So jealous!

Happy good morning, everyone!

If you’re anything like me, you answered that with a hearty, “Fuck you, very much!” because you, friend, are also NOT a morning person. This, brave weekday warrior, is the post for you.

As you’ve no doubt already noticed, Amelie is on vacation for the next two weeks. So when thinking about how to fill this space, my thoughts turned to the only thing I kind of sort of know a lot about (besides how to kill a relationship in 2.3 seconds, of course): music. It’s been a few months since I made a random mixtape, and with the decade fast drawing to a close, I thought it might be nice to, over the next few weeks, make a few “Best Of…” compilations, much like our new Music Editor, Rohan, did a few weeks ago. This morning may I present the first: TNG’s Best Morning Music of the ’00s.

Can’t handle anything too intense before, say, 2 PM? Well, here are 30 songs, which over the past ten years have helped me survive the dreary slog to all those 9 AM classes, the long, depressing work commutes and those pesky weekend (and, OK, weekday) hangovers without killing anyone. With any luck, this will help ease you into the day and provide you with a couple of hours of solace as you nurse those toes you stubbed repeatedly tripping over yourself on the way to the coffee machine. And yes, just to warn you, it’s pretty indie heavy. You are reading TNG after all… :)

Did I miss something? Feel free to leave your favorite wake-up tune or tunes in the comments. Do it to it!