Ain’t No Cure for the Summertime Blahs – A Mix CD

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.

Superbowl I – Preliminary Rounds, Group 15

Group 15 of the Preliminary Rounds is here!  Only one more to go and then we go on to the real stuff in Round 2 of the Superbowl, where the winners of the Preliminary Rounds will battle each other to see who makes it to the finals.  If you haven’t yet, please vote on Group 14, but if you’re ready to go here is Group 15:

Deas Vail – Shadows and City Lights (Download – Streaming)
Geology (formerly The Tourist) – Golden Morning (Download – Streaming)
Destroy Nate Allen – Don’t Walk Away (Download – Streaming)
Newsboys – Million Pieces (Download – Streaming)

Download the MP3s if you need ’em, but judge the artists and not just the song.  (Note the new option to stream the audio instead of download it, to save you some time.)

Here are the six matches to vote on:

1) Deas Vail vs. Geology
2) Deas Vail vs. Destroy Nate Allen
3) Deas Vail vs. Newsboys
4) Geology vs. Destroy Nate Allen
5) Geology vs. Newsboys
6) Destroy Nate Allen vs. Newsboys

Let the voting begin! All votes must be received in the comments by 7:00 am CST on Monday, January 28, 2008.

Official Links
Deas Vail MySpace
Buy Deas Vail MP3s on iTunes
Buy Deas Vail CDs at Amazon

Geology MySpace

Destroy Nate Allen MySpace
Download all Destroy Nate Allen’s songs for free

Newsboys MySpace
Newsboys MP3s on iTunes
Newsboys CDs at Amazon

Note: All MP3s will be removed after one week