Birthday snow

 A billion and five years ago, meaning two-or-maybe-it-was-three, my beautiful friends Jessica P. made me a birthday mixtape. I dusted it off to find that it fits like a jigsaw piece into my aging year, Autumn falling into Winter.

Kaki King - 

Yellowcake

Life Being What It Is

Saving Days In A Frozen Head

Kathleen Edwards - Old Time Sake

Cat Power - Metal Heart

Jaymay - Snow White

Elliott Smith - Pitseleh

Neko Case - I Wish I Was The Moon

Great Lake Swimmers - Imaginary Bars

Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine

Lou Barlow - Home

Broken Social Scene - Backyards

Air - Run

Blonde Redhead - Spring and By Summer

01 and 10

I'm about 4 or five years to late. That being said...

I'm going home tonight to investigate what has been labeled as "the Radiohead Conspiracy", or "What Thom Yorke does with all of his spare time".

For more information, please check out these links:
Cracked
and
Puddlegum

Here's a snippit from the Puddlegum article, the part that intrigues me the most ()

"Ten days after our original article, we have come to believe that OK Computer and In Rainbows were meant to complement each other. During the writing and recording process of OK Computer, Radiohead used the working title of Zeros and Ones. If OK Computer is represented by 01, and In Rainbows is represented by 10, then we have 01 and 10. In binary code 01 and 10 complement each other.

Consider that In Rainbows was meant to complement OK Computer, musically, lyrically, and in structure. We found that the two albums can be knit together beautifully. By combining the tracks to form one playlist, 01 and 10, we have a remarkable listening experience. The transitions between the songs are astounding, and it appears that this was done purposefully.

The lyrics also seem to complement each other. There appears to be a concept flowing through the 01 and 10 playlist. Ideas in one song is picked up by the next, such as “Pull me out of the aircrash,” and “When I’m at the pearly gates, this will be my videotape.”

To create the 01 and 10 playlist, begin with OK Computer’s track one, Airbag, and follow this with In Rainbow’s track one, 15 Step. Alternate the albums, track by track, until you reach Karma Police on OK Computer, making All I Need the tenth track on the 01 and 10 playlist. Follow Karma Police with Fitter Happier from OK Computer, for tracks eleven and twelve. These two tracks act as a bridge between the first ten and the following ten tracks on the 01 and 10 playlist. Then continue to alternate the albums again, picking up with Faust Arp on In Rainbows, with Electioneering on OK Computer as the following track.

Earth SHATTERINGLY AWESOME? I DARE SAY...

Basically... combine OK Computer and In Rainbows, and BAM, new mind-blowing album.I haven't yet tried this out, seeing as I am stuck at work till Chris comes round to collect my weathered bones. But I'll let you know what happens next.

Radiohead – 01 and 10 playlist:
1. Airbag (OK Computer)
2. 15 Step (In Rainbows)
3. Paranoid Android (OK Computer)
4. Bodysnatchers (In Rainbows)
5. Subterranean Homesick Alien (OK Computer6. Nude (In Rainbows)
7. Exit Music (For A Film) (OK Computer)
8. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi (In Rainbows)
9. Let Down (OK Computer)
10. All I Need (In Rainbows)
11. Karma Police (OK Computer)
12. Fitter Happier (OK Computer)
13. Faust Arp (In Rainbows)
14. Electioneering (OK Computer)
15. Reckoner (In Rainbows)
16. Climbing Up The Walls (OK Computer)
17. House Of Cards (In Rainbows)
18. No Surprises (OK Computer)
19. Jigsaw Falling Into Place (In Rainbows)
20. Lucky (OK Computer)
21. Videotape (In Rainbows)
22. The Tourist (OK Computer)

Last Stick of Gum on Earth #2

This posting is/was Disc Two of my Christmas/Valentines mixtape/present entitled "Last Stick Of Gum" , circa 2009. Another little dose of recent history.
(TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST: I'm rather ashamed that some this music is wildly popular now.If I hear 1901 on the radio one more time... grrrr.)

Beirut - Elephant Gun
The Bird and the Bee - Again & AgainBon Iver - Brackett, WIBook On Tapeworm -
To Kill A Mockingbird

Chairlift - Bruises

Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose

Fink - This Is The Thing

The Go! Team - Huddle Formation

Hot Chip - The Warning

Judy Garland - Get Happy

New Buffalo -
I've Got You and You've Got Me

Nurses - Caterpillar Playground

Phoenix - 1901

Pogo - AliceRogue Wave - Maps

Slow Club - Dance To The Morning Light

Stars - Celebration Guns

Sujan Stevens - Henney Buggy Band

The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition

Thao Nguyen & the Stay Down Get Downs -
Bag of Hammers

Last Stick of Gum on Earth #1

I made this mix for Christmas 2009... So, YES, it's ancient history. But since I promised some people they could get the band/track names, I'm posting it here.
Finally.
Think of this (and it's brother playlist, which I'll post soon) as a dive into the musical history of what I was obsessed with 2009. Who can resist such a wealth of knowledge?

Broken Social Scene - Backyards 

Animal Collective - My Girls

Mates of State - The Re-arrangerLykki Ly - Dance Dance DancePassion Pit - Sleepyhead

Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Hysteric

First Aid Kit -
Tiger Mount Peasant Song
(Fleet Foxes Cover)

The Antlers - Bear

White Rabbits - Percussion GunDiscovery - Swing Tree
Electric Owls - Magic Show

Shapes and Sizes - Head Movin'

Jay Brannan - Soda Shop

Regina Spektor - Raindrops

The Tallest Man On Earth -

Where Do My Bluebird Fly

Wild Sweet Orange - Be Careful (What You Want)

Glasser - Glad (Delorean remix)

Landon Pigg -

Falling In Love In A Coffee Shop

Slow Club - Me and You

Jay May - Snow White

Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook