Monday, December 14, 2009

"The Get Me Through These Holidays" Mixtape - Matt


1. Elephant Man - Badman holiday
2. Sponge Bob Squarepants - Don't be a jerk (it's christmas)
3. Looking Glass - Brandy (you're a fine girl)
4. Run DMC - Christmas in hollis
5. James Brown - Christmas in heaven
6. Loretta Lynn - High on a mountain top
7. Frank Sinatra - The first noel
8. The Kinks - Holiday in waikiki
9. The Flaming Lips - Christmas at the zoo
10. Sun Ra - It's christmas time
11. Stevie Wonder - What christmas means to me
12. Clarence Carter - Back door santa
13. The Onion - People saying "happy spring holiday"
14. Chevy Chase - Kiss my ass (christmas vacation)

"The Get Me Through These Holidays" Mixtape - Patrick


"A Very Hipster Christmas"
1. Louis C.K. - Christmas caroling
2. Jimmy Smith - The christmas song
3. Ted Leo - Annunciation day/born on christmas day
4. The Raveonettes - The christmas song
5. Hopewell - Christmas now
6. Ivy - Christmas time is here
7. I Am the World Trade Center - The rockerfeller tree
8. Brian Dewan - R2D2, we wish you a merry christmas
9. Sufjan Stevens - Come on! Let's boogey to the elf dance!
10. Leon Redbone/Zooey Deschanel - Baby it's cold outside
11. James Brown - Please come home for christmas
12. Kings of Convenience - Deilig er jorden
13. Mercury Rev - Endlessly
14. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Christmas eve
15. The Four Corners - My gift to you (it's me)
16. Descendents - Christmas vacation
17. Low - Just like christmas
18. Marvin Gaye - Christmas in the city (instrumental)
19. Sonic Youth - Santa doesn't cop out on dope
20. Emily and Micah McGraw - This christmas
21. Triangle park - Christmas lights
22. Of Montreal - Christmas isn't safe for animals
23. Jimmy Smith - God rest ye merry gentlemen
24. The Wee Turtles - Benjamin, santa's on to you
25. Daniel Johnston - Rockin' around the christmas tree
26. Death Cab for Cutie - Christmas (baby please come home)

"The Get Me Through These Holidays" Mixtape - Eric


"Home for the Holidays - Heavy Rotation in the Ghetto Sled"
1. Rocket from the Crypt - Born in '69
2. Sunny Day Real Estate - In circles
3. Pixies - Bone machine
4. Weezer - The good life
5. Nirvana - All apologies
6. Pixies - Wave of mutilation
7. Led Zeppelin - What is what should never be
8. The Pharcyde - Oh, shit!
9. KRS-One - Wannabemceez
10. Mos Def, Mr. Man, Reflection Eternal - Fortified live
11. High & Mighty, Baby Black, Rahsheed - Open mic night
12. Gang Starr & Inspectah Deck - Above the clouds
13. 8 Off, R.A. the Rugged Man - 'Til my heart stops
14. Prince - Get off
15. The Sonics - Have love, will travel
16. Modest Mouse - Teeth like god's shoeshine
17. At the Drive In - One armed scissor
18. Queens of the Stone Age - No one knows
19. Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945

"The Get Me Through These Holidays" Mixtape - Damien


"Yeah it's that family time of year (and boy am I glad they're all dead"
1. Sun Kil Moon - Neverending math equation
2. K.D. Lang - Helpless
3. Townes Van Zandt - Sanitarium blues
4. Patty Griffin - Useless desires
5. Railroad Jerk - I'm not mad
6. Children's Hospital - Unseen
7. The Action Swingers - Nembutal sunset
8. The Drags - Jet lag
9. Tav Falco and Panther Burns - Going home
10. Regina Spektor - The noise
11. Ani DiFranco - Angry no more
12. Volcano Suns - Descent into hell
13. Eddy Current Suppression Ring - I admit my faults
14. Pig Destroyer - Thought crime spree
15. Pig Destroyer - Deflower
16. Converge - You fail me
17. Flying Saucer Attack - Make me dream
18. Sexy Kids - Sisters are forever
19. The Receptionists - Seasonal affection disorder
20. Bob Desper - Dry up those tears
21. Glasvegas - A snowflake fell (and it felt like a kiss)
22. Tonstartsbandht - Black country

"The Get Me Through These Holidays" Mixtape - Kelly


"Holiday Stress Mix: The Soundtrack"
1. Yann Tierson - 1976
2. Okkervil River - Listening to Otis Redding (ast home during Christmas)
3. The Flirtations - Christmas time is here
4. Breathe Owl Breathe - Home
5. Emmy the Great - Where is my mind?
6. Laura Barrett - Robot ponies
7. The Generationals - When they fight, they fight
8. Jimmy Stewart - Zuzu's petals
9. Rogue Wave - Christmas
10. Belle & Sebastian - Get me away from here, I'm dying
11. Andrew Bird - Tables and chairs
12. Mogwai - Christmas song
13. The Botticellis - Here I go again
14. Harlem Shakes - Strictly game

"The Get Me Through These Holidays" Mixtape - Steve

"A Boo-yah Noo-yah To-yah"

1. George Harrison - Ding dong ding dong
2. Monty Python - Christmas in heaven
3. The Verve - A new decade
4. El Ten Eleven - Indian winter
5. Marvin Gaye - Christmas in the city (instrumental)
6. George Winston - Variations on canon
7. Papertrigger - Ice cold dreams
8. Marvin Gaye - Purple snowflakes
9. Sammy Davis Jr. - On a clear day

"The Get Me Through These Holidays" Mixtape - Caresh



"Awkward Moments of Silence with Cousin Clyde. Christmas Time, Before the Wine. 1977"
1. Les Demerle - A day in the life
2. The Mowhawks - The champ
3. Aretha Franklin - Chain of fools
4. Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions
5. The Jackson 5 - Enjoy yourself
6. Allen Toussaint - Get out of my life woman
7. Nat King Cole - Straighten up and fly right (remix)
8. O'Donel Levy - Bad bad simba
9. The Champs - Tequila
10. Fred Wesely and the JB's - Papa don't take no mess pt. 1
11. Little Beaver (aka Willie Hale) - Get into the party life
12. Otis Redding - Let me come on home
13. The Supremes - Reflections
14. Fleet Foxes - White winter hymnal
15. Tom Waits - Grapefruit moon
16. The Mamas & the Papas - California dreamin'
17. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary machine
18. Kimya Dawson - The beer
19. Moondog - Trees against the sky
20. Tom Waits - Wasted & wounded

Thursday, December 10, 2009

"The Get Me Through These Holidays" Mixtape - Marissa


The actual theme for this mix is: "Hiding out in the garage drinking a glass of straight whiskey and smoking a cigarette and DAMMIT I SAID I'D GET ANOTHER CAN OF CREAMED CORN FROM THE GARAGE DIDN'T I? JEEZ GIMME A MINUTE (I love family holidays mix)"

My idea for the mix was my ultimate sing-along songs, and the songs that I would full-on rock out to no matter what the awkward or stressful circumstance.

1. The Mountain Goats - This year
2. Martha Wainwright - Tower of song
3. The Rolling Stones - Angie
4. Elton John - Tiny dancer
5. My Morning Jacket - Masterplan
6. The Walkmen - The rat
7. Smog - Whistling teapot (rag)
8. The Doors - The soft parade
9. Spoon - The infinite pet
10. Built to Spill - Wherever you go
11. R.E.M. - Swan swan hummingbird
12. Cat Power - Nude as the news
13. The Smiths - I want the one I can't have
14. Modest Mouse - Teeth like god's shoeshine
15. Flight of the Conchords - Hurt feelings
16. Tom Waits - Tango till they're sore

Monday, November 16, 2009

"The Pollyanna" Mixtape for Eric - Lizzay

1. Akudama - Love
2. Etta James - Just a little bit
3. Aretha Franklin - Money won't change you
4. David Bowie - In the heat of the morning
5. The Beatles - She came in through the bathroom window
6. Elliott Smith - Pictures of me
7. Janis Joplin - Get it while you can
8. Bob Dylan - Ballad of a thin man
9. Arcade Fire - Ocean of noise
10. Raphael Saadiq - Blind man


"The Pollyanna" Mixtape for Eric - Lizzay

"The Pollyanna" Mixtape for Damien - Aaron

1. Mrs. Miller - Downtown
2. Raymond Lefevre - Soul coaxing
3. David Essex - Rock on
4. Rossevelt Sykes - Jailbait
5. The Beach Boys - In my room
6. Radio Moscow - Ordivician fauna
7. Randy Newman - Sail away
8. The Four Deuces - WPLJ (white port and lemon juice)
9. David & CTW - Subtraction blues
10. Stills/Young Band - Long may you run
11. Todd Rundgren - We've gotta get you a woman
12. George Duke - Uncle Remus


"The Pollyanna" Mixtape for Damien - Aaron

Friday, November 13, 2009

"The Pollyanna" Mixtape for Jaime - Caresh


1. Intro
2. The Pixies - Where is my mind?
3. Chingon - Cherry's dance of death
4. Paris Combo - Touriste d'une vie
5. The Moon People - Hippy skippy moon strut
6. Paris Combo - Trois petits points
7. Gogol Bordello - Occurence at the border
8. Baro Biao - Pascani wedding
9. Gogol Bordello - Passport
10. The Dead 60's - Riot radio
11. Violent Femmes - Country death song
12. Csokolom - Amari szi amari
13. Nouvelle Vague - To drunk to fuck
14. The Makers - Look both ways
15. DNA - Blonde redhead
16. April March - Chick habit
17. Tapes N' Tapes - Insistor
18. Smith - Baby it's you


"The Pollyanna" Mixtape for Jaime - Caresh

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

"The Pollyanna" Mixtape for Jim - Jaime

1. Lou Reed - Oh, Jim
2. Donovan - Get thy bearings
3. Tom Waits - Romeo is bleeding
4. Bill Callahan - Jim Cain
5. Serge Gainsbourg - Du jazz dans le revin
6. The Contortions - Twice removed
7. DNA - Lionel
8. The Fall - Janet, Johnny & James
9. The Lounge Lizards - Demented
10. The Birthday Party - Yard
11. Marianne Faithful - Strange weather
12. Morrissey - Spring-heeled Jim
13. Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Another world


"The Pollyanna" Mixtape for Jim - Jaime

"The Pollyanna" Mixtape for Jeremy - Sarah



1. Air - Space maker
2. Speaker for the Dead - 5ive track
3. Paul McCartney - Ram on
4. Rodrigo y Gabriela - Orion
5. Speaker for the Dead - Maybe (remix)
6. Air - Alone in kyoto
7. Car Power - Silver stallion
8. Muddy Waters - Mannish boy
9. Rodrigo y Gabriela - Diablo rojo
10. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi battles the pink robots pt. 1
11. Snooks Eaglin - Shake, rattle and roll


"The Pollyanna" Mixtape for Jeremy - Sarah

"The Pollyanna" Mixtape for Erin - Lauren

1. Jay-Z - Empire state
2. New Order - The village
3. Beck - Modern guilt
4. Toto - Africa
5. Inxs - Need you tonight
6. Teena Marie - Lover girl
7. Jeffrey Osborne - Stay with me tonight
8. Michael Jackson - Man in the mirror
9. Devo - It's a beautiful world
10. Seal - Kiss from a rose
11. Al Di Meola, Larry Coryell, Bireli Lagrene - Mediterranean sundance
12. Louis Armstrong - All that meat and no potatoes


"The Pollyanna" Mixtape for Erin - Lauren

"The Pollyanna" Mixtape for Lauren - Erin


1. Phoenix - 1901
2. Belle & Sebastian - For the price of a cup of tea
3. Beach House - D.A.R.L.I.N.G.
4. Ani DiFranco - Joyful girl
5. Bow Wow Wow - I want candy
6. Cibelle - Train
7. Modest Mouse - We've got everything
8. Guided by Voices - Glad girls
9. Heartless Bastards - Out at sea
10. Ladyhawke - Paris is burning
11. Broken Social Scene - Swimmers
12. Mew - Cartoons & macrame wounds
13. Neko Case - I'm an animal
14. MIA - Paper planes
15. Le Tigre - Hot topic
16. Air France - Collapsing at your doorstep
17. Passion Pit - Better things


"The Pollyanna" Mixtape for Lauren - Erin

Monday, November 9, 2009

"The Pollyanna" Mixtape for Marissa - Kelly

Disc 1:

1. Al Green - I want to hold your hand (The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran)
2. Dr. Dog - Wake up (The Circular Ruins by Borges)
3. Wolf Parade - Modern world (Brave New World by Aldous Huxley)
4. Uncle Tupelo - Black eye (The Confusions of Young Toerless by Musil)
5. Yim Yames - All things must pass (Siddhartha by Herman Hesse)
6. Elvis Perkins - All the night without love (Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky)
7. Rolling Stones - Mother's little helper (The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan)
8. Vandaveer - Hey, that's no way to say goodbye (Spice Box of the Earth by Leonard Cohen)
9. The Shirelles - Baby it's you (Where the Girls Are by Susan Douglas)
10. Elliott Smith - Everything means nothing to me (Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre)
11. Built to Spill - Built to spill (The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus)
12. Neutral Milk Hotel - The fool (Some of Us Have Been Threatening Our Friend Colby by Donald Barthelme)
13. Smog - Feather by feather (The Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marques)

Disc 2:

1. Louis Armstrong - (What did I do to be so) Black and blue (Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison)
2. Iron & Wine/Calexico - Always on my mind (As I Stand Here Ironing by Tillie Olsen)
3. Okkervil River - Westfall (The Stranger by Albert Camus)
4. The Black Keys - Desperate man (Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin)
5. The Submarines - You, me and the bourgeoisie (A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace)
6. Yo La Tengo - Feel like going home (Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume)
7. Page France - Jesus (Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger)
8. Belle & Sebastian - The boy done wrong again (Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky)
9. Radiohead - We suck young blood (The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood)
10. St. Vincent - These days (The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath)
11. Sam Cooke - Nothing can change this love (The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein)
12. Linda McCartney - Hey Jude (Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace)

"The Pollyanna" Mixtape for Rob - Jeremy





1. The Beautiful South - Song for whoever
2. Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm ready to be heartbroken
3. Aberfeldy - Love is an arrow
4. Sarah Shannon - Call you on the telephone
5. Chet Baker - There will never be another you
6. Toothpaste 2000 - Instant action
7. Belle & Sebastian - Your secrets
8. The Smiths - Heaven knows I'm miserable now
9. Sarah Vaughan - Lover man
10. Violent Femmes - Prove my love
11. Eugene McGuinness - Nightshift
12. We Ragazzi - I want you 2 love me so much I can't stand up
13. The Lodger - You got me wrong
14. Nancy Sinatra - Don't let him waste your time
15. Astrud Gilberto - I will wait for you
16. Morrissey - Jack the ripper
17. The Housemartins - I'll be your shelter (just like a shelter)
18. Nina Simone - My baby just cares for me


"The Pollyanna" Mixtape for Rob - Jeremy