due to some inclement weather friday (a.k.a. an average day in minnesota pretty much 10 months out of the year), we've bumped #MixDay a couple days. but do not fear, fellow music-moochers, sam eifling—one of the newest additions to the arkansas business editorial crew—brings one of the biggest heaping scoops of awesome we've had yet. have you ever dreamed of a mixtape that pauses for a moment to hear william faulkner's nobel prize for literature acceptance speech? well...bam! you've got it.

happy listening!

Thank God it's #MixDay

1. (untitled) / Ray
2. Power and the Glory / NFL Films
3. The World is Yours / Nas
4. Talk Amongst Yourselves / Grand National
5. Why You / The Loose Cannons
6. Treat Me Mean, I Need the Reputation / Xploding Plastix
7. Bitch, I'm Broke / Cody Chesnutt
8. Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb / The Pilgrim Travelers
9. Sixteen Tons / Tennessee Ernie Ford
10. Powerhouse / Raymond Scott
11. I Fell In Love With a Girl / The White Stripes (bluegrass cover)
12. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) / Marvin Gaye
13. Cello Song / Nick Drake
14. (accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature) / William Faulkner speech
15. Old School / Danger Doom & Talib Kweli
16. Chemical Calisthenics / Blackalicious
17. Thirteen / Garbage
18. Think Locally, F'ck Globally / Gogol Bordello
19. Wheels, No Engines / Awesome New Republic
20. Pink Glove / Pulp
21. The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine / Spoon
22. Scuba (Amon Tobin remix) / Bonobo
23. Oo-de-Lally / Roger Miller

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for our second #MixDay offering of 2010, advertising coordinator extraordinaire keely kaffenberger brings you 27 tracks of digital awesome. she's given us a little something for everyone's animal interests: elephants, mice, wolves...and fergie. so, you're sure to find something to help you make it through the end of another long work week.

happy listening!

Thank God it's #MixDay

1. Good Day / Nappy Roots
2. Satellite Skin / Modest Mouse
3. Don’t Upset the Rhythm / The Noisettes
4. No one is gonna love you / Band of Horses
5. Oxford Comma / Vampire Weekend
6. In One Ear / Cage the Elephant
7. Never Forget You / The Noisettes
8. Back Against the Wall / Cage the Elephant
9. Maps / Yeah Yeah Yeahs
10. Breaking / Anberlin
11. I’m Not Over / Carolina Liar
12. New in Town / Little Boots
13. Show Me What I’m Looking For / Carolina Liar
14. Fergalicious / Fergie
15. Ulysses / Franz Ferdinand
16. No You Girls / Franz Ferdinand
17. Be Be Your Love / Rachel Yamagata
18. Phenomena / Yeah Yeah Yeahs
19. White Sky / Vampire Weekend
20. We Used to Vacation / Cold War Kids
21. Bad Man’s World / Jenny Lewis
22. Beautiful World / Carolina Liar
23. Believe / The Bravery
24. Someone Great / LCD Soundsystem
25. The Gift / Angels and Airwaves
26. You’re a Wolf / Sea Wolf
27. Time Won’t Let me go by / The Bravery

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ladies and gentlemen, #MixDay is back for 2010! [cue the applause] much like a lot of people, i've spent plenty of time pontificating on the past 10 years of music, looking at the best and worst of the decade. so i thought it was high time to look back at the previous two decades of awesome. the 80's and 90's were the best of times and the worst of times. on one hand, the 80's brought us the musical styling of one hall & oates, but we were also forced to survive years of hair metal and dudes in makeup. and, of course, the 90's brought us so much good…but then there was the wilson phillips years.

so, buckle up for this stroll down memory lane.

Thank God it's #MixDay: 20+ Years of Awesome

1980: Rock With You / Michael Jackson
1981: You Make My Dreams Come True / Hall & Oates
1982: Jack & Diane / John Cougar
1983: Islands in the Stream / Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
1984: Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go / Wham!
1985: Sussudio / Phil Collins
1986: I Can't Wait / Nu Shooz
1987: Heart and Soul / T'Pau
1988: Wishing Well / Terence Trent D'Arby
1989: My Prerogative / Bobby Brown
1989: Hold On / Wilson Phillips
1991: Joyride / Roxette
1992: To Be With You / Mr. Big
1993: All That She Wants / Ace of Base
1994: Cannonball / The Breeders
1995: Candy Rain / Soul 4 Real
1996: Pepper / Butthole Surfers
1997: Love Rollercoaster / Red Hot Chili Peppers
1998: Ghetto Superstar / Pras ft. Mya & Ol' Dirty Bastard
1999: All Star / Smashmouth
2000: The Bad Touch / Bloodhound Gang


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