Artist	Song	Buy
John Lurie/Tom Waits	River of Men
from Fishing With John - Original Music From The Series By John L (1998)
The Beatles	Getting Better
from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
The Cure	Just Like Heaven
from Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987)
Looper	Mondo '77
from The Geometrid (2000)
The Winstons	Amen' Brother
from Color Him Father (Original Masters) (1969)
Big Star	In The Street
from #1 Record - Radio City (1972)
Nada Surf	Happy Kid
from Let Go (2003)
Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns	Don't You Just Know It
from Don't You Just Know It [EP] (1958)
The Cure	Pictures Of You
from Disintegration (1989)
R.E.M.	Near Wild Heaven
from Out Of Time (1991)
Mclusky	Friends Stoning Friends
from Alan Is A Cowboy Killer (2002)
The Who	The Ox (Original Mono Version)
from The Who Sings My Generation (1965)
Pixies	Head On
from Trompe Le Monde (1991)
Elvis Costello	No Hiding Place
from Momofuku (2008) Amazon.com Song ID: 205436121
Golinski Brothers	Bloody
from The John Peel Singles Box (2008)
The Donnas	Do You Wanna Hit It?
from The Donnas Turn 21 (2001)
Jeff Buckley	Yard Of Blonde Girls
from Sketches for My Sweetheart The Drunk (1998)
Radiohead	Codex
from The King of Limbs (2011)
My Morning Jacket	Steam Engine
from It Still Moves (2003)
Emmylou Harris	Calling My Children Home
from Spyboy (1998)
Nick Drake	Things behind the Sun
from Pink Moon (1972)

Comment:

The subtheme of this mix is in the second song: "It's getting better all the time (can't get no worse!)."

So there's some party time stuff, both benign and wild; some funny tracks (I dare you to listen to "Bloody" with a straight face); and some contemplative stuff. There's not a lot of deep digging (outside of the Tom Waits/John Lurie track and maybe "Amen Brother," which features what must be the most sampled drum break in the prehistory of hiphop), just some really fun listening. Just right for early spring.

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