Artist	Song
everclear	"unemployed boyfriend"
the white stripes	"hotel yorba"
the decemberists	"july, july!"
elliott smith	"baby britain"
death cab for cutie	"song for kelly huckaby"
elvis costello & the attractions	"accidents will happen"
the beatles	"this boy"
van morrison	"crazy love"
iron & wine	"fever dream"
modest mouse	"wild packs of family dogs"
the jesus & mary chain	"almost gold"
pixies	"river euphrates"
iron & wine	"love & some verses"
death cab for cutie	"transatlanticism"
bob dylan	"tonight i'll be staying here with you"

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for anyone keeping tabs, yes i did say this series was going to be a monthly affair, & i know it's only been a few weeks since my last entry - but to clear things up, i made the first installment a couple weeks before i posted it here, & i don't plan on giving this to its recipient for another couple. so that should be about a month & some change after all is said & done.

anyhow, onto this mix: this has turned out to be one of my own personal favorites that i've made in the past couple of years. i don't want to be too persistent in how well-done i think it is, because then expectations are raised unreasonably high & it will, inevitably, become a disappointment. & i mean, there's nothing mind-blowing, surprising or eye-popping about it - it's decidedly low-key & modest - but that's what i like about it; the songs segue into each other very nicely & i just think all the songs flow very well & there's a very tightly knit sonic theme (there's some strong folk undercurrents running throughout, & some downbeat-driven straight-up pop songs).

i'm going to have a hard time parting with this one, as i've even been mowing over the idea of making myself a copy (which, when i make a mix for someone else, i am staunchly opposed to), but who knows. in the end, i just think this is a fairly strong, well-made mix. i hope she ("she" being my best friend, the recipient of this series) & all of you enjoy it.

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