An Assortment of Playlists

ThomasjServo

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March 25 2014 15:09 GMT

When I have little to do in the office, or an in a mood I can't quite put my finger on sometimes I make a playlist to balance myself out. I used to love spending time in iTunes attempting to assemble the right playlist from the albums I had so painstakingly imported from CDs borrowed from friends, the library, or acquired through other means. I even remember sitting at the radio in my room with blank cassettes hoping that I could time things just right; that was a pain in the ass, but holds some nostalgic value. Building these I had, at the time certain rules which are nearly completely expressed in a clip from High Fidelity:

I used to be much more of an audiophile than I currently am, as you may know if you checked out my previous blog regarding the acquisition of new music at this point and time in my life. What I have retained, in this lull on the roller coaster of music appreciation, is a fairly eclectic, and diverse range of musical interests.

What follows are five playlists, which I made in varying states of sanity/emotional well being. I had intended to post the lot of them, but I didn't realize how many I had made on Grooveshark, so this could potentially go on as a mini series of blogs. I've detailed the playlists, and thought I would comment a bit on each as I write out the playlists.

So peruse the tracklists and see if something catches your eye.

An Odd Mood.

This was a playlist I made shortly after a friend of mine and my ex had started dating. Not the immediate reaction, which if I am not mistaken is down below just a bit. At the time I was moving into a new place with my current girlfriend, from a relatively shitty apartment. A lot of conflict with some of these songs, it isn't to most well put together list, more an amalgamation of different sentiments which is fairly accurate for my mental state at the time.

Burning Down Hot Topic

This one is a lot more straight forward, than An Odd Mood, I had just seen The World's End and, in an attempt to reunite with my 18 year old self I tapped into some of my knowledge of 80s music, specifically some goth influences with Sisters of Mercy which I knew to have touched on bands like The 69 Eyes, and H.I.M. both of which were constants in high school. In hindsight The Smiths seem a bit out of place.

Calmish

I don't have much of a story for this one, I was drinking a lot and had recently discovered TLO's Grooveshark account which is where the GoT, Skyrim, and Doctor Who bits come from on this playlist. The rest is an assembly of OST music from an Anime called Trigun, and the game Braid; Anya comes from a playlist of Tasteless's tweeted music, and iNexus from the Liquid Rising trailer. There is a lot of movement in some of these, then it kind of grinds to a halt. The way the songs come together is interesting though.

Depression

This would be the one that came about almost directly after my finding out about a certain relationship. This is kind of my, "I am determined to not feel good," playlist. There is a lot more repetition of artists than I generally like, but especially Eyedea (who is also Oliver Hart, just different project names) is brilliant at getting to the core of depressing topics. Turbonegro gets a nod but is out of place, Earth to Bella is a reference to a completely different girl I had seen by the name of Bella, though I thought the sentiment fit. I love Smile as the last track here.

Dreary Monday

I made this one in the Fall, during a rainy, cold morning. I have inspired titles I know. There wasn't much thought that went into these beyond I wanted something in the vein of calm, but interesting and active. I like the up and down of this one, also if you have never listened to The Cardigans beyond Lovefool the album that first track comes from is Long Gone Before Daylight and it is brilliant.

Anyways, that should be it for now. If you like them let me know and I can do more up, or you can skip ahead to my Grooveshark profile and take a peek in advance.

Link to my Grooveshark Profile.