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    SUMMER MIX 2011: WE ARE ALL OUR HANDS AND HOLDERS First, yes, I am aware that it is slightly late in the game to just now be posting a summer mix. In my defense, though, I offer up the fact that I live just outside of Seattle, an area where, as of today, the temperature has only crept past 80 degrees for 78 total minutes in the entirety of 2011. Yes, while all the rest of you are having your record summer heat waves, we here in Western Washington are experiencing anything but. Moderate, mildly warm days wherein one can actually see the sun for several hours are the good days; the overcast, drizzly days where you can’t even take your kids to play outside at the park are the bad (and far too common) ones. The twenty-seventh time you hear a joke about the lack of a true summer, it ceases to be funny. It’s not like this every year - or even most years - but this year it is. So, I’m offering up this year’s Summer Mix to the gods of weather as both a thank-you (it was actually sunny today! We went to a park!) and a plea (more sun, more warmth, more summer, please!). It’s a lot to put on the shoulders of a mere mix, a single collection of 23 humble songs, and it remains to be seen whether it changes anything around here. Regardless, though, it’s something I put a good deal of time into, and I think you’ll enjoy, whatever your circumstances may be.  WE ARE ALL OUR HANDS AND HOLDERS (Summer Mix 2011)  1.  The Decemberists - Don’t Carry it All 2.  The Mountain Goats - Never Quite Free 3.  The Antlers - I Don’t Want Love 4.  Okkervil River - Rider 5.  Titus Andronicus - Titus Andronicus Forever 6.  Penny & The Quarters - You and Me 7.  Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered 8.  Bright Eyes - Another Travelin’ Song 9.  Sea Wolf - I Made a Resolution10. Bob Dylan - I Want You11. Wilco - I’m Always in Love12. Fruit Bats - When U Love Somebody13. Dolorean - Country Clutter14. The Strokes - Under Cover of Darkness15. Cage the Elephant - Shake Me Down16. Mudhoney - You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)17. Elliott Smith - Son of Sam18. Tallest Man on Earth - Graceland19. Sam Cooke - You Send Me20. The Flaming Lips - She Don’t Use Jelly21. Josh Ritter - California22. Death Cab for Cutie - Stay Young, Go Dancing23. Angela Hewitt (pianist) - Couperin: 6e Ordre No. 5 - Les Baricades Mistérieuses

    SUMMER MIX 2011: WE ARE ALL OUR HANDS AND HOLDERS

    First, yes, I am aware that it is slightly late in the game to just now be posting a summer mix. In my defense, though, I offer up the fact that I live just outside of Seattle, an area where, as of today, the temperature has only crept past 80 degrees for 78 total minutes in the entirety of 2011. Yes, while all the rest of you are having your record summer heat waves, we here in Western Washington are experiencing anything but. Moderate, mildly warm days wherein one can actually see the sun for several hours are the good days; the overcast, drizzly days where you can’t even take your kids to play outside at the park are the bad (and far too common) ones. The twenty-seventh time you hear a joke about the lack of a true summer, it ceases to be funny. It’s not like this every year - or even most years - but this year it is.

    So, I’m offering up this year’s Summer Mix to the gods of weather as both a thank-you (it was actually sunny today! We went to a park!) and a plea (more sun, more warmth, more summer, please!). It’s a lot to put on the shoulders of a mere mix, a single collection of 23 humble songs, and it remains to be seen whether it changes anything around here. Regardless, though, it’s something I put a good deal of time into, and I think you’ll enjoy, whatever your circumstances may be. 

    WE ARE ALL OUR HANDS AND HOLDERS (Summer Mix 2011)

     1.  The Decemberists - Don’t Carry it All
     2.  The Mountain Goats - Never Quite Free
     3.  The Antlers - I Don’t Want Love
     4.  Okkervil River - Rider
     5.  Titus Andronicus - Titus Andronicus Forever
     6.  Penny & The Quarters - You and Me
     7.  Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered
     8.  Bright Eyes - Another Travelin’ Song
     9.  Sea Wolf - I Made a Resolution
    10. Bob Dylan - I Want You
    11. Wilco - I’m Always in Love
    12. Fruit Bats - When U Love Somebody
    13. Dolorean - Country Clutter
    14. The Strokes - Under Cover of Darkness
    15. Cage the Elephant - Shake Me Down
    16. Mudhoney - You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)
    17. Elliott Smith - Son of Sam
    18. Tallest Man on Earth - Graceland
    19. Sam Cooke - You Send Me
    20. The Flaming Lips - She Don’t Use Jelly
    21. Josh Ritter - California
    22. Death Cab for Cutie - Stay Young, Go Dancing
    23. Angela Hewitt (pianist) - Couperin: 6e Ordre No. 5 - Les Baricades Mistérieuses

     

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      finally finished...mix last night. Here
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      wait. Also, so far...haven’t seen too much...Berlin either…
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