Artist	Song	Buy
Lackethereof	Fake Empire (orig. The National)
Pedro the Lion	Rapture
Neutral Milk Hotel	King of Carrot Flowers Pts. 2-3
Arcade Fire	Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
Badly Drawn Boy	The shining
Feist	I Feel it All (Britt Daniel remix)
Sia	Breathe Me (Mr. Dan remix)
Regina Spektor	Better (Piano & voice)
Bright Eyes	One Foot in Front of the Other
Elliot Smith	These Days (orig. Nico, live)
Jeff Buckley	Hallelujah (orig. Leonard Cohen)
The National	Fake Empire (live)

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This was a mix I made as a Christmas present this year for my HUSBAND. Husband! Yes, I got hitched in November to the man who has been with me for 3 years now, and today we are living in Mexico after a tumultuous few years in New York.

I book-en/ded the mix with "Fake Empire," two different versions than the album (Boxer) version, because this song means a lot to us both. And it was the processional for our wedding, which we had in a Brooklyn loft - amazing, by the way.

In between are songs that have meant much to me over the years, along with a few newer tracks. (Shout out to Britt Daniel for the amazing Feist remix!) The emphasis was on sex and transce/ndent love and growing up. And on me, what has meant a lot to me, what music moves me in my quieter moments: the kind of music you don't throw on in the car, maybe (well, unless you're me) but that requires attention, care, an o/pen ear.

We listened to it together on Christmas Eve, track by track, sitting on the floor next to the speakers... Now THAT'S a husband for an AOTM member, wouldn't you say? I think even some tears were shed. Pues. Feliz Navidad!

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