"Sun Flare"

February 2008
Themed Round: Nostalgia
for: Mike Eternity

1. The Wind - Cat Stevens
2. Sunshine - Peter Salett
3. I’m On Fire - Electrelane
4. Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe - Okkervil River
5. Play With Fire - The Rolling Stones
6. Now, Now - St. Vincent
7. Your Heartache and Mine - Hari and Aino
8. Pleasant As May - Dolly Parton
9. Now That I Know - Devendra Banhart
10. Watercolours into the Ocean - Destroyer
11. Maybe Not - Cat Power
12. Our Kitten Sees Ghosts - Califone
13. Remember The Day - Sibylle Baier
14. The Nest - José González
15. Dr. Baker - The Beta Band
16. If You Could Read My Mind - Johnny Cash
17. Marx and Engels - Belle & Sebastian
18. Mansion On The Hill - Bruce Springsteen
19. Shatter - Liz Phair
20. Honey, We Can't Afford to Look This Cheap - The White Stripes

Comments on the mix: Ultimately, I found my Best Song Ever mix a bit too self indulgent, so I tried to come up with a mix with a general nostalgic vibe to it. Unfortunately, I had some new songs burning a hole in my pocket, and included them here even though they don't quite fit the mood I was going for. Which is sort of a "long ago summer day" feel.

"The Best Song Ever"

(A Chronological History)

February 2008
Themed Round: Nostalgia
for: Mike Eternity

1. Material Girl - Madonna
2. Oh l’Amour - Erasure
3. Stand - R.E.M.
4. Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
5. She’s an Angel - They Might Be Giants
6. Trouble - Cat Stevens
7. Help Me Mary - Liz Phair
8. Gigantic - The Pixies
9. Down by the Water - PJ Harvey
10. Overcome - Tricky
11. Disco 2000 - Pulp
12. Little Babies . Sleater Kinney
13. Sweetest Decline - Beth Orton
14. These Days - Nico
15. You’re Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl) -The White Stripes
16. Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
17. Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
18. Your Ex-Lover Is Dead - Stars
19. Lived in Bars - Cat Power
20. Paper Planes - M.I.A.
21. 23 Minutes in Brussels - Luna

Comments on the mix: I'm approaching the Nostalgia theme very literally here, by tracing my favorite songs from when I first became aware of pop music to the present day. The interesting thing about putting this together was how, early on in life, I have such distinct associations of song and moments, but more recently, everything blurs together. I also realized that I have had a lot of favorite songs that are quite long (!) and had to be excluded from this mix for that reason alone.

Comments on the cover: No cover! That's new. I decided to write liner notes for the first time, and I babbled on at such length that there was no room for a cover. However, I don't think I said anything worthy of repeating here.