The Monday Mixtape

Sure, he brought disease and degradation to the indigenous people of the New World, but you have to love ol' Chris Columbus when you get a three-day weekend out of his exploits. And every New Yorker named Sal or Tony gets a parade to boot! Besides, he did a great job directing Home Alone and Adventures in Babysitting.

Anyway, another new tradition is born today. The *bitter defeat* Monday Mixtape! Why? Wrong question, dear friend. The right question is, "Why the heck not?" In honor of the three-day weekend and New York's unseasonably beautiful weather, the mood of today's installment is "raucous." Enjoy. And if you're at work... take a quick rock-out break on the management!

Chromeo - "Mercury Tears"
Ghostface Killa - "Charlie Brown"
The Minutemen - "Joe McCarthy's Ghost"
? and the Mysterians - "96 Tears"
The Fall - "Mother Sister"
Sonic Youth - "Ca Plane Pour Moi" (Plastic Betrand cover)
The Coke Dares - "Acid Church Party"
Bad Brains - "Pay to Cum"
Babyshambles - "Arebours"
Pink Floyd - "Bike"
Deerhoof - "This Magnificent Bird Will Rise"
Gleaming Spires - "Are You Ready for the Sex Girls?"
Leonard Nimoy - "I Walk the Line" (Johnny Cash cover)
Billy Bragg - "The Milkman of Human Kindness"
Dramarama - "Anything Anything"

Rather than offer interesting notes and pithy insights on the above, I shall simply refer you to www.allmusic.com, where all your questions will be answered. Why all the laziness? Perhaps you weren't paying attention... THREE-DAY WEEKEND, BITCHES!