Posted on April 28, 2008 by ordinaryswoon
Even though the weather’s taken a turn for the worse here in the cheery MidWest, I’m allocating my post today to the celebration of the beautiful tan summertime. The title of my playlist comes from a short story by Irwin Shaw, which, believe it or not, somebody’s taken the trouble to transcribe from book to [...]
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Posted on April 27, 2008 by ordinaryswoon
Every experience you have, my dear sweet friends, has a perfect song or two to go along with it – even those spiritual trips you take round the wheel of life! I’ll bet you thought that my website was limited to providing soundtracks solely for your current life, your present state of being. Well, boy-o, [...]
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Posted on April 26, 2008 by ordinaryswoon
Every moment of your life, my friends, can be approprietly scored with a playlist – including all those wobbly, growly mornings when you have to get dressed and go to work despite having stayed out very, very, very late last night. It’s true! To prove it, I give you the Getting Up For Work After [...]
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Posted on April 25, 2008 by ordinaryswoon
As always, folks, I’m here to bring you unique mixes of music to suit all and every event in your life. Today I bring you the Returning Home at Three in the Morning Playlist:
Addled, buzzing with music, and crashing into things and hollering with laughter even if you’re perfectly darn sober, it’s a very special [...]
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Posted on April 17, 2008 by ordinaryswoon
The final installation of my “Road Trip” trilogy (Part One: The 4 in the Morning Road Trip Playlist, Part Two: The 9 in the Morning Road Trip Playlist), I give you The 5 in the Afternoon Road Trip Playlist, a list of songs which I think you’d like listening to in the evening as you [...]
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Posted on April 16, 2008 by ordinaryswoon
For my next playlist recipe, I’ve designed the sequel to the 4 in the Morning Road Trip Playlist; the following are songs to be listened to after your road trip has progressed a ways, and you’ve ceased being blurry and begun being pumped. You don’t really even care that you’re lost and that you’ve [...]
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Posted on April 14, 2008 by ordinaryswoon
… roadtrip? Road-trip? Hm.
Anyhow, for my next playlist recipe, I give you The 4 in the Morning Road Trip Playlist, the first in a series of “Roadtrip” playlists to be played at certain times during the day. At 4 in the morning, I imagine, you’re just heading out – so these songs are ponderous, mysterious, [...]
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Posted on April 13, 2008 by ordinaryswoon
Firstly, thanks to cmbonacci, natalieam. and tkevathe for their kind comments! Well, tkevathe’s wasn’t so much kind as it was inquirious, and to answer your inquiry, my friend: the Alseep in a Hammock playlist is all right to listen to while operating heavy machinery as long as you’re ok with some dizziness and rare cases [...]
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Posted on April 12, 2008 by ordinaryswoon
Sure, the sweet warm summer is coming, and, sure, I’m hitching the first ride I can out of these lousy prairies, but let’s not forget that for one month in the autumn, more or less, the flatlands of America are pretty cool. What better way to celebrate their four-week span of foggy, brown & lavander [...]
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Posted on April 12, 2008 by ordinaryswoon
If you’ve actually got lovelorn insomnia, it isn’t romantic in the least. But with this playlist humming on your speakers, you’ll be able to pretend it is.
The I Absolutely Cannot Sleep Thinking About You Playlist
1. ‘Give Me Back My Dreams’ by The 6ths
2. ‘Coming Back’ by Gotye
3. ‘Here With Me’ by Dido
4. ‘Aubrey’ by Bread
5. [...]
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