Artist	Song
the unicorns	"i was born (a unicorn)"
the beatles	"octopus's garden"
the vaselines	"jesus wants me for a sunbeam"
death cab for cutie	"coney island"
gillian welch	"paper wings"
johnny cash with the carter family	"troublesome waters"
jerry lee lewis	"she still comes around (to love what's left of me)"
lucinda williams	"drunken angel"
ryan adams	"shakedown on 9th street"
led zeppelin	"tangerine"
whiskeytown	"houses on the hill"
rod stewart	"handbags & gladrags"
radiohead	"sulk"
the beatles	"i'll follow the sun"

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another mix made for a friend's birthday, as it seems like there's another birthday rolling around everytime i open my eyes; never-the-less, i decided to make a mix to commemorate the occasion for said friend. we've grown apart over the years but neither of us ever forget a birthday, so i made sure not to be too sloppy or careless with this one. i actually think it turned out really well & it's one of my recent favorites, truth be told. it came together in scraps & the final product looks totally different from the original draft, sans a few cuts that provided the country-tinged/folky foundation to begin with. the rest of the tracks came from an entirely different mix that i scrapped because it turned out awful, made for someone hoping that they'd forget i ever promised them one. however, there were quite a few songs worth saving (even if the overall product was trash); so facing the dilemma of feeling that there was something missing from this mix, i took the saving grace factors from the aforementioned aborted mix & came up with two halves that created a perfect whole. in the end, it's a heavy country & folk affair with some indie pop & indie rock edge thrown in for good measure. hopefully this gets to her in time for her birthday, as i feel it's definitely worthy of the occasion. title from the ryan adams tune.

revision, 4/23/07: recently, i took on the task of making myself copies of all the mixes i've made over the past year or so; while relistening to this particular mix, i found i was unsatisfied with the flow towards the second half, due to a few faulty song choices (notably the led zeppelin & radiohead tracks). i took it upon myself to append "that's the way" with "tangerine" & "black star" with "sulk," & i found the finished result is much more to my liking.

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