Another reason to buy vinyl...

(Not that I can afford to buy it myself.)

LA to NYC: Road trip mix

I started working on making a road trip mix last summer, trying to find as many songs as I could about places and driving. My wife and I were about to embark on a summer road trip that would cover most of the Eastern United States. I made a mix, but it didn't flow well; I was not pleased with it.

Last year I came up with the idea of making CDs for the graduating seniors at the school I teach at. This year for the CD I decided I would try the road trip idea again, since they are all dispersing from Rome, GA to schools all over the country (if not world).

I started out with about 40 songs and deliberated for awhile, experimenting with different track orders. I am very pleased with 20 songs that made it and I think it flows really well.

LA to NYC

(First link is to band's Myspace site, second link is to a 'related' image.)

1. Elliott- Drive on to Me

2. Arcade Fire- Keep the Car Running

3. Mamas and the Papas- California Dreaming

4. Low- California

5. Death Cab for Cutie- Why'd You Want to Live Here?

6. Mates of State- California

7. Brandtson- Earthquakes & Sharks

8. Jimmy Eat World- Blister

9. Hem- Not California

10. The Weepies- Vegas Baby

11. Counting Crows- Omaha

12. Halo Friendlies- Milwaukee

13. The Anniversary- The D in Detroit

14. Sufjan Stevens- Chicago

15. Fountains of Wayne- No Better Place

16. Rosie Thomas- All the Way to New York City

17. Over the Rhine- Ohio

18. Mindy Smith- Tennessee

19. Patty Griffin- Florida

20. Gomez- Charley Patton Songs

On to the Eastern Conference Finals...

Starflyer 59- Ghosts of the Future

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Another reason to buy vinyl.

I didn't take these pictures, but I have the set, and it is gorgeous. Last year, Burnt Toast Vinyl offered up a pre-order to get a set of 10 7-inches by Starflyer 59, "Ghosts of the Future." It was fairly expensive, $59.59, but I had just gotten a raise, and sounded like a good investment.

As of last week, the set is complete. 10 records, 20 songs, 10 different colors of vinyl, one wooden box, record-covers that create a puzzle, and autographed liner notes. It is far and away the coolest presentation out of all of the music I own.

Click on this picture to see a lot more of the set.