Group 1
GirlsAloudFan
My Little Corner Of The World
pt. 1 -
Bright Blessed Days, Dark Sacred Nights
1. Arctic Monkeys - "If You Found This It's Probably Too Late" - Brianstorm EP - (1:32)
2. Joey Ramone - "What A Wonderful World" - Don't Worry About Me - (2:22)
3. The Who - "I Can't Explain" - The Ultimate Collection - (2:06)
4. Phantom Planet - "Always On My Mind" - The Guest - (3:28)
5. My Morning Jacket - "Off The Record" - Z - (5:34)
6. John Lennon - "(Just Like) Starting Over" - Double Fantasy - (3:58)
7. Immaculate Machine - "Broken Ship" - Ones And Zeros - (3:33)
8. Bruce Springsteen - "The Promised Land" - Darkness on the Edge of Town - (4:29)
9. Bob Dylan - "I Want You" - Blonde on Blonde - (3:08)
10. Grateful Dead - "Friend of the Devil" - American Beauty - (3:24)
11. XTC - "Dear God" - Skylarking - (3:37)
12. Wilco - "The Late Greats" - A Ghost Is Born - (2:31)
13. The Smiths - "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" - The Sound of the Smiths - (4:05)
14. U2 - "Mothers of the Disappeared" - The Joshua Tree - (5:12)
pt. 2 -
Took Some Acid Back In '99
15. Felix Mendelssohn - "Lider Ohne Worte op. 30 #6" - Mark Evan Bonds: A History of Music - (2:11)
16. Lily Allen - "LDN" - Alright, Still - (3:11)
17. Radiohead - "Planet Telex" - The Bends - (4:18)
18. The Flaming Lips - "Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus With Needles" - Clouds Taste Metallic - (3:27)
19. The Strokes - "New York City Cops" - Is This It - (3:38)
20. The Clash - "Clampdown" - London Calling - (3:51)
21. The Replacements - "I Will Dare" - Let It Be - (3:19)
22. The Libertines - "Time for Heroes" - Up The Bracket - (2:40)
23. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "I Need To Know" - You're Gonna Get It - (2:24)
24. Garbage - "I Just Wanna Have Something To Do" - We're A Happy Family - (2:26)
25. Girls Aloud - "Hoxton Heroes" - Can't Speak French EP - (3:00)
pt. 3 -
Love, Daisies and Troubadours
26. Regina Spektor - "Fidelity" - Begin to Hope - (3:47)
27. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Hysteric (Acoustic)" - It's Blitz! Deluxe Edition - (3:52)
28. The White Stripes - "You've Got Her In Your Pocket" - Elephant - (3:41)
29. R.E.M. - "Find The River" - Automatic For The People - (3:50)
30. The Beatles - "Here Comes The Sun" - Abbey Road - (3:06)
31. Jim Croce - "I Got A Name" - Best Of - (3:12)
32. Yo La Tengo - "My Little Corner of the World" - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One - (2:23)
33. Eddie Vedder - "Rise" - Into The Wild Soundtrack - (2:36)
34. Pearl Jam - "State Of Love And Trust" - MTV Unplugged - (3:54)
35. Led Zeppelin - "Thank You" - BBC Sessions - (6:38)
Total Runtime: 121 minutes, 23 seconds
Irishteen
To Mykonos
This playlist doesn't really have much of a theme, at least not a linear one in any sense. It's more a series of songs to do with the idea of trying to escape from somewhere and realising that nowhere is perfect not even where you dream of going. The playlist is divided into three acts but you can listen to it as a whole if you wish; the parts just represent the different moods of the playlist. I made the playlist with a crossfade on of about 4-6 seconds so that's how I imagined the flow sounding, so that's probably the optimal way to listen to it.
ACT ONE - Down in Jungleland
1 Nobuo Uematsu - "The Extreme" - Final Fantasy VIII: Original Soundtrack (06:45)
2 Explosions In The Sky - "The Birth and Death of the Day" - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone (07:50)
3 The Flaming Lips - "Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung" - At War With The Mystics (04:22)
4 Bloc Party - "Song for Clay (Disappear Here)" - A Weekend In The City (04:50)
5 Muse - "The Small Print" - Absolution (03:29)
6 Thin Lizzy - "Róisín Dubh (Black Rose) A Rock Legend" - Black Rose (07:08)
7 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Bring It On" - Nocturama (05:23)
8 Gary Moore - "End Of The World" - Corridors of Power (06:54)
9 The Verve - "The Sun, The Sea" - A Storm In Heaven (05:16)
10 Bruce Springsteen - "Jungleland" - Born To Run (09:31)
ACT TWO - Visions of a Gentle Coast
11 The Boomtown Rats - "Joey's On The Street Again" - The Boomtown Rats (05:31)
12 Rodrigo Y Gabriela - "Diablo Rojo" - Rodrigo Y Gabriela (04:57)
13 David Bowie - "Time Will Crawl (MM Remix)" - Bowie:iSelect (04:22)
14 Blur - "Trouble In The Message Centre" - Parklife (04:10)
15 Fleet Foxes - "Mykonos" - Sun Giant (04:35)
16 R.E.M. - "Welcome To The Occupation" - And I Feel Fine.....The Best Of The IRS Years 82-87 Collector's Edition (02:47)
17 Secret Machines - "First Wave Intact" - Now Here Is Nowhere (09:00)
18 The Arcade Fire - "Intervention" - Neon Bible (04:19)
19 Joy Division - "Atmosphere" - Substance (04:11)
20 The Cure - "A Strange Day" - Pornography (05:04)
ACT THREE - What If?
21 Battles - "Atlas" - Mirrored (07:07)
22 Passengers - "One Minute Warning" - Original Soundtracks 1 (04:40)
23 M.I.A. - "Jimmy" - Kala (03:29)
24 Pulp - "Razzmatazz" - His 'N' Hers (03:40)
25 Björk - "Hyperballad" - Greatest Hits (05:24)
26 Frou Frou - "Let Go" - Details (04:14)
27 Smashing Pumpkins - "Appels + Oranjes" - Adore (03:36)
28 Radiohead - "Idioteque" - Kid A (05:09)
29 U2 - "Magnificent" - No Line On The Horizon (05:24)
30 The Smiths - "Barbarism Begins At Home" - Meat is Murder (06:58)
Total Time: 2:39:50
LemonMelon
Where Life Begins
With this playlist, my intentions were to delve into the essence of being, and death of the soul involved with celebrity. The music follows suit, telling a loose story about a mouse named Richard who saves his kingdom from the evil Fire Witch and becomes a hero, but his fame destroys him. This is told quite directly in track 1. During track 2, he becomes nearly homicidal due to his own hatred of mankind and brooding sadness. In track 3 he goes off into a psychedelic dreamworld to find the source of life and death itself. Track 4 is a surreal combination of thought and substance that never quite blossoms into something more. Yet this is beautiful. Axver helped me discover new genres and musical avenues during the making of this list, which caused me to admit the error of my sycophantic, commercial ways, so it may be slightly different than what you're used to hearing from me. But, rest assured, it's a sensory experience that is atmospheric, thrilling, and enlightening all at once.
Because the artists I chose to use on this playlist are slightly obscure, I would like to give you a quick summary of each one. Monolithic Eyeball Of The Silmarillion is a progressive rock group from Phoenix, Arizona. Their music channels classic rock, folk, and general avant-garde noodling in a manner that sweeps the listener away with a distinctly southwestern flavor. They were in consideration for the Guinness Book Of World Records for performing the longest song of all time at a gig in their hometown, but no one was there to see it. Octavium is a death metal band from Birmingham, England that Axver was particularly keen on. I'm not sure what the big deal is, but I liked the segue. I am more favorable towards Ue˜Ú, a Pitchfork-heralded Icelandic post-rock group that was said to have opened for Bjork at a school dance in 1978. Not much else about them is known, and they never talk loudly/clearly enough to be understood. But this is assuredly the source of their genius. Intransigent Rubber Accordions is an experimental garage rock collective from Brooklyn, NY that got started in 1966. Their claim to fame is having Andy Warhol cover his face with his hand after walking past them on the street one afternoon in 1967, and threatening a journalist who referred to them as "The Intransigent Rubber Accordions" with glass dildo crime. All of their recorded output is featured on the 2006 compilation Complete Intransigence, which consists of one 42-minute track from a dubiously-titled DAT tape discovered at the bottom of a whorehouse incinerator in 1987.
Their respective MySpace pages are as follows:
http://www.myspace.com/monolithiceyeball
http://www.myspace.com/octaviumequalsdoom
http://www.myspace.com/unpronounceablebeauty
http://www.myspace.com/tooindieforurls
Please refer to the following short story for a more thorough description of Where Life Begins' lyrical themes and story line.
PROLOGUE
I am a rodent. Not one of great importance, though we rarely aspire to such great heights. Eating out of the trash and observing man do as they please, filthy wretches they are...They think I want cheese, but I want love. The love of a woman. Orgasm. Melanathia is my home. It is beautiful. As beautiful as life can be. It floats in the sky, or so it feels to me. We live in pure moisture; the clouds. Storms rumble below us, so we do not feel them. But they're there. Man is the creator of death and disenchantment. But they don't believe me. I don't believe me. Who am I?
CHAPTER 1 - Incendiary Meetings
In my apathetic delirium I once propped my head up and saw a strangely-shaped cloud. It wasn't of anvil or penis. Neither cheese, nor was it cirrus. No, it was black. Black as rain. Black as my wretched soul. But no one noticed; they said it was a rain cloud. And it was, actually. But then another cloud appeared and this time it was DOOM. The Fire Witch from northern Firetithia came to destroy us all and wipe the slate clean. At the time, I figured it was a horrible thing for her to do. Nay, a WRETCHED thing. But what could I do? I was but a simple mouse. She brought her armies toward us. We believed in peace and love. We were fools. She easily defeated us and wiped us away, excepting a remnant. They banned together and became the Dissenters. A group of brave men (not many women, however; those were different times) that would stop at nothing to defeat the Fire Witch and her evil army. They were set to battle on the Ice Caps of northern Melanathia. However, that day was of particularly great warmth and, arriving early, the Dissenters were washed away and promptly died instantly. Hearing about this, my heroic instincts instantly kicked in. Not knowing about vodka or Bailey's at the time, I rushed to their aid without thought. Running through the barren shopping center, now filled with soot, skeletons, and foreskins, I avoided the men who, for reasons I did not know at the time, were trying to kill me. I thought they meant well. Bastards. I entered the palace of the Fire Witch through a crack in the door and entered a room filled with swords, machetes, maces, and this clear liquid that I did not know the name of at the time. I drank some in my thirst, grabbed a sword and a mace and went out into the hall. There, some ogres were waiting for me, and an epic battle with them and the Knights Of Firetithia ensued.
CHAPTER 2 - Inquisitive Actions Bereave
Somehow, possibly due to the liquid I drank earlier, I wasted them all quite easily. From that day forward, I dubbed this liquid "Powerjuice", because the juice gave me great power. From there, I walked up the stairs, only to find that the door was locked. So, after waiting a while for someone to open it for me, I got annoyed at sat the container next the door, which opened instantly, likely out of fear. Inside was a room with a piece of paper inside that told the secret weakness of the Fire Witch. To no surprise to me or anyone else, it was water.
CHAPTER 3 - The End Justifies The Means
Then, behind me, appeared the Fire Witch. She was wearing a bikini, which would ordinarily be a turn-on, but she was about 200 years old, so it was just really distracting. In her anger and shock that her secret was found out, she attempted to set the paper on fire, which made no sense because I already knew what was on it. Then, right when she had her back turned, I chugged some Powerjuice and gave her a roundhouse kick to the face, which sent her flying through the solid concrete walls and into a telephone pole. She was sent to a hospital and made a full recovery, but my victory was glorious, and the town awarded me with a golden shuttlecock that I make use of to this very day.
CHAPTER 4 - Taking Pleasure In Baubles Of The Most Materialistic Sort
That day, the crowds were all around me. It was a glorious and incredibly dark circus. Like a circus filled with clowns that only Stephen King could dream up in his most homicidal epiphanies. I was regaled with harps and flutes, the likes of which I had never heard before. They weren't particularly enjoyable to me, but I appreciated the effort, fool that I was. During this time, I found a fellow mouse that I felt I could settle down with, possibly with thoughts of partaking in the soul-sucking, masculinity-destroying ritual known as marriage. We did partake of this and had several offspring, all of which were horrible disappointments to me. I spent my days cowering in the corner of our basement, shivering in the cold deadness of being, knowing that if I were to do otherwise, the vultures would surround me with pens and pieces of paper that they wished for me to write on. Those were dark days. I spent much time reading about humans and wondering why they were so cruel and hateful to one another, and why they worshiped their wallet as they did, to the detriment of those around them. I loathed mankind, and myself for being amongst them. I learned much during this time and have never turned back. Men are animals. And now that you know my story, I will share with you an epic poem that I wrote during this period of my life.
CHAPTER 5 - The Sound Of Silence
At one time I was young
Without even a care
Now, not even the people I know
Can save me from my lonely despair
In my room
I clutch to The Dreaming
It shields me from
My heart's daily reaming
6'2"
My posture is sagging
Shadows jump by
And I take the stabbing
God walks by, puzzled by my indifference
I am not emo
I am nihilistic
There is a difference
A man from Seattle
Encourages knife-related violence
When I cry in my room
This is the sound of silence
CHAPTER 6 - Basidiomycota Mindexpandica
One morning, as I was about to enter my best friend Vance's maternal figure, the oldest groupie working at Native Cock's, a brothel owned by a man who went by Chief Dalton (A homeless ex-McDonald's frycook who dressed as a Native America, likely to gain the pity of uninformed passersby. He wielded a cane and a rusty, semen-encrusted spatula that he used during his time at McDonald's; it took a long time for management to get wise), I heard a rapping at my front door. My penis having just been to hell and back, I put on my robe and walked to the door. A gnome appeared, apparently a fan. Before I had time to retrieve my halberd, he walked in the door, and I thought of only the ugliest things. He sat down on my sofa, feet shuffling, and set a basket covered with a cloth on the table next to him. With halberd now in hand, I somehow gathered the kindness to ask him who he was and what he wanted with me. It wasn't the least I could do by any means; as a matter of fact, it was quite charitable. Perhaps I did need a lady in my life after all..well, never mind, Vance's mom doesn't count. Anyway, he told me that he was indeed a fan, but not of my knack for murdering witches, but of the my writing; something that had been extolled on one of those newfangled webpage things. I think it was an online newsletter about farm equipment or something. Anyway, he brought good tidings, and suggested that I look to psychedelic substances in order to come out of my brooding sadness. I told him to go fuck thyself and he left, leaving his basket behind him. It was filled with mushrooms blue, green, and orange in color. I planned to use them as part of my dinner later; it's his own fault for leaving them behind, I figured. Using my bamboo-handled skillet, I fried them, which caused the mushrooms to glow fluorescently. At first, I thought it was caused naturally by the heat, but then the door drove by in a convertible and waved at me. As I stood there, breathing in the fumes with mouth agape, my mind seemed to create a world of its own, free from joy, humanity, and color. Truly glorious. Just then, I realized what I had to do; I had to travel deep into my consciousness and find the center of life and death itself. I took a bite of the mushroom and my journey began.
CHAPTER 7 - A Particularly Trite Instance Of Cerebral Augmentation
My mind. It was filled with...colors. But yet...they were dulled. I knew this new fantasy I had concocted was not truly perfect. Nor was I. Because I created it. But I dared not think, because every time I did the walls began to cave in. Yes, there were walls. Not sure why there were walls...I just suck, I guess. It was all very cocoon-esque, though far more perilous, but the hope of personal discovery was there, I felt. Of course, I was high on shrooms at the time, so whatever. On my way to find the center of life itself, I found out what the meaning of life was. It was this small room filled with these nerdy-looking men(?) who were discussing The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy. I've always hated that movie. The light was growing brighter. It was a halo of transcendence that no one man could comprehend. I felt lonely. It was quiet. Yet I was not really alone, for I was near life. Life itself.
CHAPTER 8 - Awakening
I then awoke because my landlord jabbed me with a broom. Bastard. I never did get to discuss things with the center of life itself, but I can only assume that he knew more than I did about...life. Then, after picking up Vance's mom, who I found lying in a pile of hypodermic needles, and bringing her back to the alley from whence she came, I made some tea, sat down, and contemplated for a very long time. About what I have no idea.
EPILOGUE
Anyway, the point of all this is that mankind is an abstract concept created by the sea to decide the destiny of the ocean and its adjacent rivers. We are nothing. Not even I, the greatest hero of the 20th (and, thanks to the indietastic webpages that discuss my brilliant writing, 21st) century. Beauty, creativity, and the construction of friendships are simply ways of using up time, air, and precious nutrients. This is proven true by the music man creates. Who cares about it, really? Life is merely hope deferred, and our despicable desires are seldom fulfilled. Then again, I spend my days running in place on a wheel and stroking a golden shuttlecock, so what don't take my word for it.
Track listing:
1. Monolithic Eyeball of The Silmarillion - "Tales From Pandosian Scrolls: The Battle Of The Fire Witch (Part IV)" - Phoenix Ascension (31:32)
2. Octavium - "The Sound Of Silence" - TH15 15 T3MP3R4NCE (35:49)
3. Ue˜Ú - "Góð Söngur" - Gaman að kynnast þér (37:55)
4. Intransigent Rubber Accordions - "DAT0010293" - Complete Intransigence (42:36)
Total runtime: 147:52
Salome
Can't say it like I mean it
1. The Nits - "In the Dutch mountains" - In the Dutch mountains (3:27)
2. De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig - "Hollereer" - De Machine (5:48)
3. Los Lobos - "Kitate" - The ride (3:29)
4. Blues Explosion - "Fed up and low down (Featuring DJ Shadow)" - Damage (4:06)
5. Tortoise - "Stretch (you are allright)" - It's all around you (5:18)
6. Joni Mitchell - "Hejira" - Hejira (6:41)
7. Fairport Convention - "Tam Lin" - Liege & Lief (7:14)
8. Russel Mills - "Blood is rising" - Undark (8:54)
9. Magma - "The last seven minutes (1970-77, Phase 1)" - Attahk (7:32)
10. The Dillenger Escape Plan - "Unretrofied" - Miss Machine (5:38)
11. Alex Empire - "If you live or die" - The golden foretaste of heaven (3:45)
12. Pet Shop Boys - "All over the world (this is a dub)" - Yes (special edition) (5:21)
13. Alison Moyet - "Can't say it like I mean it" - The turn (5:41)
14. Aphex Twin - "Ageispolis" - Selected ambient work 85-92 (5:23)
15. Sonic Youth - "Pink steam" - Rather ripped (6:58)
16. David Sylvian - "Midnight sun" - Dead bees on a cake (3:58)
17. Aaron Parks - "Karma" - Invisible Cinema (6:15)
18. Willy DeVille - "The downing of the flamingo" - Horse of a different color (5:16)
19. Lambchop - "Magnificent obsession" - What another man spills (3:21)
20. Kaizers Orchestra - "Bastard sønn" - Maskineri (3:57)
21. Guided by Voices - "Pivotal film" - Isolation Drills (3:10)
22. Quasimoto - "Rapcats part 3" - Further adventures of Lord Quas (2:00)
23. Man or astroman - "Many pieces of large fuzzy mammals" - Spectrum of infinite scale (3:07)
24. Antony & the Johnsons - "Daylight and the sun" - The crying light (6:21)
25. Joanna Newsom - "Clam, crab, cockle, cowrie" - The milk-eyed mender (4:21)
26. Zorn & Lewis & Frisell - "Blue minor 1" - More news for Lulu (6:04)
Total runtime: 133 mins 5 seconds
the tourist
Goodnight Johnny Rhythm
It’s summer. A man with amnesia washes up on the beach. He walks across America. These are his realizations.
Part One: Electricity
01. The Flaming Lips – “Do You Realize??” – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots – (3:33)
02. Peter Bjorn & John – “It Don’t Move Me” – Living Thing – (3:22)
03. Spoon – “You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb” – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga – (3:09)
04. The Supremes – “You Can’t Hurry Love” – Supremes A’ Go Go (3:00)
05. Marvin Gaye – “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” – What’s Going On – (2:30)
06. Diana Ross – “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” [single edit] – Diana Ross – (3:37)
07. The Temptations – “Get Ready” – Getting’ Ready – (2:39)
08. The Jackson 5 – “I Want You Back” – Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 (2:59)
09. MGMT – “Electric Feel” – Oracular Spectacular – (3:50)
10. Queens Of The Stone Age – “Make It Wit Chu” – Era Vulgaris – (4:50)
11. Ghostland Observatory – “Free Heart Lover” – Robotique Majestique (4:09)
12. The Foxglove Hunt – “The Life Highrise” – Stop Heartbeat (4:44)
13. Cut Copy – “Nobody Lost, Nobody Found” – In Ghost Colours (4:39)
14. Starflyer 59 – “The Longest Line” – Talking Voice Vs. Singing Voice (2:46)
15. Fine China – “They Will Love Us For Our Instruments” – When The World Sings (4:33)
16. The Cure – “This Twilight Garden” – High [single] – (4:46)
17. M83 – “Kim & Jessie” – Saturdays=Youth – (5:23)
18. Glasvegas – “Daddy’s Gone” – Glasvegas – (4:24)
19. Fold Zandura – “Starwood” – Ultraforever – (4:27)
20. Ride – “Vapour Trail” – Nowhere – (4:19)
Total: 77:28
Part Two: Across The Wasteland
01. The Who – “Baba O’Riley” – Who’s Next – (5:01)
02. The White Stripes – “Little Ghost” – Get Behind Me Satan – (2:19)
03. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – “Ain’t No Easy Way” – Howl – (2:37)
04. U2 – “Desire” – Rattle & Hum – (3:00)
05. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “American Girl” – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – (3:32)
06. Led Zeppelin – “Going To California” – Led Zeppelin IV – (3:31)
07. Fleet Foxes – “Blue Ridge Mountains” – Fleet Foxes – (4:26)
08. Simon & Garfunkel “Scarborough Fair/Canticle” – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme – (3:10)
09. The Rolling Stones – “Gimme Shelter” – Let It Bleed – (4:31)
10. Blue Oyster Cult – “Don’t Fear The Reaper” – Agents Of Fortune – (5:10)
11. George Harrison – “My Sweet Lord” – All Things Must Pass – (4:44)
12. Derek and the Dominoes – “Layla” – Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs – (7:06)
13. Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Run Through The Jungle” – Cosmo’s Factory – (3:05)
14. Post Stardom Depression – “Mama’s Boy” – Ordinary Miracles – (3:26)
15. Gosling – “Mr. Skeleton Wings” – Here Is… – (4:26)
16. Arctic Monkeys – “Brainstorm” – Favourite Worst Nightmare – (2:50)
17. The Strokes – “Juicebox” – First Impressions of Earth – (3:18)
18. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Universally Speaking” – By The Way – (4:17)
19. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives – “Lone Summer Dream” – Origin Vol. 1 – (5:06)
20. The Beatles – “All You Need Is Love” – Love – (3:39)
Total: 78:52
Grand Total: 156:20
i'm looking forward to getting my ass handed to me in that first round. 
and rounds two, four, and five tbh.
to GAF for getting a Mendelssohn piece in there and using the same Replcements song as I did. "I Will Dare" is such a great song of theirs!
I'm keeping my eyes on you 
