Music meme 2: Transcontinental

Okay, yeah, yesterday's was an 80s mix, and yeah, I did want lillijulianne to take the first crack at it, but today is much more of an even playing field. Here's a mix I made for D__ when he moved from New York to LA. Again, no covers, though there are a lot of versions of #4.

Transcontinental

1. Well, I shuffled through the city on the 4th of July Ryan Adams | New York New York
   
2. I'm taking the side streets and I'm cruising down the alleyways
   
3. […] freedom looks like too many choices U2 | New York
   
4. […] Why does it seem so inviting? Frank Sinatra | Autumn in New York
   
5. All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey Mamas and the Papas | California Dreamin'
   
6. We sit and watch umbrellas fly, I'm trying to keep my newspaper dry a-ha | Manhattan Skyline
   
7. I'm doin' this tonight, you're probably gonna start a fight 'Nsync | Bye Bye Bye
   
8. […] Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore? Carole King | So Far Away
   
9. Watching girls go passing by, it ain't the latest thing Rolling Stones | Waiting on a Friend
   
10. […] Happiness and cheer, fun for all that children call their favorite time of year Christmastime Is Here | Vince Guaraldi Trio
    
11. The lights are off again, she took me by surprise Ben Folds | Losing Lisa
    
12. […] to your City of Angels Indigo Girls | Welcome Me
    
13. […] You're such a wonder that I think I'll stay in bed Rufus Wainwright | California
    
14. Chewin' on a piece of grass walkin' down the road America | Ventura Highway
    
15. We've been on the run, driving in the sun Phantom Planet | California
    
16. Look ahead as we pass, try and focus on it Missing Persons | Walking in LA
    
17. We all know the chosen toys of catty girls and pretty boys Go Go's | This Town
    
18. Miller time at the bar where all the English meet
    
19. It's happening baby, they're putting up the chairs

Four more left on yesterday's list!

Fandom Secrets, small fandoms, and good v evil

Last night mistful asked me why I like fandomsecrets so much. I was thinking about this—I had an answer in the immediate but it took me a second—and I think that the reason I like f!s is the very close to the reason Yuletide was one of the most rewarding experiences I've had in fandom.

They're both massively multi-fandom. While f!s isn't as purposefully skewed to small fandoms as Yuletide is, it still over-rewards small fandoms because when people post about them, they often get a lot of feedback. It's a way of feeling like, wow, I am not the only one who cares about this thing.

And I find that this is really valuable for me, at this point in my LJ life, because—and if I were more worried about conforming to my friendslist, this would totally be a secret—I don't like good v evil narratives. ( Why they don't work for me, and why I feel sort of guilty about that. )

At my advanced age I'm trying harder to assert who I am, bad fangirl and all. I'm still not always able to just "let the chips fall where they may" because of course I like having friends and people to talk about things with and all that, but that part is getting better. So for me, what fandomsecrets does is remind me that however hegemonic my friends list might seem, or however much the latest cool thing seems to have completely taken over, there are people out there who are interested in something else. There might not be enough of us to coalesce around any one thing, but there are enough to give me daily encouragement that difference is also good.

Besides, yesterday someone posted a secret about how Bruce McCulloch and Michael Ian Black should play brothers and how fucking awesome is that?