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A rainy Saturday. Tired from travel. A perfect chance to jump on an LJ meme. (Set your iPod/iTunes on shuffle, use the songs that appear as the soundtrack to your film.)
Opening credits: "Dance with Me" - Adam Green. One of those random things N. put on my iPod that I've not bothered to delete. A lo-fi indie singer who ironicly believes he's a rock star. At least my opening credits have accordian.
Waking up: "Cemetary Savior", Son Volt. Cheerful music, bleak lyrics. Our hero is a happy go lucky rock star who's ultimately doomed. Sounds liek a good plot arc...
Falling in love: "The History of Tenacious D", Tenacious D. Clearly the film's about falling in love with Jack Black, or someone who wishes he was Jack Black. Or someone in love with Jack White, but color-blind. Or perhaps Jack White has fallen in love with Jack Black. (Jack Black has always been in love with Jack Black.)
Fight scene: "Kokko" - Värrtinä. The hot man love between Jack White and Jack Black is broken up by four perky Swedish women backed by accordions. Those damned accordians. And ooh, foreshadowing in the opening credits!
Breaking up: "And So The Talking Stopped" - The Delgados. Well, that's a good choice. "How can I explain when I know nothing of this thing and the rules are only mine to know?"
Getting back together: "Houdini Blues" - Kristin Hersh. "Oh no, don't you put me in that box." I'll come back to you, Jack Black/White, but don't expect me to be what I'm not! I could never be an indie rocker!
Secret love: "Bandages and Scars", Son Volt. The dark secret: I pretend to love ironic hipster rockers like Jack White/Black, but Jay Farrar is the man for me. I dream of him singing Woodie Guthrie songs to me while we drink whiskey from the bottle. Later, he beats me in a drunken rage.
Life's okay: "Katamaritaino", from the Katamari Damacy soundtrack. Life would be okay if I'd only ditch these loser musicians and become a janitor in a Japanese nightclub.
Mental breakdown: "Intro/Tokyo" from "Lost in Translation" soundtrack. No, not Japan! This way lies madness! Or a relationship with Kevin Shields!
Driving: "I Know it's Over" - Pale Sunday. Another song I barely know. I guess I'm driving slowly and aimlessly.
Flashback: "Your Brains Vs. My Tractorbeam", Say Hi to Your Mom. Clearly, N. is directing this movie. Memories of my past in an obscure math rock band. I never liked appearing on stage in a sweater.
Partying: "Hideous Mutant Freaks", Axiom Funk. Japan wasn't a hallucination - I've moved to Tokyo to pursue my janitorial dreams. George Clinton and Bernie Worrell are playing a Shinjuku nightclub, where Japanese club kids wear perfectly rendered facsimilies of 1970s Parliament stage costumes.
Happy dance: "Crossroads", Tom Waits. The climactic track of "The Black Rider", Waits' uber-dark opera. My happy dance involves knocking clubgoers to the ground as I struggle to the stage in slow motion, grabbing the mic from George Clinton and howling with pain and rage.
Regretting: "Nothing to Be Done", The Legends. Again, with random music from N. Japan and funk were a bad idea - back to happy twee pop for me. I love you, Jack.
Long night alone: "I'll Tag Along", Richard Thompson. A perfect long night song, though one where you're trying very hard not to be alone. I insinuate myself back into Jack's life, but we don't connect. I'm just tagging along...
Death scene: "The Long Cut", Uncle Tupelo. Jay Farrar comes to me on my deathbed. He forgives me, but I'm dead. It's very sad.
End credits: Mine's Not a High Horse", the Shins. Another N band.
Just statistically speaking: there's 5600 items in this iTunes library. Less than 150 are songs randomly inflicted on me by N. Roughly 100 are Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt (no Wilco.) This particularly distribution seems demonically inspired.
Opening credits: "Dance with Me" - Adam Green. One of those random things N. put on my iPod that I've not bothered to delete. A lo-fi indie singer who ironicly believes he's a rock star. At least my opening credits have accordian.
Waking up: "Cemetary Savior", Son Volt. Cheerful music, bleak lyrics. Our hero is a happy go lucky rock star who's ultimately doomed. Sounds liek a good plot arc...
Falling in love: "The History of Tenacious D", Tenacious D. Clearly the film's about falling in love with Jack Black, or someone who wishes he was Jack Black. Or someone in love with Jack White, but color-blind. Or perhaps Jack White has fallen in love with Jack Black. (Jack Black has always been in love with Jack Black.)
Fight scene: "Kokko" - Värrtinä. The hot man love between Jack White and Jack Black is broken up by four perky Swedish women backed by accordions. Those damned accordians. And ooh, foreshadowing in the opening credits!
Breaking up: "And So The Talking Stopped" - The Delgados. Well, that's a good choice. "How can I explain when I know nothing of this thing and the rules are only mine to know?"
Getting back together: "Houdini Blues" - Kristin Hersh. "Oh no, don't you put me in that box." I'll come back to you, Jack Black/White, but don't expect me to be what I'm not! I could never be an indie rocker!
Secret love: "Bandages and Scars", Son Volt. The dark secret: I pretend to love ironic hipster rockers like Jack White/Black, but Jay Farrar is the man for me. I dream of him singing Woodie Guthrie songs to me while we drink whiskey from the bottle. Later, he beats me in a drunken rage.
Life's okay: "Katamaritaino", from the Katamari Damacy soundtrack. Life would be okay if I'd only ditch these loser musicians and become a janitor in a Japanese nightclub.
Mental breakdown: "Intro/Tokyo" from "Lost in Translation" soundtrack. No, not Japan! This way lies madness! Or a relationship with Kevin Shields!
Driving: "I Know it's Over" - Pale Sunday. Another song I barely know. I guess I'm driving slowly and aimlessly.
Flashback: "Your Brains Vs. My Tractorbeam", Say Hi to Your Mom. Clearly, N. is directing this movie. Memories of my past in an obscure math rock band. I never liked appearing on stage in a sweater.
Partying: "Hideous Mutant Freaks", Axiom Funk. Japan wasn't a hallucination - I've moved to Tokyo to pursue my janitorial dreams. George Clinton and Bernie Worrell are playing a Shinjuku nightclub, where Japanese club kids wear perfectly rendered facsimilies of 1970s Parliament stage costumes.
Happy dance: "Crossroads", Tom Waits. The climactic track of "The Black Rider", Waits' uber-dark opera. My happy dance involves knocking clubgoers to the ground as I struggle to the stage in slow motion, grabbing the mic from George Clinton and howling with pain and rage.
Regretting: "Nothing to Be Done", The Legends. Again, with random music from N. Japan and funk were a bad idea - back to happy twee pop for me. I love you, Jack.
Long night alone: "I'll Tag Along", Richard Thompson. A perfect long night song, though one where you're trying very hard not to be alone. I insinuate myself back into Jack's life, but we don't connect. I'm just tagging along...
Death scene: "The Long Cut", Uncle Tupelo. Jay Farrar comes to me on my deathbed. He forgives me, but I'm dead. It's very sad.
End credits: Mine's Not a High Horse", the Shins. Another N band.
Just statistically speaking: there's 5600 items in this iTunes library. Less than 150 are songs randomly inflicted on me by N. Roughly 100 are Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt (no Wilco.) This particularly distribution seems demonically inspired.