80 minutes

I have a fun game I play with my iPod playlists: I make them CD length – 80 minutes or less. Some of them are named for friends and have songs that remind me of them (cat's out of the bag – I bet a few of them don't know I do that).

The rest of them are my own, mostly a "what I'm listening to right now" thing. I put together two or three a year. Here's my latest, Kate's Stuff Five.

1. "Midnight Rider," Honeytribe (3:25)
2. "Eleanor, Put Your Boots On," Franz Ferdinand (2:50)
3. "When You Were Young," The Killers (3:40)
4. "The Kids Aren't Alright," Offspring (3:00)
5. "Where Are You Going?" Dave Matthews Band (3:53)
6. "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," Eddie Vedder (2:09)
7. "Dammit," Blink 182 (2:45)
   
8. "September Gurls," Big Star (2:49)
9. "Power of Orange Knickers," Tori Amos (3:37)
10. "Teenagers," My Chemical Romance (2:41)
11. "Birdhouse in Your Soul," They Might Be Giants (3:15)
12. "It's All Been Done," Barenaked Ladies (3:25)
13. "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand," Primitive Radio Gods (5:37)
14. "Every Day is Exactly the Same (Radio Edit)," Nine Inch Nails (3:52)
15. "Imaginary (Not For Your Ears edit)," Evanescence (3:19)
    
16. "It Overtakes Me/The Stars Are So Big, I Am So Small ... Do I Stand a Chance?" The Flaming Lips (6:51)
17. "Maps," Yeah Yeah Yeahs (3:39)
18. "Undone (The Sweater Song)," Weezer (5:05)
19. "Thank U," Alanis Morissette (4:20)
20. "This Aint a Scene, It's an Arms Race," Fall Out Boy (3:32)
21. "Venus," Air (4:06)

Try putting together your own 80 minutes. And let me know if you do -- I'd love to see the result.