New songs for older kids

Occasionally playing deejay for friends and loved ones during their post-nuptial celebrations has been an interesting undertaking. It's a dance all its own trying to select just the right sequencing of songs which are at once poignant and pertinent while retaining the primal characteristics which provoke corporate booty-shaking. If done properly, it can be a bit like compiling a multiple volume mixtape for the happy couple. That's quite a daunting task. Daunting perhaps, but wildly enjoyable. I have to admit, since the near extinction of tape decks among family and friends, i've missed the ritual of compiling mixtapes. With compact discs, the sequencing of two separate acts known as Side A and Side B has been lost. Digital mp3 players pose their own tactile limitations. While i'm no hater of any of these forms of aural enjoyment per se, i can't deny that their is no worthy substitute for the double-sided reel-to-reel goodness of the analog artifact commonly known as the mixtape.

Having recently made a promise to a coworker to compile for her a mix cd, i was inspired to approach the process as if the selections were being put to two sides of a ninety minute cassette. The result is now available for your aural consumption. If you're super ambitious, have these tunes magnetically committed. Dig.

Download: New Songs for Older Kids - A Rockey Home Companion Mixtape (zipped folder 102MB)

Side A:

1. Caroline - Brandi Carlile
2. Never had nobody like you - M. Ward w/ Zooey Deschanel
3. Australia - The Shins
4. Librarian - My Morning Jacket
5. Laughing with a mouth of blood - St. Vincent
6. Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
7. Unthought known - Pearl Jam
8. Kick drum heart - The Avett Brothers
9. In a future age - Wilco
10. Pot kettle black - Wilco

Side B:

1. Wake up - Arcade Fire
2. Say please - Monsters of Folk
3. Little bribes - Death Cab for Cutie
4. Genesis 3:23 - The Mountain Goats
5. Red wine, success! - Cold War Kids
6. Trials - Damien Jurado
7. The horizon is a beltway - The Low Anthem
8. Zion & babylon - Josh Garrels
9. To kingdom come - Passion Pit
10. Heaven - Derek Webb