"Garden Party"

June 2007
for: Jedzz

1. Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie & The Banshees
2. Listen Up! - The Gossip
3. Open Your Heart - Lavender Diamond
4. Sideshow By The Seashore - Luna
5. How Do I Let A Good Man Down? - Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
6. Number 1 -Goldfrapp
7. Sorry - Madonna
8. Trains to Brazil - Guillemots
9. Cherries in the Snow - Elk City
10. Dirty Mind - The Pipettes
11. The Seed (2.0) - The Roots & Cody Chestnutt
12. Wet And Rusting - Menomena
13. Lady Lawyers - Oxford Collapse
14. Stuck Between Stations - The Hold Steady
15. Alcohol - Saturday Looks Good To Me
16. I Need All The Friends I Can Get - Camera Obscura
17. I Feel It All - Feist
18. Night Majestic - Au Revoir Simone
19. All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem
20. Cut And Run - Electrelane

Comments on the mix: Following Sunburn and Picnic, here's what strikes me as "summery" music in 2007. Couldn't come up with a great title this year (too much like "Picnic"), but the butterflies are cute!

"Mixed Company"

April/May 2007
for: jakes mom

1. Your Ex-Love Is Dead – Stars
2. Letter From An Occupant – The New Pornographers
3. Johnny Cash – Sons & Daughters
4. All My Little Words – The Magnetic Fields
5. The Well & The Lighthouse – Arcade Fire
6. What Have I Done To Deserve This? – Pet Shop Boys
7. In The Walls – Stellastarr
8. The Mess We’re In – PJ Harvey
9. Dragonflys – Devendra Banhart
10. Candy – Iggy Pop & Kate Pierson
11. Honey Babe – Magic Car
12. Ghosts Are Good Company – Bishop Allen
13. Ramblin Man – Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
14. Kool Thing – Sonic Youth
15. Words You Used To Say – Dean & Britta
16. No Bad News – Bonnie “Prince” Billy
17. Legal Man – Belle & Sebastian
18. Some Velvet Morning – Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra
19. Our Way To Fall – Yo La Tengo
20. Well It’s True That We Love One Another – The White Stripes

Comments on the mix: This mix idea has been kicking around for a while, but the Dean & Britta album finally forced me to act. All these songs have a mix of male and female voices. They aren't necessarily duets; there are backing vocals as well. I'm not sure why I kept it so indie rock. Initially, I had some other genres in there, but took them out. This combination seemed right. (That delicious blast from the past by Iggy Pop and Kate Pierson, is complements of a recent mix I received from derhay)

Comments on the cover: This isn't the cover I sent to jakes mom. I wasn't that happy with the original cover, so when I was teaching myself InDesign this month I redid it. I've got a feeling that I'll send this mix out again, so I might as well have a cover I like.

"Hope"

March 2007
for: decca

1. I'll Believe in Anything - Wolf Parade
2. Mighty Fine Blues - Eels
3. Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken - Camera Obscura
4. More Than This - Roxy Music
5. Mama, Won't You Keep Those Castles In The Air And Burning? - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
6. Scenic World - Beirut
7. I'm Into Something Good - Earl-Jean
8. Wait For Me - Dean & Britta
9. Cripple Crow - Devendra Banhart
10. Magic Trick - M. Ward
11. I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine - Patti Page
12. Canada - The Field Mice
13. Keep The Car Running - Arcade Fire
14. My Doorbell - The White Stripes
15. Typing - Saturday Looks Good To Me
16. Roses & Hips - Keren Ann
17. Revolver - Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
18. The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side - The Magnetic Fields
19. You And I Are A Gang Of Losers - The Dears
20. Noah's Ark - Cocorosie
21. Wayfaring Stranger - Neko Case

Comments on the mix: Unfortunately, "Hope" means very little here. This is basically a themeless mix with a title stuck on it. But "Hope" seemed ... March-appropriate.

"Sweater Set"

February 2007
for: BlueJayWay

1. Requiem - M. Ward
2. Postcards From Italy - Beirut
3. You Work All Weekend - Saturday Looks Good To Me
4. Lay And Love - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
5. Civil War Correspondent - John Parish & Polly Jean Harvey
6. Bewitched - Luna
7. Adlai Stevenson - Sufjan Stevens
8. Our Kitten Sees Ghosts - Califone
9. Forgot To Write - Oxford Collapse
10. Click Click Click Click - Bishop Allen
11. Tonight - Sibylle Baier
12. Is It Any Wonder - The Shortwave Set
13. Everyone - Van Morrison
14. Us - Regina Spektor
15. Awkward Duet - Sons & Daughters
16. Kiss Me Like You Mean It - The Magnetic Fields
17. Ugly Love - Eels
18. Country Mile - Camera Obscura
19. Bring It Back Again - The Earlies
20. May Queen - Liz Phair
21. And Sleep Al Mar - Au Revoir Simone

Comments on the mix: Following Off Season, this was another effort to create a cozy, wintery mix. During the planning stages, I was calling it "My Favorite Sweater," but I think that "Sweater Set" is a cooler, and more mix-appropriate title.

Comments on the cover: Yup, those are my sweaters. I shot them while the disk was burning. First time I photographed something just for a mix cover.