Artist	Song
Flogging Molly	Swagger
Save Ferris	The World is New
Blondie	Island of Lost Souls
Semisonic	Chemistry
Plastic Bertrand	Ca Plane Pour Moi
Robbie Williams	Beyond the Sea
The Primitives	Crash (The '95 Mix)
Fountains of Wayne	Mexican Wine
The Pixies	Here Comes Your Man
Lick the Tins	Belle of Belfast City
The New Pornographers	Letter from an Occupant
Midtown	Like a Movie
The Killer Barbies	My Heart on Fire
O.A.R.	Hey Girl
Screeching Weasel	I Don't Care Anymore
The Belljars	Dead Man's Curve
Saves the Day	Certain Tragedy
Allister	Better Late Than Forever
Peter, Paul and Mary	If I Had a Hammer
Dick Dale	Ghost Rider in the Sky
Mitch & Mickey	A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow
Allister	Somewhere on Fullerton
Cher	Walking in Memphis
Good Charlotte	The Day That I Die
No Use for a Name	This is a Rebel Song
The Ramones	Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes	Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Less Than Jake	The Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out/Screws Fall Out
Judson Spence	Drift Away
The Specials	Pressure Drop

Comment:

From far away, this could be misconstrued as the son of my first super-bubbly fun times mix from long ago, but I put a distinctly more...pensive twist on this one. A lot of the music's wistful, with melancholy undertones. It complements the forthcoming end of summer, I think. Fall is always a quieter, more reflective time, y'know? The idea I was going for was, after the mood-setting Flogging Molly song, to start the mix with happier tunes, then slowly segue into more subtly sorrowful, contemplative ones, using Dick Dale's showstopping instrumental as the turning point. It ends with The Specials because I always felt that song belonged at the very end of a movie. There's something conclusive and modestly hopeful about it. These feelings may not seem evident in some of the music (most of the post-Dick Dale bands are frothy pop-punk acts), but the emotions are there if you're looking for them. Plus, above it all, all 30 tracks here are simply magnificent songs unto themselves, and, put together, I think they represent an impressive variety of musical styles. Not to sound arrogant or anything. I'm just proud of my work here :)

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