Tag: Music

Friday Mixtape

I’ve gotten started on my Mighty List project to listen to 1,000 new songs, and I’m currently up to 118. On Fridays I share some of my discoveries. Happy weekend, everyone.


Photo by Keith Sirchio for Paste Magazine.

“La Alergía” by Very Be Careful via NPR All Songs Considered
I need a little more accordion in my life today. (Scroll down a bit to find the link for the song.)

“The High Road” by Danger Mouse and James Mercer on the Broken Bells Album via NPR All Songs Considered

“Young Forever” Jay-Z and Mr. Hudson (VH1 Top 20)
The music starts around 1:18 in the video above.

“Hologram” by Katie Herzig via Libby (who plays music in the studio)
Scroll down again to hear it, it’s number three on the Apple Tree Album.

“Safety in Numbers” by Stars of Track and Field via Libby

Friday Mixtape

I’ve gotten started on my Mighty List project to listen to 1,000 new songs, and I’m already up to 98. While I’m doing the project, I thought I’d take Fridays to tell you about some of my discoveries. Happy weekend, everyone.

“I and Love and You,” The Avett Brothers
The hopeful side of having no fight left. Sample lyric, “What you were than I am today. Look at the things I do.”

“I Thought of You Last Night,” Jeri Southern
A new favorite artist. Josh Ritter recommended her in Esquire Magazine.

“Him,” Lily Allen
Via Laura Mayes.

“Vanilla Twilight,” Owl City
Via Laura Mayes.

“Listomania,” Phoenix

More Life

Just added four more things to the Mighty Life List:

Hear 1,000 new songs.
I want to know more about music, and I want to find easier, more automatic ways to incorporate it into my life. It feels like I have to go through ten steps to find a song I want to hear and listen to it on a device with worthwhile sound quality. I miss my record player. Plus, I’m beginning to feel like I’ve run out of fresh tunes to hum, which feels gross. Fortunately, I already have some friends enlisted to help.

Wear a sequined bikini to Carnival in Trinidad.
This scares the crap out of me. The last time I wore a bikini in public I was sixteen and blinded an entire small town in Mexico. Thank goodness for rum and Karen Walrond.

Go on a night dive with Manta Rays in Hawaii.
Liz wrote that post and it sounded so magic. As does almost everything about the ocean. It’s like visiting outer space.

Make a font.
I’ve always loved hand-painted signs and studying handwriting, and it seems like making a font would be so satisfyingly meticulous. Of course, the urge has only gotten stronger working in the same office with the Typekit team all day.

What have you added to your list recently?