Myooosic
So I make these mixes - just for myself, cause it's fun - once per quarter. I just stick all the songs in there that I either get really into at some point during the quarter, or that are associated with some specific memory. Pure chronological order, no attempt to rearrange them or anything. Interestingly enough, a couple of them have turned out really good. I think this winter's mix is my best of these so far, so I'm sharing the track list:
1. The Killers - Mr. Brightside
2. Modest Mouse - Gravity Rides Everything
3. Stephen Speaks - Out of My League
4. Carbon Leaf - Mary Mac
5. Frou Frou - Let Go
6. Beck - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
7. Yale Mixed Company - Mona Lisa (a cappella - orig. Guster)
8. Futureheads - Hounds of Love
9. Aimee Mann - One
10. Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
11. Johnny Cash - Hurt
12. Randy Newman - Short People
13. Stanford Mixed Company (c. 1988-ish) - Space Oddity (a cappella - orig. David Bowie)
14. Damien Rice - The Professor
15. Dar Williams - After All
16. U2 - City of Blinding Lights
17. Remy Zero - Fair
18. Joni Mitchell - Woodstock
19. Tufts Beelzebubs - Take Me Home (a cappella - orig. Phil Collins I think)
Also, my top 20 most played on iTunes, which I'm actually really surprised by some of. Note that I often skip ahead when a song is 2 seconds from over, so this is biased toward albums I've listened to from start to finish a number of times. Hence the ridiculous amount of Paloalto, who I don't actually like as much as this makes it look like:
20. Guster - Parachute
19. Dredg - The Canyon Behind Her
18. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
17. The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes
16. Death Cab For Cutie - The New Year
15. Celtas Cortos - Haz Turismo
14. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
13. The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
12. Paloalto - The Mayor and the Seizure Pills
11. Paloalto - Beauty of Disaster
10. Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter
9. Epic Hero - End of the Line
8. Celtas Cortos - La Senda Del Tiempo
7. Belle & Sebastian - Wrapped Up In Books
6. Paloalto - Last Way Out of Here
5. Howie Day - Perfect Time of Day
4. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
3. Paloalto - Breathe In
2. Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness
1. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
1. The Killers - Mr. Brightside
2. Modest Mouse - Gravity Rides Everything
3. Stephen Speaks - Out of My League
4. Carbon Leaf - Mary Mac
5. Frou Frou - Let Go
6. Beck - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
7. Yale Mixed Company - Mona Lisa (a cappella - orig. Guster)
8. Futureheads - Hounds of Love
9. Aimee Mann - One
10. Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
11. Johnny Cash - Hurt
12. Randy Newman - Short People
13. Stanford Mixed Company (c. 1988-ish) - Space Oddity (a cappella - orig. David Bowie)
14. Damien Rice - The Professor
15. Dar Williams - After All
16. U2 - City of Blinding Lights
17. Remy Zero - Fair
18. Joni Mitchell - Woodstock
19. Tufts Beelzebubs - Take Me Home (a cappella - orig. Phil Collins I think)
Also, my top 20 most played on iTunes, which I'm actually really surprised by some of. Note that I often skip ahead when a song is 2 seconds from over, so this is biased toward albums I've listened to from start to finish a number of times. Hence the ridiculous amount of Paloalto, who I don't actually like as much as this makes it look like:
20. Guster - Parachute
19. Dredg - The Canyon Behind Her
18. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
17. The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes
16. Death Cab For Cutie - The New Year
15. Celtas Cortos - Haz Turismo
14. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
13. The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
12. Paloalto - The Mayor and the Seizure Pills
11. Paloalto - Beauty of Disaster
10. Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter
9. Epic Hero - End of the Line
8. Celtas Cortos - La Senda Del Tiempo
7. Belle & Sebastian - Wrapped Up In Books
6. Paloalto - Last Way Out of Here
5. Howie Day - Perfect Time of Day
4. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
3. Paloalto - Breathe In
2. Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness
1. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism