music revue

i am throwing a party this weekend. said party is gorgeously themed (the debauched debutante ball) and gloriously co-hosted. as such, i must make the proper effort. now, the dress is taken care of. the decor planned. the invitations sent out. the punch...more or less planned. what remains?

why, nothing but the MOST IMPORTANT PART of a good party. i refer, of course, to the music. I think that four mixes will be sufficient for the evening (three upbeat/mixed, one mellower for the end of the night); i am currently working on compiling the first.

on the roster thus far:
1. theme to cowboy bebop (extended mix)
2. oliver's army-elvis costello
3. i hear noises-tegan and sara
4. red alert-basement jaxx
5. sexual revolution-macy gray
6. deceptacon-le tigre
7. hear me out-frou frou
8. seed-the roots
9. I-76-g. love and the special sauce
10. apple of my eye-ed harcourt
11. shakedown!-the start
12. young-ryan adams
13. the crystal frontier-calexico
14. murder on the dancefloor-sophie ellis bextor
15. pressure drop-the specials
16. cherry lips-garbage
17. i'm your boogie man-KC and the sunshine band
18. singular girl-the old 97s
19. top of the world-shonen knife

i think that's a good way to start things off. what are your thoughts? what essential party songs ('staying alive,' by the way, is verboten when answering this question) am i missing here?

i love making mixes. tra la!