during our upcoming trip to the western world, we’re going to be doing a bit of driving so i thought i’d make a little summer road trip playlist. we’re planning on leaving providence and weaving our way through vermont, up to montreal, back down to niagra falls and then veering off to the left into toronto. we’ll drive straight back to providence after we’re done our trip, and then it’s a quick amtrak to new york and we’re back on a plane to shanghai before you know it.
if you’re familiar with the areas we’ll be in, please tell me your favourite pit stops, motels, burger joints, gift shops, whatever.
also, click >>HERE<< to download the playlist. xo!
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wowowow, it’s been a long time since i last uploaded any songs for you! it’s pretty much summer here, with the odd rainy day and huge gust of wind. been listening to alot of cheery sweet summer’esque tunes, maybe you’ll like them too.
PS. if you haven’t heard of the west coast pop art experimental band (dammit, i wrote their name wrong in the image above, tooo many words), go download loads of their music, or better yet, go to this site and buy! soooo great, and they are definitely a huge part of my favourite summer listenings. xo and enjoy the summer sun!
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settling fairly quickly into a winter rhythm, cold weather means bundling up and more time spent in the kitchen and in the bedroom. the fog is upon us this afternoon (peep the view out the w+k windows) and all i wanna do is crawl under the covers. made a new mix, full of warm & fuzzy!
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CLICK TO DOWNLOAD: FALL/WINTER 2009
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DOWNLOAD: lovesongs.zip — (original image here)
it’s been a while since i last updated with a downloadable mix (up + down!), life has been so bizzeee though! here’s my latest though, it’s full of very earnest, pretty, quiet songs. the original image for this mix can be found here (thanks dropular!)
DOWNLOAD: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST.
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another late night in the office, waiting for a dinner delivery of indian food and catching up on the day. too many meetings and craziness in the afternoon means post-office hours are the only time when things really get done. tired tired tired, but listening to alot of new songs lately and posting up a quickie mix of pretty pretty sounds i’m into. at this point, i’m not even sure if anyone’s listening, nevertheless, but here it is, from me to you xx.
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ten relatively new summer jams to dance to!
yesterday marked the hottest day shanghai had to suffer through in 65 years! it was so hot i was melting, i can’t even describe how awful it is. supposedly it was 40°C, but i swear i saw a report saying it was 46°C with the heat index. i feel like i’m living in a stinky dumpster.
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alot of my friends like to tease me about my high-school years in the seventh day adventist christian wilderness, but i stick to my guns and tell them where to shove it. however, it’s always bummed me out a bit that christian music gets such a bad rap. it’s not true that it’s all horrid, you have just have to look past that whole DC Talk jesus freak rabbbble rabble.
my friend nathaniel from splitworks and i have talked about this before, and i think a big part of it is getting over the ‘christian rock’ label and just listening to things you like. maybe “serious” christians will disagree with me, but it’s all about feeling something in what you’re hearing, feeling amazed and thankful for all the cool shit we get to see and experience on an everyday basis.
the search party for example, were a fantastic christian folk/psych that came out of california in the late 60s, and their music is haunting and amazing and beautiful all at once. the innocence mission are another band i really like who use christian imagery in the prettiest way imaginable. bands like danielson are so fun you wanna puke but also so sweet and ridiculous you can’t help but like them.
i’ve put together a zip folder of 5 songs i really like by christian artists – i used to try and figure out what was ‘christian’ and what was just ‘music’, but i’ve decided it doesn’t matter. you can download the folder here (thanks sam for hosting!).
the songs are:
001 danielson – did i step on your trumpet
002 neutral milk hotel – king of carrot flowers pt 2+3
003 search party – speak to me
004 innocense mission – tomorrow on the runway
005 pedro the lion – indian summer
latest summer jams mix. will provide download link soon. holla. xx
my friend emailed me the new swan lake album today and what i’ve heard so far is pretty fantastic. swan lake is comprised of pretty much my favourite musicians in canada – carey mercer from frog eyes, dan bejar from destroyer and the new pornographers, and spencer krug from sunset rubdown and wolf parade. bam!
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