Y'all will remember that making playlists can be a useful outlining and writing tool for me. And I hadn't made one in awhile, not since way back when the novel had an entirely different name. I prefer writing to certain kinds of songs, so that's the kind of playlist this one is, not necessarily one I hear as a soundtrack to the novel.
Well, it is, but not in an overt way. There's way more slow, drawn-out quiet songs on here than there are chapters like that in the novel (I hope), but I like those for thinking and writing. They blend into invisibility easier. So, without further ado, here it is. Remember that my iTunes is all stuff I've downloaded since I got my computer last summer, so it's all from music blogs and albums I've bought since then.
Warning also: It's long. That means I don't have to keep hitting repeat. Most tracks findable online at the Hype, if you're intrigued by something.
Hotaru - Kama Aina
She Was a Girl, She Was in Love - Matt Baldwin
Splintering - Arizona
The Funeral - Band of Horses
Mushaboom (Postal Service Remix) - Feist
Minors - Flying
My Dad Is Rich - Brian Ross
This Sentence Will Ruin/Save Your Life - Born Ruffians
True Affection - The Blow
I Turn My Camera On - Spoon (Live at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on 8-12-2006)
Cursed Sleep - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Crowd Surf Off A Cliff - Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton
Hunters Map - Fionn Regan
My Head Is Blank - François Virot
Hello Hello Hi - From Bubblegum to Sky
Rich Man - Ghostland Observatory
Holy Cow (demo) - Margot & The Nuclear So And Sos
On a Neck, On a Spit - Grizzly Bear
Wild is the Wind (Nina Simone Cover) - Cat Power
My Heart Is An Apple - Arcade Fire
I'm Just a Child - Coming Soon
Bonnie & Clyde - Headset
Citizens of Tomorrow - Tokyo Police Club
Gotta D.J. - Hot Springs
Strange Desire - The Black Keys
Winchester Gun - Katamine
Under the Gun - Kristin Hersh
Elephant Gun - Beirut
Vertigo - Kristin Hersh
Alaska - Camera Obscura
Everything's Just Wonderful - Lily Allen
We Were Sparkling - My Brightest Diamond
I Can Get Us Out Of Here - Lucero
To Go Home - M. Ward
Volcanoes - Islands
Dancing Queen - Mantissa
Up To My Neck In You - Mark Kozelek
I Am Not Willing - Moby Grape
I Was Wrong - The Morning Benders
Hold On, Hold On - Neko Case
Breathless - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Shade And Honey - Sparklehorse
Something of an End - My Brightest Diamond
Home As A Romanticized Concept Where Everyone Loves You Always And Forever - Woodpigeon
Scientist Girl - North Atlantic
Cross My Heart, Hope You Die - This Is A Process Of A Still Life
The Fatal Flaw - Lucinda Kruy & The Sun-Ups
Song for Augustine Pt. 2 - White Flight
Celebration Guns - Stars
Wow, that's a really evocative playlist! Makes me even more excited about reading the novel...
I tend to find one CD that matches the emotional mood of the novel and stick to it exclusively through a draft, so the last novel was written to a nonstop loop of Evanescence (romantic gothy angst), and the new one is being written to the Dr Who Series 1-2 soundtrack (big bombastic, happy adventure music).
Posted by: Steph Burgis | April 22, 2007 at 09:06
I actually entered all the songs on that playlist (that I could find) into Rhapsody. Neat! Thanks for the tips. :-)
Posted by: Benjamin Rosenbaum | April 23, 2007 at 17:09
Love the idea. Playlists are going to be key for Dave and my next project.
Posted by: Meeks | April 24, 2007 at 23:35