Artist	Song
ike & tina turner	"river deep - mountain high"
camera obscura	"lloyd, i'm ready to be heartbroken"
afternoon naps	"postcard"
the magnetic fields	"the luckiest guy on the lower east side"
beachwood sparks	"you take the gold"
vampire weekend	"campus"
saturday looks good to me	"ultimate stars"
graham coxon	"spectacular"
pavement	"loretta's scars"
hnsker dn	"green eyes"
lucky soul	"struck dumb"
attic lights	"never get sick of the sea"
beat happening	"bewitched"
jens lekman	"maple leaves"
the velvet underground	"she's my best friend"
orange juice	"falling & laughing"
the vaselines	"son of a gun"
the kinks	"afternoon tea"
sandie shaw	"long live love"
beirut	"postcards from italy"
belle & sebastian	"wrapped up in books"
black tambourine	"throw aggi off the bridge"

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this falls somewhere between what rob would call a "for the hell of it" & what sammy would call a "pop mix" - a "for the pop of it," if you will. it's a bit of an oddity, as it's simply a mixed genre attempt with no specific theme or concept in mind. this is odd because it's been some two plus years since i've made myself a mix that didn't have a narrative flow, mark a special occasion or commemorate a specific event. try as i may though - & believe me, i have - going for the "for-the-hell-of-it, no-theme, just-some-songs-i-wanna-hear" approach never seems to pan out, as subconsciously a theme works itself into my mind, before becoming more purposeful as i realize how impossible it is for my brain to process a collection of tracks with no connection what-so-ever. the loose theme here is sweet crush-pop & wistful indie, a sticky sweet soundtrack to a winter or summer fling, if you'll pardon my triteness. almost filed this as "romantic," but seeing as it's not made for my girlfriend nor any other hypothetically potential mate, & since the stars-in-my-eyes vibe isn't concrete enough to warrant such categorization, i feel i've fulfilled my goal of making myself a mix with no thematic intent nor purpose. at any rate, i've been listening to it obsessively since i've completed it (it's been in the works for a month or so now, slowly but surely), so that's what matters, right. huge thanks to sammy for the afternoon naps track. title from the painfully clever line in the jens lekman tune.

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