Playlists
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Soundtrack
The MP3 player has rendered the "Desert Island Albums" thought experiment moot. Instead of that, what is the soundtrack of your movie? The movie that is your life, the movie you want to make about anything, or just some non-existent movie like Barry Adamson's "Moss Side Story." Although "Under Wraps" was later used in "Natural Born Killers." This is mine. Although given how long it is, long-form television can be synonymous with movie. Several versions are not the ones I want to use, just the ones that are available. And Spotify *does* have William Russo's Three Pieces for Symphony Orchestra and Blues Band.
71 tracks
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Love Stinks: An Unrequited Mess
Does the lack of love suck more than its loss? As my lack has been going on since the Bush administration, it's beginning to. ...... If stalkers are so evil, how come there are so many songs from their point of view? The intensity of their desire overwhelms all sense of right and wrong, sometimes their very identity. In a way it's the purest, most existential form of love, and I sure as hell wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of it. ...... Songs 9 through 20 represent various women in my life. There is not a one-to-one correspondence, so chronological order is imperfect. ...... Finally - why is it so many women want guys like these? I like the irony that comes from bookending Grinderman & N.W.A.. Nick Cave was singing about his issues with women before Ice Cube knew what pussy meant. Today Nick Cave is still writing and performing new and relevant material on that subject while Ice Cube is now, to quote Riley Freeman, "The dude…
23 tracks
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Love Stinks: The Gift of Knife
What's the sound of one heart breaking? Dedicated to Mouse.
20 tracks