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This month's theme on the wonderful Monthly Mixtape was "In Transit," and I had a grand time searching out song that are about traveling in one sense or another. Hardest part: whittling down Josh Ritter's catalogue to just one song. Turns out nearly everything he's written or sung has to do with the open road.

Click on the artwork, download, and enjoy. As always, comments are appreciated!

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1. The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
2. The Beatles - Back in the U.S.S.R.
3. Paul Simon - Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
4. Ben Kweller - I Gotta Move
5. Willy Mason - When The River Moves On
6. Josh Ritter - Leaving
7. Ryan Adams - Oh My Sweet Carolina
8. Old 97's - Won't Be Home
9. Razorlight - Don't Go Back To Dalston
10. Peter, Paul & Mary - Leaving on a Jet Plane
11. David McGarry - Travel Plans
12. John Vanderslice - Time Travel Is Lonely (with Spoon)
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Name your top 10 most played bands on Last.fm:
1. The Strokes
2. The White Stripes
3. Brand New
4. Pink Floyd
5. Rage Against the Machine
6. The Format
7. Albert Hammond, Jr.
8. Arbor Chase
9. Death Cab For Cutie
10. Hush Hush, Commotion

What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
Dog Problems

What is your favourite album of 2?
White Blood Cells

What is your favourite lyric that 5 has sung?
"Weapons not food, not homes, not shoes.
Not need, just feed the war cannibal animal
I walk the corner to the rubble that used to be a library
Line up to the mind cemetery now.
What we don't know keeps tha contracts alive and moving,
They don't gotta burn the books they just remove 'em
While arms warehouses fill as quick as the cells
Rally round the family, pockets full of shells"

How many times have you seen 4 live?
None. I would die to, though.

What is your favourite song by 7?
In Transit or Blue Skies

Is there a song of 3 that makes you sad?
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I just cut and paste this from my Phillyist post:

Check out the songs here, playlist/countdown style:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=31E442D93BABE078

You know those songs that take over your headphones for weeks at a time? Well, the youngest alternative-rocker on the Phillyist staff decided to put all those infectious tunes into a list of 10 - and then 10 more, just because. And for your listening pleasure, yours truly linked to the album versions of those songs (thanks YouTube, for your comprehensiveness) - just click on the song names! (not true for this post. check out the link above, though) I think you'll enjoy this medley of happy, somber, honest, and beautiful songs. And if you don't find 3 songs that you like, well, you can tell me that I don't know anything about music.



1. The Hours – Ali In The Jungle

I first heard about this band when listening to Travis’ Fran Healy doing a radio takeover on Y-Rock on XPN. …

No particular order:

Comfy In Nautica - Panda Bear
Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse - Of Montreal
Play Tough - The Apples in Stereo
Australia - The Shins
Jigsaw Falling into Place - Radiohead
Intervention - Arcade Fire
The Search - Son Volt
Hate It Here - Wilco
My Moon My Man - Feist
I Must Belong Somewhere - Bright Eyes
In Transit - Albert Hammond, Jr.
For Agent 13 - The Besnard Lakes
Almost Ready - Dinosaur Jr.
Paper Planes - M.I.A.
You Know I'm No Good (remix) - Amy Winehouse
Big Wheel (Tori) - Tori Amos
You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb - Spoon
Myriad Harbour - The New Pornographers
Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys
All Cleaned Out - Elliott Smith
Fake Empire - The National

Stolen from Ulla. Thanks dear!

List the first song you heard, the one that made you fall in love and your current favourite of your top 10 artists.

1. The Strokes
First Song Heard: Is This It
Fell In Love With: Someday
Current Favourite: You Only Live Once

2. Coldplay
First Song Heard: Trouble
Fell In Love With: Don't Panic
Current Favourite: A Rush of Blood to the Head

3. Arctic Monkeys
First Song Heard: I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
Fell In Love With: Fluorescent Adolescent
Current Favourite: Brianstorm

4. Alex Beaupain
First Song Heard: De Bonnes Raisons
Fell In Love With: Je n'aime que toi
Current Favourite: Les Yeux Au Ciel

5. Albert Hammond, Jr.
First Song Heard: In Transit
Fell In Love With: Everyone Gets A Star
Current Favourite: In Transit

(6. Thomas Newman
Hmmm, yeah, doesn't really apply for film composers.)

7. The Arcade Fire
First Song Heard: Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Fell In Love With: In the Backseat
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(1)A Sentence Of Sorts In Kongsvinger
(2)Mars Loves Venus
(3)a dual will settle this
(4)Firecracker
(5)What Can I Do?
(6)I Remember
(7)Dashboard
(8)In Transit
(9)Say It All
(10)Oregon Girl
(11)Calm Go The Wild Seas
(12)Biggest Fan
(13)Strange
(14)The City
(15)Fake Empire
(16)Trampoline