a music odyssey. well, more like a music afternoon drive.

[jlh]

Now that the Momentous Occasion is over, back to our regularly scheduled ridiculousness.

I adore the Genius function in iTunes. I love putting in a new song and having it spit out some kind of seriously awesome mix. I'm so used to listening to entire albums that I find it hard to negotiate some of the playlists I've downloaded or the mix/soundtrack albums I've bought, and this pulls up songs I just don't listen to enough.

Yesterday I put in "Howl" by Florence & the Machine and the mix I got was so awesome, I have to share the beauty of this playlist with you all.

Howl | Florence & The Machine
Pearl's Dream | Bat For Lashes
Paris (Aeroplane Remix) | Friendly Fires (featuring Au Revoir Simone)
Islands | The XX
What's a Girl to Do | Bat for Lashes
Girls Who Play Guitars | Maxïmo Park
Actor Out Of Work | St. Vincent
Standing In The Way Of Control | The Gossip
Gravity's Rainbow (Van She Remix) | Klaxons
If There's A Rocket Tie Me To It | Snow Patrol
This Tornado Loves You | Neko Case
Blinding | Florence & The Machine
Golden Touch | Razorlight
Trophy | Bat For Lashes
Gold Guns Girls | Metric
Atlantis To Interzone | Klaxons
VCR | The XX
Stuck on Repeat | Little Boots
With Every Heartbeat | Robyn
Feeling Good | My Brightest Diamond
And I Was A Boy From School | Hot Chip
There Goes the Fear | The Doves
Moon And Moon | Bat For Lashes
Hurricane Drunk | Florence & The Machine
Golden Skans | Klaxons
Crystalised | The XX
Sick Muse | Metric
Stumble & Fall | Razorlight
Bookshop Casanova | The Clientele
The Strangers | St. Vincent
Please Just Take These Photos From My Hands | Snow Patrol
Daniel | Bat For Lashes
L.E.S. Artistes | Santogold
Knotty Pine | Dirty Projectors and David Byrne
My Boy Builds Coffins | Florence & The Machine
Good Times Gonna Come | Aqualung
Dakota | Stereophonics
Don't Go Back To Dalston | Razorlight
Set The Fire To The Third Bar | Snow Patrol Feat. Martha Wainwright
Neon Bible | Arcade Fire
Glass | Bat For Lashes
Shelter | The XX
The Golden Floor | Snow Patrol
I'm Not Calling You A Liar | Florence & The Machine
Ready for the Floor | Hot Chip
Tightrope | Yeasayer
Collect Call | Metric
Beetlebum | Blur
Rip It Up | Razorlight
Wasted Little DJs | The View
Blue Ridge Mountains | Fleet Foxes
Lifeboats | Snow Patrol
Ocean Of Noise | Arcade Fire
People Got A Lotta Nerve | Neko Case
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out | The Smiths
Pin | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Two Planets | Bat For Lashes
Heart Skipped A Beat | The XX
Disaster Button | Snow Patrol
So Far Around The Bend | The National
Keep The Car Running | Arcade Fire
Stadium Love | Metric
Drumming Song | Florence & The Machine
Fences | Phoenix
Good Love | Bat For Lashes
Spitting Games | Snow Patrol
The Next Time You Say Forever | Neko Case
Disco 2000 | Pulp
Basic Space | The XX
Separated By Motorways | The Long Blondes
White Winter Hymnal | Fleet Foxes
The Well And The Lighthouse | Arcade Fire
Train Song | Feist and Ben Gibbard
Cosmic Love | Florence & The Machine
Sleep Alone | Bat For Lashes
Gleaming Auction | Snow Patrol
Up All Night | Razorlight
Night Time | The XX
Lasso | Phoenix
2080 | Yeasayer
Intro | The XX
Fascination | Alphabeat
My Body Is A Cage | Arcade Fire
Twilight Galaxy | Metric
Rome | Phoenix
Headlights On Dark Roads | Snow Patrol
Siren Song | Bat For Lashes
Vice | Razorlight
Oh My God | Ida Maria
Overpowered | Roisin Murphy
Girl With One Eye | Florence & The Machine
Engines | Snow Patrol
Black Mirror | Arcade Fire
Front Row | Metric
Fantasy | The XX
Mimizan | Beirut
Wow | Snow Patrol
Pounding | The Doves
Between Two Lungs | Florence & The Machine
Leave Me Alone | Razorlight

It's like this festival of awesome. I am writing as I listen to it, and it's a cozy cold Saturday, and I'm meeting sistermagpie later for dinner, and all is well.