I don’t know about you, but my weeks been a busy one. Like, ‘extra crazy I’m tired and holy crap when is the weekend‘ gonna come’ busy. So here’s my gift to you, my friends. A little pick-me-up. Here’s the “Thursday Chill Mix because the Weekend is Near!” But even in the wake of this insanity, I am reminded by a greeting a missionary I listened to used, “God is good, all the time. And all the time, God is good.” Yes He is.

So chill out, enjoy your Thursday because because God good and the weekend is near…

Thursday Chill Mix because the Weekend is Near!

Make your own mixes @ 8 Track (thanks Mudpuppy for the tip in the wake of Muxtape’s demise)

Name your top ten Christmas songs you’d put on the ultimate Xmas Mix Tape!

Here are mine:

1 O Holy Night - Trans Siberian Orchestra (hands down the best version of O Holy Night that exists)

2 Hark! The Herald Angles Sing - Brian Wilson (great harmonizing)

3 O Come! O Come! Emmanuel! Aaron Shust (the more I hear Shust, the more I like him)

4 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Barenaked Ladies (fun, festive, need I say more?)

5 What Child is This? - Third Day (any band from Kennesaw, Ga is good in my book)

6 Blue Christmas - Elvis (he’s the king any time of the year)

7 It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Kutless (Is there a genre that theses guys don’t do well?!)

8 Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Bruce Springsteen (this is less a pro Santa song as it is a pro Bruce song)

9 Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano (I know Crowder has a new version of it, but the original can’t be bested)

10 Jingle Bell Hustle - Wayne Newton  (everyone needs some cheese on Christmas)

So that’s my Xmas mix for ‘06.  What would your list be?

The International Mix Tape Project is a new club you can join on My Space. It’s like having a pen pal or a mail order bride - only better!

You join and each month you send out a homemade mix and then get one back in return. The tapes (or CD’s) come from all around the world - so you never know what you’re going to get!

Sounds pretty nifty! You should join - I’m going to!

Think of it like having a musical pen pal: “Basically, you join and each month you send out a homemade mix, and, in turn, you also receive a homemade mix,” he says. The mixes can come from anywhere in the world, so you never know what you’re going to get. Some people even mail cassettes!