Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 57 minutes ago
Yep, it's finally here. After months of requests, I can finally upload it! The remasters are out! This is no longer confidential! Wooooo!
Seriously though, this tape is so cool to have. It was a comp originally made for Don Bolles, and shows a great window into Ariel's writing and compiling process. Notice how Side A is named House Arrest after a song, and has a totally different sequence, and that Lover Boy doesn't have its name yet! This was WAY pre House Arrest/Lover Boy, and who knows, maybe he was still tossing around the Confessions idea here!
I think this just really shows how Ariel really works in ways of mixtapes, and his physical albums are just mixes that got released publicly (except for maybe The Doldrums and Worn Copy).
Something else cool you'll notice: some tracks are at different pitches! These were (as far as we can tell) the original pitches of the songs. You see, Ariel's tapedeck was on its last legs, and sometimes transfered at the wrong speed. If he liked the difference, he would keep it! Cool, huh?
Also Helen has a motherfucking stroke in the middle there. And what the FUCK is Steviepink doing here? In a different pitch too? What?
I could ramble about everything that's cool about this tape all day (๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ยป ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด), but instead here's the tracklist:
Side A: House Arrest
0:00โ So Glad
6:24โ Interesting Results
9:07โ Want Me
11:25โ Getting High in the Morning
18:08โ Helen
21:42โ Loverboy
23:27โ Flying Circles
27:22โ House Arrest
32:23โ Every Night I Die at Miyagis
36:20โ She's My Girl
39:59โ The People I'm Not
46:00โ Almost Waiting
Side B - Odditysodomy 2
46:39โ Didn't It Click?
49:58โ I Don't Need Enemies
53:21โ Don't Talk to Strangers
56:32โ Blew Straws
59:01โ Let's Get Married Tonite (and have a honeymoon in the big apple)
1:02:27โ Johnathan's Halo
1:06:24โ Older Than Her Years
1:08:59โ Poultry Head
1:11:38โ Hobbies Galore
1:15:45โ Ghosts
1:19:26โ The Birds They Sing in You
1:20:57โ Steviepink
1:26:44โ Doggone (Sheggone)
Enjoy guys!
Yep, it's finally here. After months of requests, I can finally upload it! The remasters are out! This is no longer confidential! Wooooo!
Seriously though, this tape is so cool to have. It was a comp originally made for Don Bolles, and shows a great window into Ariel's writing and compiling process. Notice how Side A is named House Arrest after a song, and has a totally different sequence, and that Lover Boy doesn't have its name yet! This was WAY pre House Arrest/Lover Boy, and who knows, maybe he was still tossing around the Confessions idea here!
I think this just really shows how Ariel really works in ways of mixtapes, and his physical albums are just mixes that got released publicly (except for maybe The Doldrums and Worn Copy).
Something else cool you'll notice: some tracks are at different pitches! These were (as far as we can tell) the original pitches of the songs. You see, Ariel's tapedeck was on its last legs, and sometimes transfered at the wrong speed. If he liked the difference, he would keep it! Cool, huh?
Also Helen has a motherfucking stroke in the middle there. And what the FUCK is Steviepink doing here? In a different pitch too? What?
I could ramble about everything that's cool about this tape all day (๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ยป ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด), but instead here's the tracklist:
Side A: House Arrest
0:00โ So Glad
6:24โ Interesting Results
9:07โ Want Me
11:25โ Getting High in the Morning
18:08โ Helen
21:42โ Loverboy
23:27โ Flying Circles
27:22โ House Arrest
32:23โ Every Night I Die at Miyagis
36:20โ She's My Girl
39:59โ The People I'm Not
46:00โ Almost Waiting
Side B - Odditysodomy 2
46:39โ Didn't It Click?
49:58โ I Don't Need Enemies
53:21โ Don't Talk to Strangers
56:32โ Blew Straws
59:01โ Let's Get Married Tonite (and have a honeymoon in the big apple)
1:02:27โ Johnathan's Halo
1:06:24โ Older Than Her Years
1:08:59โ Poultry Head
1:11:38โ Hobbies Galore
1:15:45โ Ghosts
1:19:26โ The Birds They Sing in You
1:20:57โ Steviepink
1:26:44โ Doggone (Sheggone)
Enjoy guys!
