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We (@melex & @brainpicker) love music. And we believe crowdsourcing and content curation are two of today's most powerful cultural propellers – seeming opposites with an even more powerful intersection. To prove the point, last winter we asked 31 interesting people we knew to each curate one season-inspired song for every day of December, then released the crowdsourced seasonal playlist as a holiday mixtape on December 31.

Thanks to a terrific response, we've decided to come back with Volume 2, crowdsourcing a summer playlist for 2010. For each day between June 1 and June 22, the Summer Solstice, we're once again asking a different interesting person we know to curate a summer-inspired song. On June 22, we'll release the playlist as a free download.

It's been another great season of collaborative playlist-making – thank you for joining us in it. As promised, here's the mixtape for you to download – enjoy by the beach or on a hot summer party night. Mojito optional but highly recommended.

Posted on Tuesday, 15 December 2009

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december 15

Gene Autry - Here Comes Santa Claus

Today’s track is curated by Andy Kinsella

I’m in a festive mood so I’m ditching the trendy electronic covers of “The Fairytale of New York” and getting the Santa references in.

I love this song. It reminds me of watching proper Christmas films with my family. This one’s from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation as the family party plunges into chaos and Clark Griswold (played by the brilliant Chevy Chase) has a mini-breakdown. I nearly went for Vaughn Monroe “Let it Snow!” from the end of the first Die Hard. But this just nicked it.

Anyway you know the tone. I hope you like it.

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