Artist	Song
Neil Young	Buffalo Stomp
Animal Collective	#1
Radiohead	Bodysnatchers
Band of Horses	Is There a Ghost
Grand Ole Party	I.N.S.A.N.E.
Against Me! featuring Tegan Quin	Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart
Earwig	Used Kids
Bruce Springsteen	Livin' in the Future
Foo Fighters	But, Honestly
The Methadones	Million Miles
The Donnas	Don't Wait Up for Me
The Millions	Disrespectfully Yours
Dropkick Murphys	Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya
Gogol Bordello	Harem in Tuscany (Taranta)
Ghost is Dancing	We'll Make it
The Dollyrots	New College
Motion City Soundtrack	Fell in Love Without You
Tullycraft	The Punks are Writing Love Songs
Saves the Day	Can't Stay the Same
Dressy Bessy	Baby Six String
Imperial Teen	Baby and the Band
The Tweeds	I Need That Record
The Owls	Peppermint Patty
Penny Century	Nothing Burns Like Bridges
Euros Child	First Time I Saw You
Tiny Dancers	Hannah We Know
The Floor is Mada of Lava	Do Your Sister
Emma Pollock	Adrenaline
Dead or Alive	DJ Hit That Button
Hairspray (2007)	You Can't Stop the Beat

Comment:

The title has nothing to do with the mix, but it's Halloween season and this is my official October 2007 mix - what's more, the songs don't really go together all the way (Radiohead, the Boss, and Hairspray?) but I already like how it conveys a specific time in the life of my music obsession. This is my soundtrack for the month. It's not nearly complete, of course - I had many softer, more melancholic songs, but the mix as it is was already growing too large, so I jettisoned all that and stuck to a poppy, rock-oriented affair, which suits me fine anyhow, except that there's no calming emotional release towards the end like I usually employ. This is just straight pomp and circumstance from start to finish.

On a few sidenotes, I no longer care for the Foo Fighters, but I gave them a chance anyway out of sentimentality and there were a couple worthwhile songs on the new album. The Dropkick Murphys are better than ever these days, I'm absolutely infatuated with Dressy Bessy's 2003 self-titled record now, The Donnas surprised me by bouncing back from their mediocre 2004 effort with a new, even more Runaways-esque follow-up, Springsteen is awesome (the apex of his new one is the devastating "Terry's Song", in my opinion, but it doesn't belong here), I discovered Grand Ole Party just last weekend when they opened for Rilo Kiley in San Diego, I've been meaning to use that Against Me! track for the last few months but kept forgetting, I didn't really enjoy "In Rainbows" (not a Radiohead fan at all, but I try to keep up with industry phenomenons like them) but after giving it infinite patience I grew to like at least a couple tracks (including "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" and "Videotape"), and last but not least, the "Hairspray" remake was so fucking happy I don't think I'll be in a bad mood for at least another few months. Which might sound sickening to some, but is just perfect for me :)

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