Monthly Mix: The Whiskey's Waiting

The Whiskey's Waiting (January 2007 mix) spent a long time in "production." Not quite sure why...just kind of busy. Looking at the number of new songs I had in the original January playlist I see another factor. 201 songs to pick from. Of those 201, here are the 20 that made my final cut. Grab the available tracks while you can. Otherwise, you'll have to wait until my Roxio stops crashing every time I try to burn a copy. Then you'll have to wait for me to get to the Post Office.

Race For The Prize (Remix) ‡ The Flaming Lips
Grass ‡ Page France
Phantom Limb ‡ The Shins
Children of December ‡ The Slip
Queen Of The Surface Streets ‡ Devotchka
Diablo Rojo ‡ Rodrigo y Gabriela
Marianao ‡ Ska Cubano
Dashboard ‡ Modest Mouse
A Real Realizer ‡ Missing Numbers
Plasticities ‡ Andrew Bird
Flowers in the Window ‡ Travis
Lay And Love ‡ Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Valley Winter Song ‡ Fountains Of Wayne
However Many Takes It Takes ‡ Vandaveer
Headache ‡ Frank Black
Sorry ‡ Youth Group
Take A Chance ‡ The Magic Numbers
Ruby ‡ Kaiser Chiefs
Amsterdam ‡ Peter Bjorn and John
Baby's Romance ‡ Chris Garneau

Uploaded Track Commentary: If you enjoy guitar, be sure to check out the Rodrigo y Gabriela track. In the lingo of my job shadows, it is "tight." The finger picking in this tune is on fire. Combine it with the percussion (made not with drums but with their hands hitting the guitar body) and I dare you sit perfectly still with this tune turned up loud. The Kaiser Chiefs are a band introduced to me via my friend Brent and the track Ruby is just a blast to sing to when the chorus hits. Devotchka fuses Romani, Greek, Slavic, Bolero, and Mariachi music with American punk and folk roots. Yea. Worth checking out. This song has some great strings in it. I go turned onto this band via an article in the January edition of Paste.