SO I’ve come to a recent epiphany: the reason I don’t like cataloguing my life memories in photos is because I actually find music and food to be a far more poignant trigger of various stages in my life. This explains in part why I’ve always been so private about other people seeing my the music I listen too. Behold, my life in music & food…
-C (Jan/15/2016)
Best Listens of January 2016
Opposites Attract (Tomorrow w/o Her) by Kendrick Lamar, from Overly Dedicated 2010 Album
Best Listens of December 2015
Sunny by Bobby Hebb – From one of the episodes in Netflix series River
They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) by Pete Rock & CL Smooth, 1992 – from Aziz Ansari stand up Comedy intro music & Aziz Ansari Netflix Series Master of None, S1E2
Run-Time (especially the youtube video), The Beast, Minds Without Fear (with Vishal Shekhar), & Lifeline from Imogen Heap’s 2014 Album, Sparks. Honorable mention goes to the lyrics of Me the Machine. The inspiration for What the Fuck cntnd computer keyboard alien invasion sound vomit.
Touch (ft. Paul Williams) & Instant Crush ft. Julian Casablancas (especially the youtube video staring mannequins), from Daft Punk’s 2013 Pop album, Random Access Memories
Best Listens of November 2015 (life with a waffle press)
Here by Alessia Cara
U Talkin 2 Me? by The Beat Bully – The first demo EP album from a recent SLC alumn
Demons and Bitter Rivals by Sleigh Bells – Demons is from the last episode in Netflix series Jessica Jones. Their two albums, Treats and Bitter Rivals, are fantastic. Go running (unless it’s past those scary dogs who wouldn’t think to bite the small child that feeds them in the hut without running water on the polluted lake)
Agnus Dei in B Flat minor by Samuel Barber, 1967 – to help one focus on the windy road down the mountain
Best Listens of October 2015 (living in #9)
The Spiteful Chant, No Make-Up (Her Vice), & Blow my High from Kendrick Lamar’s 2011 Section.80 Album
The Recipe (Remix ft. Ab-Soul, ScHoolboy, Q, Jay Rock), Now or Never (Ft. Mary J. Blige) from Kendrick Lamar’s 2012 album Good Kid M.A.A.D. City
Best Listens of September 2015 (living in #8)
Till it Happens to You by Lady Gaga, single release to raise awareness of sexual assault. While being emo and staring listlessly out the (nicely) gold grated window into highway 21 traffic
Every album ever made by Kanye West,in particular, Family Business, Champion, & single release All Day
Best Listens of Late July – August 2015 (living in #12)
The Blacker the Berry, You Ain’t Gotta Lie, & i from Kendrick Lamar’s 2105 To Pimp a Butterfly Album – while walking to the store to buy groceries (aka ritz crackers)
Hunter, also Family & Atom Dance from Bjork’s 2015 Vulnicura album (the whole album was awesome)
Burning Stuff/Fly Me to the Moon cover, Down with the Trumpets, Miss Cigarette, Stop with the Chatter, & That’s Classic by Rizzle Kicks
Every album ever made by Kanye West – while drinking a milkshake in Pai
Best Listens of Spring, June, July 2015
The 2013 WhoKill album by Tune Yards – on the bus back from either Baltimore or Philly, also post and pre-confrontation with the man with the big stick on the mountain
Intergalactic by The Beastie Boys – in the badass white van with the speakers, “buying” greasy cookies from Albertsons
Bitting Down, Still Sane, Glory & Gore by Lorde – on the subway to JFK
Every album ever made by Kanye West including Yeezus, in particular, I wonder and Skit #1-4
Army of Me by Bjork
Every Album Ever Made by Kanye West including YEEZUS, in particular, Blood on the Leaves & Kanye’s Workout Plan – inhalers and snowy 25 minute walks past old men in beanies and over-priced eggs on bagles
Best Listens of Fall 2014
String Quartet No. 1 in D minor by Arnold Schoenberg – alone in the solitude of my shared room and the all-encompassing presence of my loud speakers
Every album ever made by Kanye West except for YEEZUS, in particular, I wonder & Skit #1-4 – with Green Bean roomie
Late July by Shakey Graves – “pre-meditated” offenses: tampons, nail-clippers on toothbrushes. Oh that shakey shelf.
Recoiled by Flying Lotus. Pushup studying wth S Hatep in Heimbold facing the massive window
Best Listens of Summer 2014 (paint crew round two)
I Don’t Give a Fuck by Boss – From Orange is the New Black. Oh, that massive wall patch made by Curtis & I…
There They Go by Chinese-Man ft. Ex-I – Scatter
Mr. Chicken by Deluxe – go baritone Bre in the basement of Morris
50 Fingers by Little Red Lung – From television series Hemlock Grove
Nearly every song by Alt-J, in particular Breezeblocks, Every Other Freckle, & Matilda – Painting Andrews Circle with Jake
Best Listens of Fall 2013 – Spring 2014 (the year nearly everyone went abroad)
Sinister Kid, Tighten Up, Fever, Dead & Gone, I’m Not the One, Just Got to Be, & Never Gonna Give You Up, from The Black Keys 2013 album Brothers. Never Gonna Give you up is from season 3 finale of Netflix series Luther
Royals from Pure Heroine Album by Lorde – it wasn’t even that good
Super Freak by Rick James – sushi miso soup strawberry milkshake
Nearly every song by Sia in her live KCRW 2007 performance
Best Listens of summer 2013 (chemistry)
blank for a reason…? (Erased by a chemical reaction gone wrong)
Best Listens of Fall 2012 – Spring 2013 (shwanky off-campus apt, India)
Hypnotize – System of a Down – on the roof from the shitty mp4 player with the kites flying in amritsar
Man Man, God’s Away on Business by Tom Waits
OK Computer by Radiohead – more toward the center of spotify, surrounded by other Radiohead songs
Werewolf & Lemonade by CocoRosie – in the creepy basement of the building with the beautiful stained wood doors studying quantum physics
Those two songs by Spoon – I can still remember them on the bottom of my list on spotify
Best Listens of summer 2012 (first real job: paint crew round one)
I’m in Here by Sia – in the dark closet with the coats and over-the-head headphones
Slim Shady by Eminem – in grad housing by slonim & heimbold
Party N Bullshit by Biggie Smalls
Pressure, sung by David Bowie as a guest on Queen song – on the second story of the beautiful house with stained wooden doors
Homeless Kernel Mustard cover of Creep by Radiohead
Charlie by Ingred Michaelson
Best Listens of Fall 2011 – Spring 2012 (yay freshman roomies)
The Inkwell by Blue Scholars
The Breeze by Dr. Dog
Otis & Ni**as in Paris by Kanye West & Jay Z, from the album, Watch the Throne
Chemo Limo & Us by Regina Spektor
Lemonade by CocoRosie
Hide & Seek by Imogen Heap, originally released on 2005 album Speak for yourself
Best Listens of Fall 2010 – Spring 2011 (HS final year)
Every song by Britney Spears. On the night we angrily drove through school to wish it to go f*** itself and the janitor was there and he scared us for no reason so we drove too fast on the empty highway at 2am and you weren’t really all that high
Firework by Katie Perry, first released 2010. In the transition between white van and #126
Hypnotize & Chop Suey by System of Down
Creep, OK Computer by Radiohead
Us by Regina Spektor – from required English class movie 500 Days of Summer
That song that starts with the accordion at the beginning, it still plays on the radio today (not kidding I actually heard it this past summer)
Eternal by Evanescence. While contemplating how good I look in those jeans
Best Listens of Fall 2009 – Spring 2010 (HS 3rd year)
Tick Tock by Kesha
Nearly every song by Britney Spears. Heard most memorably through the unique speakers of that grey four door during speculations on doing it anal for the first time
Like a G6 by the Far East Side – from Gossip Girl season 4 episode 5, aired October 2010
Stay in the Light – with goth girl both pretending it’s marilyn manson
Best Listens of Fall 2008 – Spring 2009 (HS 2nd year)
Untouched & Hook me Up by The Veronicas, first released 2007
Best Listens of Fall 2007 – Spring 2008 (HS 1st year)
Vampire Knight theme song Guilty
The Next Episode by Dr. Dre. Good morning carpool!
Sanctus Espiritus by Within Temptation – painting those walls periwinkle blue lilac and drawing that tree
Bring me to Life by Evanescence – my first break out from gospel classical
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