Tuesday

I had a very busy day. Tuesdays are supposed to be my free days, but the 6th week of school has brought a ton of work with it. Tomorrow is another early morning, but before bed...

Blogging, oreos and beer.

Songs for Missed Phone Calls, and No Messages

Side A: I Tried to Call You Back.

1. So What'cha Want, The Beastie Boys

2. Cellphone's Dead, Beck

3. She's Hearing Voices, Bloc Party

4. Lloyd I'm Read to be Heartbroken, Camera Obscura

5. The Weather, Built to Spill

6. Twilight & Ghost Stories, Chris Schlarb

Side B: Please Get a New Phone

1. Love Me Already, The Black Kids

2. Wires, Coconut Records

3. You Love to Sing, Copeland

4. Pine Away, Apples in Stereo

5. Cheer it On, Tokyo Police Club

6. Build Me Up Buttercup, The Goops

Monday

It's finally getting cold out, and I love it. I celebrated today by drinking tea on Emilee's porch talking about life. This blog is for her.

Songs for Emilee's New Typewriter

Side A: "Charlee just farted, and it is rank."

1. Wild Packs of Family Dogs, Modest Mouse

2. Diamond Dogs, David Bowie

3. Stray Dog Freedom, Bright Eyes

4. Straw Dog, Something Corporate

5. Dog Problems, The Format

Side B: "Is That Hillary Duff?"

1. Hot Gossip, John Spencer Blues Explosion

2. Girl, Beck

3. 3 Skinny Girls, The Fratellies

4. Hollaback Girl, Gwen Stefani

5. Television Man, The Talking Heads

Sunday

You'll have to forgive my lack of entries. It seems that I can not commit to anything, even my blog. I will continue to update occasionally though.

Songs for a new apartment and the same old city.

Side A: It's Raining and the Windows are Open

1. Say it (Over & Over Again), John Coltrane

2. Don't Miss You At All, Norah Jones

3. Le Meme Histoire, Feist

4. I'm So Tired, The Beatles

5. I Say a Little Prayer for You, Aretha Franklin

Side B: It's Still Not Paris

6. Power Out, Arcade Fire

7. E-Pro, Beck

8. Know Your Rights, The Clash

9. Yr City's a Sucker, LCD Soundsystem

10. Epilogue Barking Dogs, The Beach Boys

Monday

I spent the day at home today. In less then a week it will be back to the city. I'm going to try and take it easy while I can.

Songs for a rainy day, a long nap, and an endless pile of laundry.

Side A: Good Morning, Tea

1. Not Your Year, The Weepies

2. Measuring Cups, Andrew Bird

3. Land Locked Blues, Bright Eyes

4. Out of Sight, Built to Spill

5. Dancing With Someone, Castanets

Side B: Goodnight, Coffee

6. Raincoat Song, The Decemberists

7. Mushaboom, Feist

8. Calendar Girl, Stars

9. Play With Fire, The Rolling Stones

10. These Days, Nico

11. Sunshine, Matt Coasta

Mission Statement

"If the girls keep dancing, everybody's happy. If the girls don't dance, nobody's happy."

— Rob Sheffield

Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time is by Rob Sheffield, a writer for Blender and Rolling Stone Magazine. A book that looking at the

cover, one would think it was completely conventional. The cover is made to appeal to the kind of saps that listen to bands like the Smiths, or My Bloody Valentine on repeat. A bright green and blue background with a hand drawn mix tape. The mix tapes ribbons have all been pulled out to make the shape of a heart. Something most above the age of 17 would scoff at.

It only takes one glance at the back cover though, to learn that there might be something more inside. Mr. Sheffield wrote the book about his late wife. Their connection was simple, music. Rob narrates his life through the songs that him and his wife were listening to at the time, and what he, himself listened to after her death.

It was this book that made me realize for my whole life, I have been composing mix tapes in my head. A soundtrack to everyday life. Most of my memories are sound oriented as it is. I can tell exactly what I was doing the first time I heard Should I Stay Or Should I Go Now, by The Clash, or what song was playing when I had my first serious make-out session.

That my friends, is what this blog will be all about. The idea is simple, a mix tape for each day that I write.

A true soundtrack for my year.

Tally ho,

Elizabeth