sparks and shining dragons: for jason [2-Disc]
V-Day is coming up (as I'm sure you're all aware of) and since we're poor, the Husband and I are planning on getting delicious gyros from the local Greek eatery, watching a movie, and playing board games at home as our big date. We're saying "no presents," which really means "a few small presents," and this is part of mine. As always, some of these are jokes, some are heartfelt, and some are covers of songs he likes.
sparks and shining dragons: for jason
[Disc 1]
1) You Belong To Me - Jo Stafford
2) Sweet Pea - Amos Lee
3) Nine In The Afternoon - Panic at the Disco
4) I Wanna Sex You Up - Charlie ASH [Color Me Badd]
5) Buddy Holly - Biffy Clyro [Weezer]
6) He's A Rebel - The Morning Benders [The Crystals]
7) Falling - Ben Kweller
8) Fade to Black - Evan Dando [Metallica]
9) Times Like These - Ryan Adams [Foo Fighters]
10) Made Up Lovesong #43 - Guillemots
11) No One - Honorary Title [Alicia Keys]
12) Up To My Neck In You - Mark Kozelek
13) Our Way To Fall - Yo La Tengo
14) Keeping You - Tanya Donelly
15) With You - Natalie Walker
16) Ice Cream [Live] - Sarah McLachlan
17) Big Me [Live & Acoustic] - Foo Fighters
18) 02-75 [Live] - The Mountain Goats
19) Boxing Day - Relient K
20) The Book of Love - Catherine A.D. [The Magnetic Fields]
21) What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Ella Fitzgerald
[Disc 2]
1) Not Fade Away - The Rolling Stones
2) Two Hearts Beat As One - U2
3) The One Thing - INXS
4) Buddy Holly - Little Pictures [Weezer]
5) Lovesong - Death Cab for Cutie [The Cure]
6) Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles
7) Polite Dance Song - The Bird and the Bee
8) Good Feeling - Violent Femmes
9) Baby It's Cold Outside - Suzy Bogguss with Delbert McClinton [Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer]
10) My Funny Valentine - Rufus Wainwright [Frank Sinatra]
11) Isn't It Romantic - Ella Fitzgerald
12) The Twelfth of Never [Live] - Nina Simone [Johnny Mathis]
13) Please, Before I Go - Derek Webb
14) Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
15) Shine - Dolly Parton [Collective Soul]
16) On My Way [Daytrotter Session Version] - Ben Kweller
17) Love And Some Verses - Iron & Wine
18) First Day Of My Life - The Sarcastic Dharma Society [Bright Eyes]
19) Lay All Your Love On Me - Woodpigeon [ABBA]
20) Why Should the Fire Die? - Nickel Creek
21) Something in the Way - Port O'Brien [Nirvana]
Re: The December Mix-Off
I'll go halfsies with you on anything, any day, joey. :)
Re: The December Mix-Off
What to do now?!?!-gabechouinard
A tie? Woohoo!! Split the swag between us? Or...yeah, that's all I got.
Re: Star of Wonder
Happy holidays to you as well! I love that Jody Miller song, and the Connie Francis version of "Ave Maria" and, well, everything else, too. Excellent!!
stocking stuffers
As always, my contribution to the family Christmas stocking stuffer tradition will be a two-disc holiday music mix featuring the two most popular holiday moods — mellow/sad and joyful. Hope you enjoy your holiday season, or your winter season, or whatever you celebrate or don't. :-)
1. All That I Want - The Weepies
2. The Christmas Song - The Raveonettes
3. Merry Christmas Baby - Chuck Berry
4. No Christmas For Me - Zee Avi
5. If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard [key track! a perfect summation of the overwhelming atmosphere this holiday season]
6. Maybe This Christmas - Ron Sexsmith
7. There Are Much Worse Things to Believe In - Stephen Colbert & Elvis Costello
8. Silent Night - Evan Dando
9. Make It Home - Juliana Hatfield
10. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Catie Curtis & Rose Polenzan [key track! my favorite carol of all time]
11. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Hem
12. River - Angus Stone
13. O Come, O Come Emmanuel - Belle & Sebastian
14. Winter Wonderland - Phantom Planet
15. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Death Cab for Cutie
16. Blue Christmas - First Aid Kit
17. Silent Night - Hugh Laurie
18. Merry Christmas, Here’s to Many More - Relient K
19. Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming - Feist
20. Angels We Have Heard On High - Sixpence None the Richer
21. Christmas Don’t Be Late - Rosie Thomas [key track! my final thought on the depressing/maudlin nature of Christmas and my own refusal to submit to it, choosing instead to absolutely love everything about this time of year]
2008 holiday mix disc B:
enough of that sad stuff, let’s have a shindig!
1. The B.C. Clark Jingle [key track! my husband's and anyone who grew up in norman's oldest holiday memory]
2. Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
3. Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah - Barenaked Ladies
4. This Time Of Year - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones [key track! proof that I'm not the only one left who freakin' loves the holiday season]
5. Why Can’t It Be Christmastime All Year? - Rosie Thomas [key track! my new most favorite holiday song]
6. Winter Wonderland - Darlene Love
7. Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
8. Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry
9. White Christmas - The Drifters
10. (There’s No Place Like) Home For the Holidays - Perry Como
11. Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys
12. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Crystals
13. Here Comes Santa Claus - Doris Day
14. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Dave Mellilo
15. Suzy Snowflake - Rosemary Clooney
16. I Have a Little Dreidel - Barenaked Ladies
17. Jingle Bells - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
18. Frosty the Snowman - Fiona Apple
19. Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas - eels
20. It Feels Like Christmas - The Muppets
21. I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas - Gayla Peevey [key track! my husband's second-oldest christmas memory]
Re: Shuffle holds all the keys
I love Charlotte Sometimes, too. And you, of course :-)
amanda x
For a "creative" research paper, I had to of course make a mix. My paper covered relapse rates for eating disorders (a subject close to my heart), and as the "creative" part I wrote entrance forms and therapy transcripts and journal entries for this character, Amanda X. As I turned it in, I snuck this CD in with the papers, with a Post-It explaining that I'd tried to further flesh Amanda out in a mix.
Some of the songs fit Amanda's personality (further evinced in the paper) when it comes to sound, but all of them have lyrical significance. Whether it's "I miss the comfort in being sad," "This isn't happening / I'm not here," or every word of the much-loved anorexic-appropriated anthem "Paper Bag," all of these songs either A) are/were important to me and other ED sufferers I know/knew or B) fit well with the theme of wanting so strongly to both stay away from and fall back into something you know is going to kill you.
And yes, I know that "Pretty Bird" by Jenny Lewis is also on my "Feathered Friends" mix with avocado rabbit, but it fits so perfectly here, too, that I hope you'll forgive me this repeat.
1) Doll Parts - Hole
2) Else - Built to Spill
3) Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle - Nirvana
4) Satin In A Coffin - Modest Mouse
5) Your Heart Is An Empty Room - Death Cab For Cutie
6) How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead
7) Everything Reminds Me Of Her - Elliott Smith
8) Disturbia - The Vox Collective
9) Paper Bag - Fiona Apple
10) A Better/Son Daughter - Rilo Kiley
11) Chariot - Page France
12) Pretty Bird - Jenny Lewis
13) Tiger Mountain Peasant Song - First Aid Kit
14) Wake Up Little Sparrow - Lizz Wright
15) Paper Doll - Denison Witmer
16) Breathe Me - Sia
17) Pretty Dress - Rosie Thomas
18) I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You - Colin Hay
19) Skinny Love - Bon Iver
20) Start A War - The National
Re: Aphrodisiaction
Ooh, I am very interested in this'n.
Re: Feathered Friends
Yay, it's here! Your art is PERFECT, avocado! Love, love, love our mix.
Re: it’s all hopeless, but it’s not serious
This is awesome.
