| dear friends, my two best friends in princeton were having quite the crappy day, so i made them a cd of my favourite songs to cheer them up. all ended well for them, so here is the track list for you (and email me if you want me to send you the songs)
1.baby dayliner "go on baby" i have listened to this song every morning for the last two months. well maybe not everyday, but on the days that i don't get to listen to it,i think about how what i really need to get me going is this song. it is better than tea. you'll have to check with hannah and mrs. b, but i am pretty sure i in fact squealed with glee when BD played this on sunday night. i can't decide if it makes me want to pump my fist or swing dance, so in the end I just end up having some sort of spasm whenever i hear it. but,i am always smiling during the spasm. learn more about baby dayliner here
2.dj copy "emotions"
this is a treasure from the internet. ordinarily you would have to buy a mobius beard record or go see his show to get his bonus "dj opy DIVA mixtape cd". i do not like mobius beard. i do like mariah carey. i used to think it was in a sort of "it's so bad it's good sort of way", but now i am unapologetic. it is good. and, it's better with help from as the kids say dope beats. this song makes me want to dance sober.
3. cat power "lived in bars"
the c in cat power is for cathartic, and that's what any good playlist is. i actually can't remember the last time i made a cd or playlist that didn't have any cat power on it. there are lots of solid CP choices, but in the end i like this one because it is a sort of at the end of the day life is what you make of it tale.
4.bishop allen "things are what you make of them"
this the aspertame version of the above. i am not much of a pollyanna, i like the sad bastard music too much. and i am sort of pragmatic. but i think things are what you make of them is a good motto, so i let this song boss me around some times.
5. elizabeth harper "trouble in the palace again"
so this is not a song from march. this is a song from three weeks ago. but, i remembered that you like it V. i like it too. it is just sort of pretty.and what is wrong with that?
6. jim guthrie "hands in my pockets"
jim guthrie is canadian. he lives in montreal. the first time i saw him he
was the first opener in a three band set that featured the constantines headlining. it was day 3 on the epic "Rocktober" 8 straight days of shows adventure. i think i wanted to bail halfway to mile end, but that's when we came up CAM drinks like britney spears night. fyi britney spears drinks vodka and redbull. all my excess energy was chanelled into the JG set. he did super-rad, wicked-bad (bad in the good
way) cover of destiny's child's survivor. but this song was my favourite. and
i was always spotting him around montreal-- on the metro, at dusty's (my favourite Breakfast spot). i hope i can take each of you there at some point.
7.tegan and sara "where does the good go?"
tegan and sara are twin lesbians and are largely responsible for the female
hispter mullet in montreal. one of those things is socially acceptable, the other is not. i do not think it is a coincidence that the raw numbers of people spotted on the street sporting this look increased after sara moved to montreal for school. i saw them at queen's for $3. this song was featured on grey's anatomy. it was also on a cd hannah gave me. sometimes i need to ask myself where *does* the good go?
8. jens lekman "black cab"
this song reminds me of nights that seem bad in the moment, but then turn out to be good memories.
9. jose gonzalez "hand on your heart"
there is just something about this song that gets me everytime. i can't tell whether it is jose gonzalez' voice or the lyrics or just because it sounds like something you want to say in a way that you want to say it even though the substance could be totally different.
10. jose gonzalez covering the knife "heartbeats"
so, this was an accident... what i wanted you to hear was the knife version which is electo-awesome. the swedes, the whole nation is electro-awesome. but,instead you get more of the emotional intensity of jose gonzalez.
11. kimya dawson "my rollercoaster"
this song is just cute. super cute. if i wrote songs, i would want to write songs like this. it reminds me of highschool love and critical distance.
12. bloc party "like eating glass"
this song is the personification of how i physically feel when i am upset. the song doesn't make me upset. i have solidarity with the song.
13. rainer maria "broken radio"
this song and this band have helped me with my sadness and rage issues since 2001. english majors are good for something.
14. the secret machines "lightning blue eyes"
this is the band opening for bloc party in july (in the pool). there are tons of good
things to come.
15. sunset rubdown "us ones in between"
this is a side-project of wolf parade who opened for the arcade fire a lot in montreal. i think i have seen all of the individual members in all of their other
projects. it just reminds me of home.
16. yeah yeah yeahs "let me know"
karen o has one of the worst haircuts in rock and roll. it reminds me of my elementary school pictures. what she lacks in sound haircut judgment, she makes up for in pretty pretty voice.
17. gnarls barkley "crazy"
the new outkast. they would play this at H&M, need i say more?
18. the national "wasps nest"
this one is the equivalent of #5, but for chris. you need to buy this record.
19. final fantasy "the cn tower belongs to the dead" (many lives version)
owen pallet is one of the most charming people i have ever met. his classical violin training is better suited to rocking out than to the symphony. there is no one way to play the violin. there is no one way to be a demographer.
20. ted leo "dancing in the dark"
i have a special place in my heart for cover songs. my favorites are cute
indie-boys who sing songs written by (or for) 17 year old girls. see also: ben gibbard covering avril's "complicated", clem snide covering christina agueliara's "beautiful". this isn't one of those. i thought a mariah carey cover was enough. i don't even like the original. i don't like the BOSS at all really. living in jersey hasn't changed anything about that, but this song makes me like new jersey.
val will like: 2,4,5,6,7,11
chris will like: 3,8,12,13,15,18
you both will like: 17
wildcards: 1,9,10,14,16,19,20
anyway, let me know how successful i was in predicting your likes and dislikes, and remember the most important thing is that i like all of these songs... so learn the words and come to a show with me.
okie. jet plane time. what a fun way to kill time at the airport.
love,
cam
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