THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: WINTER 2009

So... what exactly was happening on this planet in October, November, and December of 2009? Glad you asked...

- The U.S. Federal government ceased prosecution of those in possession of medical marijuana.

- Residents of Maine voted to overturn a law allowing same-sex marriage.

- The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.

- Bombings in Baghdad killed 127 and wounded 448 in a single day.

- The D.C. Sniper was executed in Virginia.

- A shooting at Fort Hood in Texas left 13 dead and 29 injured.

- In the Canadian Football League's Grey Cup, the Montreal Alouettes defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders, 28-27

- President Obama announced that the U.S. would send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.

- The New York Senate voted down a same-sex marriage bill.

- In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a powerful storm dropped three years of rain in four hours -- sparking floods which killed over 150 people. 

- Rio de Janeiro was selected as host of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

- Bombings in Peshawar, Pakistan killed 117 and wounded 213 in a single day.

- "Avatar" was released.

So... I guess you could say... not ALL bad. (Just mostly.)

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TRACKLIST ---

01 INTO THE FIRING LINE scott matthews
02 LOOKING OUT brandi carlile
03 O MARIA! sea wolf
04 100 MPH (IN 2ND GEAR) gemma ray
05 SYMMETRY the mary onettes
06 BREAKING INTO CARS the raveonettes
07 HALF MOON STREET tap tap
08 LET’S GO SURFING the drums
09 GOLD GUNS GIRLS [acoustic] metric
10 TRUE LOVE 1980 ash
11 VANITY KILLS codeine velvet club
12 LAKES OF STEEP friska viljor
13 THOUSAND CRAZY NIGHTS music go music
14 WHOLE LOTTA LOSIN’ monsters of folk
15 CIGARETTE BURNS flunk
16 THE VIOLET HOUR sea wolf
17 OUR MOST BRILLIANT FRIENDS slow club
18 YOU CAN’T STEAL MY LOVE mando diao

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THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: SUMMER 2009

Alas, in early summer 2009, I was not napping upon a hippo; I was navigating my Japanese-but-made-in-Michigan Mazda to Ann Arbor... to get out of the house... to get out of my head... to wistfully watch the college kids traversing the streets I had traversed some two decades previous... and to blast those college kids -- be they interested listeners or indignant dismissers -- with the attached satchel of songs...

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TRACKLIST ---

01 HOW WE ROLL plushgun
02 GIMME SYMPATHY metric
03 CLICK, CLICK martt mardie
04 BLACK TEARS miss derringer
05 PAPILLON editors
06 GOD GIVEN GRACE the troubadors
07 KISS AND RESOLVE the maccabees
08 DAMARIS peter wolf
09 FAST FUSE kasabian
10 CRY the love me nots
11 RING THE BELLS james
12 MATHEMATICS little boots
13 SMOKE IN YOUR DISGUISE new roman times
14 SONG AWAY hockey
15 NOT THE ONLY PERSON the rumble strips
16 IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE BEAUTIFUL slow club
17 RIOT ACT pint shot riot
18 TRUTH OR DARE they live by night
19 WAVES metric
20 GREAT EXPECTATIONS my sad captains

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THE 7-YEAR-ITCH MIX: SPRING 2009

These were the 21 songs that had me happy as a pig in shit during the first three months of 2009. [Also during those three months, I was enjoying Canadian bacon, German sausage, green eggs & ham, McDonald's McRib sandwiches, pork 'n' beans, sweet 'n' sour pork, and pigs-in-a-blanket. (Not to mention Kevin Bacon, Jon Hamm, Little Miss Piggy, and the piggy that went to market.)]

Now here's your trough of songs. Just don't make a pig of yourself and hog them. Remember: You reap what you sow...

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TRACKLIST --

01 HELP I’M ALIVE metric
02 GASOLINE the airborne toxic event
03 I HEARD OF A GIRL miss li
04 TWILIGHT OMENS franz ferdinand
05 THINKING OF YOU tracy chapman
06 LOVE WILL FIND YOU findlay brown
07 EVERYBODY LOVES A SCENE new rhodes
08 EVERYTHING TURNS TO YOU loney, dear
09 THIS IS YOUR LIFE the killers
10 BALLAD OF A BROKEN MAN duke special
11 G-SURF the bookhouse boys
12 FUCK YOU lily allen
13 EARTHQUAKE the von bondies
14 BUNNY CLUB polly scattergood
15 DANCING IN A MINEFIELD plushgun
16 RED TIDE neko case
17 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IDLE oasis
18 WHAT HAVE I DONE anna ternheim
19 ZIGGURAT peter adams
20 ALL HATE AND NO PLANS my sad captains
21 KINGDOM OF RUST (radio edit) doves

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