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today i went a little crazy on eMusic. i downloaded The Raconteurs "Broken Boy Soldiers", The Be Good Tanya's "Hello Love", Griffin House "Homecoming", some CCR, some old Motown stuff [Temptations, Supremes, etc.], a Spoon song, a John Denver song, a Patsy Cline song, and a Beach Boys song. this household has gone a little "new-music-crazy" lately. on sunday the BF bought EIGHT new CD's. we spend way too much money on music.

so in May im moving to TX. and the drive will take two to three days. i have endeavoured to make a map like the one that Claire makes for Drew in "Elizabethtown": with snapshots, sights to see, places to eat, and songs to listen to along the way.

this is the beginning of my list:

1. silversun pickups. lazy eye
2. dashboard confessional. so long, so long
3. counting crows. walkaways
4. switchfoot. gone
5. bright eyes. first day of my life
6. the good life. inmates
7. melissa ferrick. welcome to my life
8. tom petty. learning to fly
9. rachel yamagata. jesus was a crossmaker
10. ryan adams. come pick me up
11. fleetwood mac. big love
12. the concretes. you cant hurry love
13. the temptations. i cant get next to you
14. U2. pride [in the name of love]
15. melissa ferrick. nebraska
16. melissa ferrick. black tornado
17. desperacidos. greater omaha
18. the pointer sisters. jump [for my love]
19. juice newton. queen of hearts
20. dido. sand in my shoes
21. outkast. bombs over baghdad
22. tegan and sara. i know i know i know
23. thursday. signals over the air
24. U2 & green day. the saints are coming
25. the walkmen. the rat
26. violent femmes. blister in the sun
27. snow patrol. chasing cars
28. shiny toy guns. le disko
29. kanye west. hey mama
30. Ok Go. a million ways
31. johnny cash. i walk the line
32. jonny lang. i am
33. kelly clarkson. the trouble with love is
34. fall out boy. sugar, we're going down
35. fall out boy. chicago is so two years ago
36. the flaming lips. the wand
37. the format. tune out
38. gin blossoms. hey jealousy
39. counting crows. holiday in spain
40. better than ezra. desperately wanting
41. ben folds. the luckiest
42. ben folds. tiny dancer
43. augustana. boston
44. no doubt. spiderwebs
45. black crowes. she talks to angels
46. hawthorne heights. ohio is for lovers
47. gnarls barkley. transformer
48. the good, the bad, and the queen. herculean
49. holly golightly. anyway you like it
50. the pixies. gigantic
51. the pixies. where is my mind?
52. the hives. hate to say i told you so
53. jet. cold hard bitch
54. jem. wish i
55. john denver. leaving on a jet plane
56. janes addiction. jane says
57. OAR. hey girl
58. the postal service. such great heights
59. phantom planet. california
60. phantom planet. so i fall again
61. tegan and sara. where does the good go?
62. the white stripes. the hardest button to button
63. verve pipe. photograph
64. wolfmother. joker & the thief
65. yeah yeah yeahs. maps
66. zero 7. in the waiting line
67. sublime. what i got
68. usher. yeah
69. indigo girls. shame on you
70. rusted root. send me on my way
71. scissor sisters. filthy/gorgeous
72. stellastarr*. my coco
73. buckra. shake your baby fat
74. bloc party. banquet
75. dynamite hack. boyz in the hood
76. le tigre. nanny nanny boo boo
77. phoenix. everything is everything
78. beck. make out city [where its at remix]
79. the dandy warhols. minnesoter
80. rancid. roots radical
81. the flaming lips. do you realize??
82. the chemical brothers. block rockin beats
83. bright eyes. true blue
84. mae. suspension
85. the rocket summer. brat pack
86. ani difranco. untouchable face
87. ari hest. hallelujah
88. the ataris. boys of summer
89. sting. fields of gold
90. the police. roxanne
91. beastie boys. intergalatic
92. bright eyes. southern state
93. bruce springsteen. glory days
94. john cougar mellencamp. hurts so good
95. cat power. the greatest
96. dar williams. iowa
97. dashboard confessional. hands down
98. david gray. babylon
99. the format. on your porch
100. the fray. how to save a life
101. garbage. cherry lips
102. hot hot heat. bandages
103. jacks mannequin. holiday from real
104. jenny lewis & the watson twins. the big guns
105. johnny cash. cry, cry, cry
106. johnny cash, hey, good lookin'
107. josh ritter. girl in the war
108. kanye west. gold digger
109. the killers. mr brightside
110. the killers. sams town
111. mandy moore. have a little faith in me
112. the kills. the good ones
113. mary chapin carpenter. passionate kisses
114. mat kearney. nothing to lose
115. matt nathanson. angel
116. melissa ferrick. back in love
117. melissa ferrick. will you be the one
118. melissa ferrick. streetlight
119. melissa ferrick. anything, anywhere
120. metric. combat baby
121. mike doughty. looking at the world from the bottom of a well
122. missy higgins. scar
123. montell jordan. this is how we do it
124. morningwood. nth degree
125. MXPX. chick magnet
126. anna nalick. breathe [2 am]
127. anna nalick. citadel
128. neko case. star witness
129. nelly furtado. maneater
130. notorious BIG. hypnotize
131. oasis. wonderwall
132. the raincoats. dont be mean
133. ray lamontagne. jolene
134. red hot chili peppers. tell me baby
135. red hot chili peppers. under the bridge
136. regina spektor. fidelity
137. robinella. break it down baby
138. rolling stones. paint it black
139. the roots. the seed [2.0]
140. sarah mclachlan. world on fire
141. sarah mclachlan. ice cream
142. sinead o'connor. nothing compares 2 U
143. sister hazel. best i'll ever be
144. tori amos. winter
145. the used/my chemical romance. under pressure
146. the white stripes. i just dont know what to do with myself
147. yeah yeah yeahs. phenomena

thats all i got so far. but im thinking that i'll need upwards of 400 songs. any suggestions?

music i've been obsessed with so far this year:

Silversun Pickups
The Walkmen
Neko Case
Cat Power
Griffin House
Beirut
The Sun
Vedera
The Be Good Tanyas
Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins

track listing for my first mix CD of 2007: a compilation of what i loved in 2006.

1. Augustana: Boston
2. Ray LaMontagne: Jolene
3. Matisyahu: King Without A Crown
4.The Flaming Lips: The Wand
5. Dangerdoom: Benzi Box
6. Rachel Yamagata: Jesus Was A Crossmaker
7. Missy Higgins: Scar
8. Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins: The Big Guns
9. Raconteurs: Steady, As She Goes
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Phenomena
11. Red Hot Chili Peppers: Tell Me Baby
12. Shout Out Louds: Please Please Please
13. Gnarls Barkley: Crazy
14. Dashboard Confessional: So Long, So Long
15. Wolfmother: Woman
16. Ok Go: Here It Goes Again
17. Electric Six: Gay Bar
18. Ben Folds: Bitches Aint Shit