thank you, listeners. This is 2006, signing off.

I spent a good portion of my morning determining the (lucky?) songs which would make it into the 2006 edition of Sountrack: Urbanwanderlsut. Oh, and also angsting over an iPod which desperately needs a trip to the MP3 doctor. It's frozen. And iTunes told me it was corrupt. Gah. (we're going over to Ridgedale this afternoon to get her checked out. Promise.)

In the meantime, I was wise enough to burn my 33 selections to disc, so I have something to jam with while dodging actual work today (hurray coincidental forethought!)

Without (much) further ado, Soundtrack: Urbanwanderlust (2006 edition)
Disclaimers:
(what this really means... mostly, songs I fell in love with this year, with notable exceptions made for songs that held special meaning throughout the year.)
(what this most certainly does not mean... best of songs, critically acclaimed songs, songs that hold some sort of inherent and quantifiable music quality. It's just the stuff I like, folks. I claim no expertise here.)

1. Juicebox: The Strokes, First Impressions of Earth (2006)
2. I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News) : Eagles of Death Metal, Death By Sexy (2006)
3. Gone Daddy Gone: Gnarls Barkley, St. Elsewhere (2006)
4. Some Things Never Stop: The Alarmists, A Detail of Soldiers (2006)
5. P.O.S Is Ruining My Life : P.O.S., Audition (2006)
6. Is It Any Wonder?: Keane, Under the Iron Sea (2006)
7. Chasing Cars : Snow Patrol, Eyes Open (2006)
8. Farewell to the Old Me: Dar Williams, The Beauty of the Rain (2003)
9. Girlshapedlovedrug : Gomez, How We Operate (2006)
10. Change: Tracy Chapman, Where You Live (2005)
11. Munich: Editors, The Back Room (2005)
12. Goods (It's All In Your Head): Mates of State, All Day (2006)
13. Drama Queens: Dan Sartain, Join Dan Sartain (2006)
14. Love Me or Hate: Me Lady Sovereign, Public Warning (2006)
15. I Will Survive : Cake, Fashion Nugget (1996)
16. Infra-red: Placebo, Meds (2006)
17. Still Take You Home: Arctic Monkeys , Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I Am Not (2006)
18. Massive Nights: The Hold Steady, Boys and Girls in America (2006)
19. Rise Up! Rise Up!: Cursive, Happy Hollow (2006)
20. Emma, Get Me a Lemon: The Walkmen, A Hundred Miles Off (2006)
21. Province: TV on the Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
22. Citrus: The Hold Steady, Boys and Girls in America (2006)
23. Breathe Me: Sia, Colour the Small One (2005)
24. International Allan: ZibraZibra, The End of the Lion (2006)
25. Freedom 90: George Michael, Ladies and Gentleman the Best of George Michael (1998)
26. I Should Have Known Better: Yo La Tengo, I am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (2006)
27. Real Life: Nellie McKay, Pretty Little Head (2006)
28. Maneater: Nellie Furtado, Loose (2006)
29. I Wish I Was A Punkrocker (With Flowers in My Hair): Sandy Thom, I Wish I Was A Punkrocker (With Flowers in My Hair) (2006)
30. A Man/Me/Then Jim: Rilo Kiley, More Adventurous (2004)
31. Sons and Daughters: The Decemberists, The Crane Wife (2006)
32. See the World: Gomez, How We Operate (2006)
33. This Year: The Mountain Goats, The Sunset Tree (2005)