Side A
Artist	Song
the secret stars	snowday
ida	95 north
kings of convenience	cayman islands
yann tiersen & shannon wright	pale white
alpha	sometime later
hope sandoval	suzanne
electric light orchestra	steppin' out
the magnetic fields	it's only time
weezer	private message
the langley schools music project	sweet caroline
blossom dearie	they say it's spring
andi camp	one night stand
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
reflector	creepin in
korea girl	conversation
discount	waiting for the great leap forwards
operation ivy	knowledge
wolf colonel	know what the story is
that dog	long island
jack johnson	do you remember
carla bruni	le toi du moi
feist	secret heart
mirah	gone sugaring
mu330	fragile
alkaline trio	san francisco
oasis	don't look back in anger
the cardigans	choke
jawbreaker	sleep

Comment:

ca. the mid 90s an older girl chides me for liking both lagwagon and oi polloi, obviously incongruous musical acts. and of course, wanting to be "cool" and "worldy" like her, i just backed down in cowardice and swore off the goleta pop punk in favor of the political scots. over the years, i would learn, and appreciate the value of differing, diverging preferences and integrate this philosophy into making mixes. why NOT include stevie wonder and crass on the same tape, when there's evidently so much amazing music out there? to each her own, you know?

this is one of the many odes i've made to the mix tape, after having read the thurston moore-edited tome. not everything fits (blossom dearie, operation ivy, mu330, oasis), nor was included everything i had wanted to include (julie doiron, huggy bear, submission hold, carole king)...but you get the basic idea: some songs i love, i loved, i remember loving.

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