Artist	Song
NRBQ	Me and the Boys
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers	New Kind of Neighborhood
Fire	Father's Name Was Dad
Boogie Man Smash	Mystic Trick
The Cynics	Girl, You're on My Mind
The Mummies	(You Must Fight to Live) On the Planet of the Apes
Beat Happening	Our Secret
The Left Banke	She May Call You Up Tonight
Wreckless Eric	(I'd Go the) Whole Wide World
Dillard & Clark	Why Not Your Baby
Opal	My Only Friend
Nick Drake	Time Has Told Me
The Tornados	Telstar
The Vertebrats	Left in the Dark
The Donner Party	Halo
Galaxie 500	Oblivious
Fastbacks	K Street
Holly Golightly	Virtually Happy
Link Wray & the Wraymen	Comanche
The Flying Burrito Brothers	Hot Burrito #2
The Frampton Brothers	Mayor of Frogtown
The Zombies	Friends of Mine
Teenage Fanclub	Planets
The Monkees	Porpoise Song (Theme from "Head") [single version]
The Posies	O-o-h Child

Comment:

This mix is a tribute to AotM's own Sean Lally-one of my closest and most loyal friends--who will be leaving Pittsburgh in the next couple of weeks to further his career as one of the most dedicated educators that I've ever known. As such, I decided that now was an appropriate time to show him the level of influence he's had on my musical taste over the past 15 years (I actually wrote a 1,300-word track-by-track commentary to accompany this mix, but it won't fit here). That said, there's considerably more to my appreciation of Sean. When I met him 15 years ago this month, he was nothing short of a hero to me. Obviously, as anyone can more or less tell from our interaction around these parts, our friendship has deepened and evened out (for lack of a better phrase) since then, but that fact shouldn't obscure the fact that, as well as being an all-around-great guy, great educator, and great musician (his guitar work in Pittsburgh's much-missed, severely underappreciated Frampton Brothers is nothing short of life-affirming), he's a poster boy for everything that's great about Pittsburgh. Hanging out with him-at his various residences over the years, at shows, record stores, restaurants, etc.-has been a particularly eye-opening and inspiring experience for me, particularly at the outset, as he was nearly instrumental in introducing me to aspects of living in Pittsburgh (and the East End, in particular) that are substantially responsible (although I'm sure he would regard that responsibility with mixed emotions) for my decision to return here after I finished law school eleven years ago and are almost too numerous to list. I will say, though, that I will never be able to grab "a couple slices" at Napoli Pizzeria without remembering his fine conversation, spirited debate and warm friendship. Yes, he's only moving four hours away, and yes, I'll still be in touch with him on a fairly regular basis (we haven't actually seen one another as much as we would like over the past few years, anyway, despite the fact that he currently resides one neighborhood away from me), but his move (and, to a lesser extent, the move of his co-Frampton Ed Masley almost exactly a year ago) really does mark the end of an era and I'll miss him terribly. Thanks for everything, Sean/Seanald/Clem/Lallophagus/Snacks/Lally. If anyone wants to read my unedited track-by-track commentary, I'll happily provide it by request. Subtitle by Mr. Drake.

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