Muxtape #2

I just updated my muxtape. This is actually a mix CD I made for my friend Amy sometime last year. The CD had 19 songs on it but you can only have 12 songs on a muxtape so I cut some of the songs. Also, the song "I found a love" is supposed to be by Wilson Pickett but I did not have that song in MP3 form so I used the Ryan Shaw version of the song. If you get a chance check out the Wilson Pickett version of the song since it is really great.
Here is the track list:
1. I Found a Love - Ryan Shaw
2. Johnny Appleseed - Joe Strummer & The...
3. Our Hell - Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton
4. Going Missing - Maximo Park
5. If Looks Could Kill - Camera Obscura
6. Think Long - Mates of States
7. The Underdog - Spoon
8. Australia - The Shins
15. Anthems for A 17 Year Old Girl-BSS
16. Song for Myla Goldberg - The Decemberists
17. Plasticities - Andrew Bird
18. A Bottle of Buckie - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
19. Back in Your Head - Tegan and Sara

Love is a Muxtape?

I love mixtapes. I like the idea of sharing music with others and discovering what other people are listening to and how they put what they are listening to together in a mixtape. I was going to get all existential about how a song becomes more than a song on a mixtape but I won't. You can read the great book Love is A Mixtape by Rob Scheffield for that. What I am getting at is that I was so happy when I head about the website muxtape.com because it lets you make mixtapes on the web and share them with everyone. I made a muxtape and so did my friends tow and superg. I have decided I will change my muxtape up every few weeks (maybe every week if I feel inspired). I will post the track lists here.
Have you made a muxtape?
I thought this muxtape was funny.
*********UPDATE****************
Bryan just made a muxtape.

And here is my track list

Users with muxtapes who favorited this one:

• tow
• superg

• The Faces - Ooh La La
  
  
• MGMT - Kids
  
  
• The Ting Tings - Great DJ
  
  
• Flight of the Conchords - Business Time
  
  
• Dengue Fever - Tiger Phone Card
  
  
• The Raveonettes - Dead Sound
  
  
• Cat Power - The Greatest
  
  
• The Cars - You Might Think
  
  
• The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

Oh Finals

So I should be working on my finals but I keep watching this video.
Damn you Jason Schwartzman!

Never Played

In iTunes I have a playlist for songs with zero play counts. Right now this playlist has 1387 songs in it. It is a smart playlist so once I listen to a song it is removed from the list. For the past few days I have been trying to only listen to this playlist. I think it is going to take a long time before I have listened to all these songs.

Song of The Week 10 and 11

I know I missed the song of the week last week. I don't really have an excuse other than I have been kick boxing a lot and it has been difficult to find time at night to post because after kick boxing I can barely lift my head up.
So this week I bring you two songs to make up for last week.

The first song is Hot Chip - And I Was A Boy From School. I picked this song because I heard it on Veronica Mars last week. Can I just say that if you are not watching Veronica Mars you should be. As Em said last night "This is how TV should be, every line is funny" it reminds me of how Gilmore Girls used to be when it started you have to really pay attention to catch everything.

The second song is Feist's version of Broken Social Scene's - Lovers Spit. I heard it in the movie Half Nelson this weekend and since (if you could not tell already) I am currently obsessed with Feist I just had to go out and find this song. It can be found on the EP Bee Hives by Broken Social Scene. You can find more info on the blog Quick Before It Melts where I found this MP3. Also Half Nelson is a great movie. Have you seen it?

Song of The Week 9

This week I have a true song of the week. On Saturday I got the Patrick Wolf album the Magic Position, it will actually be released in the US on May 1st but it was leaked way back in January and it has been out in the UK for a while. Ever since I heard the album I have to listen to the title track at least 3 times a day. Yesterday I listened to the song and then I thought that is so good I have to listen to it again.
Check it out for yourself let me know what you think.
Also what have you been listening to lately?
Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position

Song of The Week 8

So I am really late with the song of the week. And that is because until yesterday I really did not have one. I did not listen to much new music this week because I have been really busy kickboxing four days a week.
This weeks song is
Feist - One Two Three Four

Also I really like the video for this song. Check it out and tell me if you don't think Feist is an indie rock vixen.

Song of The Week 7

The song of the week is:
I'm From Barcelona - Treehouse

This week I have been singing this song a lot.
The best part was one day I was singing it and Bryan started to sing along, now if we could only get 648 people to join in with us we would have as many people as our in this band. Just kidding, I don't know how many people are in the band but it is a lot. I do know they are not from Barcelona. I hope none of my friends from Norway hate me because this band is actually from Sweden.

Song of The Week 6

In case you did not notice now you can listen to the song of the week by clicking on it.
This weeks song of the week is:
Mates Of State - Think Long
I have been listening to a lot of Mates Of State as of late. I think it is because they are quirky and are married which for some reason I think is cool. I really like quirky things what about you?
Wikipedia describes their music like this:
"Mates of State's songs are notable for their male/female vocal harmony, shifting rhythms, and quirky song structure - most tracks comprise distinct, almost disjointed movements. Both members sing with great intensity, often in the upper ranges of their voices, and often sing different (yet complementary) melodies simultaneously. Tempos are nearly always fast, with beats often resembling those found in electronic club or dance music."
Personally, I like the boy girl sound of their music.

I like the song Think Long because lets face it I have been thinking long about stuff these days.

If you do listen to the song make sure you listen to the second half because that is when it gets really good.

Song of The Week 5

So this week I had two songs fighting it out for Song of The Week. But the one that won is a song I have liked for a long time and came on the radio last night as I was leaving my parents house.
Feist- Mushaboom
I don't normally try to interpret what the song of the week is about but this song came on at the perfect moment and it struck me that the song is about being in your 20s.
Here are part of the song lyrics:

" Helping the kids out of their coats
Oh wait the babies haven't been born oh
Unpacking the bags and setting up
And planting lilacs and buttercups oh

But in the meantime we've got it hard
Second floor living without a yard
It may be years until the day
My dreams will match up with my pay"

I guess you could also say it is a song about wanting to live in the country but I think it is about the in between time I feel like I am in. Not grown up but not kid anymore either. This song came on right after I had just said goodbye to my brother who moved to Hawaii today to start his first REAL job and maybe have his dreams match up with his pay. How is that for being grown up.

Song of The Week 3

So I know I am a little late with this one. It has been a crazy few days: baby Leila was born, Bryan got the flu and I went up to Berkeley to check out their MPH Program. Anyway that does not mean I do not have song of the week. While I was running yesterday trying not to think about everything that was going on and just enjoy how funny looking people generally have funny looking dogs (yes I know what Lola looks like) anyway I was listening to The Gossip so this weeks song is:

The Gossip- Standing In The Way of Control

Because who does not like feminist rock and roll.

Song of The Week 2

I have only had the CD for 3 hours but I can tell this weeks song is going to be The Arcade Fire's Keep the Car Running.

The Best Band In The World Right Now

I am just in love with the Arcade Fire right now.
Try listening to their song Wake Up while hanging half way off your bed and see if it does not make you cry.

Song of the week

I have a problem. When I like a song I listen to it to much and then I don't like it anymore. So I have to limit myself to listening to songs I like only once or twice a day. This week that song is
Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton's- Our Hell
I really want listen to it right now but I already listened to it today so I guess I will just go to sleep.

What is your song of the week?

On the lookout

I am always looking for good new music. Music that makes me feel good or bad or both. I just got home to find a few CDs I ordered had arrived.

Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
I really liked Bloc Party's - Silent Alarm it was fun to run to because it had strong drums and it made me feel happy even though the lyrics were sometimes the opposite. I am still trying to decide it lyrics or music are more important to me.

The other CD I got was:

Loney, Dear - Loney, Noir
I don't know much about this one I just heard one song on a website and thought it was good so I thought I would check it out.

I will let you know about these two CDs.

How do you find new music (friends, the web, NPR)?