Artist	Song
Glands	Swim
Belle & Sebastian	Piazza, New York Catcher
Super Furry Animals	Shoot Doris Day
Tom Waits	I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You
Stew	Giselle (acoustic)
Tchaikovsky	Enchanted Lake (from Swan Lake)
Wilco	I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Pedro the Lion	I Am Always the One Who Calls
Brian Vander Ark	Secondhand
Elliott Smith	Alameda
Cat Power	Wonderwall (Oasis cover)
Smashing Pumpkins	Mayonaise (acoustic)
Belle & Sebastian	Simple Things
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists	The Great Communicator
Bright Eyes	Bowl of Oranges
Toad the Wet Sprocket	I Will Not Take These Things For Granted
Lars Horntveth	Pooka
Bic Runga	When I See You Smile
Stew	The Statue Song
Radiohead	True Love Waits

Comment:

Mix #37, made in January of 2005. No book theme. The theme is DESOLATION. One facet of the mix that worked out well: there is just a little over an hour between the last line of track 2 ("Meet me at the statue in an hour") and the beginning of track 19. I suppose the daydreaming in track 18 made me late. The first track might be a self-indulgent and cringeworthy pick (my name is Joe, for those who have heard the song in question), but it also seemed too appropriate to pass up. This mix has several stories running through it: trying to avoid relationships with people you like but could never love, without causing them hurt; breaking off relationships with such people when you cowardly assented to the relationship in the first place; finding old friends busy with new friends; recognizing the root of one's loneliness; recognizing the blessings of the present; imagining and hoping for certain blissful futures. It's my fifth focused attempt to sum up my present situation and state of mind.

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