Workers of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your cramped, bland workspaces.And consider playing this set while you're emancipating yourselves. These giddy tracks would be the perfect accompaniment to tossing your hat--and your oppressive, ridiculous obligations--from a speeding convertible as you drive west.
Rise Up... 
10 Songs about the Day: Good, Bad or Just Lazy
Jacob Ritchie's mix draws mellow hip-hop from the classics (Ice Cube, De La Soul), the indies (Blackalicious, The Roots) and the critics' favorites (Madvillain, Cee-Lo).
Many of the tracks employ a here's-what-happened-today narrative structure and represent some of the... 
We'll let THart explain the theme of his mixtape, made with the blues, folk rock, and jazz (and spam):
"Here's one to listen to while you're putting dinner together. There are a couple of general-food-commentary songs to start, then you munch your way through a day from breakfast through dinner, dessert & coffee, before closing out with... 
...Dance, That Is
In Zac Early's mix we get the many incarnations of the Devil. He's malevolent ("Let The Devil In"), unrelenting ("Satan Said Dance"), seductive ("Hell Is Chrome") and the consummate practical jokester ("Satan Gave Me A Taco").
And, it turns out, he's been the inspiration for some pretty good music.
The Devil... 
David Self (a.k.a. DJ Selflove...very nice) sent in this mix of electronica with horns, Moogs and other jazz elements.
The artists range from 80's acid jazz staples to obscure fusion frontiersmen. Think Herbie Hancock over Autechre.
New Jazz Masters
by DJ Selflove
First Step (b) - Basil Kirchin/Roy Neave
Mental... 
Shelli Lawler's mix, Friday Afternoon On The Porch, is mellowness in zeros and ones.
From the dulcet tones of Charles Trenet to the familiar, languid "Fade Into You," it ebbs and flows a bit, but never really breaks a sweat. "Good Vibrations" is as close as it gets.
Oh yeah, and thanks for adding Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings.
Friday... 
An anonymous reader sent us this mix with a fiendishly enigmatic title: "Theme This!"
The mix is eclectic enough to make Nic Harcourt proud; at first we thought there might just be no theme. Fine, we thought, outside-the-box thinking, but boring.
Not the case. There is a theme. Dust off your cryptography skills.
Theme... 
Music About The Joy Of Music
There's no fluff in this mix. Sure, David could have squeezed 20-odd tracks onto the CD but he picked a tight set of largely unaffected music about the joy of rock (and funk and soul and reggae).
There's something pretty awesome about The Grateful Dead's folksy harmonies in "Uncle John's Band" following... 
Holy crap! Heidi Smith from TODO went above and beyond the call of duty, creating a four-CD set inspired by the elements: air, water, fire and earth.
Most of the track titles incorporate the elements, but she nails the moods of the elements too. The air CD is light and atmospheric. Tracks on the water CD have actual water sounds (or... 
From reader J*Luu: a mix about the state of the nation with an amateur ethic. Distorted guitars, live drums, tender sincerity and angry histrionics, all in copious quantities.
We found it to be pretty damn rockable. The New Pornographers are office favorites and it's hard to resist the pop power of Jimmy Eat World (witness: The... 
