Side A
Artist	Song
Iggy Pop	Lust for Life
Bjork	Hyper-ballad (Robin Hood Rides Through the Glen Mix)
Elliott Smith	Bottle Up and Explode
Janis Joplin	Me and Bobby McGee
Ella Fitzgerald	How High the Moon
Stereolab	Lo Boob Oscillator
INXS	Beautiful Girl
Yo La Tengo	Last Days of Disco
Joni Mitchell	A Case of You
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Aimee Mann	Save Me
Ben Lee	Cigarettes Will Kill You
The Beatles	Across the Universe
Mazzy Star	Disappear
The Roots	The Next Movement
Big Head Todd and the Monster	Bittersweet
Elvis Costello	Watching the Detectives
Serge Gainsbourg	La Javanaise
The Velvet Underground	Pale Blue Eyes
Annie Lennox	Waiting in Vain
Yo La Tengo	The Whole of the Law

Comment:

I was a sophomore and she was a senior, but she seemed so amazingly right. Exhibit a) Shared my intense love of "This American Life" b) Knew Elvis Costello's real name; owned all his albums c) Had an ease and warmth of personality that made you just want to be there.

And she was amazingly right. What was wrong was meeting her just a few months before her graduation, after which she would move to France. I still had two more years left in college. And we both knew that such a fledgling friendship would be hard to maintain from a distance, despite our best intentions to keep in touch.

We exchanged mixtapes at one time. I've forgotten the contents of mine, but this is the one she gave me. And it's really something. This music was definitely selected by an old soul. I wouldn't have guessed that it was made by someone just two years older than me. There's a comfortable feeling about the tape. This mix isn't about being obscure. Even your non-hipster friends will recognize many of the tracks (VU, Beatles, Janis). But then, even your hipster friends will admit to the greatness of these songs.

90 Minutes, hardly a clunker in the bunch. For playing when I want to feel just a little older and a little wiser.

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