My husband is wonderful and I have mentioned before that he makes mixed CDs (not actually mixed tapes) for me for holidays and random occasions. I love these CDs so much.  Isn’t a mixed CD such a thoughful gift?  I decided to share this mixed CD because I think that you can tell a lot about a person by the music they enjoy.

This is a list of songs from the CD he made for me for Christmas 2009.

Christmas 2009 Mix

Side Note:  Ben said, “I hope you don’t mind that I bookended this CD with the Beach Boys.”  I never mind that.

1. Beach Boys- “Surfer Girl”
2. The Hold Steady- “Multitude of Casualties”
3. Julian Casablancas- “Out of the Blue”
4. Gaslight Anthem- “High Lonesome”
5. Still Stanley- “Semi-Sublime” (This is a band from Jackson, MS)
6. Drive-By Truckers- “Self Destructive Zones”
7. Ben Kweller- “Wasted and Ready”
8. Pains of Being Pure at Heart- “Come Saturday”
9. The Ramones- “My Brain is Hangin Upside Down” (Live) (Ben is always trying to get me to love The Ramones, which I don’t hate.)
10. Son Volt- “Tear Stained Eye”
11. Belle and Sebastian- “Like Dylan in the Movies”
12. Yeasayer- “Tightrope”
13. Jay Reatard- “Nightmares” (RIP Jay, Ben was so sad that he died.)
14. Japandroids- “The Boys are Leaving Town”
15. Uncle Tupelo- “Sin City” (Flying Burrito Bros Cover) (I love this song a lot.)
16. Pine Hill Haints- “You Will Never See Morning”
17. Vampire Weekend- “Horchata” (This is from their new CD, Contra, which was not out at the time he made this CD.)
18. Benji Hughes- “I Went With Some Friends to See The Flaming Lips”
19. Beach Boys- “You’re So Good to Me”