the year in mix tapes: 2009

Didn't exactly manage a playlist a month this year either...

February 2009

1. Scott Pilgrim - Plumtree
2. Punk Boy - Helen Love
3. Jennifer's Body - Hole
4. Death - White Lies
5. A Thing For Me - Metronomy
6. Feel Free - Kano f. Damon Albarn
7. High Heel Sneakers - Tommy Tucker
8. Dust My Blues - Elmore James & His Broom Dusters
9. Daddy's Gone - Glasvegas (fast version)
10. I Could Have Done This Myself - Lightspeed Champion
11. A New England - Billy Bragg
12. Caskets - Damien Jurado
13. Lost Coastlines - Okkervil River
14. Funeral Face - Suburban Kids With Biblical Names
15. I'm A Pilot - Fanfarlo
16. Let's Fall Back In Love - Slow Club

March 2009

1. Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones
2. Mr Big Stuff - Jean Knight
3. Pressure Drop - Toots and the Maytals
4. My Girls - Animal Collective
5. Wild Wild Life - Talking Heads
6. Everyday People - Sly and the Family Stone
7. Pull Shapes - The Pipettes
8. Dull Life - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
9. King Rocker - Generation X
10. Public Image - Public Image Ltd
11. Knife (Grizzly Bear cover) - Born Ruffians
12. Uptown Top Ranking - Althea & Donna
13. Lights Out - Santogold
14. But It's Alright - Eddie Floyd
15. Johnny Too Bad - The Slickers
16. Clean Up Woman - Betty Wright
17. Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding

April 2009

1. Galaxy Of The Lost - Lightspeed Champion
2. Fake Empire - The National
3. You Made Me Like It - 1990s
4. The Frug - Rilo Kiley
5. Baby It's You - Smith
6. Little Garcon - Born Ruffians
7. 26 Miles - Dent May
8. Tricycle - Psapp
9. Coconut - Harry Nilsson
10. Piazza, New York Catcher - Belle & Sebastian
11. Tree Hugger - Antsy Pants
12. I Don't Do Crowds - Camera Obscura
13. My Good Deed - Shearwater
14. Drinking, Thinking, Sinking, Feeling - Slow Club
15. Gone Under Sea - Electrelane

May 2009

1. Summer Shakedown - Slow Club
2. Cheerleader - Grizzly Bear
3. Everyone I Know Is Listening To Crunk - Lightspeed Champion
4. The Killing Moon - Pavement
5. Creep - Radiohead
6. Animal Nitrate - Suede
7. Electric Feel - MGMT
8. Stay Don't Go - Spoon
9. Heartbreaker - Metronomy
10. Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me - The Pipettes
11. Blue Boy - Orange Juice
12. Barnacle Goose - Born Ruffians
13. Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel
14. Fire Escape - Fanfarlo
15. Love You Better - The Maccabees
16. Always On My Way Back Home - Jay Jay Pistolet

June 2009

1. Run To Your Grave - The Mae Shi
2. Lessons Learned - Matt & Kim
3. It Doesn't Have To Be Beautiful - Slow Club
4. A Summer Chill - This Is Ivy League
5. Sleep All Summer - The National f. St Vincent
6. Feeling Good - Muse
7. Darling, You're Mean - The Duke Spirit
8. Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear
9. Mockingbird - Inez Foxx and Charlie Foxx
10. Welcome To My Heart - The Bouquets
11. My Heart Is Out Of Bounds - The Long Blondes
12. No You Girls - Franz Ferdinand
13. First Love - The Maccabees
14. Rudi, A Message To You - The Specials
15. Drive-In Saturday - David Bowie
16. Good Love, Bad Love - Eddie Floyd
17. The Way I Feel Inside - The Zombies
18. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) - Ella Fitzgerald

July/August 2009

1. Heartless - Kanye West
2. Tears Dry On Their Own - Amy Winehouse
3. Little Girl - Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse f. Julian Casablancas
4. Daylight - Matt and Kim
5. Trophy Room - Slow Club
6. Wild Young Hearts - Noisettes
7. Fuck You - Lily Allen
8. Bruises - Chairlift
9. Close To Me - The Cure
10. Hey Now - Talking Heads
11. End Of A Century - Blur
12. Kids - MGMT
13. Wouldn't It Be Nice - Will Oldham
14. Intervention - The Arcade Fire

September 2009

1. Float On - Modest Mouse
2. Steady As She Goes - The Raconteurs
3. Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
4. Dead Souls - Joy Division
5. You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse
6. Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths
7. This Charming Man - Stars
8. While You Wait For The Others - Grizzly Bear
9. She's Not There - The Zombies
10. Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan
11. My Boys - Taken By Trees
12. Dog Days Are Over - Florence And The Machine
13. Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega
14. Superstar - The Carpenters
15. I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James
16. Daughters Of The Soho Riots - The National
17. Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues

November 2009

1. Fire And Rain - Willie Nelson
2. Song For Autumn - The Catchers
3. Land Locked Blues - Bright Eyes
4. Save Me - Aimee Mann
5. I Will - The Beatles
6. Time And Space - The Accidental
7. Dead On The Lawn - KaiserCartel
8. Creature Fear - Bon Iver
9. Keep Yourself Warm - Frightened Rabbit
10. Airplanes - Local Natives
11. Furr - Blitzen Trapper
12. John Belushi - The Broken Family Band
13. Sorry About The Doom - Slow Club
14. Foreground - Grizzly Bear

first snow of winter!

On my walk home from work.

Malet Street and Montague Street:

Russell Square:

Chrismukkah 2009

Another year, another Chrismukkah celebration - expanded again for the third year running. We're now up to 16 adults, two toddlers, and one baby bump). The celebrations kicked off at 2ish, the last guests left about ten to midnight.

The day consisted of: 2 bottles champagne, 4 bottles bucks fizz, 5 bottles wine, 20 bottles beer, 1 bottle Baileys, 5 cafetieres coffee, 1 turkey, 2.5 kg potatoes, a kilo mac cheese, 1 apple crumble, 1 xmas pudding, a whole cheese board, no toddler tantrums and Home Alone played on a loop about four times.

Good friends, good food, good times. Nicely done. Here's to next year.