I completed my compilation for Heathrow’s going away. My song list:
The Employment Pages : Death Cab for Cutie
The World at Large : Modest Mouse
Skyway : The Replacements
Dear Chicago : Ryan Adams
The World Ain’t Slowin’ Down : Ellis Paul
Rocket Man : Ryan Adams and Adam Durwitz
Probably Bound to Happen : Whiskeytown
Windfall : Son Volt
Poor Poor LA : Tim Easton
Outta Mind (Outta Sight) : Wilco
The New Kid : Old 97s
I Don’t Want What You’ve Got (Goin’ On) : The Ike Reilly Assassination
The Late Greats : Wilco
As Far As I Know : Paul Westerberg
Deckchairs and Cigarettes : The Thrills
Rock N Roll : Ryan Adams
Take Me With You (When You Go) : The Jayhawks
What do you think? Too trite? Too mainstream? Eh, I stand by it.
Does anyone else dread making mix CDs? I used to agonize over the song list and the order of the songs, trying to create the perfect Zen flow of music. I eventually gave up. I decided it was too much stress for one CD.