So, yeah, I'm a little behind posting my mix cd tracklistings as of late. I made one for my friend Shannon a couple months ago, which I will post the tracks for soon. Meanwhile, here's one I started making for the trip to see Come Down at Sin-é with Dawn the night we were both supposed to make mix cds, but mine was not ready and she thought hers was too crappy. I ended up finishing it just in time for my trip to Syracuse to see Jismo and surprise him for his birthday the day after his birthday.

Space, Love & Geography: Metal, Maps & Pain

1. Slowdive "Alison"
2. Mogwai "Stanley Kubrick"
3. Brian Jonestown Massacre "Who?"
4. Treepeople "Big Mouth Strikes Again" (The Smiths)
5. Carlos "Heavy Metal Monday"
6. Les Savy Fav "Dishonest Don Pt. II"
7. Idlewild "You Held The World In Your Arms"
8. Medicine "Time Baby 2"
9. Dead Low Tide "Navy Buttons"
10. New Pornographers "From Blown Speakers"
11. Long Winters "Scent Of Lime"
12. imaginary baseball league "from arkansas, with love"
13. Mountain Goats "Going To Port Washington"
14. Destroyer "Sublimation Hour"
15. The Decemberists "Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect"
16. +/- {Plus/Minus} "Trapped Under Ice Floes {Redux}"
17. Interpol "Leif Erikson"
18. Elefant "Annie"
19. Broadcast "Before We Begin"
20. The Postal Service "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight"
21. Migala "Arde"

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Here's the listing for a brand new mix cd I just finished at 4am, after finishing it at 8pm and then changing the tracks around again, unfortunately dropping the Dismemberment Plan...it was hard, but it had to be done.

It Was Easy When You Were Younger

1. Television Personalities "If I Could Write Poetry"
2. Ballboy "I Wonder If You're Drunk Enough To Sleep With Me Tonight"
3. The Stratford 4 "Tiger Girl"
4. The Raveonettes "Do You Believe Her"
5. Yo La Tengo "Deeper Into Movies"
6. Interpol "Untitled"
7. +/- {Plus/Minus} "Here We Are {Again}"
8. Grandaddy "The Warming Sun"
9. Pete Yorn "Ez"
10. Pedro The Lion "Indian Summer"
11. Damien Jurado "Inevitable"
12. Wolf Colonel "I Swear I Am"
13. Idlewild "I'm Happy To Be Here Tonight"
14. Canyon "Blankets And Shields"
15. The Long Winters "Stupid"
16. Rilo Kiley "The Execution Of All Things"
17. Tracy Shedd "Faint Pale Smiles"
18. Archers of Loaf "You And Me"
19. Karl Hendricks Trio "Somewhere A Weekend Of Sin"
20. Unwound "Fiction Friction"

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So that's the kinda stuff I'm putting on mixes these days. I've got ideas for one or two more right now, with about 10 or so tracks already on deck in iTunes waiting for the call. Going to Manhattan today (pretty soon, actually) to do so café relaxin', people watchin' and writin' before doing a little record shoppin' and then meetin' up with my friend Molly, who is in town from upstate. We're gonna chill and then go see Beulah and John Vanderslice. She hasn't heard of either act, but you know they're so good she will love it. Anywho, that should be all for now. Gotsta get dressed and get the heck out of the hizzouse. Because, a lot like Not, I'm never on time...I'm always....sleeping!

now playing: Canyon - "Blankets & Shields"