oh! darling

so much has happened within the last three weeks or so... i really haven't been this happy in years. i'm so lucky to have the people in my life that i do.

august playlist

1. pumped up kicks - foster the people

2. bundle up - the cool kids

3. terminally chill - neon indian

4. shadowboxin' - gza

5. my girl - the temptations

6. talkin' bout hey love - de la soul

7. auditorium - mos def

8. ex-girl to next girl - gang starr

9. little green bag - george baker

10. nutmeg - ghostface killah

11. bonita applebum - a tribe called quest

12. best of my love - the emotions

13. sacre cool - young montana

14. hip 2 da game - lord finesse

15. u-love - j dilla

all the time we wasted, i'd only waste it again

i love when first impressions turn out to be wrong and people are actually lovely, when the most dubious fake ids in the world inexplicably work, when you see friends you haven't encountered in years, when people call you beautiful, when you feel a little bit hopeful, for the first time in what seems like forever.

february playlist
1. rill rill - sleigh bells
2. party and bullshit (ratatat remix) - notorious b.i.g.
3. gen-n-e-y - m.i.a.
4. roman's revenge (ft. lil' wayne) - nicki minaj
5. enter the ninja - die antwoord
6. coconut bible - yuck
7. block after block - matt & kim
8. not in love (ft. robert smith) - crystal castles
9. no fun vs. push it - 2 many djs
10. the suburbs (continued) - arcade fire

wasted and i can't find my way home

back from two weeks in new york, it was beautiful. i went to lots of art galleries, wandered around fifth avenue, caught the train to chelsea and soho, ate huge breakfasts at a cute little diner called the astro, bought too many clothes, and too many books, and got caught in one of the worst snowstorms in new york's history. it was nice but it's good to be home again.

nyc playlist

can i kick it? - a tribe called quest
airplanes - local natives
sweatmother - tobacco
red lights - holy fuck
personality crisis - new york dolls
i can't stand it - the velvet underground
difficult - uffie
loaded - primal scream
andy's chest - lou reed

summer playlist take 2

1. a minha menina - os mutantes
2. buffalo stance - neneh cherry
3. write about love - belle & sebastian
4. things i did when i was dead - no age
5. c.r.e.a.m. - wu-tang clan
6. silver soul - beach house
7. heartbreaker - girls
8. it takes a muscle - m.i.a.
9. boyfriend - best coast
10. ce jour la - sylvie vartan
11. green eyes - wavves
12. slip inside this house - primal scream
13. rock & roll - the velvet underground
14. teenage spaceship - smog
15. alright - supergrass

2009's summer playlist

music i'm obsessed with right now

albums:

loaded - the velvet underground

not that i haven't always been totally obsessed with this album, but it's really grown on me a lot and i've been listening to oh sweet nuthin' and new age almost nonstop lately.

darklands - the jesus and mary chain
i love basically everything the jesus and mary chain does, and this album is lovely. pretty sure nobody else reconciles my love of feedback with my love of sixties style harmonies like they do

secondhand daylight - magazine
magazine is actually amazing and criminally underrated. both this and their debut real life are part of that rare breed of albums that don't have a bad song on them

phrazes for the young - julian casablancas

i was desperate to see him when he comes to melbourne in may but it's at the palace theatre which is all seated, therefore totally lame. i guess i'll just have to wait until the strokes drop their new album and tour accordingly :(

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songs:

thirteen - big star (still in mourning over alex chilton)

my time outside the womb - titus andronicus

love like blood - killing joke

laura - girls

come and stay with me - marianne faithfull

i don't love anyone - belle & sebastian

he's gone - vivian girls (wish i could find an mp3 copy of the chantels original)

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vinyl i bought today:

so - peter gabriel ($7)

puppet on a string 4" - sandie shaw ($3)

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french playlist

1. la javanaise ~ serge gainsbourg

2. parlez-moi de lui ~ dalida

3. si la photo et bonne ~ barbara

4. tu veux ou tu veux pas ~ brigitte bardot

5. quelqu'un ma dit ~ carla bruni

6. laisse tomber les filles ~ fabienne delsol

7. dis, quand reviendras-tu? ~ martha wainwright

8. poupee de cire, poupee de son ~ france gall

9. non, je ne regrette rien ~ edith piaf

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sounds like summer

revised and extended summer playlist

1. lust for life ~ girls
2. sunny afternoon ~ the kinks
3. don't worry baby ~ the beach boys
4. born to run ~ bruce springsteen
5. just can't get enough ~ nouvelle vague
6. julia ~ the beatles
7. carrot rope ~ pavement
8. dreaming ~ blondie
9. stay alive ~ the pains of being pure at heart
10. here comes the summer ~ the undertones
11. sugar town ~ nancy sinatra
12. it's my life ~ no doubt
13. sleepyhead ~ passion pit
14. 4th time around ~ bob dylan
15. running free ~ buzzcocks

summer playlist

1. here comes the summer ~ the undertones

2. i can't help myself ~ orange juice

3. it's my life ~ no doubt

4. sugar town ~ nancy sinatra

5. zero ~ yeah yeah yeahs

6. dreaming ~ blondie

7. time to pretend ~ mgmt

8. sons and daughters ~ the decemberists

9. little house of savages ~ the walkmen

10. lust for life ~ girls

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