Porno, Mint & Grime

Porno, Mint & Grime is the third compilation album by American pop rock band Self, originally released online bi-monthly throughout 2004 as a series of four free b-sides to tide fans over until the release of Self’s then-shelved album Ornament & Crime (2017), the album was eventually compiled with multiple other cut tracks and demos, before being offered for download along with complete cover art and liner notes for fans who chose to burn their own CD, and released online for free on April 14, 2005.

Originally published exclusively online by an associate of the band with Self’s lead member Matt Mahaffey’s approval, the album received a more official release in physical form in August 2017, which cut the track She’s An Island. The name is a soundalike from their album Ornament and Crime. The album released mere weeks before co-founder Mike Mahaffey’s death in May 2005, which lead to the band entering a hiatus, returning in 2012 and releasing the EP Super Fake Nice in 2014. As of 2025, it is currently Self’s last compilation album.

The song This is Love appears in a trailer to the 2004 box-office bomb film Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, and the soundtrack for the 2006 film Another Gay Movie.