Monday, June 23, 2008

Goodbye George: A Playlist in 7 Movements





Saturday night was our Farewell 497 party. George is our roommate's handsome kitty (see above). This is the play list I crafted for it:

Movement 1

"Afternoon Speaker" The Sea and Cake
"If You Fall" Azure Ray
"American Flag" Cat Power
"Baby Britain" Elliot Smith
"I'm a Cuckoo" Belle & Sebastian
"Dirty Dream Number Two" Belle & Sebastian
"Ce Soir Je Vais Boire" Claude François
"Since I Met You" The Anniversary
"Go" The Apples in Stereo
"Goodbye Girls" Broadcast
"The Dope" The Dandy Warhols
"Staring at the Sun" TV on the Radio
"The Well and the Lighthouse" The Arcade Fire
"Time to Pretend" MGMT
(I just had deja vu of typing this up.)
Movement 2
"Heavy Metal" Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
"Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts" Wolf Parade
"Flower Gardens" Chad VanGaalen
"The Party's Crashing Us" Of Montreal
"Fine +2 Points" Minus the Bear
"Race for the Prize" The Flaming Lips
"Swimmers" Broken Social Scene
"Another View Point" Cornelius
"Music" Cornelius
"Yeti" Caribou
"Did You See The Words?" Animal Collective
"Oslo in the Summertime" Of Montreal
"Satellite" TV on the Radio
"I am a Scientist" The Dandy Warhols
Movement 3
"Saturdays" Cut Copy
"Dead Wrong" Frausdots
"Dream On" Depeche Mode
"Digital" Joy Division
"Crystal Days" Echo & the Bunnymen
"Seven Seas" Echo & the Bunnymen
"Disco 2000" Pulp
"Panic in Detroit" David Bowie
"Pump It Up" Elvis Costello & the Attractions
"Cracked Actor" David Bowie
"Lip Service" Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Movement 4
"Gone Daddy Gone" Gnarls Barkley
"Panda" Dungen
"To Hell With Poverty!" Gang of Four
"Hollywood Babylon" the Misfits
"Born to Raise Hell" Motorhead
"Search and Destroy" the Stooges
"The Passenger" Iggy Pop
"Heart of the City" Nick Lowe
"Whips and Furs" the Vibrators
"Victoria" The Kinks
"So It Goes" Nick Lowe
"I'm Waiting for the Man" The Velvet Underground & Nico
Movement 5
"I Am the Resurrection" The Stone Roses
"Hideaway" The Olivia Tremor Control
"This Will Be Our Year" The Zombies
"Ing to Me" Millenium
"I Don't Believe You" The Magnetic Fields
"Black Cab" Jens Lekman
"Higher and Higher" Howard Huntsberry
"Lovers" The Tears
"No Cars Go" The Arcade Fire"
Movement 6
"Kids" MGMT
"Ego Tripping (Self-Admiration With Blow-Up Mix)" The Flaming Lips
"Breezin'"Cornelius
"Too Young" Phoenix
"Witness (John Tejada Remix)" The One Am Radio
"Movement" LCD Soundsystem
"Let's Run" Le Tigre
"The Devil" The Rapture
"A Kick In the Teeth" Fischerspooner
"The Equalizer" Junior Boys
"Everything Is Everything" Phoenix
"People in the City" AIR
"Ooh La La" Goldfrapp
"The Coming of Spring" The Rapture
"Autobahn Music Box" Cut Copy
"Something Isn't Right" Herbert
"Sunshine" Simian
"(Far From) Home" Tiga
"Track 07" TOSCA
"We Share Our Mother's Health" The Knife
"Don't Save Us From The Flames" M83
"Xtal" Aphex Twin
Movement 7
"Theme From Conquest of The Irrational (The Prunes Remix)" DJ Vadim
"Introspection" Jazzanova
"One" Pelding
"Culture Consumers" The Tongue
"Ty versus Detchibe feat Tyondai Braxto" Prefuse 73
"Pagina Dos feat The Books" Prefuse 73
"Afternoon Love In" Prefuse 73
"Goodtimes Roll" RJD2 vs. Jay-Z
"99 Problems (Explosion)" RJD2 vs. Jay-Z
"Change Clothes (Lost Your Mind)" RJD2 vs. Jay-Z
"Encore (Butterfly Caught)" RJD2 vs. Jay-Z
"Gin and Juice" Snoop Doggy Dogg
"Protect Ya Neck" Wu-Tang Clan
"Gravel Pit" Wu-Tang Clan

(epilogue: "When the Night Feels My Song" Bedouin Soundclash)

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