Seasonal Negotiation 

It behoves us, the amateurs, the enthusiasts, the devotees to provide a holiday free musical experience during this solstice. I like to think this playlist maps a December weekend of unblinking sunlight. You start your Saturday determined and armed with only your wits and your wallet to tackle a week's worth of errands until you slide into a fugue state of wondering how you got here. You migrate to inevitable anger and vitriol and then eventually acceptance and mellowness.

Download the Playlist (99 MB) - if you're using iTunes, import the playlist which is included as an XML file.

Track List

5 Secrets of Negotiation - John Hodgman
Incinerate - Sonic Youth
Agoraphobia (Deerhunter) - The Walkmen
Whole Wide World - Wreckless Eric
Lover's Spit (BSS) - Feist
I've Been Losing - CHRISSY ZEBBY TEMBO & NGOZI FAMILY
Battery Kinzie - Fleet Foxes
Somethin Is Better Than Nothin - Tashaki Miyaki
Dreaming - Blondie
B1 Lair (E*Rock remix) - Peepholes
Queen Bitch - David Bowie
Jeepster - T.Rex
Everlasting Light - The Black Keys
Declare Guerre Nucleaire - The Hives
By Morning, It's Gone - The Deadly Snakes
Suit Of Lights - The Costello Show Feat. The Attractions & Confederates
It Is So Nice to Get Stoned - Ted Lucas