Playlists -- I MUST Have the Beat.

Today, I am trying very hard not to fall asleep after setting my alarm at an insane 6:30 a.m. after months of vampire sloth-like hours. Ask any college student that isn't slightly strange and you'll understand the hardship of getting up before 9.

But seriously, it isn't just coffee that gets me going (although my cup was delicious with my banana brown sugar oatmeal...). It's the music, duh! Maybe it's not "Macho Man" (See Clip from "Witch" below or watch full episode on hulu -- Actually one of my favorite episodes of Season 1) and I'm not hyped up on blood spells, but I still "I MUST have the beat." (That one's from "The Dark Age," opening scene but full episode is below.) Oh, Buffy reference. Sometimes I scare myself.

OK, have the beat. Or at least the upbeat.

The Lineup:

1. "Paris" by Friendly Fires (Official)

2. "Magique" by We Are Wolves (Official -- I feel like adding only We Are Wolves right now, but that's not a proper mix! Bad Alison.)

3. "To Kingdom Come" by Passion Pit (Official)

4. "Hummer" by Foals (Official -- I wanted "Tron," but last.fm hates me.)

5. "It Don't Move Me" by Peter Bjorn and John (Official)

Video. "All in My Head" by Good Shoes (Official)

Playlists -- Bands with Animal Names: Part 2

And now the exciting conclusion of our 2-part playlist series, "Bands with Animal Names." (Find Part 1 here.) Here we go.

The Lineup:

1. "Wasting My Life" by The Hippos (Official Vid and Real Hippos -- Why are animals always more amusing when set to music? and Animated Hippos in Tu-Tu's -- "They don't unnerve me like they used to." ... For you Oz fans.)

2. "Teenage, Bats & Anthropology" by We Are Wolves (Live and Real Wolves -- With Pan flutes! Or some kind of pan flute-like instrument...)

3. "Lolita" by Elefant (Live and Real Painting Elephants -- More talented than me.)

4. "The Wedding Song" by Das Llamas (last.fm and Real Llamas and Murderous Animated Llamas -- Kaaaaarrrrl.)

5. "Lord Leopard" by Caribou (Unofficial Vid -- Animated and Real Caribou -- Fighting Grizzlies. If this happened in the music world, it would either be a lot less or a lot more exciting. I haven't decided yet.)

Video. "Let's Dance to Joy Division" by The Wombats (Real Wombat -- This is sad and cute at the same time.)