CDs for all seasons

[Jyqm]

I'm sure lots of folks around here like making mix CDs for themselves and others. So why not a thread about them? Threads about things that people like are fun, right? So, what do you make mix CDs for, and what are some of your favorites that you've made?

It's about that time for me to bring out my Fall Mix that I made for myself last year. Most of the songs don't necessarily have anything to do with autumntime, but they put me in a very fall mood, chill in the air, leaves falling down, all that crap. My tracklist:

1. The White Stripes - Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground
2. Nico - These Days
3. The Smiths - Cemetery Gates
4. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Little Dawn
5. Cat Stevens - The Wind
6. Tom Waits - Hold On
7. The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice
8. The Shins - Pink Bullets
9. David Bowie with Queen - Under Pressure
10. Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hands
11. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Powderfinger
12. Todd Rundgren - Can We Still Be Friends?
13. Smashing Pumpkins - Lily (My One And Only)
14. Fleetwood Mac - I Know I'm Not Wrong
15. Johnny Cash - Wichita Lineman
16. Temple Of The Dog - Hunger Strike
17. Wilco - Wishful Thinking

On paper (or on a computer screen), I think it looks like a pretty frantic collection, going through so many different bands from different time periods with very different styles, but I think it really works. I'm all about the sequencing when I make a CD, trying to find those songs that suddenly, when you put them back to back, illuminate each other in a way you might not have thought about them before. Like what Cameron Crowe does with a movie soundtrack.

I've got a great (well, I love it, anyway) Spring Mix as well, but I'll post the tracklist to that tomorrow after others have hopefully added some responses of their own. Go nuts, people!