I realized I haven’t put up a mix CD in a while (an Easter mix I made never made it to the blog…), so here is the first of two summer mixes. This first one is “Ain’t No Cure for the Summertime Blahs - A Soundtrack for Your Summer.” You should probably play it non-stop until September.
I tried to capture the fun of summer with a lot of upbeat, hope-filled songs, from the past to the present, from the obscure to the well-known. The next summer mix CD, which should be out soon, has more searching, road trip-styled songs.
Anyway, hope you enjoy the mix, and give me your comments.
1. Five Iron Frenzy - A Flowery Song (Download or Stream)
2. Hello Kelly - 10 Good Reasons (Download or Stream)
3. Christafari - Triumphal Entry (Download or Stream)
4. John Davis - Nothing Gets Me Down (Download or Stream)
5. Value Pac - Don’t Look Back (Download or Stream)
6. U2 - Beautiful Day (Download or Stream)
7. Dave Thompson - Time to Fly (Download or Stream)
8. Aradhna - Jaago Logo (Download or Stream)
9. Ponoka - See You Around (Download or Stream)
10. The Innocence Mission - Beautiful Change (Download or Stream)
11. Andrew Osenga - The Ball Game (Download or Stream)
12. Switchfoot - Meant to Live (Download or Stream)
13. Rock and Roll Worship Circus - New Wave Revolution (Download or Stream)
14. Bodies of Water - I Guess I’ll Foget the Sound I Guess I Guess (Download or Stream)
15. Solomon Jabby - Rootsman (Download or Stream)
16. Relient K - The Best Thing (Download or Stream)
17. Jesse Sprinkle - First Summer on Earth (Download or Stream)
18. Geology - Arkansas (Download or Stream)
Hope you all enjoy the CD! To download the album art, just save the image above.
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May 15, 2008 at 10:36 am
Nate
I love that you included Five Iron Frenzy.
They were so amazing! I was talking to a friend about new cd artwork we are making and I pulled out upbeats and beatdowns and I was like “This is hear just because I like happy music!” Good call on the summer sampler idea. It’s sunny in Oregon and this makes me happy.
May 15, 2008 at 11:48 am
Jason
Yes, Five Iron is amazing.
Overall, great mix! I’ll be listening to these all summer long!
May 15, 2008 at 1:03 pm
jakestimp
Yeah, Five Iron was the first “Christian music” I ever listened to. I still pop their albums in every now and then, after all these years. They had all the energy, fun, goofiness, and wit that you could ask for in a ska-punk band.
May 15, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Santiago
I thought I’d never see a Christafari song in your blog =P
May 15, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Rob
Upbeats and Beatdowns is great. I can’t believe its been over 10 years since that released. I am getting old.
May 15, 2008 at 4:12 pm
jakestimp
Are you kidding? I went through a phase where all I listened to was Christafari and other Christian reggae. Well, more what happened was I listened to the few Christafari albums I had over and over for a year.
There’s nothing like reggae.
May 17, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Kyra
Ooh, that Geology song is lovely. Do you have any more of those?
May 18, 2008 at 11:22 am
Matt
Jesse Sprinkle is great. I’ve got an interview with Aaron over here: http://truetunes.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/aaron-sprinkle-interview-july-2002/
May 20, 2008 at 7:36 pm
jakestimp
I do indeed have more Geology songs, Kyra… Perhaps one day, if you all behave yourselves, I shall share them with you. Perhaps…