perhaps you didn't know about my accomplished history as an amateur DJ on the world-famous WNMH, coming to you live from northfield, MA. in another life entirely, i cohosted such groundbreaking radio shows as, "this is not a hootenanny," "dumber than a BBQ," and "angry hippie music." so i still have a soft spot in my life for putting together mixes. it's very high fidelity.
well my very dear friends, brooke and anna, came up to visit us this summer with their husbands, jon and chris. at the time, brooke was about 4 months pregnant and mentioned in passing that she'd really like it if i would make her a mix CD to listen to when she goes into labor. a pretty daunting request, no? especially because i've never been in labor myself, so i don't know whether to go for the slightly loud and angry this-hurts-like-hell music, or the life-affirming-girl-friendly music.
well, like an excellent friend, i decided to put off actually completing a mix until, say, her baby was overdue. for all i know, she's in labor as i type this. or maybe she's already had the baby and just didn't tell me b/c i'm a bad friend.
in any event, and because i have an absurd amount of time-sensitive work to do, i decided to take a shot at the mix today. after lots of fun times with ipod/itunes ("your ancient ipod needs new softward; would you like to erase your ipod?"), here's what i've come up with. i'm still playing around with it; i figure i can change things until monday since i can't mail it then either. i decided to mostly go with the "life-affirming-girl-friendly" genre -- a little bit of rhythm here and there but mostly songs about life lessons, love and other good stuff:
1. Heartbeats (José González)
2. Ten Year Night (Lucy Kaplansky)
3. The Blessings (Dar Williams)
4. World Falls (Indigo Girls)
5. This is Home (Lucy Kaplansky)
6. Glacier Bay (Terry Kelly)
7. The Beauty Of The Rain (Dar Williams)
8. Call And Answer (Barenaked Ladies)
9. I'm On Fire (Bruce Springsteen)
10. Power Of Two (Indigo Girls)
11. Overkill (Acoustic Version) (Colin Hay)
12. River (Sarah McLachlan)
13. Babylon (David Gray)
14. After All (Dar Williams)
15. Sleeper (Eliza Gilkyson)
16. The Hudson (Dar Williams)
17. The Last Fare of the Day (Richard Shindell)
18. Say a Little Prayer (Shawn Colvin)
19. Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole)
so ... any thoughts, comments or suggestions?
Posted by cmandala at December 3, 2006 01:07 AMpoor truman! dogs always look so embarassed when they have to wear those funnels...
Posted by: Sarah at December 5, 2006 07:21 AM