birthday mirth and music

it's t-minus ten days until the party of the century (depending on who you ask) and thirteen days until my birthday proper (st. patrick's day, mark your calendars), and thus the time has come to start plotting the mixes. these, as we all know, are the most complicated and delicate arrangements to be made for a party. put in the wrong music, and there is no dancing, there is no mirth and laughter. there is only people standing about awkwardly and wondering if there's any punch left.

well. that's not going to happen on my watch.

so, the plot begins now. the way i see it, with miz r plotting several mixes of her own (including the ever-necessary eighties mix), i think i'm responsible for the following:

-innocuous mix for the beginning of the fiesta. you know, people straggling in and whatnot. me running around like a psycho making sure the ashtrays are in place and the dust bunnies under control.

-mellow mix for late evening.

-irritating and yet imminently danceable mix for mid-evening, when we're all drunk and feeling a little bit silly.

the preliminary contenders for inclusion:

disc 1: machik gay-tATu (i found it, by the way. but my filing system has got to go)/point shirley-rhett miller/make her purr-dance hall crashers/there she goes/losing it-belle and sebastian/red alert-basement jaxx/

disc 2: something by the living rooms/shadowboxer-fiona apple/walking after you-foo fighters/just another-pete yorn/days go by-dirty vegas

disc 3 (and this one's the tuffy--i am going to have to be creative about where i get most of these songs...it may require the complete takeover of someone's computer. hee hee.): murder on the dancefloor-sophie ellis-bextor/5,6,7,8-steps/freestyler-bomfunk mc's/wannabe-spice girls (you heard me)/here-luscious jackson/good vibrations-marky mark and the funky bunch/bootylicious-destiny's child

remember: just a preliminary track listing. there will be more. there will be acres of fabulosity. suggestions are welcome.

i love birthdays.