“Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.” – a recent fortune cookie*
Every month, I cobble together a mix of the songs I’ve discovered or rediscovered during that month. This is what January 2010 sounded like:
- “Baby, Put Down the Hammer” by Lost Boy Scout
- “Days” by Sambassadeur
- “Islands in the Stream” by Constantines & Feist
- “World News” by Local Natives
- “Alligator in the House” by SJ Tucker
- “Crazy in Love” by Snow Patrol
- “The Weary King” by Ryan Bingham
- “My Skies” by Flamboyant Bella
- “Hey Sailor” by the Detroit Cobras
- “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag” by Minnutes
- “Generator (Second Floor)” by Freelance Whales
- “Sukie in the Graveyard” by Belle and Sebastian
- “O Mary Don’t You Weep” by Bruce Springsteen
- “Brand New Key” by the Dollyrots
- “The Polaroid Song” by Allo, Darlin’
- “Be Yourself” by Graham Nash
- “Help Yourself” by Sad Brad Smith
- “You’re So Static” by Elton John
- “Southland in the Springtime” by Indigo Girls
- “On the Wings of Horses” by Emmylou Harris
- “The Ghosts that Haunt Me” by Crash Test Dummies
- “Exterminate, Regenerate” by Chameleon Circuit
- “Send in the Clowns” from A Little Night Music
* Also, apparently, Pablo Casals. If you’re going to steal quotes, fortune-cookie writer, at least do a little attribution.
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