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The words "oh.... no...." echo from my earbuds as I write this. They come from the brilliant song The Agony of Lafitte, my newest obsession of the past week. I had just discovered a few days ago that Spoon had released phantom albums before I was aware of them and I immediately downloaded all the tracks I could find. I love the latin-y feel of this song so much, especially the bells solo at the end. Britt Daniel's voice is just so amazing with the acoustic guitars. Pure bliss.

My other discovery this week came earlier, that The Decemberists are to release another full length album in the fall entitled "The Hazards of Love", of which I have heard some live versions sung solo by Colin Meloy. They sound so great, but, after all, all his songs are amazing.

Currently, I am finding that relistening to old songs by your favorite artists is a great learning experience, especially when you're less familiar with the old stuff. …

Because school work can wait.

All I did was randomized my entire song library, and took the first 64 songs to come up. I will now pit one against the other and whittle them down, world cup style, and see who wins!!

ROUND 1

VAST - Song Without a Name
Eyeball Skeleton - The Bouncing Apes
WINNER: VAST

Dizzee Rascal - Learn
Uncle Tupelo - John Hardy
WINNER: Dizzee Rascal

The Black Keys - When The Lights Go Out
General Public - I'll Take You There
WINNER: Tough choice... gonna go with The Black Keys

Catherine Wheel - Gasoline
The Pillows - Ride on Shooting Star
WINNER: Let's give it to the pillows.

JC Chasez - Until Yesterday
Shonen Knife - Watchin' Girl
Winner: Shonen Knife

The Exploding Hearts - Thorns in Roses
Glen Phillips - Sir Duke
WINNER: The Exploding Hearts

Spoon - Back to the Life
Spymob - Half Steering
Winner: SpyMob

Ultravox - Vienna
Spank Rock - What It Look Like
WNNER: Spank Rock

Junior Boys - In the Morning
Billy Squier - The Stroke
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So if you haven’t heard, Dustin is moving to San Diego. For those who haven’t (or don’t know), we were practically married for two years from Spring of 2002 to Summer of 2004, broke up, but then became friends again (and roommates) when I bought the house in Fall 2005 to the end of 2006. He has since moved in with his boyfriend and they are moving to California together.

It’s hard for me to comprehend the seriousness of this situation (let alone describe it) because we’ve both moved on years ago. Still, when I got the phone call, I immediately thought about making him a cd.

To me, the process (and product) of creating a mix cd is perhaps the single most romantic gesture I can think of—often it’s the best I can do to communicate a myriad of complex feelings to almost anyone.

While the above summary doesn’t exactly do the relationship justice, not at all, really, I think the following playlist sums up where we were and then progresses into current feelings, reminisces, and offers good will for the future.
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The Shins - The Past and Pending
As someone sets light to the first fire of autumn
We settle down to cut ourselves apart

Gus Black - Autumn Days
The blame won't change autumn days
When the sky is falling
Hey, hey
Don't waste one more day
Love the sky falling

Devendra Banhart - Autumn's Child
Autumn's child, raise your head.

Sea Wolf - Leaves In The River
The wind came down from up the plains
And blew the leaves all through the streets
I wondered how far leaves could really fly
Would they rest in several yards
Or make it to the city
Or would they end up in the river just to float away

Flowers From the Man Who Shot Your Cousin - The Branch
I wanted my life's work
To be like an ever-growing forest
So vast that you could lose your way in it

Paolo Nutini - Autumn
Hear him singing while he sits there in his chair
While these autumn leaves float around everywhere

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Earlier this spring I made a CD for a boy I liked with these songs. For what it was, I was in a phase of making CDs using songs with like words in the title.

Here's the tracklist:

I'm on Fire by Bruce Springsteen

Strange Fire by Indigo Girls

The Past and Pending by The Shins

Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire by Joni Mitchell

Firefly by Greta Gaines

Your Fire Your Soul by Dar Williams

World On Fire (Marius de Vries Mix) by Sarah McLachlan

This Heart's on Fire by Wolf Parade

Fire Eye'd Boy by Broken Social Scene

Fuel for Fire by M. Ward

The Body Breaks by Devendra Banhart

This Fire by Franz Ferdinand

Firecracker by Ryan Adams

Set Yourself On Fire by Stars

Firecracker by Dana Falconberry

Fire Door by Ani DiFranco

Firefly by Over the Rhine

Bloods on Fire by Pinback

name your top 10 most played bands on last.fm:

1.Radiohead
2.Jeff Buckley
3.Death Cab for Cutie
4.Franz Ferdinand
5.Clint Mansell
6.Nelly Furtado
7.Doves
8.The Shins
9.Maxïmo Park
10.Sondre Lerche

what was the first song you ever heard by 6?
actually didn't like the first song i heard by her.. well, it was a bit annoying: I'm Like a Bird

what is your favorite album of 2?
haha, well that would be Grace.

what is your favorite lyric that 5 has sung?
um, number 5 is a soundtrack composer. too bad, cause i have lots of favorite lyrics for other songs...

how many times have you seen 4 live?
haha! it actually fell on one of the tree artists i've seen live. seen franz live once. they were amazing/awesome.

what is your favorite song by 7?
M62 Songi'd have to say.

what is a good memory you have involving the music of 10?
summertime and walking.

is there a song of 3 that makes you sad?
Passenger Seat because it makes me nostalgic for childhood and innocence.
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