Mixing It Up

My friend Pam's birthday was recently, and as part of her gift I thought I'd create a mix cd for her. It had a bunch of different songs from different bands, some that conjure up fond memories ("Dance This Mess Around", B52's, "Dancing Barefoot", Patti Smith), some I know she just likes ("Show Me", Pretenders), and some that I thought maybe she hadn't heard but might like ("Laura", Scissor Sisters, "Shout! You're Automatic", Pleasure Club). It was great fun thumbing through my (ever-incomplete) collection, finding stuff I'd forgotten about, finding stuff that made me think "oh, yeah, that'd be perfect!", and then choosing specific tracks, because of course I just could not make up my mind.

Then for my birthday, also recently, what did my homegirl Kay give me? That's right. A mix cd.

I decided to create Pam's cd while doing one for myself, which I have unofficially titled "Decompression" - good music for a bad day. It has stuff from Coldplay, Rolling Stones, Patti Griffin, Damien Rice, many more. I have to say, it's a great cd, and I listen to it often, bad day or no. In the couple of hours it took to make these mix cd's, I came up with a list for at least 5 more, some for decompressing, some for rawkin', etc. Who knows where this may lead?