zebra

cover, pencil, sketch deviantart

i first drew this checkerboard-zebra my senior year of high school in psychology. i then redrew it, added the colorful background, and used it as the cover for a mix tape. the zebra is pencil, and the background is colored pencil. when i started making cds i scanned the drawing, cropped it to a square, and for some reason faded the edges with black (tape version pictured here). for the back i used a far side comic about zebras (striped) and overlayed the tracklist in green bars coming in from the sides.

the tracks on this cd largely drew from the tape, but considering all the music from a 90-minute tape won't fit on a 74-minute cd, i had to cut some. actually i decided to cut more than i needed to and added some others just to keep it interesting. while this cd falls into the same category as the ska-skank redemption, i was not concerned on this disc that all tracks be skankable, just that i could collect another disc full of good ska, swing, punk, and rockabilly.

1. theme from the norm show
2. madness — “one step beyond”
3. spesial guest — “a little song for elliot”
4. mayfair laundry — “swing your partner”
5. five iron frenzy — “milestone”
6. squad five-o — “nice to meet you”
7. the insyderz — “(bonus track)”
8. silage — “jesus is my best friend”
9. the o.c. supertones — “little man”
10. pspazz — “every day”
11. spesial guest — “shell”
12. mr. smarty pants — “one eyed sailor man”
13. the w's — “king of polyester”
14. squad five-o — “savannah”
15. silage — “election skank”
16. the insyderz — “common riddle”
17. the o.c. supertones — “caught inside”
18. theme from veggie tales
19. the insyderz — “this i know”
20. squad five-o — “stand up”
21. five iron frenzy — “suckerpunch”
22. pocket change — “my god”
23. the insyderz — “enthos”
24. ruby joe — “childhood love song”
25. the o.c. supertones — “adonai”
26. the electrics — “back of your head”
27. why? — “change”

how do you like it?