just a mixed-tape
collection for the
twenty-first century

October 16, 2003:
Swank Trax 2003 happened at the beginning of October. I managed to get a lot of people interested in the "Rejected" cartoon, first showed to me by Melissa Owens.
This album was the metalist Swank Trax ever, as I am getting less and less excited about developments in the punk scene. It seems like every band wants to be labelled "Punk" even if the shit they play is light rock, technoshit or screaming noise. I'm so disillusioned.

april 6, 2003:
My buddy Andrew Mills was planning on making a Swank Trax with an evil theme, but he's a lazy ass and nothing ever happened.
And it's that time again - Swank Trax 2003 is on the drawring board. The next in the series is just in the planning stages now, but expect tracks from Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Metallica, Godsmack, Powerman 5000, The White Stripes, Filter, and other fine corporate American bands.

december 16, 2002:
New project pages for Swank Trax 2000, Swank Trax Couchabunga, and Swank Trax 2001 feature webpages recovered from our archives of Jesserific.com. We used to own that domain (and swanktrax.com) but we let them expire. Jesserific.com domain was picked up by courteous porn-vendors who now use it to market hardcore sex! And swanktrax.com is vacant, so you should pick it up today!

november 30, 2002:
Burnt, bundled and ready to roll - Swank Trax Red Button, featuring hand-crafted covers and songs you won't recognize but will love.

june 23, 2002:
It's all done, and I decided to post my advice for next year on a new Swank Trax 2002 project page.

may 14, 2002:
I'm pissed cause I can't find "Ha Ha You're Dead" from Greenday or anything from Filter's amalgamut disc. However, thus far I have the following tracks to appear on swank trax 2002:

  • The Strokes: Hard to Explain
  • The White Stripes: Hotel Yorba
  • The Hives: Hate to Say I Told You So
  • Weezer: Dope Nose
  • Boxcar Racer: I Feel So
  • New Found Glory: My Friend's Over You
  • Cake: Comfort Eagle
  • Incubus: Be a Hot Dancer
  • Incubus: 11am
  • Moby: We Are All Made Of Stars
  • Korn: Here to Stay
  • The Dandy Warhols: Solid
  • Jimmy Eat World: Bleed American and I'm also thinking about . . . Staind/Aaron Lewis (Epiphany/Black), Papa Roach, A Simple Plan, POD, Custom, Melissa Auf Der Maur, System of a Down (Aerials or something from the Toxicity sessions), Adema, Limp Bizkit (Faith RMX), Radiohead, Green Day, (Poprocks & Coke), Marilyn Manson (Tainted Love), Shocore, Puddle of Mudd

    march 27, 2002:
    what i'm considering for swank trax 2002:

  • Moby (single: "We Are All Made Out of Stars,")
  • Strokes (single: "Hard To Explain.")
  • Silverchair (single: "The Greatest View,")
  • Filter (album: "The Amalgamut")
  • Korn (single: "Here to Stay")
  • Weezer (single: "Dope Nose")
  • Melissa Auf Der Maur (a cover of a Clash song)
  • Boxcar Racer (single: "I Feel So")
  • Lit (song: "Happy in the Meantime")

    march 27, 2002:
    the swank trax project gets a website. someday soon we might just get scans of all the swank trax covers, track lists, etc.

  • Swank Trax
    Swank Trax 2
    Swank Trax: Heavy
    Swank Trax: Deep Thoughts
    Jesserific Sounds
    Boots
    Swank Trax 2000
    Swank Trax Couchabunga
    Swank Trax 2001
    Swank Trax 2002
    Swank Trax Red Button
    Swank Trax 2003