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My First Mix CD

I can't believe it but I've never made a mix CD just for myself. I guess this would be like if I still had a modern rock show on the radio. Here's the tracklisting:

1. "Me and the Bean" - Spoon
2. "Hover Near Fame" - the New Amsterdams
3. "Up All Night" - Creeper Lagoon
4. "Measure 3" - Matt Pond PA
5. "Dance of Days" - Embrace
6. "Kicking the Lights" - Girls Against Boys
7. "Surgical Focus" - Guided By Voices
8. "Filthy Way to Lose Yourself" - Retisonic
9. "Good" - Better Than Ezra
10. "For Ivandell" - Mineral
11. "Under Pressure" - Small Brown Bike and the Casket Lottery
12. "High" - the Cure
13. "A Life Less Ordinary" - Ash
14. "Where Do You Get Love" - Matthew Sweet
15. "Rapture" - Pedro the Lion
16. "68" - Jawbox
17. "You're Lucky to Be Alive" - Braid
18. "Nothing At All" - Horace Pinker
19. "Houses" - The Fire Theft
20. "Regret" - New Order
21. "Johnny on the Spot" - Texas is the Reason
22. "Smile" - Flickerstick

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