Mix for a Bipolar Relationship
01. Cloud Cult- "No One Said it Would Be Easy" (Feel Good Ghosts)
02. Pixies- "Is She Weird?" (Bossanova)
03. Band of Horses- "No One's Gonna Love You" (Cease to Begin)
04. Au Revoir Simone- "Sad Song" (The Bird of Music)
05. The Sounds- "The Queen of Apology" (Dying to Say This to You)
06. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah- "Is This Love?" (Some Loud Thunder)
07. Bon Iver- "Skinny Love" (For Emma, Forever Ago)
08. CocoRosie- "Werewolf" (The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn)
09. Neutral Milk Hotel- "Two Headed Boy, Pt. 2" (In the Aeroplane Over the Sea)
10. Antony & the Johnsons- "One Dove" (The Crying Light)
11. The Black Keys- "Psychotic Girl" (Attack and Release)
12. Built to Spill- "You Were Right" (Keep it a Secret)
13. Death from Above 1979- "Going Steady" (You're a Woman, I'm a Machine)
14. The Dodos- "Men" (Beware of the Maniacs)
15. Chairlift- "Make Your Mind Up" (Does You Inspire You)
16. Violent Femmes- "Breakin' Up" (New Times)
Songs to drunkenly ride my bike to while the cops are chasing me
So, here's the story. You're hanging out in a local bar kicking back to some AC/DC when you, in your drunken state, decide to tell a passing cop to "Expletive Off". Karma strikes and the cops start to chase you, but they aren't just any cops. These are freaking ROBOCOPS! You hop on your bike and have a crazy bicycle race to save your life, and luckily you live to tell the tale
01. AC/DC - "Have a Drink on Me" (Back in Black)
02. N.W.A. - "F**k Tha Police" (Straight Outta Compton)
03. The Police - "Roxanne" (Outlandos d'Amour)
04. Radiohead - "Karma Police" (OK Computer)
05. Kanye West - "RoboCop" (808s & Heartbreak)
06. Queen - "Bicycle Race" (Jazz)
07. The Beatles - "Run For Your Life" (Rubber Soul)
08. Passion Pit - "Live to Tell the Tale" (Chunk of Change - EP)
As glamorous as my $35 Chanel red lipstick...
01. Bat for Lashes - "Daniel" (Two Suns)
02. Franz Ferdinand - "Fabulously Lazy" (Fabulously Lazy – Single)
03. Gwen Stefani - "Cool" (Love, Angel, Music, Baby)
04. Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Closer)
05. The Killers - "Mr. Brightside" (Hot Fuss)
06. No Doubt - "Making Out" (Rock Steady)
07. The Raveonettes - "Black/White" (Beauty Dies)
08. Regina Spektor - "Lady" (Begin To Hope)
09. Telepathe - "So Fine" (Dance Mother)
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Maps" (Fever to Tell)
I'm unemployed and you may be pregnant...
On being young, Indie-rock and pregnant in the Mid-West.
01. Mountain Goats - "No Children" (Tallahassee)
02. Girls - "Lust For Life" (Single)
03. Land of Talk - "All My Friends" (Applause,Cheer, Boo, Hiss)
04. Radiohead - "True Love Waits" (I Might Be Wrong; Live Recordings)
05. Bratmobile - "Polaroid Baby" (Potty Mouth)
06. Ben Folds - "Emaline" (Ben Folds Live)
07. Built To Spill - "Twin Falls" (Theres Nothing Wrong With Love)
08. Micachu And The Shapes - "Guts" (Jewellery)
09. Yo La Tengo - "Oklahoma OK" (FakeBook)
Gimme some good gardening songs
01. Andrew Bird - "Scythian Empires" (Armchair Apocrypha)
02. Beirut- "Scenic World" (Lon Gisland)
03. The American Analog Set - "The Green Green Grass" (Set Free)
04. Yeasayer - "Sunrise" (All Hour Symbols)
05. The Beatles - "Blackbird" (The White Album)
06. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - "Cold Roses" (Cold Roses)
07. Hem - "Half Acre" (Birds, Beasts, and Flowers)
08. Siouxie and the Banshees - "Hong Kong Garden (with Strings Intro)" (Marie Antionette)
09. Nick Drake - "Man in a Shed" (Five Leaves Left)
10. Feist - "Mushaboom" (Let It Die)
11. The Cure - "Plain Song" (Disintegration)
12. Laura Veirs - "Nightingale" (Saltbreakers)
13. Jens Lekman - "A Sweet Summer's Night On Hammer Hill" (Oh You're So Silent, Jens)
14. Asobi Seksu - "Strawberries" (Citrus)
15. Wilco - "Muzzle of Bees" (A Ghost Is Born)
16. Miracle Fortress - "Hold Your Secrets To Your Heart" (Five Roses)
It's almost time for the annual summer vacation pool party. Side A: Swimming in the sunshine Side B:
SIDE A:
01. The Flaming Lips - "It's Summertime" (Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots)
02. Animal Collective - "Grass" (Feels)
03. Phoenix - "Consolation Prizes" (It's Never Been Like That)
04. Lily Allen - "Smile (Version Revisited) [Mark Ronson Remix]" (Alright, Still)
05. Vampire Weekend - "Oxford Comma" (Vampire Weekend)
06. Little Joy - "Brand New Start" (Little Joy)
07. Spoon - "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb" (Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga)
08. The Shins - "Australia" (Wincing The Night Away)
SIDE B:
09. The Beatles - "Sun King" (Abbey Road)
10. Delta Spirit - "Ode to Sunshine" (Ode to Sunshine)
11. Tokyo Police Club - "Your English is Good" (Elephant Shell)
12. Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Closer)
13. Doves - "There Goes the Fear" (The Last Broadcast)
14. Pixies - "Where Is My Mind?" (Surfer Rosa)
15. The Gaslight Anthem - "The ‘59 Sound" (The ‘59 Sound)
16. Wolfmother - "Vagabond" (Wolfmother)
Songs for the the stay-at-home dad
Turn up the volume! Here are a few family- and child-themed songs to shake your booty to when you are all alone doing the dishes. Note the Queen and Guns N' Roses songs designed to attract the older listener such as yourself
01. Wolf Parade - "You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son" (Apologies to Queen Mary)
02. Queen - "Son and Daughter" (Queen)
03. Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - "Me + Yr Daughter" (Glistening Pleasure)
04. MGMT - "Kids" (Oracular Spectacular)
05. Jon Lajoie - "Stay at Home Dad" (You Want Some Of This?)
06. Guns N' Roses - "Sweet Child of Mine" (Appetite for Destruction)
07. Kanye West - "Family Business" (The College Dropout)
08. Arcade Fire - "No Cars Go" (Neon Bible)
Songs that remind you of Pet Sounds
If you haven't listened to the a capella version of Pet Sounds, you need to
01. Animal Collective - "Do the Nurse" (Animal Crack Box)
02. Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks" (Veckatimest)
03. Burial & Four Tet - "Wolf Cub" (Moth/Wolf Cub)
04. Antony - "If It Be Your Will" (Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man [OST])
05. Feist - "It's Cool To Love Your Family" (Monarch [Lay Your Jewelled Head Down])
06. Dreamend - "A Place In Thy Memory" (Maybe We're Making God Sad And Lonely)
07. Graham Wright - "Birds of a Feather" (Unreleased)
08. Astrud Gilberto - "Dreamer" (The Astrud Gilberto Album)
09. Les Napoleons - "Ne m'oublie pas" (A Go-Go)
10. Crystal Antlers - "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Spanish Archer One)
11. Owen - "Use Your Words" (At Home with Owen)
12. Spodnà Prádlo - "Dance Ewok Dance (Demo)" (Unreleased)
13. [Ingenting] - "Precis Så Jag Känner" (Mycket Väsen För Ingenting)
We're going to go stand in line at 3 in the morning to buy shit we dont need or want, but it's going
These are songs that I imagine would play on the way to the store, in the store, and back home from whichever store you are waiting in line in. Since I think the best time to experience music is when you don't have to be in control of what's playing, these songs ride the line between the possibility of being played on a muzak/car radio and tracks that should be played over the waves in a more perfect alternate universe
01. Phoenix - "Definitive Breaks" (United)
02. Van Halen - "Runnin' With The Devil" (Van Halen)
03. The Nerves - "Hangin On The Telephone" (The Nerves)
04. Roxy Music - "More Than This" (Avalon)
05. XTC - "Making Plans For Nigel" (Drums & Wires)
06. Gene Pitney - "Every Breath I Take" (Back to Mono (1958-1969))
07. Plastic Bertrand - "Ça Plane Pour Moi" (Ça Plane Pour Moi)
08. Trashcan Sinatras - "Obscurity Knocks" (Cake)
09. Cheap Trick - "Surrender" (Heaven Tonight)
10. Julee Cruise - "Floating" (Floating Into The Night)
11. Alton Ellis - "You've Made Me So Very Happy" (Trojan Box Set: Jamaican Superstars)
12. Brian Eno - "Some Of Them Are Old" (Here Come The Warm Jets)
13. Bruce Springsteen - "Jungleland" (Born To Run)
The "I Hate My Fucking Roommate" Mix Tape (featuring: awesome songs that will make him want to move
Not sure what musical tastes the roommate has, but blasting these tracks would surely have annoyed my ex-roommate. Enjoy
01. The Velvet Underground "I Heard Her Call My Name" (White Light/ White Heat)
02. Black Flag "Rat's Eyes" (Slip It In)
03. Bad Brains "Banned in D.C." (Attitude)
04. Choking Victim "Fucked Reality" (No Gods/ No Managers)
05. The Germs "Shut Down" (GI)
06. Outbreak "Chewed Up Spit Out" (Failure)
07. The Replacements "Like a Rolling Pin" (All For Nothing)
08. Holy Modal Rounders "If You Want to Be a Bird" (Easy Rider Soundtrack)
09. Pig Destroyer "Verminess" (Terrifier)
10. American Distress "Ill Logic" (Fraudalent Times)
Well, what's wrong with a little destruction?!
Punk rock! (and Mogwai)
01. Iggy & The Stooges - "Search And Destroy" (Raw Power)
02. The Clash - "White Riot" (The Clash)
03. The Damned - "Smash It Up" (Machine Gun Etiquette)
04. The Adolescents - "Wrecking Crew" (The Adolescents)
05. Mogwai - "I Love You, I'm Going To Blow Up Your School" (The Hawk Is Howling)
06. Cockney Rejects - "Oi, Oi, Oi" (Greatest Hits, Volume 2)
07. Black Flag - "Spray Paint" (Damaged)
08. Sex Pistols - "Anarchy In The UK" (Kiss This)
09. Fear - "We Destroy The Family" (The Record)
10. Zeke - "Rip & Destroy" (Dirty Sanchez)
11. Dead Kennedys - "Forest Fire" (Plastic Surgery Disasters)
