Hollow Ancient Eyes

1. Willie Nelson - Still Is Still Moving To Me
2. The Avett Brothers - Salvation Song
3. Iron & Wine - Dearest Forsaken
4. Son Volt - Mystifies Me
5. Vic Chesnutt - Kick My Ass
6. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
7. Roger Miller - Whistle Stop
8. Lefty Frizzell - Jose Cuervo
9. Giant Sand - Increment of Love
10. The Mollys - Cash For Gold
11. 13th Floor Elevators - I Had To Tell You
12. The Waco Brothers - Bad Times Are Coming Round Again
13. Moby Grape - Ain’t That A Shame
14. Jerry Jeff Walker - Long Old Dusty Road
15. Blanche - Scar Beneath The Skin
16. Dave Alvin - Abilene
17. Neil Halstead - Phantasmagoria In Two
18. Tindersticks - Waiting For The Moon
19. Mando Diao - Mr. Moon
20. The Old 97s - Question
21. Nanci Griffith - You Asked Me To
22. John Prine - Hello In There
22. Hello In There - John Prine

The jumping off point for this mix was decidedly different from anything I had done before. It all began with the image that you see on the front cover artwork and developed from there. From my perspective, I tried to imagine what the two men may have been saying to each other or thinking. It was apparent that each had so many memories to share with the other. And that was the way Funky Ratchet and Avocado Rabbit approached the mix, sharing memories of songs and comments about their choices.

Matt sent along a quotation from John Lancaster Spalding, which I thought was particularly relevant to this project. "As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape."

Each one of us has but one life to live and passing along memories of that lifetime to one’s family and friends and sometimes to larger audiences is an opportunity to keep your light burning even after you’ve left this earth. Perhaps Sainte Teresa of Avila said it better when she wrote, "Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing."

Those words made me think in the same way the image we began this mix with did. Making mixes is one thing both Matt and I care about, even if we only have this one lifetime to make them. In that spirit of sharing, we hope everyone enjoys this mix.

As usual, here is a quiz to answer. Which of the musicians on this mix first drove Jimmy Buffett to Key West in, of all cars, a Packard?

Sweet is the Melody

1. Sammy Walker - Misfit Scarecrow [Misfit Scarecrow]
2. Rodney Crowell - Earthbound [Fate’s Right Hand]
3. Jonathan Edwards - Magnolia Street [Tell Me Why]
4. Blaze Foley - Clay Pigeons [Live at the Austin Outhouse]
5. Jim White - Static On The Radio [Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You See]
6. Willie Nelson - My Own Peculiar Way [Songs]
7. Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game [Travelogue ]
8. T-Bone Burnett - Hollywood Mecca of the Movies [The True False Identity]
9. Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks (Featuring Tom Waits On Vocals) - I'll Tell You Why That Is [Beatin' The Heat]
10. Alejandro Excovedo - Slip [More Miles Than Money: Live 1994-96]
11. George Hanlon - Come Sit With Me [Obscurity's Hunger]
12. Bill Morrissey - Winter Song [Something I Saw or Thought I Saw]
13. Bill Garrett - Winters Night [Seems To Me]
14. Greg Brown - Skinny Days [The Evening Call]
15. Iris Dement - Sweet Is the Melody [My Life]
16. Dolly Parton - Early Morning Breeze [Coat of Many Colors]
17. Arlo Guthrie - Chilling of the Evening [Live in Sydney]
18. John Hartford - Crystallia Daydream [Natural to Be Gone 1967-1970]

In response to one of my (doowad’s) Prine picks for the Carter Family opus we did together, Brother Tex sent me the Sammy Walker tune.

I asked him if he wanted to use that as a start for a “songwriter” mix, emphasizing the usual suspects of Dylan, Prine, Townes, Earle, Waits, etc. Funny enough, we didn’t actually use any of those guys (with one great exception) and actually that Prine song I had submitted for the Carter mix was eventually dropped.

Hope this provides you with a winter warm-up, we have a deep freeze here in Missouri this week.

Pizza Hippie Smackdown

1. SJ Esau – I Threw a Wobbly
2. All Night Radio – You'll Be On Your Own
3. A Sunny Day In Glasgow – 5:15 Train
4. Firewater – Place Not So Unkind
5. The Black Angels – Bloodhounds on My Trail
6. Atlas Strategic – Bad Robots
7. Does It Offend You Yeah? – Attack Of The 60 Ft Lesbian Octopus
8. They Might Be Giants – Homunculus
9. Awesome Color – Hat Energy
10. Magnetic Fields – I Wish I Had an Evil Twin
11. Shooting Spires – Alive And Well
12. Emiliana Torrini – Dead Duck
13. Tom Vek – I Ain't Saying My Goodbye's
14. Beck – Hell Yes
15. TV on the Radio – Shout Me Out
16. Fleet Foxes – Quiet Houses
17. Tobacco – Pink Goo
18. The Shins – Black Wave
19. Quasi – I Give Up

Third time around for e.buster and doowad, this time focusing on Ethel’s preferred genre. The mix was done blow-by-blow, almost conversational, yet with an obvious bit of aggression…

Feathered Friends

When we started this mix my cohort, Sara, was sbbseg. She has since been married and changed both her name and her user name, in the latter case to ucelluccia. Just like a woman, as the poet Dylan would say.

This mix started out as a free-flowing, see what happens thing and quickly evolved into a thematic ode to birds, our feathered friends. I think ucelluccia and avocado rabbit started to become friends during the making of this mix, and the pair are already working on a follow-up.

In the words of the Scot James Matthew Barrie: “The reason that birds fly and we can’t is simply that for to have faith is to have wings.” What he tells us is that we can fly spiritually; we just don’t realize it.

And now for the quiz: Which musician once opened a Cajun restaurant in Boston’s Back Bay?

1. Iggy Pop – The Passenger
2. My Morning Jacket – Golden
3. Limbeck – Bird Problems
4. Fields – Schoolbooks
5. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – The Gold Finch & The Red Oak Tree
6. Richie Havens – High-Flying Bird
7. The Beatles – Free As A Bird
8. John Vanderslice – Up Above the Sea
9. Goldfrapp – Little Bird
10. The Juliana Hatfield Three – For The Birds
11. Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova – Fallen From The Sky
12. Mary Gauthier – Soft Place To Land
13. Sons and Daughters – The Nest
14. The Rosebuds – Shake Our Tree
15. Jenny Lewis – Pretty Bird
16. Jesse Harris – Wish I Was A Bird
17. Jesse Baylin – Sparrow
18. Loree Alexandria – Baltimore Oriole
19. Annie Lennox – Little Bird
20. Carly Simon & James Taylor – Mockingbird

Good To The Last Drop of Summer

It’s a little embarrassing that it’s taken this long for our mix to get posted. Things happen. At any rate, what has finally emerged is this paean to summer from njr and avocado rabbit, compiled at a time when the last drops of summer were being squeezed from the early September skies.

Who better to give us the inspiration for this double-disc set than the eternal beach boy himself, Brian Wilson.

“Another car running fast,
Another song on the beach,
I take a trip through the past,
When summer’s way out of reach.”

As for the quiz: What two songs are linked by musicians that once performed together?

disc one
01. Your Imagination – Brian Wilson
02. We’ll Go Walking – The Silver Seas
03. Keep Moving – Ivy
04. Don’t Stop The Dance – Bryan Ferry
05. All For Swinging You Around – The New Pornographers
06. Grace – Supergrass
07. She’s My Best Friend – Lou Reed
08. Woman – John Cale
09. You Know I’m No Good – Amy Winehouse
10. MayOnaka Wa Jyunketsu {Midnight Chastity} – Ringo Shina
11. Better Man – Martina Sorbara
12. When She Believes {live} – Ben Harper
13. Hey Jude – Wilson Pickett
14. Stairway to Heaven – Rodrigo y Gabriela
15. Travels – Pat Metheny Trio
16. Jota Do Porta Do Cabo – Sharon Shannon & Carlos Nunez
17. Ingots – Kaki King
18. Why Georgia – John Mayer
19. What Does It Mean Now? – World Party

disc two
01. World Party – The Waterboys
02. Book of Life – I-Wayne
03. Summer – India.Arie featuring Rascal Flatts & Victor Wooten
04. Fade – Solu Music featuring Kimberlee
05. Summer Goddess – Soil and “Pimp” Sessions
06. Summer Son – Texas
07. Födelsedag {Birthday} – Per Gessle
08. As Is – Amy Rigby
09. A Change Would Do You Good – Sheryl Crow
10. Clear Blue Day In Limbo – Stew
11. It’s A Fine Day – Jane
12. Here Comes The Sun – Nick Cave
13. Las Abarcas – Perdã
14. Don’t Steal Our Sun – The Thrills
15. Waterfront – Irene
16. U Know What’s Up – Donell Jones
17. Folhas Secas – Yoshihide Otomo & Ground Zero
18. A Round Figure – Solex
19. 8 Point Agenda {version two} – The Herbaliser featuring Latryx
20. Summer of the Drugs – Soul Asylum
21. La Danza de Los Mirlos – Los Mirlos

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?

Law & Order SVU: Season One

Heinous crimes indeed! I’ve always been drawn the investigations of Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni), a tough cop trying to protect his family from the horrors of the world and his equally tough but compassionate partner, Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay), herself the child of a rape.

In Season One of an ongoing mix series (how long no one knows) on the Law & Order franchise, tough but compassionate mixers Doowad and Avocado Rabbit once again join forces to bring mixing justice to all.

1. Mike Post – Law & Order SVU Theme Song
2. Neil Young – Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero, pt. 1)
3. Iris Dement – Letter to Mom
4. John Prine – Six O’Clock News
5. Robby Baier – Dead End
6. Ry Cooder – Dark End of the Street
7. Franky Perez – Something Crazy
8. T-Bone Burnett – Criminals
9. Teddy Thompson – Missing Children
10. Frank Zappa – Bobby Brown
11. Nina Gordon – Black & Blonde
12. Nirvana – Polly (acoustic demo)
13. The Brandos – The Solution
14. Ween – Object
15. Mark Knopfler – Victims (Last Exit to Brooklyn OST)
16. The Who – Fiddle About (original Tommy version)
17. Merle Haggard – Branded Man
18. The Rolling Stones – Stray Cat Blues (Ya-Ya’s version)
19. City High – 15 Will Get You 20
20. Johnny Copeland – Ghetto Child
21. Joe Henry with Madonna – Guilty By Association

If I Could Write A Song Like Daniel Treacy, Would You Consider Wasting Some Time With Me?

The title choice comes from Anthony Lombardi. I don’t know if he could write a song like Daniel Treacy or not, but he does make a darn fine mixing partner. He and Avocado Rabbit promise this won’t be a waste of your time.

There is a quiz, as usual. Answer this question: What song above contains the phrase used for the mix title?

1. Kevin Tihista's Red Terror – Oh
2. Martha Wainwright – Hearts Club Band
3. Calexico – Cruel
4. Okkervil River – You Can't Hold The Hand Of A Rock and Roll Man
5. The National – All The Wine
6. Elliott Smith – Division Day
7. Chris Mills – Suicide Note
8. Nina Nastasia – Regrets
9. Poi Dog Pondering – Collarbone
10. The Raconteurs – Rich Kid Blues
11. Paul Kelly & Uncle Bill – You Can't Take It With You
12. Micah P. Hinson – Patience
13. Kasey Chambers – Dam
14. The DØ – Stay (Just A Little Bit More)
15. The Bird & The Bee – Again and Again
16. Bedroom Eyes – Hand-in-Hand Grenade
17. Eels – Love of the Loveless
18. Sunfold – Shapeshiftin'
19. The Waifs – Fourth Floor
20. The Dreadful Yawns – Candles

A Severing Of Connective Tissue

Similar to an earlier trans-atlantic sport, here was a friendly match of a different sort between KathrynandRupert and doowad.

Whatever your diversion be, it is sure to get your bote moving.

1. Madness – In The Middle Of The Night
2. The Thieves – Soul Thief
3. Blue Ash – Dusty Old Fairgrounds
4. The Coral – A Warning To The Curious
5. Jeremiahs – Driving Into The Sun
6. The Stone Roses – Made Of Stone
7. Sea Ders – Thanks a Lot
8. Los Amaya – Llorarás
9. The Changing Scene – Color California Sunshine Blue
10. Dennis Wilson – River Song
11. Hit Parade – Autobiography
12. Spiritualized – I Think I'm in Love
13. The Times – Pinstripes
14. Los Bravos – Donde estés
15. Kitchen Cinq – Determination
16. LSD Orkestrasi – Donmeyen Sevgili
17. Penny Candles – Taj Mahal
18. Rising Sons – Flyin' So High
19. The Smoke – Waterfall
20. The Beau Brummels – Triangle
21. Choo Choo Train – Happy Bicycle
22. Sui Generis – El Tuerto y los Ciegos
23. The Cocks – Sai Che Tornero
24. Sarofeen and Smoke – You Make It So Hard

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

Patres et filiae

The one-and-only French Connection and his daughter (7 going on 17), along with me and my daughter (12 going on 20) put this little transatlantic morsel together over the past couple months.

Sidebar: The Big Star track was from a show (free, of course) that The Wad and I were at in college. Unfortunately we were too cool at the time to enjoy the show and just mocked the pizza hippies, as was our wont.

1. The Clash – Rock the Casbah
2. Eddie and the Hot Rods – Do Anything You Wanna Do
3. The Replacements – Answering Machine
4. Paramore – Crushcrushcrush
5. The Kaiser Chiefs – I Predict a Riot
6. Teenage Fanclub – Sparky's Dream
7. Big Star – In the Street (Live at MU, 93)
8. Mott The Hoople – Sweet Jane
9. The High Dials – The Holy Ground
10. Cosmic Rough Riders – River Runs Dry
11. David Bowie – Soul Love
12. The Ting Tings – Keep Your Head
13. Feist – I Feel It All
14. The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Whoever You Are
15. Alejandro Marcovich – Gracias a la Vida
16. KT Tunstall – Suddenly I See
17. Blondie – One Way Or Another
18. Primal Scream – Kowalski
19. Dead Can Dance – Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book
20. The Bird And The Bee – La La La

embryonic renovations

People are equating the word “embryonic” with stem cell research, a hot button topic in modern times if ever there was one. Science wants to pursue all options -- umbilical, placental and embryonic – as a pathway to stem cell cures, offering hope to the millions of people that suffer from life-threatening conditions. Right-to-Lifers take an opposing viewpoint on this ethical issue.

Another usage for “embryonic” is to describe humankind’s progression through time and space. As our species evolves, hopefully we gain wisdom along with knowledge.

In the words of Gail Sheehy, “With each passage of human growth we must shed a protective structure [like a hardy crustacean]. We are left exposed and vulnerable - but also yeasty and embryonic again, capable of stretching in ways we hadn't known before.”

With numerous challenges facing both our society and all civilization, it is time to look towards these embryonic renovations on our pathway to the future.


This mix comes to you from FoolThemAlland avocado rabbit. The songs have been renovated into a continuous mix or, if you prefer, individual tracks.



1. The Mountain Goats – First Few Desperate Hours
2. Ramsey Midwood – Spinnin’ On This Rock
3. American Mars – Cuban Heel
4. Drive-By Truckers – Daylight
5. The Decemberists – Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
6. Counting Crows – Perfect Blue Buildings
7. Nickel Creek – House Carpenter
8. The Scourge of the Sea – Waterwings
9. The Negro Problem – Bleed
10. Marah – Far Away From You
11. The Wrens – Per Second Per Second
12. Kings of Leon – Holy Roller Novocaine
13. The Dismemberment Plan – What Do You Want Me To Say?
14. Catatonia – Post Script
15. Stone Temple Pilots – Art School Girl
16. Hoobastank – The Reason
17. Sondre Lerche – To Be Surprised
18. The Lightning Seeds – Change
19. Yo La Tengo – Center of Gravity
20. The Replacements – Sadly Beautiful

Rompecabezas

This was a return to basics of sorts for the Mutual Appreciation Society, with njr and doowad trading picks from a bigger than the usual ocean apart, and putting this puzzle of the world's music together piece by piece...

Disk 1
1. Duncan Dhu – Rey de la Luna
2. Sultan de Pluton – Marianne
3. Thomas Dolby – Cloudburst
4. Lene Lovich – Lucky Number
5. Sean Lennon – Queue
6. Jamie McCarthy – Sunshine Love Parade
7. Joaquín Sabina – Ring Ring Ring
8. Gyllene Tider – Marie i Växeln
9. Los Concorde – Rompecabezas
10. Afra + Incredible Beatbox Band – Seven Nation Army
11. Cecilia Toussaint – Por Amar
12. Susana Baca – Golpe E Tierra
13. Emilie Simon – Graines d'Etoile
14. Stars – This Charming Man
15. Nortec Collective – Tengo La Voz
16. Apache Indian – Boom Shack A Lak
17. Los Petersellers – Homenaje A Los Ramones
18. Helen Love – Debbie Loves Joey
19. The Beach Boys – Cotton Fields
20. Harry Fay – How Are You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm?

Disk 2
1. The Zydepunks – Johnny Can't Dance
2. Los Fabulosos Cadillacs (con Flaco Jiménez) – Gitana
3. Fay-Ann Lyons Alvárez – Get On
4. Aterciopelados – Paces
5. Manu Dibango – Miss Cavacha
6. Peret – Musica
7. Amr Diab – Amarain (Two Moons)
8. Roberta Sá – Pelas tabelas
9. Amp Fiddler featuring Corinne Bailey Rae – If I Don't (Wookie Remix)
10 . Amparanoia – Dos Gardenias
11. Belleruche – Anything You Want (Not That)
12. La Lupita – El Vals del Buen Viaje
13. Juliette Gréco – Sous Le Ciel De Paris
14. Nacho Vegas – Que te vaya bien, Miss Carrusel
15. The Tossers – Going Away
16. Emmylou Harris – The Boxer
17. Chairlift – Don’t Give a Damn
18. Cowboy Junkies – Lonely Sinking Feeling
19. John Mayer – Why Georgia
20. John Prine – My Darlin’ Hometown

Your Choice: What Country Do You Want?

This mix was the creation of a collaborative effort by doowad , avocado rabbit, RetroJoe, G-Sphere& tornadoZ, forming a Political Roundtable submitting 4 songs a piece. While we wear our political affiliation on our sleeves, the most important thing you can do is vote on Tuesday.

1. Sixto Rodríguez – This is Not a Song, It’s an Outburst (Establishment Blues) (1970)
2. Barry McGuire – Eve of Destruction (1965 #1)
3. James McMurtry – Cheney's Toy (2008)
4. The Thrills – You Can't Fool Old Friends With Limousines (2004)
5. George Baker Selection – Paloma Blanca (1975)
6. Fósforo – Cumbia de Obama (2008)
7. Timmy Thomas – Why Can’t We Live Together (1973, #3)
8. Patti Smith – People Have the Power (1988)
9. Extreme – When I’m President (1990)
10. Rusty Warren – Rusty for President (1961)
11. Dave Brubeck (with Louis Armstrong) – The Real Ambassador (1961)
12. Randy Newman – Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man) (1974)
13. Richard Thompson – Dad's Gonna Kill Me (2007)
14. Todd Snider – Conservative Right-Wing Republican Males (2004)
15. Tower of Power – Only So Much Oil In the Ground (1975)
16. The Impressions – This Is My Country (1968)
17. Solomon Burke – None of Us Are Free (1974)
18. Billy Preston – Little Black Boys and Girls (2002)
19. Jewel – Stand (2003)
20. Stevie Wonder – Heaven Help Us All (1970, #9)

1. Roy Harper – The Monster (2000)
2. Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin’ (1964)
3. John Prine – Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore (1971)
4. Kris Kristofferson – In The News (2006)
5. The Les Humphries Singers – Love One Another (1973)
6. Jim Boggia – Live The Proof (2005)
7. The Isley Brothers – Fight the Power (parts 1 & 2) (1975 #4)
8. Merry Clayton – Gimme Shelter (2001)
9. The Moody Blues – Question (1970 #21)
10. Electric Light Orchestra – New World Rising (1974)
11. Tish Hinojosa – Yesterday's Paper (1994)
12. Marvin Gaye – What's Going On (Original Detroit Mix) (1971 #2)
13. Nina Simone – To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1970 #76)
14. Bob Marley – Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) (Live in London, 1975)
15. Paula Webb – Please, Mr. President (1975 #60)
16. Rodney Crowell – The Rise and Fall of Intelligent Design (2008)
17. Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers (1969 #65)
18. The Lovin’ Spoonful – Revelation: Revolution ’69 (1968)
19. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Redemption Song (2003)
20. Tom Waits – Chocolate Jesus (1999)

You Say Tomato

There was an old Italian man who lived alone in the country. It was spring and he wanted to dig his tomato garden as he had done every year. It was very hard work for the aging man because the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was currently in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament:

Dear Vincent,
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my tomato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging for a garden. If only you were here my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the garden for me. Love, Your Father

A few days later he received a letter from his son:

Dear Dad,
Not for nothing, but don't dig up that garden. That's where I buried the BODIES.
Love, Vinnie

At 4 a.m. the next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived at the old man's house and dug up the entire area. However, they didn't find any bodies, so they apologized to the old man and left. That same day the old man received another letter from his son.


Dear Dad,
Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That's the best I could do under the circumstances.
Love, Vinnie

It’s a cultural tale rather than an ethnic joke, which are not so good these days, right? The mix you have here is a cultural tale as well, between two English speakers separated by a large pond – Barrydali and Avocado Rabbit. Naturally, we found our common ground in music and in sharing saw our differences weren’t so great. If only politics and world peace were as easy as “You say tom-ay-to and I say to-mah-to.”

1. Port O’Brien – I Woke Up Today
2. Fruit Bats – The Little Acorn
3. Super XX Man – Collecting Rocks
4. The Minus Five – Over The Sea
5. The Mendoza Line – Rat’s Alley
6. Julian Dawson – Luckiest Man in the Western World
7. Mull Historical Society – Public Service Announcer
8. Sheryl Crow – Subway Ride
9. Marvin Gaye – Calypso Blues
10. Cowboy Mouth – Jenny Says
11. The Mary Onettes – Lost
12. Centromatic – If We Had Our Say
13. Sparklehorse – Chaos of the Galaxy/Happy Man
14. The Jesus & Mary Chain – Hole
15. The Clever Square – I Did Not Mean To Fall Asleep While We Were Having Sex
16. The Bird and The Bee – Fucking Boyfriend
17. Declan O’Rourke – Galileo (Someone Like You)
18. The Stratford 4 – All The Fading Stars
19. Josh Ritter – Me and Jiggs
20. Scott Kempner – Beyond the Pale