Feathered Frie nds

Artist Song
Iggy Pop  The Passenger 
My Morning Jacket  Golden 
Limbeck  Bird Problems 
Fields  Schoolbooks 
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists  The Gold Finch & The Red Oak Tree 
Richie Havens  High-Flying Bird 
The Beatles  Free As A Bird 
John Vanderslice  Up Above the Sea 
Goldfrapp  Little Bird 
The Juliana Hatfield Three  For The Birds 
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova  Fallen From The Sky 
Mary Gauthier  Soft Place To Land 
Sons and Daughters  The Nest 
The Rosebuds  Shake Our Tree 
Jenny Lewis  Pretty Bird 
Jesse Harris  Wish I Was A Bird 
Jesse Baylin  Sparrow 
Loree Alexandria  Baltimore Oriole 
Annie Lennox  Little Bird 
Carly Simon & James Taylor  Mockingbird 

Comment:

When we started this mix my cohort, Sara, was sbbseg. She has since been married and changed both her name and her user name, in the latter case to ucelluccia. Just like a woman, as the poet Dylan would say.

This mix started out as a free-flowing, see what happens thing and quickly evolved into a thematic ode to birds, our feathered frie nds. I think ucelluccia and avocado rabbit started to become frie nds during the making of this mix, and the pair are already working on a follow-up.

In the words of the Scot James Matthew Barrie: "The reason that birds fly and we can't is simply that for to have faith is to have wings." What he tells us is that we can fly spiritually, we just don't realize it.

And now for the quiz: Which musician once op ened a Cajun restaurant in Boston's Back Bay?


Feedback:

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mahdishain
Date: 12/10/2008
This one has brought me back. Wish my computer luck. Thanks!
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tornadoZ
Date: 12/10/2008
Goldfrapp, Iggy Pop, Sons and Daughters, Beatles, Juliana Hatfield... nice work you two. I like that Annie Lennox song too, though I'm guessing she's not the correct answer to your quiz.
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avocado rabbit
Date: 12/10/2008
No wins for guessing someone is not the correct answer, Alex. Thank you for the kind comment, however.
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p the swede
Date: 12/10/2008
nice one, my guess is Iggy but it's a longshot
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njr
Date: 12/11/2008
Tweet, tweet, tweet! You two have us a-twittering along with this mix. Glad to see Madame Ucelluccia back on the site making beautiful virtual music.
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Salman1
Date: 12/19/2008
Good mix. Was listening to this on my commute to work this morning. I haven't listened to Juliana Hatfield since the mid-90s, but that track by her here is great.