Open your ears! In a world of multi-gigabyte music collections (32 at last count), it's easy to have an incoherent musical experience. I mean, who listens to YoYo Ma side by side with Metallica? This is a throw back to the good ole' days of the mix tape and to the creativity spawned inside a 90 minute cassette.

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• Youth Group - Shadowland
• Weezer - Island in the Sun
• The Kooks - Sofa Song
• Morningwood - My Body's 21
• The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink
• Bloc Party - So Here We Are
• The Flaming Lips - Waitin' For Superman
• The Hombres - Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)
• Doves - Some Cities
• Snow Patrol - You Could Be Happy
• Panic! At the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies
• Caesars - Jerk It Out
• Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
• Devo - Whip It
• Lake Trout - Stutter
• EMF - Unbelievable
• Rinocerose - Cubicle
• Trio - Da-Da-Da
• The White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl
• Fall Out Boy - Dance, Dance
• The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
• The Strokes - Ize of the World
• Sam Roberts - Brother Down
• The Strokes - 12:51
• Morningwood - Nu Rock

You don't tell a story by writing down every word in a dictionary; you take a select few and arrange them from beginning to end. I'm tired of being told what to like by the media; perhaps there will come a day when we can decide without mediation.

Got your own list to share? Just tack it on in the comments.