Blessings in Disguise

Max Middleton - Bomba's Bar [Land of Secrets]
Mallu Magalhães - Tchubaruba [Mallu Magalhães]
Jane - It's A Fine Day [Red Heaven]
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park [In Ear Park]
Nathan Larson - You Can Take What's Left of Me (Prozac Nation) [Filmmusik]
Air - Once Upon A Time [Pocket Symphony]
The Haywards - Kitten [Scene Missing]
Mae - Sun (acoustic) [Destination: B-sides]
Jose Gonzalez - Time to Send Someone Away [In Our Nature]
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa [Vampire Weekend]
Sebadoh - Happily Divided [Bubble and Scrape (Bonus Version)]
Tom Gabel - Harsh Realms [Heart Burns]
Millie Scott - Who Cares [The Best of Strike Vol 1]
Longwave - We're Not Gonna Crack [There's A Fire]
Little Jackie - The World Should Revolve Around Me [The Stoop]
Britney Spears - Circus [Circus]
Adrienne Pierce - Better Year [Faultline]

njr says: Anyhow, thanks once more to the amazing natalyesaurus for jumping into the mix with me. Can't thank the prolific avocado rabbit enough for his skillful artwork and spot-on title. And of course, without doowad, where would we all be?

The first all-woman MAS mix!

it’s all hopeless, but it’s not serious

1. owen – who's found who's hair in who's bed
2. cat power – back of your head
3. beck – lost cause
4. amy rigby – better stay gone
5. the velvet teen – forlorn
6. the new year – the newness ends
7. chris walla – our plans, collapsing
8. the new pornographers – my rights vs. yours
9. say hi to your mom – prefers unhappy endings
10. steven jackson & the leavers – the leavers and the left-behinds
11. rogue wave – love's lost guarantee
12. cheri knight – white lies
13. pedro the lion – bad diary days
14. bob mould – the silence between us
15. the magnetic fields – i'll dream alone
16. loudon wainwright iii – our own war
17. idlewild – live in a hiding place
18. the beautiful south – hot on the heels of heartache
19. nada surf – always love
20. quasi – i never want to see you again

Going through a break-up is never easy, neither for the leaver nor the left-behind. And who cannot relate from first-hand experience? But in the words of the poet, Ms. Browning: “I would rather experience a hopeless love than a passionless love.” In other words, it is better to have loved and lost as long as you loved (and were loved) well.

This is the first of two alt-dj mixes from natalyesaurus and avocado rabbit. Natalye is not big on capital letters as you can see above, and her mixing partner wants to cheer her up.

But of course there is a quiz: Which band in this mix is led by a husband and wife who have split up?

Meaninglessness

Expressions of disintegrating or disintegrated relationships from natalyesaurus and doowad…

1. Magnetic Fields – Meaningless
2. Bright Eyes – You Will. You Will. You Will.
3. Flight of the Conchords – A Kiss Is Not a Contract
4. Gentleman Auction House – Call It Casual
5. Pleasers – A Girl I Know (Precis of a Friend)
6. Apples In Stereo – Benefits of Lying (With Your Friend)
7. Los Concorde – Love Its a Bitch
8. Tigercity – OtherGirls
9. The Residents – Perfect Love
10. Les Savy Fav – Kiss Kiss Is Getting Old
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cheated Hearts
12. Say Hi to Your Mom – Dimensions and Verticals
13. dEUS – Nothing Really Ends
14. The New Trust – The Body and The Brain
15. Blonde Redhead – The Dress
16. Mew – Like Paper Cuts
17. Café Tacvba – Aviéntame
18. little joy – Unattainable