Most Schizoid Combination

Huh? That's like saying "I listened to Kansas, then Foreigner, then Journey, then Boston. Pretty weird, eh?"

I'd say mine was going from My Dad is Dead to Louis Jordan.

I have a mixtape that goes from some traditional Sicilian folk music (the wedding song from the Godfather) to Busta Rhymes' "Get Out".

I once played a a GWAR album while simultaneously playing Cocteau Twins mp3s, just to hear if I could get the two styles to mesh. The end result: 20% magic, 80% cacophany. (I could rarely get the beats to agree.)

I made my girlfriend a mixtape that went from a chunk of a Cut La Roc mix at the Big Beat Boutique to Harrison Birtwistle's "Endless Parade".

It also had Steeleye Span next to Riuichi Sakamoto next to Niki Skopewotsisname (Bill Laswell associated guitarist) next to Pop Will Eat Itself ... but the latter is pretty typical.

One of my favorite recent mix CDs (which isn't weird at all) goes :

The The : Like The Sun Risin' Thru My Garden

Robert Wyatt : Sea Song

Jean Michel-Jarre : Wooloomooloo

Momus : A Complete History of Sexual Jealousy

Nike Drake & Soft Machine : Broken Earth

808 State and Bjork : QMart

try it one day ... it makes a lot of sense.

Having this kind of mixed taste can cause problems for others. I happily go from Louis Prima (old jazz singer) to Atari Teenage Riot, in fact I prefer to treat music like this. Thanks to a previous purchase of mine, I was once faced with a website telling me that if I liked Louis Prima I would also like Atari Teenage Riot.

My last tape for friends (a Pick Of 2001) had the following acts, in order: Avalanches, DJ Teebee, NERD, Invisibl Skratch Picklz, Panacea, SPOOKS, Jeff Beck, Stakka & Skynet, Lolita Storm, Outkast, DJ Zinc, J Rawls, DJ Hazard, New Order, MOP, Accidental Heroes, Orbital, Knifehandchop. There are some pretty schizoid combinations there. I should add that this isn't me being deliberately cruel to friends - I listen to this tape a lot.

from mirah to mountaingoats to eminem. total schizo car trip.

these are some good ideas for bootlegs

Alec Empire to Oscar Peterson

yeh i'm bonkers, me!!!!!!!!!!!

Mine is probably Kraftwerk then ELP.

Erm, that doesn't seem weird at all? Firstly, of course, there's the original old school hip-hop/Kraftwerk connection, re: Afrika Bambaata using Tour de France samples, etc. And the fact that (what I've heard of) the EL-P record reeks of Electro influences, anyway.