mongolian winter survival mix

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it is technically now the *coldest* part of the winter in mongolia. to me the coldest part started back in october when the first snow came, but that's because i'm a foreigner. for the next month or two the daily highs will hover around -30 (fahrenheit, that is).

at times like this, it's easy to forget what 'heat' and 'warm' and 'cozy' mean - especially when your home is made out of solid concrete, the radiators aren't quite up to par and your main mode of transportation is your legs.** so, to help me endure my second - and last - mongolian winter, i've scoured my itunes in search of music that can bring a welcome thaw.

here's 50 songs that help me think warm thoughts:

1. beach party vietnam - the dead milkmen
2. blanket - diego sandrin
3. blister in the sun - violent femmes
4. brighter than sunshine - aqualung
5. bring back july - holland
6. bring back the sun - our lady peace
7. burnin for you - blue oyster cult
8. california - phantom planet
9. canned heat - jamiroquai
10. caught in the sun - course of nature
11. come in from the cold - marc broussard
12. disco inferno
13. don't take my sunshine away - sparklehorse
14. east of the sun (and west of the moon) - diana krall
15. fever - starsailor
16. fire - jimi hendrix
17. fire of heaven/altar of earth - matisyahu
18. flame turns blue - david gray
19. gimme shelter - rolling stones
20. glow - nelly furtado
21. heaven let your light shine - collective soul
22. holy sunlight - steven delopoulos
23. hot romance - parlour steps
24. hot soft light - the hold steady
25. hunger for the great light - dave matthews band
26. i'm on fire - dwight twilley band
27. in the sun - joseph arthur
28. kashmir - led zepplin
29. light up ya lighter - michael franti and spearhead
30. long sweet summer nights - the thorns
31. one ray of sunlight - phantom planet
32. open fire - sara mac band
33. saturday in the park - chicago
34. she's only happy in the sun - ben harper
35. shine - carbon leaf
36. smokin' - boston
37. summer of '69 - bryan adams
38. the sun - maroon 5
39. sunshine - grits
40. sunshine - matt costa
41. sunshine of your love - cream
42. sunshine highway - dropkick murphys
43. this fire - franz ferdinand
44. too darn hot - ella fitzgerald
45. ultraviolet - mcfly
46. the warmth - incubus
47. we didn't start the fire - billy joel
48. yellow sun - the raconteurs
49. 100 degrees - shout out louds
50. island in the sun - weezer


**of course there are far colder places in this world and many more people have a much tougher time persevering through winters, i'm just complaining and making everything sound horrible when in reality, it's not that bad.


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