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Mixology… Like A Kite That Floats So Effortlessly

Krissy — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:52:59 +0000

I feel like I should have some sort of profound meaning behind this mix, but to be perfectly honest, it’s more just a handful of songs to chill out with in an attempt to keep my mind of this sweltering heat. To an extent, using good tunes as a distraction from what’s going on around me is just what I need. Perhaps, it even works too well as I have zero desire to do anything at all today except listen to music and loaf around forgetting all of the ins and outs of life.

Like A Kite That Floats So Effortlessly

01. Feist – Let It Die ♪
02. Rilo Kiley – Does He Love You? ♪
03. Peter Broderick – Broken Patterns ♪

04. Sufjan Stevens – Casimir Pulaski Day ♪
05. Regina Spektor – Samson ♪
06. Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton – Our Hell ♪

07. Fauxliage – Rafe ♪
08. Stars – Sad Robot ♪
09. Marlango – Sink Down To Me ♪

10. Tori Amos – Ophelia ♪
11. Bang Gang – There Was A Whisper ♪
12. The Honey Trees – Through Your Eyes ♪

13. Azure Ray – November ♪
14. A Fine Frenzy – Near To You ♪
15. Jónsi – Kolniður ♪

16. Trespassers William – I Don’t Mind ♪
17. Nouvelle Vague – Waves ♪
18. The London Apartments – Satellites ♪

19. Goldfrapp – Head First ♪
20. Zero 7 – The Space Between ♪
21. Bat For Lashes – Trophy ♪

♪ Listen to the mix on 8tracks ♪

So I suppose, in a way, this could be a mixtape to oblivion – tunes to make you forget your cares and just be.

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Mixology… Sight, Sound, The Senses, It’s All There If You Are

Krissy — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:00:19 +0000

Every once in awhile, I like to compile a random mix of songs that suit a feeling or mood for one particular day. While I have hundreds of different playlists in my iTunes, there are days when not a single one of them is ‘right’. Like having a closet full of clothes, but nothing to wear. And so, this little mix was born to fill that musical void I was having today.

Sight, Sound, The Senses, It’s All There If You Areⁱ

01. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Time of the Assassins ♪
02. Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain ♪
03. Portishead – Only You ♪

04. Cathy Davey – All Of You ♪
05. Psapp – Hi ♪
06. Sufjan Stevens – Chicago O.C.D. ♪

07. Emilie Simon – Vu d’ici ♪
08. Bat For Lashes – Bat’s Mouth ♪
09. Björk – Cocoon ♪

10. Emiliana Torrini – Stephanie Says ♪
11. Azure Ray – Home ♪
12. Death Cab For Cutie – Stable Song ♪

13. Fiona Apple – Love Ridden ♪
14. Hooverphonic – Dictionary ♪
15. Rachael Yamagata – Duet ♪

16. Eisley – Just Like We Do ♪
17. Radiohead – All I Need ♪
18. Trespasser’s William – Weakening ♪

19. Halou – Words ♪
20. She & Him – You Really Got A Hold On Me ♪

♪ Listen to the mix on 8tracks ♪

Trying something else a little different this time and putting the mix on 8tracks…

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Don’t ask me what the title means. It’s just a jumble of words that came into my head, as is usually the case with all of my mix titles.

Mixology… Not To Go Anywhere, But To Go

Krissy — Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:46 +0000

With the big move coming up (wait, I haven’t mentioned that 10 times yet today?), I figured it would be suiting to compile a fun ‘road trip’ type mix. I’ll be making the 20+ hour drive with my mom whose taste in music is, shall we say, very limited. So I tried very hard to compile something that she would enjoy as well since after that many hours in a car together, I’m sure we’ll be a bit crabby with each other. Might as well not make the subject of our bickering be musical preferences. (Though I’m positive we’ll each have to suck it up and listen to each other’s music at some point or another.)

Not To Go Anywhere, But To Go

01. Goldfrapp – Caravan Girl ♪
02. Jem – Wish I ♪
03. She & Him – Home ♪

04. Bonnie Sommerville – Winding Road ♪
05. Simon & Garfunkel – Ceceila ♪
06. Jewel – Only One Too ♪

07. Lisa Mitchell – Neopolitan Dreams ♪
08. Hall & Oates – You Make My Dreams ♪
09. Ryan Gosling – Put Me In The Car ♪

10. Keane – Hamburg Song ♪
11. Regina Spektor – Time Is All Around ♪
12. Rilo Kiley – With Arms Outstretched ♪

13. Sondre Lerche & Lillian Samdal – Modern Nature ♪
14. Stars – Life Effect ♪
15. Imogen Heap – Speeding Cars ♪

16. Ivy – Nothing But The Sky ♪
17. Goldfrapp – Road To Somewhere ♪
18. Camera Obscura – Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken ♪

19. The Mamas & The Papas – California Dreamin’ ♪
20. Jenny Lewis – Born Secular ♪
21. Cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer – I’ve Got A Theory/Bunnies/If We’re Together ♪ⁱ

♪ Listen to the mix on YouTube ♪ ⁱⁱ

I can about guarantee my mom will hate the majority of these songs, but I tried. I went for songs that were upbeat, pop-y, and easy to sing-a-long with. Who knows, perhaps I’ll convert her into a She & Him or Regina Spektor fan? (Very, very doubtful.)

“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
~ Biblo Baggins (from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings)

P.S. Thank you everyone for the overwhelmingly positive response on my last entry. :D Every time a new comment comes in, I get so excited! You guys rock my socks. I promise I will start replying soon. (Must finish some more assignments first. Boo.)

It’s totally silly, but oh, so fun to sing-a-long too therefore making it the perfect road trip song. “BUNNIES! BUNNIES! IT MUST BE BUNNIES!!!”
I couldn’t find Jewel’s song “Only One Too” on YouTube, so unfortunately, it’s not included. :(

Mixology… I Want A Unicorn

Krissy — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:00:01 +0000

This is just a silly little mix that I built a few months ago around the phrase “I Want A Unicorn” for no other reason than at that given moment, I really wanted a unicorn. Not that I don’t always want one, but I was feeling particularly gluttonous that day. (Raise your hand if at least once in your life, you wished you had your very own unicorn.) And so this mix was born to celebrate mythical creatures, magic, fairies, fantasy, castles, far away lands, and of course, unicorns.

I Want A Unicorn

01. Ladytron – Light & Magic ♪
02. Jónsi – Animal Arithmetic ♪

03. Patrick Wolf – The Magic Position ♪
04. Eisley – Memories ♪

05. CocoRosie – Rainbowarriors ♪
06. Bat for Lashes – The Wizard ♪

07. Goldfrapp – Believer ♪
08. Björk – Aurora ♪

09. Moby – Spiders ♪
10. The Age of Rockets – Once We Were Monsters ♪

11. Little Boots – Ghost ♪
12. Goldfrapp – Clowns ♪

13. Patrick Wolf – The Childcatcher ♪
14. Ellie Goulding – Starry Eyed ♪

15. The Age of Rockets – Avada Kedavra ♪
16. Portishead – Toy Box ♪

17. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Little Monsters ♪
18. Emiliana Torrini – Telepathy ♪
19. M83 – You, Appearing ♪

♪ Listen ♪

I was clever this time around, and it occurred to me that the simplest way to share a mixtape might be by actually building a playlist of songs on YouTube. Duh! Can’t believe I never thought of that before. So you can listen to the whole thing here without having to open fifty bajillion tabs. Horray! :D

P.S. Apologies to any non-Patrick Wolf/Goldfrapp/The Age of Rockets fans as there’s a lot of their tunes in here. But their music seemed especially magical to me. :)

Mixology… Hold On To That Teenage Feeling

Krissy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:30:25 +0000

With the first day of spring just around the corner, I thought it would be appropriate to post a mix dedicated to growing through the motions of first crushes, falling in love, and that back-flipping stomach feeling you get when you daydream about that special person. This mix also takes a bit a darkish turn though with the subsequent attempts to move on and erase the damage they’ve done to your heart after things fall apart.

Hold On To That Teenage Feeling

01. Stars – Look Up ♪
02. Imogen Heap – Goodnight and Go ♪
03. Death Cab for Cutie – Transatlanticism ♪

04. The Brunettes – Too Big For Gidget ♪
05. Dominic Cooper & Amanda Seyfried – Lay All Your Love On Me ♪ⁱ
06. The Album Leaf – Wet The Day ♪

07. Alpha – Slim ♪
08. Flunk – See You ♪
09. Death Cab for Cutie – Passenger Seat ♪

10. Röyksopp – Someone Like Me ♪
11. Feist – How My Heart Behaves ♪
12. Way Out West – Don’t Forget Me ♪

13. Ivy – Clear My Head ♪
14. Neko Case – That Teenage Feeling ♪
15. The Radio Dept. – I Wanted You To Feel The Same ♪
16. Joni Mitchell – The Last Time I Saw Richard ♪

The entire mix can be found on last.fm, here.

This is a mix I also like to call “Le Garçon” as it’s partially about becoming entirely smitten with a certain boy thing. While I adore this mix to pieces (it’s one of my most played because I love these songs so so much), it’s also really quite personal and very specific to one particular summer of my life. But even though the outcome isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, I still find listening to this mix quite therapeutic.

All the photographs used in this post are by Olivia Bee. I love the way she captures the free-spirited essence of adolescence, and because of that, I thought her photographs were the perfect complement to this mix.

ETA: Sorry for all the crazy posting/deleting of this entry. WordPress was on crack and kept posting it every day even after I’d told it not to publish until today. Crazy old, WordPress, becoming senile. haha

From the movie Mamma Mia!