Cross Your Fingers Hold Your Toes: Summer 2011
Select “Read More” to view the streaming playlist. 01. “Our Deal” by Best Coast “When you leave me / The bed is empty / And I feel crazy / Cause I didn’t say anything / I wish you would tell me / How you really feel / But you’ll never tell me / Cause that’s not our deal” Reminds me of The Beach Boys; just a simple, catchy song with dreamy surf guitars supporting it. Short, sweet and just long enough to be perfection, to boot; this will contrast wildly with the 10 minute long end song on the mix. 02. “Cross Your Fingers” by Laura Marling “Cross your fingers, hold your toes / We’re all gonna die when the building blows / And the house that you were born in / Is crumbling at the corners /...
Read MoreFeed Your Head: Spring 2011
01. “Pioneers” by Bloc Party “If it can be broke then it can be fixed / If it can be fused then it can be split / It’s all under control / If it can be lost then it can be won / If it can be touched then it can be turned / All you need is time / We promised the world we’d tame it / What were we hoping for?” I was skeptical of the song at first, because Bloc Party is really hit or miss for me. Ultimately, I really love the lyrics and the theme of our need to organize, and progress often setting us back and blowing up in our face. All the lyrics they choose to repeat seem important to me, and I like the feeling of being stuck in a loop, which is another thing I feel the song communicates. 02. “The Chamber” by The Last...
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And make inadvertent haikus: Carrots and hummus Disproportionate carrots Gotta buy hummus
Read MoreGalactica; I taught myself how to build a computer
Over Spring Break of this year, my windows laptop broke. I used it mostly for playing video games, as I am sort of in love with Apple products for day-to-day use, at the moment. My solution was to build my own desktop. It was an absolutely awesome experience; thanks to Google and some tutorials, I purchased my parts, built her up and plugged her in. She’s a little monster. I skinned Galactica using CustoPak Tools (for the log-in screen, which I couldn’t screencap or photograph properly) and Rainmeter. Wallpaper. More pictures behind the...
Read MoreOur Common Goal (Was Waiting For The World To End): Winter 2010
Winter was full of external, negative forces. My closest friend moved away to Chicago. My mother was hospitalized and near death. So, to make up for it, I kind of had to generate my own energy, though I hope the mix also conveys some of the ambient mellow melancholy. LISTEN 01. “Introduction to Romeo” by Nellee Hooper 02. “I’ll Take Us Home” by Matt & Kim 03. “U.R.A. Fever” by The Kills 04. “Black Sheep” by Metric 05. “Dance Yrself Clean” by LCD Soundsystem 06. “Collect Call (Tom Wrecks Remix)” by Metric 07. “Word Problems” by deadmau5 08. “Fire In Your New Shoes (ft. Dragonette)” by Kaskade 09. “Sofi Needs A Ladder” by deadmau5 10. “Animal...
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