"2009 Lives"

December 2009
for: Diane Court

1. Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat - Beck
3. Treat Me Like Your Mother - The Dead Weather
4. Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen - PJ Harvey & John Parish
5. Sabali - Amadou & Mariam
6. Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear
7. Lisztomania - Phoenix
8. My Girls - Animal Collective
9. Periodically Triple Or Double - Yo La Tengo
10. You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II) - Sunset Rubdown
11. French Navy - Camera Obscura
12. Two - The Antlers
13. Slush - Jarvis Cocker
14. Beware Your Only Friend - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
15. Magpie To The Morning - Neko Case
16. Snookered - Dan Deacon
17. Everyday - Vetiver

Comments on the mix: My annual year in review.

"Back to School"

September 2009
for: brautigiggle

1. School Days - Chuck Berry
2. Bad Reputation - Joan Jett
3. Peacebone - Animal Collective
4. Help! - The Beatles
5. Natural's Not In It - Gang Of Four
6. Roadrunner - The Modern Lovers
7. Radio, Radio - Elvis Costello
8. Rock And Roll - The Velvet Underground
9. Poor Old Soul (part 2) - Orange Juice
10. Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
11. Fake Tales Of San Francisco - Arctic Monkeys
12. I Cut Like A Buffalo - The Dead Weather
13. He's Got the Power - The Exciters
14. URAQT - M.I.A.
15. Long Island - That Dog
16. Over and Over Again (Lost and Found) - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
17. The Power Is On - The Go! Team
18. 1901 - Phoenix
19. B.O.B. - Outkast
20. Hey - The Pixies
21. I’m On Fire - Electrelane
22. American Music - Violent Femmes
23. Undeclared - The Dodos

Comments on the mix: I'm feeling OLD, so I wanted to do a mix inspired by the spirit and energy of youth.

"Highway"

July 2009
Themed Round: Road Trip
for: Adieu

1. Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street) - Hank Snow
2. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat - Beck
3. Treat Me Like Your Mother - The Dead Weather
4. Motor Away - Guided By Voices
5. Johnny Cash - Sons & Daughters
6. I Lost It - Lucinda Williams
7. Moon Palace - Luna
8. Jackson (With June Carter) - Johnny Cash
9. Someone's Daughter - Beth Orton
10. Woof Woof - Dan Deacon
11. Another Saturday Night - Sam Cooke
12. Car Song - Elastica
13. Love Like A Sunset Part I - Phoenix
14. Honey In The Sun - Camera Obscura
15. Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
16. My Girls - Animal Collective
17. On The Other Side - Vetiver
18. Vengeance Is Sleeping - Neko Case
19. Honk If You're Lonely - Silver Jews
20. Movin' Right Along - The Muppet Movie Soundtrack

Comments on the mix: Very loosely themed mix, but probably what I'd put together for a road trip at this moment. (I already did a road trip mix here.)

"Beach Ball"

June 2009
for: ord

1. Lisztomania - Phoenix
2. I'm A Lady - Santogold
3. Summertime Clothes - Animal Collective
4. Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5. Black Postcards - Luna
6. Each Year - Ra Ra Riot
7. Friction - Television
8. People Got A Lotta Nerve - Neko Case
9. Sabali - Amadou & Mariam
10. Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard - Paul Simon
11. Rome (Wasn't Built In A Day) - Sam Cooke
12. French Navy - Camera Obscura
13. Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear
14. Ooh Carla, Ooh Otis - Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
15. Nothing Ever Happened - Deerhunter
16. Rock And Roll - The Velvet Underground
17. Snookered - Dan Deacon
18. Everyday - Vetiver

Comments on the mix: Just my annual summer entry.

"In the Wee Hours"

April 2009
Themed Round: Mixee-dictated
for: kickedinthehead

1. Lived In Bars - Cat Power
2. New Round - Beck
3. You Want The Candy - The Raveonettes
4. Hysteric - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5. 1000 Words - Arthur & Yu
6. Magpie To The Morning - Neko Case
7. Winter - The Dodos
8. I'm Getting Back Into Getting Back Into You - Silver Jews
9. Now That I Know - Devendra Banhart
10. This Deed - Electrelane
11. Go Now - Bessie Banks
12. Avril 14th - Aphex Twin
13. Let It Die - Feist
14. Stay Golden - Au Revoir Simone
15. Good Morning, Heartache - Billie Holiday
16. It's A Fire - Portishead
17. After Hours - The Velvet Underground
18. Martha - Tom Waits
19. Bar Italia - Pulp
20. The Orchids - Califone
21. Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste - Galaxie 500
22. I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet) - The White Stripes

Comments on the mix: For this mix, I was inspired by my mixee's favorite time of day: "the wee hours of the morning." It turns out it's kind of hard to create an entire mix of songs that sound like the end of something. I think about half of these tracks could have filled the final slot.

Comments on the cover: Photo by Brassai. Also, I got a new printer. Yay!

"A Little Help From My Mix Club Friends"

January 2009
Themed Round: The Mix Club
for: Masticator

1. Surf Wax America - Weezer
- (from sraina, February 2005)
2. Surf Song - James Yorkston and The Athletes
- (from jimcat, October 2005)
3. Can I Steal A Little Love? - Frank Sinatra
- (from rekkidbraka, June 2008)
4. We're So Cool - The Au Pairs
- (from derhay, December 2006)
5. Get By - Talib Kweli
- (from Diddydeezie, April 2005)
6. Comfy In Nautica - Panda Bear
- (from Mike Eternity, April 2007)
7. Eighties - Killing Joke
- (from Surly Booty, February 2008)
8. Apartment Story - The National
- (from BlueJayWay, April 2008)
9. Expressway To Your Heart - Amen Corner
- (from brautigiggle, July 2007)
10. Girls Like Me - Bonnie Hayes with The Wild Combo
- (from Diane Court, May 2006)
11. Bam Bam - Sister Nancy
- (from Spinning Will, June 2007)
12. It's Getting Better - Mama Cass
- (from Masticator, July 2008)
13. He's So Fine - The Chiffons
- (from glammonkey, November 2005)
14. James K. Polk - They Might Be Giants
- (from decca, December 2008)
15. Mockingbird - Etta James & Taj Mahal
- (from CagedRage, November 2006)
16. Ooh La La - Goldfrapp
- (from nudgewinkgirl, March 2007)
17. I Hear The Bells - Mike Dougty
- (from Jedzz, September 2008)
18. Our Hell - Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton
- (from Adieu, January 2008)
19. Valley Winter Song - Fountains Of Wayne
- (from Ballroom Pink, November 2007)
20. Sampson - Regina Spektor
- (from P.D. Noosh, November 2007)
21. Don't Drop Out - Dolly Parton
- (from Sgt Howie, December 2005)
22. Everyday - The Raveonettes
- (from Lost Highway, March 2006)

Comments on the mix: Finally! A retrospective of some of the great music I received through the Club. The first track is from my very first round participating. Made for former Mix Club czar Masticator.

"Crazy 2008"

January 2009
for: Masticator

1. You! Me! Dancing! - Los Campesinos!
2. DLZ - TV On The Radio
3. Each Year - Ra Ra Riot
4. Kids - MGMT
5. Psychotic Girl - The Black Keys
6. Dead Sound - The Raveonettes
7. Lights Out - Santogold
8. Fools - The Dodos
9. Ready For The Floor - Hot Chip
10. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes
11. So Everyone - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
12. Skinny Love - Bon Iver
13. Split Lips - Sons & Daughters
14. California Girls - The Magnetic Fields
15. Cheap and Cheerful - The Kills
16. Salute Your Solution - The Raconteurs
17. Strange Victory, Strange Defeat - Silver Jews
18. Children's Crusade - Oxford Collapse
19. Along The Way - DeVotchKa
20. More News From Nowhere - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Comments on the mix: Annual year-in-review mix. See 2005, 2006 and 2007. (Printer still dead.)