2009(?!) CD Swap Finally Completed
Over a year ago,
featherynscale announced the 2009 CD Swap. The participants were divided into groups, and were to send out mix CDs to the rest of their group. The primary rule, besides being playable on a normal CD player, was that the CDs must have a theme.
I had participated in 2008, and since it took a couple months to get my CDs out that I made that my theme: It's About Time!
I had no idea that I'd be much much later with my 2009 CDs. I finally mailed them out yesterday morning. I ended up making two mixes this time:
First, Girls & Boys And Other Options, which was originally inspired by a discussion of the Kinks' song "Lola".
- Boys And Girls - Kill Hannah
- Cynical Boy - Big Hello
- Cynical Girl - Marshall Crenshaw
- September Gurls - Big Star
- Tell It To My Gurl - Pat Dull & his Media Whores
- Too Bad About Your Girl - The Donnas
- Tell That Girl To Shut Up - Holly & the Italians
- Girls Kick Ass - The Its
- Boys Can Be Dumb - Big Hello
- All Boys Want - Wonderlick
- Les Boys - Dire Straits
- Cute For A Girl - Alix Olson
- I Kissed A Girl - Jill Sobule
- Fast Girls - Sarge
- Rock & Roll Girl - The Muffs
- Androgynous - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
- As Girls Go - Suzanne Vega
- Lola - Madness
- I’m A Boy - The Who
- A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
- Now I’m Your Mom - David Byrne
- Be My Girl - Sally - The Police
- Coin-Operated Boy - The Dresden Dolls
- Girls And Boys - Blur
Next, Songs For The End Of The World, which at one point was going to be "Songs For The Great Recession" but that was too depressing (especially when I was unemployed). Somehow the end of the world was less depressing, and slightly more focused.
- The End Of The World - Bob Geldof
- Turn On The News - Hüsker Dü
- The World Is Too Much With Us - Regatta Sixty-Nine
- End Of The World - X-Rated Cowboys
- Until The End Of The World - U2
- Fear Of The Unknown - Siouxsie and The Banshees
- Worse - Too Much Joy
- When The World Is Running Down (You Make The Best Of What’s Still Around) - The Police
- (Don’t Fear The) Reaper - s.e.k.s.
- Nothing To Fear (But Fear Itself) - Oingo Boingo
- The End Is Near - Headboard
- Is This The End? - The Its
- It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - Saint Eve
- What A Wonderful World - Joey Ramone
(I did make a few extras, if anybody else wants one.)