iPod xMas

Breaking into the days of Christmas postings to let everyone know that "iPod xMas", my 2007 Holiday mix mp3 playlist is ready for downloading and listening.

Here is the cover (L-click to enlarge, R-click to save, etc..).


And here's the track list. After messing around with songs this week, I came up with a playlist that was exactly 80 minutes long (80:00). I'm not sure that will fit on a physical CD, but it's like getting a Rubik's Cube exactly right.

01. The Mighty Echoes - Happy Xmas (War is Over)
02. Brian Wilson - Christmasey
03. The Bobs - Christmas In L.A.
04. Frank Lee Sprague - Christmas Time
05. Starbelly - Dear Mother Chistmas
06. Eugene Edwards - Dear Mom and Dad
07. Robin Gibb - Good King Wenceslas
08. Apples In Stereo - Holiday Mood
09. Margo Guryan - I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You
10. Hello Saferide - iPod Xmas
11. Joe Algieri - Computer Xmas
12. The Joseph and Mary Chain - Twelve Days Of Christmas
13. Casper and the Cookies - Kiss Me Beneath the Christmas Tree
14. Ted Leo / Pharmacists - Annunciation Day / Born on Christmas Day
15. Lore Sjoberg - Nine Inch Noels
16. Aimee Mann - Christmastime
17. Mercaptan - Joy To The World
18. The Minus 5 - Your Christmas Whiskey
19. Screaming Santas - Let's Get High For Christmas
20. Peter And The Test Tube Babies - I'm Getting Pissed For Christmas
21. Redd Kross - Super Sunny Christmas
22. The Singles - Baby It's Christmas
23. The Smithereens - Christmas Time All Over The World
24. Stratocruiser - Last Christmas Girl
25. The Band - Christmas Must Be Tonight
26. Tralala - Everybody Christmastime
27. The Swimmers - The Christmas Sound
28. The Raveonettes - The Christmas Song
29. Richard Cheese - Christmas In Las Vegas

Random errata:
- There's a yousendit download link in the first comment. It's one ZIP file with 29 mp3s and a text file with this track listing. When I tried to load these files back into iTunes, it loaded them out of sequence. The official sequence of these tracks is listed above and on the cover. I updated all the track numbers on the ID tags, but there's probably another tweak that needs to happen so they fall in sequence.

- The title is "iPod xMas" in intentional mixed case. It comes from the Hello Saferide song, which has F words in it, so parents and prudes be advised. There aren't any other bad words here ("pissed" is what people on the other side call "drunk") but there might enough implied drug and alcohol use in a few tracks to warrant a Tipper Gore PMRC warning of some kind.

- The download file is just under 100mb, so it takes a while to download, but saves postage and physical materials, so we're saving the environment. The download will expire 7 days from yesterday (12/12) or 100 downloads, whichever comes first. I don't have 100 readers, so I'm betting on the former. If anyone wants a physical CD, drop me a line and I'll mail you one. Is it possible to fit exactly 80 minutes of music on an 80 minute CDR?

- Feel free to leave comments and (constructive) feedback here. I've unlocked comments, so it shouldn't even require a captcha.