This 31 song-list addition to our family comes from Andrea Byron :

She describes herself as a "writer of bad fiction" but that's typical of her selling herself short. Her writing is witty and involving as is her picks for favorite songs. But screw my lame intro here goes -

Andrea Byron's 31 Songs


1. "Freshmen" - The Verve Pipe
2. "Not Enough" - Our Lady Peace
3. "Boomerang" - Bright Eyes
4. "Wild Horses" - Bush
5. "The Awful Sweetness of Escaping" - Bright Eyes
6. "7" - Prince
7. "Tightrope" - Oleander
8. "Are You Sad" - Our Lady Peace
9. "Maps" -Yeah Yeah Yeahs
10. "Baby Is This Love" - Head Automatica
11. "Echo" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
12. "Creep" - Radiohead
13. "(I Don’t Want to go to) Chelsea" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
14. "Blister in the Sun" -Violent Femmes
15. "Sweater Song" - Weezer
16. "Inside Out" - Eve 6
17. "Shimmer" - Fuel
18. "Everybody Hurts" - R.E.M.
19. "The District Sleeps Tonight" - Postal Service
20. "I Wish I Had an Evil Twin" - Magnetic Fields
21. "Black Friday Rule" - Flogging Molly
22. "Prayer to God" - Shellac
23. "Against Pollution" - The Mountain Goats
24. "One Beat" - Sleater Kinney,
25. "Landlocked Blues" - Bright Eyes
26. "Acoustic # 3" - Goo Goo Dolls
26. "Jumper" - 3rd Eye Blind
27. "We Only Come Out At Night" - The Smashing Pumpkins
28. "The Fragile" - Nine Inch Nails
29. "Me and Mia" - Ted Leo
30. "Happy Birthday Jesus" - Evil Wiener
31. "Anaconda" - Elephant Man *

* Sentimental value. I cannot in good conscious submit this list without including that awful song.