Rock/Pop
Format: CD
Date: 8/24/2005

This was compiled for someone very special as a parting gift. It's extremely personal to this person, but I'm pretty proud of it and believe all - if you're open - will enjoy.

It turned out to be not so much of a "parting", but regardless, I spent a lot of time and effort making it the best it could be for her. Because she deserved the best. Now, 3 years later, she has gone for real. I miss her greatly, but this mix reminds me of our great, good, and not so great moments, and never fails to put me in a better place. Since, I have given this mix to a special friend here at last.fm, brewerfanx (Tobs) just a few months ago. I think it's the most cohesive and interesting mix I've made yet, and I know I will never top it. Perhaps it's the memories and emotions attached, but this mix is incredibly special to me.



clocking in at 1:18:20


AqualungJon BrionA.C. NewmanBernadette PetersLou ReedAlohaNine Inch NailsElbowPhilip GlassBadly Drawn BoyDanny ElfmanThey Might Be GiantsGang of FourCorneliusJohn WilliamsRufus WainwrightCorey HartAnimal CollectiveBilly CorganThe TurtlesKings of ConvenienceJohn Powell

If you have any idea what the title is referring to, A+ for you...
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The causes of my impending early deafness...including some I'm now ashamed of...(Refer to this journal article for more recent shows)

2008
*Dec 19th - Lake Trout - Ottobar
*Nov 21st - Innerpartysystem - Fletcher's
*Nov 3rd - Bassnectar - Bedrock
*Oct 24th - Pendulum - Ottobar
*Oct 11th - Girl Talk, Grand Buffet - Sonar
*Sep 26th - The Presets, Cut Copy - 9:30
*Sep 17th - Midnight Juggernauts, HeartsRevolution - Ottobar
*Aug 12th - Radiohead, Grizzly Bear - Susque. Bank Center
*Aug 9th - Virgin Fest Dance Tent - Underworld, Moby, Rabbit in the Moon, Chromeo, Deadmau5, Ferry Corsten, Soulwax, Armin Van Buurin, etc - Pimlico
*Aug 2nd - Innerpartysystem, Electric Touch - Reggie's, Chicago
*Aug 1st - Lollapalooza - Radiohead, Spank Rock, Foals, Chromeo, Girl Talk, Yeasayer, Bloc Party, Manchester Orchestra, Innerpartysystem, Battles, MGMT, etc - Grant Park, Chicago
*July 17th - Whartscape - Dan Deacon, Height, Adventure, Trey Told 'Em, etc - Baltimore
*July 16th - mewithoutYou, Maps and Atlases - Ottobar
*June 20th - Popped! Fest - Dan Deacon, Gogol Bordello, Crystal Castles, Mates of State, Mr. Lif, etc - Drexel
*June 14th - Battles, Thank You - 9:30
*May 18th - Innerpartysystem, Yo Majesty - DC9
*May 17th - Black Kids, Cut Copy, Ponytail - Sonar
*May 11th - Radiohead, Liars - Nissan Pavilion
*May 6th - Thrice, Circa Survive - Ram's Head
*May 5th - Man Man - Goucher
*Apr 29th - Tokyo Police Club, Smoosh, The Meligrove Band - Black Cat
*Apr 11th - Hot Chip, Free Blood - 9:30
*Apr 9th - Minus the Bear, Portugal. The Man - Recher
*Feb 17th - Poison the Well, Dance Gavin Dance, The Chariot, Crime in Stereo - Ottobar

2007
*Dec 21st - Lake Trout, Cocos Palme, Gunwife Gone - Ottobar
*Dec 2nd - Brand New, Thrice, mewithoutYou - UMBC Fieldhouse
*Nov 6th - Menomena, Illinois - Black Cat
*Nov 2nd - Thursday, Portugal. The Man, Circle Takes the Square
*Nov 1st - Alexisonfire, Saosin, Norma Jean - Recher
*Oct 19th - Mute Math, Eisley - Ottobar
*Oct 16th - Circa Survive, Fear Before the March of Flames, Dear and the Headlights, Ours - 9:30
*Oct 10th - Minus the Bear, Subtle, ELA - Black Cat
*Sep 18th - Girl Talk, Dan Deacon, White Williams - 2640 St. Paul Place
*Aug 8th - Tokyo Police Club, Ra Ra Riot - Sonar
*Aug 4th/5th - Virgin Fest - The Smashing Pumpkins, Incubus, Modest Mouse, Interpol, Spoon, Regina Spektor, The Crystal Method, Peter Bjorn and John, Girl Talk, Shout Out Out Out Out, etc - Pimlico
*July 19th - Fear Before the March of Flames, This Will Destroy You, Drugstore Cowboys, YouInSeries - Rock and Roll Hotel
*July 5th - The Fiery Furnaces, Dios - Black Cat
*June 9th - Starscape Fest - RJD2, Christopher Lawrence, Big in Japan, The Disco Biscuits, etc - Ft. Armistead Park
*Apr 7th - Black Moth Super Rainbow, Pattern Is Movement, Knife Crazy, Gildon Works - U of Del
*Mar 31st - Menomena, Field Music, Land of Talk - Rock and Roll Hotel
*Mar 14 - mewithoutYou, Sparta, Aloha - Sonar
*Mar - Innerpartysystem as The Takeover - Chameleon
*Feb 3rd - Thursday, Fear Before the March of Flames, Murder by Death, Heavy Heavy Low Low - Chameleon

2006
*Dec 27th - Glassjaw, This Is Hell, Crime in Stereo - Recher
*Nov - Alexisonfire, Moneen, Cancer Bats, As Cities Burn - Ottobar
*Nov 2nd - Mute Math, Jonezetta - 9:30
*Sep 23rd - Virgin Fest - Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Killers, Kasabian, Wolfmother, The Raconteurs, RJD2, Carl Cox, John Digweed, etc - Pimlico
*Aug 10th - Circa Survive, The Receiving End of Sirens, Portugal. The Man, Keating - Recher
*Aug 5th - The Rentals, Ozma - 9:30
*Aug 3rd - Vans Warped Tour - Moneen, The Bled, mewithoutYou, Billy Talent, Lorene Drive, etc - Tweeter Center
*July 2nd - 30 Seconds to Mars, June, The Audition, Agent Sparks - 9:30
*June 22nd - Brand New, Crime in Stereo - Ram's Head
*June 15th - Vans Warped Tour - Thursday, Armor for Sleep, The Bled, Evaline, Drugstore Cowboys, Moneen, etc - Merriweather
*May 27th - HFStival - Coheed and Cambria, Nico Vega, People in Planes, The Strokes, AFI, Counting Crows, Dashboard Confessional, Matchbook Romance, Atmosphere, Rock Kills Kid, Kanye West, Matisyahu, etc - Merriweather Post
*May 12th - Pinback, Pleaseeasaur - Black Cat
*May 8th - Thursday, Minus the Bear, mewithoutYou, We.re All Broken - Sonar
*Apr 7th - MACRoCk - Black Moth Super Rainbow, Ris Paul Ric, The Snake the Cross the Crown, We Vs. The Shark, Saxon Shore, Aloha, Fin Fang Foom, Pattern Is Movement, etc - Harrisonburg, VA
*Mar 23rd - The Prodigy, Adam Freeland - Nation
*Mar 16th - Mute Math, The Working Title, Shapiro - Starr Hill
*Mar 1st - Matchbook Romance, Silverstein, The Early November, Paramore - 9:30
*Feb. - Emery, Gatsby's American Dream, Gym Class Heroes, As Cities Burn - Alley Cat

2005
*Oct 29th - Matchbook Romance, Armor for Sleep, Lovedrug, Gatsby's American Dream - Chameleon
*Aug 12th - Vans Warped Tour - The Receiving End of Sirens, Circa Survive, Saosin, Boys Night Out, Hopesfall, Senses Fail, etc - Tweeter Center
*June 16th - Bloc Party, Engineers, Automato - 9:30
*May 29th - dredg, Circa Survive - Jack Rabbit's
*May 20th - dredg, Circa Survive, Day One Symphony - Fletcher's
*May 14th - HFStival - Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Billy Idol, Garbage, Interpol, Sum 41, Louis XIV, etc - M&T Bank Stadium
*Apr 21st - Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, The Format - JMU Convo Center
*Feb 5th - Hopesfall, The Early November, Hawthorne Heights - Alley Cat

2004
*Aug 10th - Projekt Revolution - Linkin Park, Snoop Dogg, KoЯn, Less Than Jake - Nissan Pavilion
*Aug 6th - Vans Warped Tour - Boys Night Out, Brazil, Coheed and Cambria, The Early November, Matchbook Romance, Motion City Soundtrack, etc - Tweeter Center
*June 30th - Incubus, Sparta - Giant Center
*June 17th - Emery, Silverstein, Hawthorne Heights - Chameleon

2003
*Oct 24th - 311, Alien Ant Farm - JMU Convo Center
*Sep 27th - Thursday, Murder by Death - Black Cat
*Aug 16th - 311, G. Love - Merriweather Post
*Aug 8th - Vans Warped Tour - Glassjaw, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, The Used, etc - Tweeter Center
*Apr 4th - MACRoCk - Minus the Bear, Q and Not U, mewithoutYou, of Montreal, Brazil, Need New Body, etc - Harrisonburg, VA
*Feb 7th - Finch, The Used, My Chemical Romance - Electric Factory

2002
*Dec - Armor for Sleep, Atom and His Package - Villanova
*Nov 29th - Saves the Day, Ash, Circle Takes the Square - Chameleon
*Oct - Armor for Sleep, Ultra Dolphins - A basement
*Oct 2nd - Hoobastank, Greenwheel - JMU Convo Center
*June 9th - The Juliana Theory, Glassjaw, Piebald - 9:30

October 16, 2008 @ The Forum
MSTRKRFT
LA Riots

September 24, 2008 @ Cricket Arena
O.A.R.

September 23, 2008 @ Asheville Civic Center
The Mars Volta

July 14th, 2008 @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Warped Tour
The Academy Is...
Against Me!
Anberlin
Angels & Airwaves
A Day to Remember
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Evergreen Terrace
Gym Class Heroes
mc chris
OreSkaBand
The Pinkertons
Protest the Hero
Relient K
Shwayze

July 1st, 2008 @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Dave Matthews Band
Michael Franti & Spearhead

May 9th, 2008 @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Radiohead
Liars

April 13th, 2008 @ New Brookland Tavern, Columbia
Murder by Death
O'Death
Kiss Kiss
Of Angels and Lions

April 4th, 2008 @ House Of Blues, Myrtle Beach
The Mars Volta

March 30th, 2008 @ Amos' Southend
Jimmy Eat World

March 21, 2008 @ Tremont Music Hall
Emery
Mayday Parade
As Cities Burn
Pierce the Veil
Cry Of The Afflicted

March 15, 2008 @ Tremont Music Hall
Heartwood
Harvard
Christopher Kincaid

March 10, 2008 @ The Neighborhood Theatre
Built to Spill
Meat Puppets
Helvetia

December 16, 2007 @ The Arena at Gwinnett Center
Modest Mouse
Silverchair
The Shins
Silversun Pickups

December 4, 2007 @ Amos
Silversun Pickups
Madina Lake

November 9, 2007 @ The Township Auditorium
The Smashing Pumpkins
Explosions in the Sky

October 29, 2007 @ the Milestone
Murder by Death
Public Radio

October 28, 2007 @ The Orange Peel
The New Pornographers
Emma Pollock

October 13, 2007 @ Tremont
Minus the Bear
The Helio Sequence
Tiny Vipers

September 19, 2007 @ Verizon Wireless
Dave Matthews Band
Robert Earl Keen

August 22, 2007 @ Verizon Wireless
Def Leppard
Foreigner
Styx

August 10, 2007 @ Verizon Wireless
The Allman Brothers Band
Drive-By Truckers

July 27, 2007 @ Verizon Wireless
Widespread Panic

July 23, 2007 @ Verizon Wireless
Warped Tour
Bad Religion
Pennywise
Pepper
Anberlin
Straylight Run
Circa Survive
Underoath

July 20, 2007 @ Verizon Wireless
311
Matisyahu

June 25, 2007 @ Headliners
Man Man
The Heist and The Accomplice

June 19, 2007 @ Tremont
Ozma
The Actual
boxbomb
Eastern Conference Champions

May 31, 2007 @ The Orange Peel
The Faint
The Berg Sans Nipple

May 24, 2007 @ Cat's Cradle
Cursive
These Arms Are Snakes
I Was Totally Destroying It

May 8, 2007 @ Tremont
Say Anything
Saves the Day
Meg & Dia
Manchester Orchestra

May 4, 2007 @ Greensboro Coliseum
Modest Mouse
Man Man
Love as Laughter

March 22, 2007 @ Amos
Mute Math
The Cinematics
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

March 7, 2007 @ Tremont
mewithoutYou
Sparta
Aloha

January 21, 2007 @ Tremont
Thursday
Fear Before the March of Flames
Murder by Death

December 1, 2006 @ Tremont
Gym Class Heroes
Cartel
Hot Vegas

November 29, 2006 @ Tremont
The Hush Sound
Murder by Death
This Providence

November 17, 2006 @ Tremont
Cursive
Jeremy Enigk
The Cops

June 20, 2006 @ Verizon Wireless
Dave Matthews Band
ALO

August 10, 2003 @ Carowinds
"Weird Al" Yankovic

Dover Falls, No Name Charlies,
Jimmy Eat World, Green Day,
Damien Rice, Fiona Apple,
Aloha
Serena Ryder, Jon McLaughlin, Paolo Nutini,
Inti-Illimani,
The B-52's
Ringo Starr, Billy Squier, Colin Hay, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright
Peter Yarrow, Bethany & Rufus
The Hush Sound, The Spill Canvas, Augustana, One Republic

1. How did you get into 31?
Neutral Milk Hotel.

Honestly, I just kept reading about how great they were all over the internet and figured I should give them a listen.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Aloha

All The Wars

3. What's your favourite lyric by 29?
Belle and Sebastian

"If you're feeling sinister, go off and see a minister."

4. What is your favourite album by 49?
Jets to Brazil

Orange Rhyming Dictionary

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Death Cab for Cutie

All digitally, four cds.

6. What is your favourite song by 50?
Los Campesinos

This is how you spell "hahaha, we destroyed the hopes and dreams of a generation of faux-romantics"


7. Is there a song by 4 that makes you sad?
Animal Collective

Well, there lyrics are anything but sad, but Winter Wonderland makes me really nostalgic.

8. What is your favourite song by 15?
Cut Copy

Feel The Love

9. What is your favourite song by 5?
Save The Sea Monkeys!

The Invisible Stray Cat

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
Maximo Park

Going Missing

11. What is your favourite album by 40?
The Books

The Lemon Of Pink