First, from now on all beds will be known as mattresses of sleepitude.

Second, this is me taking a break from a real news post.

Now I long ago I promised a Death Cab for Cutie mixtape. And so, here it is.

They're big on the indie scene, and make pop music fantasies for cubical workers. Relaxing yet adventurous, calming yet groovy, Death Cab have a knack for guitar-pop hooks and a way with melancholy balladry like few others. These fragile boys (and their side projects, including singer Ben Gibbard's electronic side) have a crossover success that is well earned. So here's an hour of music to show you where to start, if you wanna get into them you crazy hipster you.

Ghost: Death Cab for Cutie Essentials
1) Death Cab for Cutie -- "Title and Registration"
2) Death Cab for Cutie -- "Tiny Vessels"
3) Death Cab for Cutie -- "I Will Possess Your Heart"
4) Death Cab for Cutie -- "The Sound of Settling"
5) Death Cab for Cutie -- "Bend to Squares"
6) Death Cab for Cutie -- "The Employment Pages"
7) Death Cab for Cutie -- "Debate Exposes Doubt"
8) Death Cab for Cutie -- "Photobooth"
9) Death Cab for Cutie -- "This Charming Man"
10) The Postal Service -- "Such Great Heights"
11) The Postal Service -- "We Will Become Silhouettes"
12) Dntel feat. Ben Gibbard -- "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan"
13) Death Cab for Cutie -- "Soul Meets Body"
14) Death Cab for Cutie -- "Long Division"
15) Death Cab for Cutie -- "I Will Follow You Into the Dark"
16) Death Cab for Cutie -- "The Ice is Getting Thinner"