Cloudspeaker Vol. 9 is titled the Roller Coaster because the selected tracks were the soundtrack to my final semester in graduate school, an incredible time with many ups and also a few significant downs. The time ended all too sudden with my departure for Thailand, where I spent a week in a mixture of slowing down and accelerating. I hope you’ll enjoy this mix+mismatch collection. Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year! Stay tuned for Vol. X in 2011.