All the Music I’ve Recently Downloaded

Pre-France:

• Use Me- Bill Withers
• Little Lies- Fleetwood Mac
• Tusk- Fleetwood Mac
• Time of the Season- The Zombies
• She’s Not There- The Zombies
• These Days- Nico
• Suzanne- Francoise Hardy
• Sunny Afternoon- The Kinks
• Someone to Watch Over Me- Ella Fitzgerald
• Moonage Daydream- David Bowie
• Oh! You Pretty Things- David Bowie
• Lust for Life- Lana del Rey
• Misirlou- Agent Orange
• Pipeline- Agent Orange
• Pipeline- The Ventures
• Misirlou- Dick Dale: All the surf music, both hard rock and otherwise.
• Le Rempart- Vanessa Paradis
• Lay, Lady, Lay- Bob Dylan
• Jolene- Dolly Parton
• The Fire- Bishop Briggs
• Blue Denim- Stevie Nicks
• Ain’t No Sunshine- Nancy Sinatra
• Da Ya Think I’m Sexy (ft. DNCE)- Rod Stewart
• Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In- Fifth Dimension
• Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds- The Beatles
• Les Etoiles- Melody Gardot
• Heaven Is In The Backseat of My Cadillac- Hot Chocolate: Found via a cadillac commercial.
• Heart of Gold- Neil Young
• Aicha- Cheb Khaled
• River- Ibeyi
• The State of Massachusetts- The Dropkick Murphys

Post-France:

• Unforgettable- French Montana
• Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)- Big & Rich: Despite not having seen it I’ve been influenced by Kingsman’s soundtrack.
• Saturdays=Celebration- Big KRIT

Friday Fun Links 4/28

A Friday off, it’s just like last semester! Except this time it’s because I’m essentially done with my classes (except for an optional Music History session on Monday (at which I will be) and a mini English conference on Wednesday).  It’s really just reading period and exams from here on out.
This is the first time I’m finishing up a year of classes with no guarantee of further classes ahead of me.  School has always been a kind of constant expectation, and it’s very weird to, for the first time, not necessarily expect it to continue.

In short, I can feel the encroaching existential dread.
But, with every new milestone (last ballroom show, last day of classes, etc.) I’ve been buying myself a little present, usually about $10 or under.  So now I have a new rosewater facial toner which is quite lovely, and a few mL of Tubereuse by Mona di Orio awaiting me at home.
And yes, I know that my rampant consumerism is just a distraction, a search for a false sense of security to stave off my anxiety about my future.  But hey, at least, when the breakdown comes, I will smell good and have glowing skin. 😛

Sounds of Summer

 

Some songs strike me as being summery, even beyond the ice cream truck tune and the songs we learned at girl scout camp.