It's Friday, Teen Advice readers. That means it's time for your weekly mixtape -- something to make your weekend a little bit better.

If you're new to this blog, Friday Mixtape is your space to share your excellent taste in music with thousands of other teens who read this blog. Learn about music you haven't heard of and launch your favorite musicians' names into the blogosphere.

Here's what to do:

1. Set your iPod on shuffle.
2. Write down the first 10 songs that come up on the list.
3. Share 'em here by clicking on the "Comments" link below.

Here'e my random list of 10 songs for this week:

1. Wicked Annabella - The Kinks
Cast Off Crown - Deerhoof
2. In The City - The Jam
3. Dayvan Cowboy - Boards Of Canada
4. Save Me - The Jesus & Mary Chain
5. Phanta -Le Tigre
6. Lives - Modest Mouse
7. Lightheaded - Pernice Brothers
8. Easy Living - Billie Holiday
9. Guitar Blues - Woodie Guthrie

Volunteering isn't just for goody-two-shoes types. It's a way to find out what you're really interested in and do some good int the process.

Some Seattle teens are putting a new spin on their local chapter of the Audubon Society, a nonprofit organization that's dedicated to helping and appreciating wildlife, especially birds. You can do something similar in your community -- or something completely different, whether it's helping kids learn to read, organizing a tree-planting program, or spending time with the residents of a nursing home.

It's Friday. It's the Teen Advice blog. It's time for your mixtape.

Yes, right here each Friday it's your chance to share your marvelous taste in music with thousands of other teens. It's a wonderful way to learn about music you haven't heard of and share your favorites with others, too.

Here's what to do:

1. Set your iPod on shuffle.
2. Write down the first 10 songs that come up on the list.
3. Share 'em here by clicking on the "Comments" link below.

Here'e my random list of 10 songs for this week:

1. Feel To Believe - Beth Orton
2. Cruising - Erase Errata
3. Silver - Pixies
4. 5.15 - The Who
5. Blundertown - The Birthday Party
6. Sweet And Dandy - Toots & The Maytals
7. Little One - Beck
8. Troubled - Land Of Talk
9. Rules Were Meant To Be Broken - Lyrics Born
10. White Composition - Darker My Love

Tobacco companies don't just make teens want to smoke, they make them want to smoke particular brands of cigarettes, according to a new study by the Office on Smoking and Health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The researchers found that boys and girls tend to prefer different brands of cigarettes and that teens take in a ton of tobacco ads. Read the U.S. News & World Report story and let us know what you think by writing in the Comments section below.