I've been following Sonal's lead for the last couple of weeks. The Aimee Mann CD she made me has been played into the ground (and I'm still not tired of it). After reading her guestbook entry last week, I got the old Cake CD out (Prolonging the Magic) and played it for a few days. I still love it as much as ever. Then I played the CD versions of the old M/K mix tapes. And I'm listening to the new REM, Reveal.
This REM CD didn't really grab me the first couple of times through, but I'm definitely liking it after the first week or so. I had read some reviews that said it was much better than Up, and I can't say I agree with that. It certainly doesn't hold a candle to Automatic for the People. But then, it's supposed to be different. REM's a different band now, making music in a different time. So what do you expect? Of course it's going to be different. After several listens, I quite like it.
Other stuff:A Moment of Peace, Ricky Martin's La Historia, DMB's Everyday (still), Indigo Girls Retrospective. And, as of this past weekend, three excellent mix tapes by Marel Trout, called Don't Try this at Home. I'm really enjoying these, and I imagine I'll have more to say about 'em in the next week or so.
Thursday, May 17, 2001
Listening to a bunch of stuff. I'm making some tapes for Rebekah, who is a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mozambique (and a former student of mine). She has a cassette player out there so when I write her I usually send her some music. This time I'm sending her a tape of the Aimee Mann mix Sonal made; a tape of Never The Same, a mix I traded for at Art of the Mix; my desert island tape (seems appropriate); and a tape of the new Dave Matthews Band album, with the new REM album on the back.
There's a Mulder/Krycek song on Everyday, the new one from DMB. It's called "What You Are." If I were ever to make another M/K mix, I'm pretty sure this one would be on it.
What you are Is the beast in a lover's arms What you are Is the devil in the sweet, sweet kiss What you are Is missing a piece What you are Is a puzzle to me
Tuesday, May 15, 2001
What am I listening to? Actually, one of my very own mix tapes from waaaay back (Fall, 1997), As an Angel Runs to Ground. I'm playing my tape in the car these days, really grooving on some old favorites, and anticipating a CD version of this mix that someone made for me. (I hear it'll be on its way soon.)
This mix is subtitled Songs for Mulder and Krycek, and it's a soundtrack for a Mulder/Krycek fanfiction story. But the funny thing was, I made the mix before I wrote any of the stories. But the story is in the mix. It's a narrative tape.
So that's what I'm playing at the moment. But I will make a prediction -- by Friday of this week, I will be listening to the new REM album, Reveal. It was released today, and my copy has already been shipped by Amazon. Sweet!
Monday, May 14, 2001
Lovesong The Cure
Whenever I'm alone with you You make me feel like I am home again Whenever I'm alone with you You make me feel like I am whole again
Whenever I'm alone with you You make me feel like I am young again Whenever I'm alone with you You make me feel like I am fun again
However far away I will always love you However long I stay I will always love you
Whatever words I say I will always love you I will always love you
Whenever I'm alone with you You make me feel like I am free again Whenever I'm alone with you You make me feel like I am clean again
However far away I will always love you However long I stay I will always love you
Whatever words I say I will always love you I will always love you
Friday, May 11, 2001
Driving with one hand on the wheel Ordering luck with every meal Feeding on hope again Never mind how small a portion
Aimee Mann, Driving with One Hand on the Wheel
Thursday, May 10, 2001
So please, please, please Let me, let me, let me Let me get what I want This time
The Smiths, Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
Tuesday, May 08, 2001
At my request, you take me in In that tenderness, I am floating away No certainty, nothing to rely on Holding still for a moment What a moment this is Oh, for a moment of forgetting, A moment of bliss…
I can hear the distant thunder Of a million unheard souls Watch each one reach for creature comfort For the filling of their holes
In the blood of Eden Lie the woman and the man With the man in the woman And the woman in the man In the blood of Eden We wanted the union Of the woman and the man...
From The Blood of Eden by Peter Gabriel
Monday, May 07, 2001
Today I'm listening to three home-burned mixes:
Songs in the Key of SX, a mix Maria made for me in late 1999.
Sunny Day, a spring mix I made last year around this time.
One Week (June 30 - July 8, 2000), a visit CD my friend Laura and I made when she came to visit last summer.
See below for playlists.
Songs in the Key of SX A mix by Maria
Your Faithful Friend - Abra Moore She's So High - Tal Bachman Gone Crazy - Marcy Playground Down at the Twist & Shout - Mary Chapin Carpenter Two Tickets to Paradise - Eddie Money Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf What's New Pussycat? - kd lang Mysterious Ways - U2 Cherry Cherry - Neil Diamond Porcupine Pie - Neil Diamond Love Don't Need a Reason - Michael Callen Tutti Frutti - Queen You're So Square - Queen Ebudae - Enya A Tune for the Dancing - Iris Dement Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls
Sunny Day A spring mix by Susie
Sunny Day - Sesame Street Theme Sixty Minute Man - Rockapella Number 3 - They Might Be Giants Guaglione - Perez Prado Coconut - Harry Nilsson Talkin' Candy Bar Blues - Peter, Paul, and Mary Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White - Perez Prado Hava Nagila - Dick Dale and the Del-Tones Another Time, Another Place, and You - Big Star In the Street - Big Star The Tra-La-La Song - Liz Phair and Material Issue What Would Brian Boitano Do? - Stan, Kyle, and Eric A Man Inside My Mouth - The Cure Death Tube - Dick Dale and the Del-Tones Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrkle The Peanut Vendor - Perez Prado Welcome to the Jungle - They Might Be Giants I Know What Boys Like - The Bouncing Souls Last Train to Clarkesville - The Monkees Mambo No. 8 - Perez Prado Mexico - Dick Dale and the Del-Tones Kyle's Mom's a Bitch - Eric Cartman Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head - They Might Be Giants Caliente, Caliente - Perez Prado Red Rubber Ball - Simon and Garfunkel It's Not My Birthday - They Might Be Giants Pipeline - Dick Dale with Stevie Ray Vaughan Velvet Goldmine - David Bowie Rubber Duckie - Ernie (from Sesame Street) Sing, Sing, Sing (with a Swing) - Benny Goodman
One Week (June 30 - July 8, 2000) A mix by Laura and Susie
If Only - Hanson Allstar - Smashmouth Livin' La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin Blame Canada - The Mothers of South Park Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen Alcohol - Barenaked Ladies Rhumba de Burros - Ignatius Jones What Makes You Happy - Liz Phair Good Bye Earl - Dixie Chicks Shake Your Bon Bon - Ricky Martin MmmBop (acoustic) - Hanson Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid La Resistance (medley) - The Citizens of South Park Psycho Killer - The Bobs Johnny Feelgood - Liz Phair Sure About It - Hanson Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band One Week - Barenaked Ladies Walkin' on the Sun - Smashmouth Can't Stop - Hanson Maria - Ricky Martin
Friday, May 04, 2001
What I'm listening to today: Day and Night, a mix I made a few years ago.
This is one of my favorite mixes of all time. It came out of a period that was one of the true golden ages of SusieMixes, along with others such as "Green Cheese" and "Behind the Scenes." I love this mix, "Day and Night." I had forgotten what it was really about until I listened again recently, and then it all came back to me. It is still very special to me, even years later. Isn't it funny how a collection of songs can capture a moment in time, an emotional state, and recall it so clearly for you later?
Cry Like an Angel S. Colvin - J. Leventhal
The streets of my town are not what they were They are haloed in anger, bitter and hurt And it's not so you'd notice but it's a sinister thing Like the wheels of ambition at the christening
So I went out walking on the streets of the dead With a chip on my shoulder and a voice in my head It said you have been brought here, though you don't know what for Well the mystery train is coming right to your door
And I hear you calling, you don't have to call so loud I see you falling and you don't have to walk so proud You can run all night but we can take you where You can cry like an angel
There were high school night dances when we played stump the band We were raising each other in a strange land There were hard pills to swallow but we drank 'em all down Oh the nights were too short then, now they're a little too long
I hear you calling, you don't have to call so loud I see you falling, you don't have to walk so proud You can run all night but we can take you where You can shout out in anger, you can laugh like a fool You can cry like an angel
So look homeward baby, keep your eyes on the sky They will never forgive you so don't ask them to try This is your party, I know it's not your ideal May we all find salvation in professions that heal
I hear you calling, you don't have to call so loud I see you falling and you don't have to walk so proud You can run all night but we can take you where You can shout out an answer, you can laugh like a fool You can call up to heaven, we'll be listening to you You can sing hallelujah, you can fly like a bird You can cry like angel when there are no words
Thursday, May 03, 2001
What I'm listening to lately:
Just Push Play, Aerosmith. My favorite song on the new album is the title track, "Just Push Play." I would quote the lyrics on the page here, but they're just too asinine. That doesn't stop me from loving this song like nobody's business.
Everyday, Dave Matthews Band. Still loving this new one from DMB. Favorite songs are "Everyday" and "The Space Between," but I really like 'em all.
Boom Chaka Laka Laka, a funk mix by Steve Raglin. This is an awesome mix of 1970s funk that I got in a trade on Art of the Mix. My favorite songs from this one are Parliament's "Give Up the Funk" (accept no substitutes!!!) and Bill Withers' "Using Me." All I can say to Steve is, play that funky music, white boy! Thank you!
