Spring - Finally!

The daffodils are in full sunny glory, the hyacinth have started to burst, and the sneezing has begun - spring is here again. Of course, this calls for a Spring Fever mix - sent across the country and distributed to all our favorite teachers for spring break (including my high school choir director!).

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Spring Fever
27 Jennifers - Mike Doughty
Don't Stop Believin' - Petra Haden
My Moon My Man - Feist
Hotel Song - Regina Spektor
It Might As Well Be Spring - Cheryl Bentyne
Sky - Joshua Radin w/Ingrid Michaelson
Taylor, the Latte Boy - Kristen Chenoweth
The Way I Feel - Matt Wertz
New Soul - Yael Naim
Modern Nature - Sondre Lerche w/Lillian Samdal
When Did Your Heart Go Missing - Rooney
Tears Dry On Their Own - Amy Winehouse
Sing Along - Virginia Coalition
Eye in the Sky - Jonatha Brooke
For Shame of Doing Wrong - Ida
Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard & Markete Irglova
Running - No Doubt
Breakin' Up - Rilo Kiley
Music is My Hot, Hot Sex - CSS
Paradise - Ana Serrano van der Laan
It Looks Like Love - Josh Rouse

Earlier versions featured Adele, Jars of Clay and Sheryl Crow, but I just wasn't happy with the flow. Plus they were a bit gloomy for the springtime vibe. And I've loved the song "It Might as Well Be Spring," since I sang it in high school with Mr. Benson's Vocal Jazz, and it took awhile to find a version I really liked. Annalise loves "The Way I Feel," calling it the happy song - and I can't argue, not "...when everything inside of me is singin' out." And everyone sings along to "Taylor, the Latte Boy," including the staff at the downtown Starbucks.

Someone asked me this week who it is that I make these mixes for: although I have made special mixes for specific people, I make these for myself first and foremost. Last year I created a playlist called, "Songs With Which I Am Currently Obsessed," but that label applies to just about every mix I've ever made.

Outside my obsession with the perfect mixtape, I work part-time for the Downtown Walla Walla Foundation as Events & PR Manager. I worked for this downtown revitalization group fresh out of Whitman (shudder) 17 years ago, volunteered for them after the kids were born, and became interim manager two summers ago. For the last year, I've reduced my hours to part-time (I use the terms 'reduced' and 'part-time' very loosely), but still eat-sleep-drink-breathe downtown. There's really no place else I'd rather spend time in Walla Walla. Watch this space for photos and interesting updates.