Artist	Song	Buy
The Doors	People Are Strange
The Coasters	Down in Mexico
Led Zeppelin	Rock and Roll
The White Stripes	Blue Orchid
The Darkness	Get Your Hands Off My Woman
Dio	Rainbow in the Dark
Billy Idol	White Wedding
Franz Ferdinand	Michael
Stephen Malkmus	Baby C'mon
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance
Soft Cell	Tainted Love
Blondie	Hanging on the Telephone
Hanson	Madeline [live]
Regina Spektor	Sailor's Song
Scissor Sisters	Filthy/Gorgeous
Queen	Killer Queen
Bob Dylan	Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues [live]
Mott the Hoople	All the Young Dudes
Amy Winehouse	Rehab
Fiona Apple	Criminal
The Beatles	Come Together

Comment:

Bo and I were talking about making a mix for the weekend and gave me the inspiration for this. Most of the songs were dedicated to specific people, to highlight a memory I share with them. (For instance, during a past session of hanging out, I introduced my friend Eric to the Scissor Sisters by way of "Filthy/Gorgeous", and I knew he'd get a kick out of hearing it again.) I met a new friend that night, and coincidentally, he loves Fiona Apple ("Criminal" was one of the songs that I didn't have a person in mind for).

The only thing that I didn't like about this mix was that I had "White Orchid" in my head all night and again when I woke up in the morning.

The title comes from a stunt that the Fiona Apple guy performed: a cartwheel across the yard before careening into a rose bush. Ouch.

All in all, it was a fun mix for a long night of partyin'.

(Oh, and Bo specifically requested the Hanson song. Turns out the Fiona Apple guy loves Hanson even more.)

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