Made myself a new mix cd for the drive to work before I left the apartment this morning, and must say I am very pleased. It is an odd mix, but it suprsingly flows very well together. It’s a good mix for when your feeling chill, but also a bit mischevious and sly:
1. “Apocalypse Please” by Muse (awesome lyrics, “It’s time we saw a miracle, it’s time for something Biblical”)
2. “The Fleecing” by Pedro the Lion (personal favorite, as it echoes many of my feelings about life’s struggles)
3. “On A Sunday” by Jimmy Eat World (a good song for sunny day driving or chilling at a rainy-day cabin).
4. “If You Could Read My Mind, Love” as performed by Johnny Cash (this song makes me melt every time I hear it).
5. “Put Back the Stars” by Blindside (awesome song about life’s journey, I played this on repeat on my ipod while jumping from rock to rock on the Mediterranian coast while walking between Tel Aviv and Jaffa).
6. “Starfuckers, Inc.” by Nine Inch Nails (great industrial instrumental piece, perfect transition piece)
7. “Hurt” as performed by Johnny Cash (the industrial guitar riffs of NIN slipping into the sudden acoustic guitar plucks of Johnny Cash on this dramatic of a song …. damn)
8. “Disintegration” by Jimmy Eat World (perfect for a brooding mood … “Hanging on a cigarette, you need me, you burn me.”)
9. “Me vs. Maradona vs. Elvis” by Brand New (a bit mischevious and a bit sexual, a great atmosphere song)
10. “Closer” by Nine Inch Nails (I’ll leave this one alone)
11. “Sugar, We’re Going Down” by Fall Out Boy (I know it’s popular and uber-catchy, but so what? I love the lyrics).
12. “Okay, I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don’t” by Brand New (extremely cocky song, perfect for that “I’m on top of the world, bitch” attitude days). I must credit friends Jeramy Trapane and Chris Fischer for bringing this song to my attention.
13. “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of These)” as performed by Marilyn Manson (old, old song, but again, love the industrial sound of it).
14. “Mendacino County Line” by Willie Nelson (again, industrial paired with Outlaw guitar plucking)
15. “On Your Porch” by The Format (song reminds me of living on Mill Avenue, especially the line, “I was on your porch, the smoke sunk into my skin, so I came inside to be with you.”)
16. “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” by Death Cab for Cutie (just one of my favorite lyrical songs)
17. “Silence” by Blindside (this song has had immense meaning for me ever since I first heard it, and then Tim and I made a video for it for our church camp. Another world, but a timeless song).
