Food.

My favorite thing about this project isn't creating mixes that have a musical common thread (which is what I thought it would be). It's instead been devising a theme and then finding songs that fit into that theme and examining how they inform one another when you assemble them in one place. That's what I've done again here this month, with the theme being FOOD. We all need it to survive (much like music, in my opinion), and different artists use it in a series of metaphorical ways that rivals most other themes. Rarely is it treated for what it literally is. Whether its the idea of being consumed, the idea of pleasure or comfort, the concept of indulgence or perhaps even disgust. There are infinite ways for songwriters, composers, and lyricists to use food in their work, and here are just a few.

1. "Milk" - Kings of Leon

2. "Breakfast in America" - Supertramp"

3. "Dead Meat" - Sean Lennon

4. "Chicken Soup With Rice" - Carole King

5. "Sweet Potato Pie" - James Taylor and Ray Charles

6. "Hard Candy" - Counting Crows

7. "The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1" - Neutral Milk Hotel (bonus points)

8. "Coffee" - Motel Motel

9. "A Taste of Honey" - The Beatles

10. "Chocolate Milk" - Majestic

11. "Mexican Wine" - Fountains of Wayne

12. "Apple Tree" - Wolfmother