For the last two months that I lived in Calgary, I worked in the coffee shop in the main library downtown. One day, on a break (from the hard job of doing the Times crossword with my co-worker and occasionally making a latte or two), I wandered into the basement and found a rack of books being sold for pennies. I bought this choir book. Then I took it home and ripped out all the pages, covered the inside with a neutral paper and made it into a CD case for Ryan.

Each sleeve is just taped inside, so it’s not the most sturdy thing.

A friend of mine back in high school really liked Brand New and this quote (from their song Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don’t) that I wrote in the spine has been swimming around in my head for years: “I hope this song starts a craze, the kind of song that ignites the airwaves, the kind of song that makes people glad to be where they are, with whoever they’re there with.”

Anyway, I forgot about this CD case until I saw Ex Libris Anonymous, a site that sells journals made from old book covers. Even the coil bindings look good. I want one.

This CD label is the sum of my accomplishments this Saturday afternoon. I’m going to share it because it might make me feel slightly more productive if it makes it onto one or two more mixdiscs (which is hard to say).

Suggested Track Listing:

• Architecture in Helsinki: The Owls Go
• Christine Fellows: Paper Anniversary
• Chromeo: Fancy Footwork
• The Cure: Close to Me
• Feist: Sea Lion Woman
• Iron and Wine: Flightless Bird, American Mouth
• John Vanderslice: White Dove
• Shapes and Sizes: Island’s Gone Bad
• Of Montreal: Everyday Feels Like Sunday
• St.Vincent: Now. Now.

So just click on the thumbnail below and print it on sticky paper (you can get templates here, if needed)

Song: Sunrise

Artist: Yeasayer

Album: All Hour Cymbals