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