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“Gotta Get Down With the Passing of Time” – Damon Albarn
“Box Elder (live) ” – Pavement
“In Asking Land” – Talking Heads
“Inside Out” – Beck
“The Old Plantation” – The Minus 5
“There There (live acoustic)” – Radiohead
“My Death (live)” – David Bowie
“Runners Dial Zero” – Beck
“Blasting Fonda” – Wilco
“Lifeline” – Harry Nilsson
“Did You See Me” – Ween
“Riding to Vanity Fair” – Paul McCartney
“Sunset Coming On” – Damon Albarn, Toumani Diabate, Afel Bocoum, Ko Kan Ko Sata Doumbia
“I Love My Car” – Belle and Sebastian
This past week had a lot of emotion in it. I blame the movement out of the ever emotional Cancer into Leo. It seemed to result in misunderstanding and mini crises…and not just for myself. It’s something like the air of a funeral where such intense emotions may act in kind. A funeral for Cancer, if you will.
Now, though, it seems these weekend wounds have healed or are healing. Today, in Knoxville, in particular, we had this wonderfully cloud covered, sunny day. The evening capped by a stellar performance downtown by Wu Tang’s Killah Priest. A small reward for working through the darkness of Cancer.
I made this mix a few years back. I did not feel any kind of darkness in my life at the time, but wanted to make a saddish, emotionally driven mix. This was the result. It does not carry a negative message (except maybe the Paul McCartney song), but certainly expresses loss and learning while sounding “summery.” I think it’s perfectly fitting for this time of year.
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“Ohio” – Chin Chin
“Jet Engine” – Forest for the Trees & Beck
“Crooked Dub / Obscured by Clouds” - Gorillaz vs. Spacemonkeyz vs. Pink Floyd vs. Arrison Kirby
“Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping” – Air
“Roche” – Sebastian Tellier
“Noir Blues to Tinnitus” – of Montreal
“Video Tapez” – Radiohead vs. Del The Funky Homosapien vs. Amplive
“Great Gig in the Sky” – The Flaming Lips & Peaches
“Speak, See, Remember” – Pavement
“One Fine Day” – Cracker
“The Great Western Road” – David Byrne
“Cloud of Unknowing” – Gorillaz, Bobby Womack & Sinfonia ViVa
“Sleepyhead” – Senryu
illumination was submitted for the Tapeworms March theme: “Wake Up.” I am posting it today because it’s Easter Sunday and I find this to make for a pretty good Easter mix. My only regret is that I didn’t have it posted this morning so that someone might wake up to it.