yes, yes way. you can tell by the influx in my blog posts that i am avoiding writing a paper. so i'll share with you some songs that are getting me through the start of this long long long all-nighter...literally, fellows is an exact replica of hell right now. it's about 8000 degrees in here, and i even think i saw el diablo himself a minute ago checking his facebook and crushing a red bull. sugar-free, of course. even the prince of darkness needs to watch his figure i guess. well, here you go...ps none of these necessarily have anything to do with one another. it's very much like the ever-popular jeopardy cop-out category 'potpourri'...pps, did anyone else grow up believing alex trebek was the smartest man alive? it wasn't a far-fetched belief for a seven year old me (who always was convinced she would have know that the famous artist was monet or that the year was 570 b.c. had she been given approximately 5 more seconds to work out the logistics of the question), especially considering canada is a magical and mysterious country whose inhabitants have supernatural hockey playing and trivia answering abilities as a direct result of a strict diet of maple syrup and the use of the word 'eh' (a secret form of abracadabra perhaps? are they holding out on us?). oh if only someone like the trebekster existed for realsies. i thought sylvia browne had a shot at filling that position for a while, but then this happened. sorry montel, such a let down. wow that was a huge tangent, which i would love to continue but really i have to write this paper...here you go, enjoy, and you can pick and choose wisely since i'm including the genre as well:
uptown top ranking-althea & donna (plain and simple roots goodness)
genius and thieves-eluvium (a pretty little ditty with no words, just a piano)
zhivago-ludovico einaudi (again, all piano...love this guy...this is from the masterpiece theater version of doctor zhivago. yes i watch masterpiece theater, and always cry at some point or another. tess of the d'urbervilles? don't even get me started.)
galaxies-laura veirs (indie/pop, quite catchy)
bahamas-the low frequency in stereo (super mellow post-rock experimental. check out hazelwood as well if you can find it...it'll blow your mind and america will resent you for listening to it since you'll inevitably think less of her when you've finished)
here today, gone tomorrow-ulrich schnauss (trippy mellow electronic shoegaze, really great if you're reading alice in wonderland when she's falling down down down the rabbit hole. really though. i know from experience.)
black balloon-the kills (love love love this song, which is a nice play on garage rock revival...love the way "i swear our jet is crashing in my mind" is sung, it's an unexpected little turn. at least i think so. very pretty.)
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