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From California to New York…
September 16, 2008
After a long Monday at work, I came home to find a couple of special treats waiting for me in yesterday’s mail…
A padded manilla envelope held the USA mix CD compiled for me by my Swapbot partner, dianabanana. I have not had a chance to enjoy it yet but I am anxious to sit down for a listen. Her mix is definitely bolder than mine and while I am familiar with many of the artists and songs, I will also be treated to several I have not heard before. I especially liked her creative track listing, which is a map of the USA with the song titles scattered over the image, their track number landing in the physical location of the city or state. The 20 songs she used on her CD, titled “From California to New York (with a few stops along the way)”, are:
- Look Inside America (Blur) — great lead song!
- California (Low)
- California (Semisonic)
- Drinking in L.A. (Bran Van 3000)
- L.A. Song (Fischerspooner)
- LA, CA, USA (Stereo Total)
- Hollywood (Nada Surf)
- Texas Never Whispers (Pavement)
- Chicago (Groove Armada)
- Sodom, South Georgia (Iron & Wine)
- Atlanta (Stone Temple Pilots)
- Baltimore (Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks)
- NYC (interpol)
- Piazza, New York Catcher (Belle & Sebastian)
- I Can’t See New York (Tori Amos)
- New York City (The Jesus & Mary Chain)
- Marching Bands Of Manhattan (Death Cab For Cutie) — love this song
- Vanessa From Queens (Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks)
- Driving Down By The Hudson River (Yuka Honda)
- United States Of Whatever (Liam Lynch)
The other pleasant surprise in my mailbox was a Postcrossing card from Krista in Holland. The card she sent was a collage of scenes from the Island of Texel, which is the area where many of my ancestors are from. It was fun reading her description of Texel and the things she enjoys doing there. I must visit there someday…
Posted by Deb
Topics: mix cd, swaps, music, postcards
September 18th, 2008 at 12:53 am
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September 22nd, 2008 at 7:26 am
Trying to catch up on my long lost love of reading blogs and am delighted to see you are still here.
Your CD sounds extremely intriguing as does the Postcard - you should photograph them for display here - it would be interesting to see them.
Otherwise hope all is well in your world. =)