Artist	Song
Cat Stevens	Sitting
Blake Babies	Train
Alice Peacock	Some Things Get Lost
Bob Dylan	Visions of Johanna (Live 1966)
Berlin	For All Tomorrow's Lies
B.J. Thomas	Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head
Dusty Springfield	I Think it's Going to Rain Today
Elliot Smith	I Better Be Quiet Now
Elton John	Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Ghost of an American Airman	Buried at Sea
Glen Campbell	Witchita Lineman
Groucho Marx	Everyone Says I Love You
Beach Boys	In My Room
Jill Sobule	Somewhere in New Mexico
Simon & Garfunkel	April, Come She Will
John Prine	Angel from Montgomery
John Wesley Harding	Roy Orbison Knows (The Best Man's Song)
Juliana Hatfield	Nirvana
Guster	What You Wish For
Cat Stevens	Trouble
Marlee McLeod	In Trouble Again
Phil Ochs	Changes
Neil Diamond	Red, Red, Wine
Nina Simone	Angel of the Morning
Paul Westerberg	Self-Defense
Bee Bees	I Can't See Nobody
The Innocence Mission	Medjugorie
Nick Drake	Fly
Luciano Pavarotti	(Aria) Nessun Dorma (From Puccini's "Turandot")
Kingston Trio	Scotch n' Soda

Comment:

This may be a little too personal to post on AOTM, but I've seen profound political statements so I suppose this is my turn. And trust me, it's entirely non-partisan.
This mix is actually two CDs I created from memory while away from my music for a while "resting". As sad some of these songs are, I believe in the end most are quite life-affirming. You be the judge. Melancholy can be nearly sweet, but depression can be downright vampiric.

I've spent some time recently (too long) in one of the Twin Cities finest facilities to "rest". Despite very competent treatment and medication I lapsed into quite a weakened mental state and nearly logged off for good. The details I'll spare you, friends.

But what I won't spare you is the plea for two things:

1. If you are having trouble with depression or know someone who is, please take the time to talk to them. Suicide/Depression is no joke and frankly, nothing (not even the greatest of friends), can competently deal with. Urge them ( or yourself) to get help-- it is no sign of weakness, friends, in fact it's quite easy. (I might add that it's not wrong to "nark" on them to their parents) Call 1-800-784-2433 (this is a general Suicide Hotline Number available 24-7). Follow up. Help your friend or help yourself. You're infinitely more important than an ex-girlfriend/boyfriend idiocy or a mistake(s) you made. Help is all over the place, really.

2. I charge everyone reading this to really take the opportunity to live life. Listen to some of the great music you're learning about on AOTM, share it with friends, and feel. And Feel. It's a far more fabulous world than many of us realize.

Sorry for the soapbox. Next few mixes won't have such an agenda....just hard to shake for the moment.

I wish you all a happy and healthy weekend.

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