Everyone seems to talk to about Thanksgiving as if it is their favorite holiday. It makes sense: when it all boils down, no one loves gluttony more than an American. We can justify spending money on food (over presents), knowing that we will partake in shoveling these tasty purchases through our personal pie holes. More mashed potatoes, please!

I’m cool with it. Especially when I know that the feed fest I’m attending is forty-five people deep. Forty-five people means a lot of conversations (“Have you put on weight?” “When are you going to pop one out?” and my personal favorite, “How’s work?”), but it also means a lot of desserts. It’s a trade off (and yes, I still sneak cookies before dinner and, yes, I would do that at a stranger’s Thanksgiving).

For my festivities, I am also lucky enough to only have a forty-five minute drive to the very town that brought you Thanksgiving. Since it’s at my in-laws house every year, I have a lot of leverage in the the car ride soundtrack. “Alice’s Restaurant” will obviously be played at noon, in typical Thanksgiving day fashion, but after that, I plan on listening to the below.

Check out “Go Stuff Yourself – The Thanksgiving Mixtape” “after the jump”

The first half of the mix is aimed at getting you amped up for the chaos and/or awkward conversations that await you; the second half is more subdued selections to pair with your food coma during the ride home.

Happy eating!

Julian Plenti – “Only If You Run”
The Rural Alberta Advantage – “Four Night Rider”
The Mountain Goats – “This Year”
Noah and the Whale – “Blue Skies”
Matt & Kim – “Daylight (Troublemaker Remix feat. De La Soul)”
Julian Casablancas – “11th Dimension”
Miike Snow – “Animal”
The Temper Trap – “Sweet Disposition”
The Big Pink – “Velvet”
Ambulance LTD – “Swim”
Jay Jay Pistolet – “Hooked Up On Us”
Denim on Denim – “Countess Unpronounceable”
Eels – “All The Beautiful Things”
Elliot Smith – “Thirteen”
Radiohead – “True Love Waits”
Bon Iver – “Blood Bank”
Tommy James and the Shondells – “Crimson and Clover”
The Middle East – “Blood”
The National – “Green Gloves”
The xx – “Heart Skipped a Beat”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Hysteric” (Acoustic)
Oberhofer – “I Could Go”

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