OK, I did something a little different for this one. It's not technically a "mixtape," as it were - it's not one long .mp3 file. But it
is meant to be listened to as a whole, and if you as a listener can't control yourself and absolutely have to skip one of the tracks, then knock yourself out.
(In case you were wondering, this is another one dedicated to the loss of one of my very close friends. However, whereas the last one was created about of a pure emotional response, I took a lot of time and effort into making this one.)
shebang shebang,
download: http://www.mediaf!re.com/?n0inydjnwow
1. put your slippers on - tim and sam's tim and the sam band featuring tim and sam
2. neighborhood #1 (tunnels) - arcade fire
3. the predatory wasp of the palisades is out to get us! - sufjan stevens
4. moths and butterflies - press on randy
5. the dream about the girl in the old house - photosynthesis
6. all for the best - thom yorke
7. to have a crush - cassettes won't listen
8. welcome home, son - radical face
9. blonde on blonde - nada surf
10. your ex-lover is dead - stars
11. wake up - arcade fire
12. one day like this - tim and sam's tim and the sam band featuring tim and sam
This is a mix. It tells a story. Not a literal tale, with characters or plot points, but an emotional story. It has its ups and downs. The songs I chose are completely deliberate. The order in which they are listed is also deliberate. These are the songs that move me. They give me goosebumps. They make me feel happy and sad, all at the same time. And, more than that, they mean something to me. And if I played my cards right, they could even mean something to you.
While the tracklist may be fairly straightforward, there's a certain way I like to think about the way these songs are organized. In my mind, this mix is divided into three sides: a, b, and c. Side a encompasses songs 1 - 5, side b is 6 - 9, and side c is 10 - 12. There's no real purpose behind my thinking. But when I listen to it I get the distinct sense that each side is a chapter in the story of this mix, and so I sense the divisions between songs 5 and 6, & 9 and 10. If you do too, that's cool. If you don't, that's alright too. This is just my personal feelings about how this mix tells its story.
This also means that I don't jump into this mix anywhere in the story. I either start at track 1, 6, or 9. I can't jump in the middle of a chapter, because that's ruining half the story. Obviously I can't control whether or not you do the same, but it would mean a lot to me if you did, at least once, listen to the entire thing all the way through, without skipping a song, just once. I know it's asking a lot. But if you have 55 minutes and 45 seconds to spare, it'd be cool if you did.
If you download the mix, thanks for listening. If you don't, I'm not sure why you read this far. But thanks to you too. There's something oddly cathartic about doing (and listening to) this. Maybe I'm just insane, but I feel some value in it.
Anyway. Hopefully you enjoy it.