The Best Mix I've Ever Made

My friend Cody asked me what else I was listening to right now besides the Kings. My first thought was, There's an 'else'? Hee.

So, I was inspired to post the song list, soundtrack really, for In Search Of (working title). No small task, let me tell you. I like a grid. This blog does not. So, I've tried to make things as readable as I could. While this is certainly not a list of everything I'm listening to now (Pavement is a recent re-love), it is a comprehensive list of every song and artist that is mentioned in the book and everything I was listening to while I wrote. The liner notes that I gave as gifts have a column for where each song takes place in the book, but I didn't want to give anything away. As a side note, all music by Jack Finch that is listed is not actually on the mix, per say. The book also contains lyrics to four songs Jack and I wrote together. CRAZY! (Now - speaking of crazy - I try not to be one of those nuts that talks about her characters as if they're actually alive (right?), but I don't know how to write songs, so how would YOU explain it?)

The mix is called Iso's Opus. I wish I could give a copy to all of you.

DIAPAUSE

In Circles | Sunny Day Real Estate | Dairy
No Name #5 | Elliot Smith | Either/Or
Jigsaw Falling Into Place | Radiohead | In Rainbows
Hallelujah | Jeff Buckley | Grace

CATERPILLER

Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want This Time | The Smiths | Louder Than Bombs
Don’t Think Twice | Bob Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
You Can Close Your Eyes | James Taylor |Mud Slide Slim & the Blue Horizon
Any Day | Ani DiFranco | Puddle Dive
We Might as well be Strangers | Keane | Hopes & Fears
Broken Hearted Savior | Big Head Todd | Sister Sweetly
Breathe Me | Sia | Colour the Small One
I Miss You | Incubus | Make Yourself
That’s Him Over There | Nina Simone | The Amazing Nina Simone
Blackbird | Paul McCartney | Back in the USA (live 2002)
Slow Dancing in a Burning Room | John Mayer | Continuum
I Don’t Trust Myself with Loving You | John Mayer | Continuum
Ænima | Tool | Ænima
Dreaming with a Broken Heart | John Mayer | Continuum
Brutal Surgeon | Jack Finch | To Be Determined
McFearless | Kings of Leon | Because of the Times
Heart Shaped Box | Nirvana | In Utero
Stay Away | Nirvana | Nevermind
Better Man | Jack Finch | To Be Determined
Brick | Ben Folds | Whatever and Ever Amen
Trunk | Kings of Leon | Because of the Times
Delicate | Damian Rice | O
Volcano | Damian Rice | O
Unravel | Radiohead | In Rainbows
Molly’s Chamber | Kings of Leon | Holy Roller Novocain
Sex on Fire | Kings of Leon | Only By the Night
Fans | Kings of Leon | Because of the Times
Use Somebody | Kings of Leon | Only By the Night
Degrees | Jack Finch | To Be Determined

METAMORPHASIS

I’m On Fire | Bruce Springsteen | Born in the USA
The Reason | Hubastank | The Reason
Claire De Lune | Debussy
#41 | Dave Matthews | Live at Luther College
Jimi Thing | Dave Matthews | Live at Luther College
Crash Into Me | Dave Matthews | Live at Luther College
Lover Lay Down | Dave Matthews | Live at Luther College
Shine | Dolly Parton | Little Sparrow
Say It Now | Glen Hansard | Once
Once | Glen Hansard | Once
All the Way Down | Glen Hansard | Once
Trying to Pull Myself Away | Glen Hansard | Once
Leave | Glen Hansard | Once
The Hill | Marketa Irglova | Once
Lies | Glen Hansard | Once
When Your Mind’s Made Up | Glen Hansard | Once

IMAGO

Hold You In My Arms | Ray LaMontagne | Trouble
The Blower’s Daughter | Damian Rice | O
Cannonball | Damian Rice | O
Shelter | Ray LaMontagne | Trouble
Little Wing | Jimi Hendrix | Axis: Bold as Love
The First Day of My Life | Bright Eyes | I'm Wide Awake it's Morning
Fool in the Rain | Led Zeppelin | In Through the Out Door
All I Want Is You | U2 | Rattle and Hum
The Luckiest | Ben Folds | Rockin' the Suburbs
Armored | Jack Finch | To Be Determined