britt's midsummer mix

Well, Al and AWM have given it goes, adding some nice diversity to the lot. I don't know what charities they are supposedly representing or if they want to hoard the fortune to themselves. as for me, I'll decide if I win. Rebecca still has to go- Matthew, C-raw? feel free to do as well. and Adam!

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here's a transit of my year in terms of famous female writers, do you follow?
- winter 2010: Sylvia Plath (basically want to die)
- spring 2010: Anne Sexton (still want to die, but more insane. I did not sleep with my daughter, though....)
- summer 2010: Anais Nin (darker periods, with more light, a return to former self. although my former self is basically dead so I am kind of a zombie version of Brittany, but a good zombie).

thus, my midsummer mixes have traditionally held a melancholy air of them, the same kind of air that reminds you autumn is just one premature frost or changing leaf away. that school supplies are all the rage at Target and Staples, etc.

BUT I NO LONGER FEEL THAT BAD. I welcome the fall. even though summer's weather has been lovely (if not oppressive this year) and I hope this well thought out mix (cough cough cough) expresses that mood:

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"Scissor Runner"- Jenny and Johnny

this couple is in love; you can hear it in their voices, the playful back and forth. it's adorable. not excruciating or angering- just adorable. it's like rediscovering your first love, if that was a good thing.

"Wicked Blood"- Sea Wolf

"Memories"- David Guetta feat. Kid Cudi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gLkOfzIYcU

"Easy"- Joanna Newsom

there is something about that album that makes me feel like a farmer's wife in 1898. and he's coming back for the night and it's around twilight- but he doesn't have a face and we don't have sex. it's a mood thing.

"Front Row"- Metric

"Short and Entertaining"- Jamaica

see previous post on this subject.

"Sweet"- Annie

"Swimming"- Florence + the Machine

"Dandelion"- Charlotte Gainsbourg

"French Navy"- Camera Obscura

"Sovay"- Andrew Bird

"Sleep All Summer"- St. Vincent + the National

I can't verbalize how much I love this song. I sing it in the shower (both parts). that's how much I love it. imagine that, please. it kind of sounds weird.

"Shiny and Warm"- Goldfrapp

snapping the nice mood created by that last one...

"40 Day Dream"- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes

"So Happy I Could Die"- Lady Gaga

"this is the Lady Gaga song I don't like! the lyrics are so bad!"- my mom

"Swisha"- Ratatat

"Airport Taxi Reception"- Sondre Lerche

"Autumn Sweater"- Yo La Tengo

"Radio #1"- Air

"Set Yourself On Fire"- Charlotte Gainsbourg

SHE DESERVES TWO MENTIONS SHE IS THAT GOOD.

"Past In Present"- Feist

"Let's Go Surfing"- The Drums

"Totem on the Timeline"- Klaxons

"The Party"- Justice f. Uffie

I know a lot of people hate this song but whatever, Uffie is such a pleasure for me. she's what I wish I could be- this callous stupid party bitch. so. I would like to party with her but I'm pretty sure I'd wake up with a Frenchman peeing on me, not that that hasn't already happened.

"A Pretty Girl Is Like..."- The Magnetic Fields

a toaster? a microwave? a handstand? many things.

"Too Young"- Phoenix

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I hope this finds you well. VOTE FOR MEEEEEE

"Scissor Runner"- Jenny and Johnny

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