make more mix cds

i’m pretty sure that i make enough mixes. the most recent was a 2-disc mix for madeline’s travels to france and lithuania. i throw them together when people come over. i’ve started one about the new apartment. i’m basically always making mixes, so i no longer need this as a goal. woo!

a mix for my friend madeline, going through a break-up (after more than a year) over his wanting to smoke pot too often. it begins with the issues and the reasonings, moves on to sadness, and then to moving on.

1. “wires and waves”—rilo kiley
2. “i’m looking through you”—the beatles
3. “your smile’s a drug”—patrick park
4. “drugs or me”—jimmy eat world
5. “high hopes”—pink floyd
6. “chemical party”—gavin degraw
7. “this is everything”—tegan & sara
8. “sleep”—azure ray
9. “trouble”—cat stevens
10. “snow cherries from france”—tori amos
11. “electro-shock blues”—eels
12. “august and everything after”—counting crows
13. “roger and out”—neil young
14. “square one”—coldplay
15. “landed”—ben folds
16. “coming home”—the 88
17. “walls (no. 3)”—tom petty
18. “goodbye alice in wonderland”—jewel
19. “hey man (now you’re really living)”—eels

that’s the title. a mix for my roommate, about her sporadic tendencies and her personality. kinda.

1. “tiger in my tank” –the eels
2. “yoshimi vs. the pink robots” –flaming lips
3. “somedays” –meredith brooks
4. “my slumbering heart” –rilo kiley
5. “want to be bad” –tegan & sara
6. “letterbox” –they might be giants
7. “i do both jay and jane” –larissa
8. “john gotti’s revenge” –vinylgroover and trixxy
9. “dancing in the dark” –bruce springsteen
10. “the future freaks me out” –motion city soundtrack
11. “yes u can” –jewel
12. “cinderella” –britney spears
13. “mr. blue sky” –electric light orchestra
14. “fired” –ben folds
15. “nightmare” –eve 6
16. “givin’ up” –the darkness
17. “dance move burglar” –euromotion
18. “sin wagon” –dixie chicks
19. “online songs” –blink 182
20. “i won’t back down” –tom petty
21. “forgiven” –alanis morissette

songs to remind rosy and i of old times, and songs to make new memories to.

disc one

1. “santa monica” -everclear
2. “girl like that” -matchbox 20
3. “hanginaround” -counting crows
4. “drops of jupiter” -train
5. “desperately wanting” -better than ezra
6. “speak slow” -tegan & sara
7. “hemorrhage (in my hands)” -fuel
8. “just push play” -aerosmith
9. “pink triangle” -weezer
10. “mascara” -killing heidi
11. “adrienne” -the calling
12. “learning to fly” -tom petty
13. “you’re a god” -vertical horizon
14. “i want to be in love” -melissa etheridge
15. “morning after” -howie day
16. “all you wanted” -michelle branch
17. “gotta stay high” -new radicals
18. “daniel” -elton john
19. “innocent” -fuel
20. “you helped me say goodbye” -orderly disarray

disc two

1. “camera one” -josh joplin group
2. “brown eyed girl” -everclear
3. “cigarette” -graham colton band
4. “dumpweed” -blink 182
5. “a minute without you” -hanson
6. “misery” -the moffatts
7. “3rd planet” -modest mouse
8. “sweet caroline” -neil diamond
9. “bad day” -fuel
10. “the new year” -death cab for cutie
11. “crawling” -linkin park
12. “mr. brightside” -the killers
13. “you know how i do” -taking back sunday
14. “time running” -tegan & sara
15. “seventy times 7” -brand new
16. “damn” -matchbox 20
17. “hanging by a moment” -lifehouse
18. “side” -travis
19. “hate” -fiction plane
20. “i palindrome i” -they might be giants
21. “i believe in a thing called love” -the darkness
22. “you guys are sick” -alex arrowsmith

my friend caitlin is having boy troubles. this is to make her stop thinking.. momentarily.

1. “cabron” -red hot chili peppers
2. “heartspark dollarsign” -everclear
3. “dragonfly” -ziggy marley
4. “electrolite” -r.e.m.
5. “banana slug” -alex arrowsmith
6. “the party song” -blink 182
7. “heavy metal drummer” -wilco
8. “the future freaks me out” -motion city soundtrack
9. “octopus’s garden” -the beatles
10. “leopard-skin pill-box hat” -bob dylan
11. “the legend of herscell gordon lewis” -mayhaw hoons
12. “cassette deck, road trip, grand canyon” -justin sane
13. “at least we’re dreaming” -eve 6
14. “pink triangle” -weezer
15. “las flores” -cafe tacuba
16. “rockin’ the suburbs” -ben folds
17. “zombie zoo” -tom petty
18. “banditos” -refreshments
19. “we want a rock” -they might be giants
20. “dance move burgler” -euromotion
21. “in the aeroplane over the sea” -neutral milk hotel
22. “gravity rides everything” -modest mouse
23. “i am a rock” -simon & garfunkel
24. “white trash wedding” -dixie chicks

a mix for my friend nichole for her break-up. i tried to make it chronological, starting with the doubts and ending with the healing. it has more “hip” music than i would normally choose because that is what she likes.

1. “the recluse” -cursive
2. “crucify” -tori amos
3. “i felt your shape” -the microphones
4. “never is a promise” -fiona apple
5. “leave it all” -orenda fink
6. “rags to rags” -eels
7. “ghost (live in boston)” -howie day
8. “porcelain” -better than ezra
9. “custom concern” -modest mouse
10. “missing you” -tegan & sara
11. “napoleon” -ani difranco
12. “the legionnaire’s lament” -the decemberists
13. “yahweh” -u2
14. “the letting go” -melissa etheridge
15. “someday you will be loved” -death cab for cutie
16. “dirty dream number two” -belle & sebastian
17. “the absence of god” -rilo kiley
18. “closer to fine” -indigo girls
19. “the swimming song” -loudon wainwright III
20. “in the aeroplane over the sea” -neutral milk hotel

i just finished a mix for farah and caitlin called “befriending requirements.” songs people should know if they are my friends. it’s two discs.

1. “promise” -eve 6
2. “ana ng” -they might be giants
3. “natural disaster” -rebecca pearcy
4. “monday monday monday” -tegan & sara
5. “yer so bad” -tom petty
6. “i’m always in love” -wilco
7. “lost without each other” -hanson
8. “crazy” -aerosmith
9. “wendy clear” -blink 182
10. “santa monica” -everclear
11. “sleeping in” -the postal service
12. “the swimming song” -loudon wainwright III
13. “romeo and juliet” -dire straits
14. “long day” -matchbox 20
15. “secret” -howie day
16. “sunday bloody sunday” -u2
17. “me and julio down by the schoolyard” -paul simon
18. “take it easy” -the eagles
19. “fade away (i’m fading)” -jewel
20. “accidentally like a martyr” -warren zevon
21. “holland, 1945” -neutral milk hotel

1. “jump” -van halen
2. “bastard” -ben folds
3. “allentown” -billy joel
4. “breakfast in america” -supertramp
5. “holiday in spain” -counting crows
6. “a favor house atlantic” -coheed & cambria
7. “slide” -goo goo dolls
8. “wonderwall” -oasis
9. “i know i’m not wrong” -fleetwood mac
10. “leaving town” -dexter freebish
11. “neverending math equation” -modest mouse
12. “don’t tell me your name” -euromotion
13. “jesse’s girl” -rick springfield
14. “hate” -fiction plane
15. “no souvenirs” -melissa etheridge
16. “baba o’riley” -the who
17. “photobooth” -death cab for cutie
18. “i don’t wanna die anymore” -new radicals
19. “nightswimming” -r.e.m.
20. “america” -simon & garfunkel

i made a mix of songs i discovered and loved in 2005. it has 269 songs. i need to cut it and possibly put it in chronological order.

i’m working on a christmas mix. i kind-of cheated because i just looked for “christmas,” “snow,” “family,” “home,” and other words in song titles and then threw them together. but too bad. it counts.