The Nickel is a weekly(ish) feature on Mixologists where we highlight 5 songs that will elevate your mixes to a new level that you could not possibly have previously imagined. We here at Mixologists have no problem making you cooler. After all, you need the help.

Today's Nickel pays tribute to the musical bliss that can be inflicted by songs clocking in under the two-minute mark. I was inspired by a brilliant album: Minutemen's Double Nickels On The Dime, released in 1984. The album crams in 43 songs in only 80 minutes - you do the math on that one. At any rate, it is virtually impossible to select any one song to include in today's Nickel, since so many of them are post-punk fantasmagorical. (I will, however, highlight "Corona", which you will recognize as the theme to MTV's Jackass.) Being that I'm talking about short songs, today you get twice the songs and half the jibber-jabber. Truly--wait for it--double nickels on your dime.

1. "Her Majesty" - The Beatles - Abbey Road (0:23)
   Recommendation: Royalty mixes.
   
   
2. "Last Days of Tecumseh" - Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon (1:02)
   Recommendation: Native American mixes.
   
   
3. "Kicker of Elves" - Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1:04)
   Recommendation: Anti-Christmas mixes.
   
   
4. "Black Sheep Boy" - Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy (1:18)
   Recommendation: Half-man, Half-beast mixes.
   
   
5. "Le Garage" - The Futureheads - The Futureheads (1:44)
   Recommendation: Pseudo-foreign-language mixes.
   
   
6. "Fell In Love with a Girl" - White Stripes - White Blood Cells (1:50)
   Recommendation: Sappy Title/Rockin' Music mixes.
   
   
7. "Twin Falls" - Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love (1:49)
   Recommendation: Places You'd Never Visit mixes.
   
   
8. "Spanish Main" - The Coral - The Coral (1:53)
   Recommendation: High Seas mixes.
   
   
9. "Tick" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell (1:49)
   Recommendation: Aggravated mixes.
   
   
10. "Tony's Theme" - Pixies - Surfer Rosa (1:52)
    Recommendation: Bicycle-riding Superhero mixes.