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I'm just feeling dumb this evening... I don't know what it is. I haven't even started drinking yet, so I'm sure that's not it. I just can't think of anything much to say, nor can I envision anything even remotely productive to do, so I'm probably going to read a bit and then pass out. Hopefully I'll remember to set that good old alarm clock before I do. In fact, I'm going to set it right now.

I and my friend Stephanie have decided to start up a mix-CD trading ring at work. Why did we decide to do this? I don't know really, it just seemed like it would be fun. Give people a reason to make stuff for other people for no reason whatsoever. If nothing else, it seems like it would be interesting to hear what kind of stuff your coworkers are digging. This is how it works. I put together a CD on the computer (or a mix-tape, for the technologically challenged, or for people who just don't have access to a computer for whatever reason). I give the CD to you. You listen to it. You may like it. You may hate it. Either way, you've just listened to my shit. You make me a mix-CD back. It doesn't really matter what it is that you mix together, there's no theme, or running mood, or whatever. Just pick a bunch of songs you like and slap them together. If you want to be all fancy about it, then cool. Rock on. Do your thing. It's not necessary, though.

That's it.

I'm curious as to what sort of stuff I'll be hearing from the people I work with on a daily basis. This one guy said he's going to make me a mix full of Columbian salsa-type stuff, which, in my opinion, would be fucking outstanding. Stephanie and I kicked it off last night, giving a few people CDs (that we made last night because we're just music nerds like that)...

Here's what you get, if you happen to work with me... And yeah, I'm sure a lot of the people reading this have heard these already, but whatever.

What you get from me...

01 - "Ceremony" New Order
02 - "Pacifics" Digable Planets
03 - "Glosoli" Sigur Ros
04 - "Blue Lines" Massive Attack
05 - "Fuck The Pain Away" Peaches
06 - "La Valse D'Amelie (Version Orchestre)" Yann Tiersen
07 - "Never Ending Math Equation" Modest Mouse
08 - "Strangers" Portishead
09 - "Army Of Me" Bjork
10 - "Shoplifters Of The World Unite" The Smiths
11 - "I Luv The Valley OH!" Xiu Xiu
12 - "Stutter" Elastica
13 - "Sometimes" My Bloody Valentine
14 - "Here Comes My Baby" Cat Stevens
15 - "Drop" The Pharcyde
16 - "Deceptacon" Le Tigre
17 - "Stupid MF" Mindless Self Indulgence
18 - "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pt. 1" The Flaming Lips
19 - "Just Like Honey" The Jesus & Mary Chain
20 - "Easy/Lucky/Free" Bright Eyes

Stephanie's take on things... (Fucking great, in my opinion...)

01 - "Nasty Girl" Vanity
02 - "D Plan Gets Rich" Dismemberment Plan
03 - "Tea Time Ska" TsuShiMaMiRe (Yep. That's damn cool...)
04 - "Enjoy The Silence" It Dies Today
05 - "End Of The Road" Murder By Death
06 - "Whenimondamic" Lootpack
07 - "Black Tongue" Yeah Yeah Yeahs
08 - "Prisons" Silent Poets
09 - "In Particular" Blonde Redhead
10 - "Hang On" Hank III
11 - "If I Was Santa Claus" Atmosphere
12 - "Death To Everyone" Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
13 - "Punker Plus" Le Tigre
14 - "Steamroller" Pigface
15 - "You Said Something" PJ Harvey
16 - "Lalala" Saul Williams
17 - "Desperate Guys" The Faint
18 - "Play Dead" Bjork
19 - "Speech Cobras" Jedi Mind Tricks
20 - "A Forest" The Cure


Drop a "w", add a "s", and "white" turns to "shite". I have no idea why that just popped into my head, but for some reason, I felt it was worth sharing...

It seemed very "words of wisdom"-ish.

See ya.