Have you seen the ads for the new Adam Sandler movie where he loses his family in the 9/11 tragedy and then turns into Bob Dylan and rides around Manhattan on a motorized scooter with Don Cheadle? It's got "feel-good hit of the year" written all over it.

And this is my feel-good mix of the year:

1. !!! - Myth Takes    Myth Takes
2. Beck - Scarecrow    Guero
3. John Vanderslice - Continuation    Pixel Revolt
4. Jim Noir - I Me You I'm Your    Tower of Love
5. Tiny Masters Of Today - Cellphone    K.I.D.S.
6. Lifter Puller - 4Dix    Soft Rock
7. The Thermals - back to the sea    The Body The Blood The Machine
8. The Moaners - Foxy Brown    Black Wing Yalobusha
9. Deerhoof - The Galaxist    Friend Opportunity
10. Mon Ouisch - Us Verses Wigan's Newly Chosen    Various Artists: Art Rocker Unsigned
11. Headlights - Lions    Kill Them With Kindness
12. Modest Mouse - Missed The Boat    We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
13. Tullycraft - Christine, ND    Beat Surf Fun
14. I'm From Barcelona - Chicken Pox    Let Me Introduce My Friends
15. Rocketship - I Love You Like the Way That I Used To Do    A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness
16. Sarah Azzara - Space Virgin    Split w/Sylvan Screen
17. Peter Bjorn And John - Paris 2004    Writer's Block
18. David & the Citizens - Let's Not Fall Apart    Until the Sadness is Gone
19. My Teenage Stride - That Should Stand For Something    Earl Likes Golden Bats
20. Heavenly - Space Manatee    Operation Heavenly
21. Palomar - You're Keeping Us Up    All Things, Forests
22. Andrew Bird - Imitosis    Armchair Apocrypha
23. Gingerbread Patriots - A Story of Peeple    Wax Lips and Hummingbirds
24. Arcade Fire - (Antichrist Television Blues)    Neon Bible
25. Kristin Hersh - Day Glo    How To Sing Like a Star
26. Flying Winnebago & Annie Hayden - A Feeling    Various Artists: Hot Hands: A Tribute to Throwing Muse & Kristin Hersh
27. Kiddo - Annie Can See    Okay Sweetheart
28. The Manhattan Love Suicides - Suzy Jones    The Manhattan Love Suicides
29. Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot    Daydream Nation
30. Pretty Girls Make Graves - Something Bigger Something Brighter    The New Romance