Grey mix

In an attempt to keep the good weather here in Seattle to stay I’m releasing the grey mix. Inspired by Sarah’s anti-rain boots this mix is meant to be played whenever you need to bend the weather to your will and get some sunshine. We’ll see if I’m as successful as the anti-rain boots have been.

The mix is starts out with a great Radiohead cover from Damien Rice and then moves into a few older songs I’ve listened to through the years that fit perfectly with the some thick clouds and warm tea. The next few are some new songs that I’ve been listening to recently that aren’t quite as grey, maybe light grey fits better, but they’re definitely grey to me all the same. The last song by Imogen Heap is, in my mind, the perfect ending to a grey mix. Not too dark, ethereal and well, just eery.

Anyway, I hope you like it and here’s to a sunny weekend brought to you by the grey mix.

Green mix

Apparently it’s spring. You wouldn’t know it from looking out the window here in Seattle, but that’s not going to stop me from posting the Green mix. I’ll bend the weather to my will I tell you! A bit of green, a bit of spring was the theme. I can’t help but think of budding plants, green grass and if you’re here in the northwest a bit of moss still clinging to the trees.

It starts off with a little song from Simon & Garfunkel during their concert in central park and ends with a great cover Prince cover of Crap Craft Dinner by Hot Chip. This collection is probably my favorite so far, and for those of you following along The National did make a repeat appearance this time around. Green Gloves just worked too well.

As always, let me know what songs scream green to you. I’m always looking for new tunes.

Yellow mix

Before everyone makes the pilgrimage down to Austin I thought I’d throw up another mix so those iPods and iPhones might have a little something new for the trek. Yellow was the next list in iTunes that ended up with enough songs to warrant a posting and it seems just about right with all of us heading down for some sun and fun. After listening to this mix I get images of bright summer days, dry grass and yellow track jackets. I’m not sure what that means, but any mix that somehow pulls off Nickel Creek, The Coup and Toto is a good one in my book. I hope you enjoy it, and I can’t wait to see a bunch of you down in Austin! Oh, and what songs scream yellow to you?

Orange mix

3 or 4 years ago I made a bunch of compilation cds for a girl. Sure, it was the modern “mixed tape” but I went all out. I made a complete set, based on color, red, orange, yellow, blue, green, grey and black. I even made covers and cases for them all. Enough, I was smitten. It’s been a while and I’ve managed to lose the lists through my various computer upgrades, but I’ve always wanted to make some new ones.

There’s something that appeals to me about grouping songs by color. Colors, like music are just so damn subjective. You like heavy metal and funk and I like acoustic guitar. I prefer greens, greys, and reds and you’d rather a baby blue or magenta. Despite all that subjectivity there’s some emotional link between the two. It’s not immediately apparent and there’s definitely not one single reason that makes me think a song belongs to a certain color, regardless, a color usually pops into my head when listening to songs.