Artist	Song
Bonnie Beecher	Come Wander with Me
Frank Black	Calistan
10,000 Maniacs	Hey Jack Kerouac
David Byrne & Brian Eno	Strange Overtones
U2	Lemon
David Bowie	Sunday (Live On Air Radio 2)
Beck	Chemtrails
The Magnetic Fields	Born on a Train
Psychedelic Furs	The Ghost in You
She & Him	This is Not a Test
R.E.M.	Fall on Me
Donovan	Jersey Thursday
Laurie Anderson	Walking & Falling
Gary Numan	The Aircrash Bureau
Talk Talk	Happiness is Easy
Tones on Tail	Lions
The Church	Reptile
Simon & Garfunkel	The Only Living Boy in New York
The Breeders	Off You

Comment:

I've been working on this for about two weeks now. A good deal of songs had to be cut, including multiple songs by the same artists. (Like most, I'm opposed to including two songs by the same artist on a mix.) My usual method of making "mixed genre" CDs these days is to sit down every once in a while and think of a bunch of songs that have been on my mind or have colored my world in some way in the past few months. Most of the songs here fit into that category, although a few are favorites that I plugged in. ("Happiness is Easy" is becoming one of those songs that threatens to make an appearance on every mix I make.) Most have a "haunt factor" that seems to adequately sum up my mood lately. Other songs, such as "Calistan," represent travel, particularly to Los Angeles, where I've been frequenting more and more often. (I hope to live there soon.)

Some notes on a few of the songs:

I only recently discovered the wonderful "Come Wander with Me" via its appearance in an old "Twilight Zone" episode. A very haunting song/performance. It also happens to remind me a bit of a lovely and inspiring girl I've known for a long time who seems to be becoming a much more prominent figure in my life these days...in various ways. (Additionally, this song is not unlike her own music.)

"Strange Overtones" is the great first single from the forthcoming Byrne/Eno album that I'm very much looking forward to.

This live version of "Sunday" has some of the most incredible guitar work I've ever heard. The studio version is great, but the live versions take the song to a whole other atmospheric level.

I was absolutely amazed to hear "Born on a Train" blasting at Universal Citywalk in November, as I was exiting an event. It was the first time I'd ever heard a Magnetic Fields song in public (aside from when I saw them live a few years back)...and a rather obscure one to boot! Hearing it boom and clunk away as I passed by the shops and restaurants of Citywalk was one of those great (and unexpected) musical moments for me.

I don't know how "The Only Living Boy in New York" ever slipped by me, but someone I know recently cited it as one of his favorite S&G tunes, so I dug it out. What a gem.

I first heard "Off You" in a Breeders documentary on YouTube and it's haunted me ever since.

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