Mix for That: Because (Almost) Everybody Loves Christmas

I suppose the effort and the timeliness of this Christmas playlist exemplifies the Christmas spirit that pneumonia and being snowed in for a week straight has harbored for me, personally. Regardless, though, I hope every one of you holiday lovers is basking in the heartwarming, cinnamon-scented, Poinsetta-motifed, red and green Christmas eve that today hopefully is.



1) Fairytale of New York (Pogues cover) - Stars
2) Baby It's Cold Outside (f. Kelsie McNair) - Stop for Capes
3) Oh Holy Night - Brand New
4) Handjobs for the Holidays - Broken Social Scene
5) It's Christmas So We'll Stop 2008 - Frightened Rabbit
6) My Dear Acquaintance (A Happy New Year) - Regina Spektor
7) Little Drummer Boi - Kelsie McNair
8) Sight to See, Or, Gaze at Your Shoes - Imagination Room (see also: Bryce Falcon)
9) Sister Winter - Sufjan Stevens
10) Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas - Okkervil River

Please download the whole mix HERE!

(And have a very merry Christmas, if you please.)

Vol. 1: Inside on a Rainy Sunday

On Sundays, we wake up to the settled chaos of the night before. Lazy bodies and quiet minds wind down to gather composure, with the unfortunate knowledge that Monday will come too soon. Boston weather is anything but moderate - although the temperature averaged ninety degrees the past week, today the skies exploded into one of the loudest and most terrific thunderstorms I can remember experiencing. I sat inside watching a bootlegged version of "The Dark Knight" with an underlying train of thought for the following...

There's a mix for that.

1) Keep it Loose, Keep it Tight - Amos Lee ( mp3 )
2) Damn, Sam (I Love a Woman That Rains) - Ryan Adams ( mp3 )
3) Desperado - Sarah Bolger (from "In America") ( mp3 )
4) Every Day is Like Sunday (Morrissey cover) - Colin Meloy ( mp3 )
5) Illusions - Matt Nathanson ( mp3 )
6) New England Rain - Matt McIntosh ( mp3 )
7) Look Up - Stars ( mp3 )
8) Gotta Have You - The Weepies ( mp3 )
9) City Life - The Profits ( mp3 )
10) Butterfly - Weezer ( mp3 )

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