four a.m. #1 & #2

Yes, I am aware it's bad manners to post two entries in one day. For the first one of today, also the first on this blog, scroll down.

For the past little while I've been carrying around a folder which contains crash fatalities by state for people aged sixteen to twenty-five. It also contains a printout of a drawing of a girl sleeping and an attempt I made to copy that drawing. Importantly, the printout of the drawing contains a list of songs for a mix CD. The list is the second in a series. It is entitled four a.m. with chunky headphones (#2). The series is really about the chunky headphones. The time would change with each disc and the final number is sequential per disc. It just so happens that the first disc was also made at four in the morning (though it lacked the song Jackson Cannery by Ben Folds, as did #2).

I have been meaning to give four a.m. with chunky headphones (#1) to Sally. But I haven't yet. I might still not. I haven't made #2 into a disc yet but #1 is sitting beside me. It's very detailed. I might want to give her #2 too. I don't know. Feel free to comment, tell me about my taste in music, and what these CDs mean.

These have come about from a few songs which needed to go on a disc and then putting them together. And filling in the middle. I quite like #1 at least.

Anyway, here's the point.

four a.m. with chunky headphones (#1) (19Jan2007)

1. Baba O'Riley (The Who)


2. Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off (Panic! at the Disco)


3. You Don't Even Know My Name (The Whitlams)


4. Flame Trees (Sarah Blasko)


5. Hide and Seek (Imogen Heap)


6. Wake Up New (The Mountain Goats)


7. Existentialism on Prom Night (Straylight Run)


8. Miserere (The Cat Empire)


9. Waiting for Pete Doherty to Die (The Indelicates)


10. Landed (Ben Folds)


11. Kiss Me (Sixpence None The Richer)


12. Shiver (Coldplay)


13. Biomusicology (Ted Leo and the Pharmacists)


14. Please please please let me get what I want (The Smiths)


15. For Lovers (The Libertines)


16. A Prayer For England (Massive Attack)


17. Captain Jack (Billy Joel)


18. File Me Away (Badly Drawn Boy)


19. Not the girl you think you are (Crowded House)

#2 isn't ordered yet or necessarily complete. I also haven't listened to it, so I don't know if I like it.

four a.m. with chunky headphones (#2) (05Feb2007)

• Middle of the Hill (Josh Pike)


• Popular Mechanics for Lovers (Beulah)


• How Soon Is Now (The Smiths)


• Let's Talk About Spaceships (Say Hi To Your Mum)


• Geek in the Pink (Jason Mraz)


• We're Going to be Friends (The White Stripes)


• Mess (Ben Folds)


• Make The World Safe (The Whitlams)


• Gracie (Ben Folds)


• A Design for Life (Manic Street Preachers)


• Trouble (Coldplay)


• London Still (The Waifs)


• Be Still My Heart (The Postal Service)


• Tears and Rain (James Blunt)


• Better Man (Pearl Jam)


• Love of the Loveless (the eels)


• The Sweetest Thing (U2)


• Tell Her Tonight (Franz Ferdinand)


• Now I'm Here (Queen)


• Do You Realise?? (The Flaming Lips)

How do you piss of an indie rock snob?
Actually enjoy music.

That's just for those of you who will dislike my taste.