Side A
Artist	Song
elliott smith	ballad of big nothing
built to spill	big dipper
the shins	saint simon
belle and sebastian	fox in the snow
wilco	radio cure
cat power	say
the polyphonic spree	soldier girl
modest mouse	custom concern
bright eyes	let's not shit ourselves (to love and to be loved)
against me!	we laugh at danger (and break all the rules)
jets to brazil	resistance is futile
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
death cab for cutie	the sound of settling
the decemberists	the legionnaire's lament
rilo kiley	the good that won't come out
the long winters	government loans
the weakerthans	everything must go!
the good life	some bullshit escape
grandaddy	jed the humanoid
radiohead	no surprises
the clash	koka kola
the smiths	heaven knows i'm miserable now
the black heart procession	blue tears
neutral milk hotel	two-headed boy

Comment:

this is for local columnist garret mathews. a few weeks back, he wrote about how when he was growing up, songwriters had a story to tell, their songs meant something, and they didn't have to rely on kissing a member of the same sex (more specifically "the kiss" between britney spears and madonna). i was compelled to write him, but instead opted to make him a tape. he is coming into my journalism class soon and i will give him this. these songs mean something. you can read his column here.

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