Artist	Song
Polaris	Hey Sandy ("Adventures of Pete & Pete")
Weezer	California
Peaches	I Don't Give A...
Le Tigre	Mediocrity Rules
Sonic Youth	Kool Thing
Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Y Control
The Polyphonic Spree	Light and Day
Dressy Bessy	Girl, You Shout!
Doves	There Goes the Fear
Modest Mouse	Paper Thin Walls
Ani DiFranco	Gravel
The Rolling Stones	Ruby Tuesday
Rufus Wainwright	Instant Pleasure
Van Morrison	Everyone

Comment:

This is a birthday mix for the ultra fabulous Nicole. "Mediocrity Rules" was a very deliberate kiss-off choice. She knows why. As was, for that matter, "Gravel". Tracks 12 and 14 are nods to our Wes Anderson obsession. "Paper Thin Walls" is a nod to the complete insanity of the universe. The choice of Tony the Tiger for cover art (a picture of blogger Jeremy Broomfield dressed as a bumblebee graces the back cover) is a little inside joke about, well, "grreeatness" versus mediocrity. All the transitions were worked and reworked and reworked all night long and are now impeccable; I rarely say that about a mix in its entirety, but they are truly killer. Take note, Nikster!

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