Kira invited me to join a one time only cd club thing.

Here’s the concept:
Break up the list of people who want to join up into groups of four or five. E-mail everyone in each group the names and addresses of the other people in the group.

Each participant makes a CD of the music they’re listening to lately. I think the idea is to avoid padding the CD with songs you know are cool but you haven’t really listened to in the last five years. It also allows for a few guilty pleasures. If you’re listening to Def Leppard every day, then they probably belong on your CD.

I finished my CD and sent it out to the people in my group:
Caitlin
Srah
Loveisjustagame
(and Kira)

Here’s the track list I came up with:

  1. Franz Ferdinand – Do You Want To?
  2. Morrissey – Irish Blood, English Heart
  3. Crooked Fingers – Call to Love
  4. The Decemberists – 16 Military Wives
  5. Death Cab for Cutie – Expo ‘86
  6. The Shins – Girl Inform Me
  7. The Mountain Goats – The Young Thousands
  8. The Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)
  9. Rilo Kiley – A Better Son-Daughter
  10. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
  11. Interpol – NYC
  12. Snow Patrol – Run
  13. Songs Ohia – Lioness
  14. Iron & Wine – Freedom Hangs Like Heaven
  15. Modest Mouse – Satin in a Coffin
  16. Bright Eyes – We are Nowhere and It’s Now
  17. The White Stripes – Little Ghost

Random thoughts regarding my list:
That Franz Ferdinand song might be about butt sex. Yes I still listen to Morrissey. I tried to avoid putting any singles on there, but the Morrissey song and 16 Military Wives slipped through. The singer from Crooked Fingers sounds like Neil Diamond. Death Cab is played out, but I saw them live recently, so they made the list. That Shins song is pretty old. Sorry, I still love that shit. The Mountain Goats - either you love ‘em or you hate ‘em. Arcade Fire needs to put out a new record. Re-releasing their first EP doesn’t count. The singer for the band Rilo Kiley is not named Rilo Kiley. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are the indie rock version of the Talking Heads. Interpol - the subway is a porno. It’s a little late to jump on the Snow Patrol bandwagon, but fuck it, I’m jumping. Jason Molina likes to play music reeaaalllly slooowwwwly. Iron & Wine are huge now. I had to throw a Modest Mouse song on there. Conor Oberst looks like Donnie Darko. The White Stripes are full on bluegrass these days. And I love it.

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