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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 Sunday, 6 June 2010

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june 6

The Tragically Hip - Bobcaygeon

Today’s track is curated by Amanda Rose, mastermind of Twestival

If we were playing a word association game and you said to me ‘summer’, I’d immediately close my eyes and picture myself back in Canada driving up to the cottage with this song on the stereo. The Tragically Hip, or The Hip as Canadians like to call them is one of the most famous bands you’ve never heard of and we secretly like it that way. I believe that music takes a snapshot of memories and for many their songs immediately bring back images of friends, family and summertime Canadian rituals.

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