You want to hear about parallels, how about the forty-ninth?

I have a terrible addiction to making mixtapes... ok, they're not really mixtapes. They're iTunes playlists. I still like to call them mixtapes though. Here are two:

I.
Smoosh - Rad
Art Brut - Formed A Band
The Rakes - 22 Grand Job
Clor - Love & Pain
The Automatic - Monster
Panic! At The Disco - I Write Sins, Not Tragedies
Controller.Controller - Disco Blackout
The Cure - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Brakes - All Night Disco Party
The Bravery - Public Service Announcement
The Chalets - Love Punch
Brendan Benson - Sittin' Pretty
The Pipettes - Pull Shapes
The Feeling - Fill My Little World
Old Mol - Sobriety Friend
Hanson - Get Up & Go
Hepburn - Deep Deep Down
The Cure - Friday I'm In Love

II.
Buddy Holly - Heart Beat
The Bishops - I Don't Really Know What To Say
Lily Allen - Oh My God (Kaiser Chiefs Cover)
Guillemots - Made Up Love Song *43
Ben Lee - We're All In This Together
Mark Schwaber - Watergun
Paolo Nutini - These Streets
Bright Eyes - Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh
Emmy The Great - Secret Circuis
Jewel - Pieces of You
Denison Whitmer & The River Bends - Are You Lonely?
The Feeling - Sewn
The Innocence Mission - Wonderful World
Daphne Loves Derby - Simply Starving To Be Safe
Joni Mitchell - A Case of You
Jens Lekman - At The Department of Forgotten Songs
Nina Gordon - Straight Out of Compton
Rilo Kiley - With Arms Outstretched
Tegan And Sara - I Know I Know I Know
Bruce Springsteen - Waitin' On A Sunny Day