Fruits & Veggies mix!

I made this mix several months ago for Patricia, and I'm finally getting around to sharing here. We just signed up for a CSA here in Nashville and I'm very anxious for May to get here! Does this mean we are officially hippies and/or yuppies?

1. Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
2. Dee-Dee Sharp - Mashed Potato Time
3. Peter, Paul and Mary - Lemon Tree
4. Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat (Day-O)
5. Bobby Darin - Clementine
6. Chet Atkins & His Galloping Guitar - Dill Pickle Rag
7. Radio Commercials - Campbell’s Tomato Soup
8. The Beach Boys - Vegetables
9. Booker T. & The M.G.S - Green Onions
10. Johnny Cash Orange Blossom Special
11. Jay and the Techniques Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie
12. Julia Lee - The Spinach Song (I Didn't Like It the First Time)
13. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
14. Neil Diamond - Cherry, Cherry
15. Glenn Miller Orchestra - Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree
16. Harry Nilsson - Put the Lime in the Coconut
17. Andy/Eddie/Jim Henson - Captain Vegetable
18. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
19. Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra - Tangerine
20. Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island

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Mixtape: Lions, Tigers & Bears! Oh my!

Asobi Seksu	Lions And Tigers
Bishop Allen	Tiger, Tiger
Boy Least Likely To	My Tiger My Heart
A Camp	Bear On The Beach
The Features	Lions
Fleet Foxes	Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
Iron And Wine	Lion's Mane
The Killers	Neon Tiger
Mumford & Sons	Little Lion Man
My Sad Captains	Hello Bears
Page France	Mr. Violin And Dancing Bear
Paper Route	Tiger Teeth
Pete And The Pirates	Bears
Sarah Harmer	Came On Lion
Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers	The Bear
Washington	How To Tame Lions
Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Gold Lion

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Workout Mix - August 2010

MIA Featuring Jay Z	XXXO
Justin Bieber Feat. Usher	Somebody To Love
Scissor Sisters	Fire With Fire
Tegan & Sara	The Ocean
Scouting For Girls	1+1
Foals	This Orient
Those Dancing Days	Run Run
Muse	Time Is Running Out
Black Eyed Peas	Meet Me Halfway
Kelly Clarkson	I Do Not Hook Up
Plastiscines	Barcelona
Justice	D.A.N.C.E
The Pipettes	Call Me

Workout Mix - July 2010

There's a gym in my building, so I had no excuse but to join. Typically in the past, I've just listened to Paramore songs on repeat while running, but that was starting to get a little old. So I decided to make a 45 minute upbeat type mix good for the elliptical/treadmill. I might keep this up, and might not (same goes with the gym habit), but my goal is to make one for each month. ENJOY!

BoB Feat. Hayley Williams & Eminem	Airplanes
Hot Chip	Ready For The Floor
Sia	The Fight
La Roux	Bulletproof
Robyn	Dancing On My Own (Radio Edit)
The Black Keys	Tighten Up
Noisettes	Don't Upset The Rhythm
Alphabeat	Fascination
Rihanna	Rude Boy
Gossip	Pop Goes The World
Miike Snow	Black & Blue
Empire Of The Sun	Walking On A Dream

Holiday mix for 2009

I absolutely LOVE Christmas music. Each year, I vow I won't start listening to it until Thanksgiving and each year I fail.... usually by June. There were a few really great new songs out this year, so I thought I'd make a mix (it doesn't take much, honestly).

Fun - Believe in Me
Brooke Waggoner - Christmas Moon
William Fitzsimmons - Covered in Snow
Slow Club - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Rosie Thomas - Why Can't It Be Christmastime All Year
A Fine Frenzy - Red Ribbon Foxes
Pete Yorn - Do They Know It's Christmas
Catherine Feeny - Christmas Song
Sondre Lerche - Christmas Time Is Here
Laura Marling - Goodbye England (Covered in Snow)

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And some other fun Christmas links for you:

• Big Rock Candy Mountain has some great old school country/rock-a-billy Christmas tunes right now!
• Plan 59 has really nice collection of 1950s Christmas cards/ads/design.
• Santa's Working Overtime... for real. The best collection of Christmas links I've seen.
• A really nice mix of classic Christmas songs from Guilt Free Pleasures
• Mental Floss gives us the 10 Creepiest Santas and Bizarre But Clever Christmas Decorations
• Orange You Lucky! has some adorable holiday labels for your printing pleasure
• Bakerella has my favorite holiday dessert recipe... Oreo Truffles (just add red & green sprinkles)

That's all I've got... Now I shall start compiling my 'best of 2009' lists!

Hope you have a lovely Christmas.

Songs in Commercials, Thirteenth Installment

Chrysler took out the line about heroin from the Dawn Landes song... I wonder why!

Phoenix - 1901 (used in Cadillac commercial)
Annie Little - Fly Me Away (used in the Amazon Kindle commercial)
Dawn Landes - Straight Lines (used in Chrysler Town & Country commercial)
Basia Bulat - Before I Knew (used in Subaru Outback commercial)
Langhorne Slim - Worries (used in Travelers Insurance commercial)

My next batch will be classical themed... Submit your suggestions! My inspiration is the amazing new American Express commercial that uses Bach's Cello Suite.

Happy birthday to the best dog ever.

I never was a dog person. It took my husband five years to convince me we needed one, and even then I wasn't fully sold on the commitment. But now, on the second birthday of our dog Carnaby, I sit here making a MIX for MY DOG. Yeah. I have become the obsessive dog person. My friends talk about their kids, and I just share stories about my dog. He's my baby. Anyway, here are some songs (well, the first one isn't really a song...) about dogs. I would like to think these are the best songs you'll find about your four-legged friend. Enjoy!

Cousin Eddie - "Mississippi Leg Hound" (from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation)
Bobby Bare, Jr. - Your Adorable Beast
The Beatles - Martha My Dear
The Format - Dog Problems
Nellie McKay - The Dog Song
Swan Dive - Half Breed Stan
Cat Stevens - I Love My Dog
Patty Griffin - Heavenly Day
John Hiatt - My Dog & Me
Blue Mother Tupelo - Gustard Bellue

17 Songs about 17!

The Boy Least Likely To - I'm Glad I Hitched My Apple Wagon to your Star
I was young and I was stupid; I had just turned seventeen

Field Music - 17
When I was seventeen, I could stumble

The Eames Era - All of Seventeen
All of seventeen, we were falling apart at the seams

Stevie Nicks - Edge of Seventeen
I went forth with an age old desire to please on the edge of seventeen

Blitzen Trapper - Furr
When I was only seventeen, I could hear the angels whispering

Ladytron - Seventeen
They only want you when you're seventeen; when you're 21, you're no fun

Tara Maclean - At Seventeen (Janis Ian cover)
I learned the truth at seventeen, that love was meant for beauty queens

Broken Social Scene - Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl
Park that car, drop that phone, sleep on the floor, dream about me

The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There
Well, she was just seventeen, you know what I mean

The Wreckers - Strawberry Wine (Deana Carter cover)
Strawberry wine, seventeen.. the hot July moon saw everything

Sexton Blake - Young Turks (Rod Stewart cover)
Patti packed her bags, left a note for her momma, she was just seventeen

Ingrid Michaelson - The Hat
We were seventeen again together (And it's alright)

The Sound of Music soundtrack - Sixteen Going on Seventeen
I am sixteen going seventeen, I know that I'm naive

Kings of Leon - 17
Oh, she's only seventeen... wine and whine and wound up over everything

The Felice Brothers - Wonderful Life
You say you were only seventeen when you fell in love with that dirty Reverend Green

Gillian Welch - No One Knows My Name
And my mother was just a girl of seventeen; It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all

The Mountain Goats - This Year
I played video games in a drunken haze; I was seventeen years young

I heart covers.

Ten cover songs I've been loving lately:

Noah & the Whale - You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon cover)
Zee Avi - First of the Gang to Die (Morrissey cover)
Ellie Goulding - The Wolves (Bon Iver cover)
William Fitzsimmons - King of Wishful Thinking (Go West cover)
Dawn Landes - I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty Cover)
Daniel Merriweather - You Don't Know What Love Is (White Stripes cover)
Nouvelle Vague - Our Lips are Sealed (The Go-Go's cover)
Amy Millan - I Will Follow You into the Dark (Death Cab for Cutie cover)
Crooked Still - Orphan Girl (Gillian Welch cover)
Yim Yames - My Sweet Lord (George Harrison cover)

The Ultimate Bike Mix

I recently purchased a vintage Schwinn road bike which of course leads to my collecting of any and all bike songs. Let me know which ones I am missing!

Dinah Shore - Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built For Two)
Hauschka - Blue Bicycle
Charlene Soraia - Bike
Psapp - Tricycle
Memory Tapes - Bicycle
Queen - Bicycle Race
Robinella - Brand New Key
Shonen Knife - Cycling is Fun
Dukes of the Stratosphere (XTC) - Bike Ride to the Moon
Madness - Riding on my Bike
Fats Domino - Rockin' Bicycle
Darren Hanlon - The Kickstand Song
This is the Kit - With Her Wheels Again
Caroline - Bicycle
Firefox AK - Everytime I Ride My Bike
Amy Correia - The Bike
Oh No, Oh My! - The Bike, Sir
The Plasticines - (Zazie Fait De La) Bicyclette
Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles
The Bicycles - BBBicycles
Rosie Thomas - Bicycle Tricycle

Songs in Commercials, Twelfth edition

The eleventh installment was eaten by the internets. Sorry.

Donovan - Colours (used in Lenscrafters commercial)
Aberfeldy - Summer's Gone (used in the new Radio Shack, er, "The Shack," commercial)
Hockey - Too Fake (used in JC Penney commercial)
Matt Costa - Mr. Pitiful (used in Apple iPhone commercial)
Matt & Kim - Daylight (used in Bacardi commercial)

A mix of 10 cover songs for the start of summer.

The Avett Brothers - Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen cover)
Laura Marling - The Wrote and the Writ (Johnny Flynn cover)
Dragonette - Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top cover)
Jay Jay Pistolet - Paper Planes (M.I.A. cover)
Sara Watkins - Pony (Tom Waits cover)
Metric - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob Dylan cover)
Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles - Being With You (Smokey Robinson cover)
Lay Low - The Reason Why My Heart's In Misery (Lefty Frizzell cover)
Ben Sollee - Extraordinary Machine (Fiona Apple cover)
Noah & The Whale - Devil Town (Daniel Johnston cover)

Sliimy

I've become obsessed with French pop artist Sliimy. Apparently, he received some press a while back for his cover of "Womanizer" but I must have missed it. I don't really know how to describe Sliimy. The first word that comes to mind is "FAB-ulous".


Sliimy - Wake Up (The video is equally amazing)
Sliimy - Womanizer (Britney Spears cover)

RIYL: Alphabeat, Kate Nash, Phoenix, Mika

Top Ten Prince Covers.

Nothing beats the real thing but these come pretty darn close. In my search for the best Prince covers, I have a newfound love for the underappreciated gem from Sign O' the Times -- "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man".

Richard Swift - I Would Die 4 U
Ben Taylor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Susanna - Dance On
The Be Good Tanyas - When Doves Cry
Martin Sexton - Purple Rain
Duke Special - I Feel for You
Robyn - Jack U Off
Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele - When You Were Mine
El Presidente - Raspberry Beret
Eels - I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man

Songs in Commercials, Seventh Installment

It's been awhile... My TiVo keeps me from watching too many commercials, thank goodness!!!

The Silver Seas - Imaginary Girl (used in Kenmore commercial)
Emilie Mover - Ordinary Day (used in Bounce commercial)
Ryan Lindsey - Let's Go Out (used in Payless Shoe Source commercial)
Chairlift - Bruises (used in iPod commercial)
The Blue Van - Silly Boy (used in Samsung commercial)

Songs in Commercials: Fifth Installment

Some really great songs this time! I had to include the one from the Saab commercial, even thought it's almost a year old... 'Cause not only do I love the song but I love my 10 year old Saab. :)

Nikolai Dunger - Something in the Way (used in Volvo commercial)
Nina Kinert - Through Your Eyes (used in Saab commercial)
Nicole Adkins - Maybe Tonight (used in Old Navy commercial)
Noah & The Whale - 5 Years Time (used in Saturn commercial)
Walter Meego - Forever (used in Heineken commercial)

Songs in Commercials: Fourth Installment

So, this has become a bit of an obsession... I am now intent on finding the song in the Eucerin commercial. I was disappointed to find out that the song in the Quilted Northern commercial was created specifically for the company. Anyway... Life has been very busy lately, and has left little time for my sweet "hi-fi heart" but I did find five more songs recently heard in commercials. Quite a good batch if I must say so myself!

Miss TK & The Revenge- No Biters (used in Clearasil commercial)
The Icicles - La Ti Da (used in Target commercial)
Lights - The Last Thing On My Mind (used in Old Navy commercial)
JuJu Stulbach - Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (used in GE commercial)
Alice Peacock (w/ John Mayer) - Bliss (used in Hershey's Bliss commercial)

Yet Even MORE Songs from Commercials.

Ok, this is kind of fun. Five more songs from commercials!

Tim Myers - A Beautiful World (used in Target commercial)
Landon Pigg - Falling In Love in a Coffee Shop (used in Debeer's commercial)
Dragonette - Get Lucky (used in JC Penney commercial)
Amos Lee - Sweet Pea (used in AT&T commercial)
Brendan Benson - What I'm Looking For (used in iPhone commercial)

More Songs from Commercials!

So it seems a lot of people liked the last batch, so I decided to put together another one! Enjoy! Feel free to make suggestions as well.

Melpe Mene - I Adore You (used in Volvo commercial)
Ben Lee - We're All In This Together (used in Kohl's commercial)
Cao Fang - In Summer (used in GE commercial)
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant - Killing the Blues (used in JC Penney commercial)
Orba Squara - Perfect Timing (This Morning) (used in iPhone commercial)

Songs from Commercials

Just a batch of songs I've recently heard in commercials and felt compelled to Google to find out who the artist is... Except for the Simone White song, which I found randomly on the Stroopwafel myspace page (I had a craving, and sadly am not anywhere NEAR The Netherlands at the moment)... And later found out it was in an Audi commercial, which was a good excuse to use it! Well, and the Hem song, which I recognized as Hem but hadn't heard that particular song. Enjoy!

Joe Purdy - Can't Get It Right Today (used in Kia commercial)
Lights - February Air (used in Old Navy commercial)
The Flatmates - Happy All The Time (used in Payless Shoes commercial)
Simone White - The Beep Beep Song (used in Audi commercial)
Hem - The Part Where You Let Go (used in Liberty Mutual commercial)