Get your link on.
The Onion AV Club is making an attempt to recommend a series of mixes based on a given theme. The first is "The Year To Come", 15 tracks seeking chronological order from January to December. Here's the tracklist:
01 Death Cab for Cutie, "The New Year"
02 John Lee Hooker, "Ground Hog Blues"
03 The Lemon Drops, "I Live In The Springtime"
04 Jesus and Mary Chain, "April Skies"
05 Go-Betweens, "Spring Rain"
06 Beach Boys, "All Summer Long"
07 Galaxie 500, "Fourth of July"
08 Ice Cube, "My Summer Vacation"
09 Belle and Sebastian, "A Summer Wasting"
10 The Bangles, "September Gurls"
I'll still take Alex Chilton, thank you
11 Ministry, "Every Day Is Halloween"
12 Dave Brubeck, "Autumn In Washington Square"
13 The Waitresses, "Christmas Wrapping"
14 The Dismemeberment Plan, "The Ice of Boston"
15 The Zombies, "This Will Be Our Year"
I like that it should be an interesting project to see how it develops over the course of the year. I also like that it is only 15 tracks. Too many tracks can be a bit overwhelming, but keeping it somewhat short is nice.
I'm not sure that it won't get knocked off course by an attempt to be all things to all people, though. Variety is great, mixing genres is great, but I'm wary that in order to keep people interested, the staff will use a cafeteria selection process to reach a broader audience. I would probably prefer that each mix tend to have an underlying aural/genre theme in addition to the overall idea that is being conveyed. Should be interesting to see what pops up..
