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Because my friend tragically lost ALL of his music (truly a tragedy), he asked me to make 10 mix CDs to start his new collection, which is basically impossible because it takes me whole days of obsessing over the song order and general flow of just ONE mix. So realistically, how am I going to even have enough food and water to decide on the perfect 800 minutes of music? Because clearly I can't be trusted to do anything else in the time it takes me to complete this. I might very likely have to employ someone to give me sponge baths and hand-feed me (thinking of doing this anyway, so no big deal really). How am I going to come off as cool and musically-informed with the perfect amount of listenability? What if he's heard all of my "alternative" songs before?? Will there be enough good songs, or will I have to just start adding random shitty Owl City? (No offense to anyone who likes it, but I mean, Owl City is pretty shitty. [Also the combination of the words "shitty" and "city" is bothering me. {And seriously, what's going on with these brackets??}])

Here's a little taste of the rainbow that is my musical library. Also, my body thinks it's 2:32am so I think that's maybe one of the dozen explanations for my craziness? Maybe? Ok.

1) Moth's Wings - Passion Pit
This is the second best Passion Pit song (after Sleepyhead, of course) and I had a dream the other night that I was in Boston (?), and I was waiting outside of my house and I was getting picked up by someone in his own personal metro car (which drove just on regular ol' road, which was pretty sweeeet) and we were going to a Passion Pit concert. But then when we got to the concert, the only song they played was this one, and somehow I was totally OK with it, and I think we even bought the tickets KNOWING that this was the only song that was going to be performed. Afterward we got to take the metro car to the rainforest, so I think it was a pretty awesome dream overall. But the point is that if I could choose to pay to see any Passion Pit song in concert, it'd be this one. I mean, now I'd have to choose a new one because I've already seen this one in concert, but you get my point.



2) Fortress - Pinback
Ahhh I love crudely drawn stick-figure people things in a vague plot that sort of fits with the lyrics/theme of the song! No, I mean, I actually really do love this. Okkervil River did it once, and I'm a huge fan. This song is soooo gooooooood! I think the stick people do a choreographed dance?! Add that to the list. Of things. I love. Also you start listening to this song and you're like "oh ok cool, this is suuuuper breathy-chill" and then Rob Crow is like "STOP" and you're like "woooah. calm down. what happened to days with the light off? and you and a lazy mood? it's too late? oh, ok..."



3) Meanwhile, Rick James - Cake
Cake is really super awesome, and when I was in middle sChOOL (see what I did there??), I used to have my AIM password set as "CAKE" for no reason. I mean, it was possibly because I was a big Cake fan (food and music) and thought that people (my sister) wouldn't guess it. They (she) didn't, but I eventually changed it to something stupid like "cardboard" because clearly my instant messenger account was on the same level as national security, and I needed to take all of the necessary precautions. Anywayyy, the point is that Cake is sooo absurdly awesome and this song is so great and awesome and enlightening and I don't even know what it's about but whatever, I just really like inserting anecdotes about middle school.



4) Ambling Alp - Yeasayer
This song is brand new! Like, leaked from their new album or whatever happens on the internet, I don't know how osmosis works, yeesh.



5) Psychic City (Voodoo City) - Yacht
For a whole bunch of freaking nonsense, this song is so unbelievably addicting and catchy. I kind of felt bad for not including any funky women in this mini list, but I can't really listen to women anymore unless they're threatening to dominate everything/one and call for men to be submissive. I don't really know where this came from, but I'd throw a guess at the fact that I never interact with males anymore. I'm even at the point where I call them "males", who does that? I don't remember what I was going with this little diddy, Yacht definitely has a guy in it. But this song is super awesome! And funky! And maybe I can go to bed now.