In my dream i was a werewolf you’re a stray dog with fleas staring at the sea nothing I can say to you change your heart.  These arms are mine don’t mind who they hold too bright too powerful to know.

01. Cocorosie – Werewolf (The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn, 2007)

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02. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Bobbie Malone Moves Home (Etiquette, 2006)

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03. Fever Ray – When I Grow Up (Fever Ray, 2009)

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04. Thom Yorke (Mark Mulcahy) – All For The Best (Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy, 2009)

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05. Burial – Dog Shelter (Untrue, 2007)

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06. The Field (The Korgis) – Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime (Yesterday and Today, 2009)

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07. The Big Pink – Velvet (Van Rivers & the Subliminal Kid Remix) 2009

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08. Radiohead – Last Flowers to the Hospital (In Rainbows Disk 2, 2008)

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Enjoy.

Mistaking dog barks for distant laughter. No, sirens? No. It was laughter. The first month here I mistook a bug zapper for wood sounds. If you are wood sounds, please come take me now. 12:46 AM 7/o1/09

01. The Walkmen – No Christmas While I’m Talking (Bows & Arrows, 2004)

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02. Ilyas Ahmed – Earn Your Blood (Goner, 2009)

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03. Spacemen 3 – Walking With Jesus (The Perfect Prescription, 1987)

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04. Lady Lamb And The Beekeeper – Until I Am Bones (Samples For Handsome Animals, 2008)

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05. Luke Rathborne – Dog Years (Unknown, 2007)

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06. Television – Marquee Moon (Marquee Moon, 1977)

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07. Discovery – So Insain (Discovery, 2009)

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08. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone – I Love Creedence (Etiquette, 2006)

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09. Red House Painters – New Jersey (Red House Painters 2, 1993)

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10. Luke Rathborne – Carousel (Unknown, 2008)

Unfortunately I don’t have a copy of this song. Too bad, really. It’s the perfect end note.

Enjoy.

songs to follow.

Playlist: Songs of Animals, Songs of Men

01. Smog – Let Me See The Colts (A River Aint Too Much To Love, 2005)

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02. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – One With The Birds (Blue Lotus Feet, 2000)

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03. Sparklehorse – More Yellow Birds (It’s A Wonderful Life, 2001)

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04. Bill Callahan – Eid Ma Clack Shaw (I Wish We Were An Eagle, 2009)

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05. Grouper – Fishing Bird (Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill, 2008)

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06. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Wolf Amongst Men (Master & Everyone, 2003)

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07. Bill Callahan – Too Many Birds (I Wish We Were An Eagle, 2009)

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Enjoy.

I’ve been driving north lately. Here’s what I’ve been hearing.

1. Slowdive – Alison (Souvlaki, 1993)

2. Grouper – False Horizon (City Center Split, 2009)

3. Lou Reed – Street Hassle (Street Hassle, 1978)

4. Brian Eno – 11 (Ambient 1: Music for Airports, 1978)

How long can you hold your breath? Stay awake, now.

1. Nas – It Ain’t Hard To Tell (Illmatic, 1994)

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2. Fever Ray – Triangle Walks  (Fever Ray, 2009)

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3. Luke Rathborne – When I Need You (Live On Indie 103.1, 2008)

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4. Orange Juice – Rip It Up (Rip It Up, 1979)

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5. Animal Collective – My Girls (Post Merriweather Pavillion, 2009)

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All songs Copyright 2009 of their respectful authors.

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1. Antony & The Johnsons – Her Eyes Are Underneath The Ground (The Crying Light)

2. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – I Called You Back (The Letting Go)

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3. Ryan Adams – English Girls Approximately (Love Is Hell)

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4. J. Matthew Gerken featuring Bill Callahan – John Tyler: Hindsight Falls On Deaf Ears (Of Great And Mortal Men: 43 Songs For 43 Presidents)

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Billy Bragg & Wilco – Walt Whitman’s Niece

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Camera Obscura – Let Me Go Home

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Mr. Airplane Man – Jesus On The Mainline (Ry Cooter)

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Bill Callahan – Diamond Dancer

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Deerhunter – Agoraphobia