Andrew Bird in Ghana?

I admit, as far as mixes go it's kind of shite. Actually it breaks a few of my personal mix-making rules: I use multiple songs from the same artist and album; I end with a song that closes its original album; I cheat, in short. And, (AND,) I transplant a lot of tracks from M. Ward's Post War, arguably his most bubblegummy and overly-polished album. (I love it anyway, say what you will; sometimes bubblegum works for me. Might as well be honest.)
So yeah, I know. Not fantastic. Barry from High Fidelity would give me crap for it. But nevertheless, here's a report of what emerged:

1. Andrew Bird - A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left
2. Fruit Bats - Silent Life
3. M. Ward - Requiem
4. Paul Simon - I Know What I Know
5. Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life (yeah, yeah.)
6. The White Stripes - My Doorbell (for shame. It IS catchy though... so very catchy... spasm)
7. Sufjan Stevens - The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders
8. Micah P. Hinson - Letter from Huntsville
9. Cat Stevens - Tuesday's Dead
10. M. Ward - Chinese Translation
11. The Beatles (from the Naked album) - Two of Us
12. Andrew Bird - Masterfade
13. The Shins - The Past and Pending

Conservative and even weak, perhaps, but listenable nevertheless; the songs are at least juxtaposed and blended well--not bad for 40 minutes' fiddling. Next time I'll use more variation. I'm having a real issue finding very many female-fronted bands that I actually like, which becomes increasingly evident every time I mix something and look at the lineup. [Boy, man, boy, man, boy, Bowie, boy...]

Looks like this one may accompany my friend to Ghana.
It's a wild, wild life.