Resonance

I never don’t love a favorite song, but my relationship to it changes.

Sometimes a song lights fireworks. Sometimes I remember the fireworks the song lit, fondly.

It’s an interesting thing, going through my CDs, disc by disc. Encountering the infatuations I have had, both in terms of artists and genres.

What I listened to, at what point in my life, is linked deeply to memory.

More and more I am deeply impressed with the iPad and its effectiveness even as a primary work device. However, some seemingly “normal” activities like printing .eml attachments from the Outlook app throws a wrench into the machinery. Two apps needed.

I was very happy with the way that Numbers handled the playlist export from Music. It inferred a delimited file and presented the contents formatted in a very easily understood fashion. It was super easy to copy the two columns I wanted to share, and Nova helped me make markdown fast.

Gentle Ambient

  1. Eternal Lover — Moonwater
  2. Karmic Light — Tetsu Inoue
  3. They Come in Peace — Tranquility Bass
  4. Plateau — Orb
  5. A Study of Six Guitars — Amorphous Androgynous
  6. Session 3: Wien in E — Tosca
  7. Anthropomorphic — Qubism
  8. No One in the World [Edit] — W.F.O.
  9. Fat Chair — Terra Thaemlitz
  10. edit:one — DJ Iri
  11. Creatures Made Of Light Glide Softly Across The Slowly Ever-rotating Homeworld In Gentle Undulations Of Warm Dub Through The Encircling Golden Ether Common To System 35 — Mysteries of Science
  12. #19 — Aphex Twin
  13. Tranquility Base — Omicron
  14. A Stream With Bright Fish — Brian Eno & Harold Budd
  15. Expanding — Young American Primitive

鬼門 (Demon Gate)

A mix CD gift from Caleb, circa 2019.

  1. Premonition — YukaKita Mura
  2. Phoenix — WolfMother
  3. Space Cruise — Ben Prunty
  4. Abyss Watchers — Yuka Kitamura
  5. Vignette: Panacea — Disasterpeace
  6. Vordt of the Boreal Valley — Motoi Sakuraba
  7. Mind’s Eye — WolfMother
  8. Excerpt from The Tribulation — Michael Salvatori, C. Paul Johnson, Martin O’Donnell, Paul McCartney
  9. End of the Line — Michael Salvatori, C. Paul Johnson, Martin O’Donnell, Paul McCartney
  10. Odyssey — Home
  11. Far Away — WolfMother
  12. Siege Dancers — Michael Salvatori, C. Paul Johnson, Martin O’Donnell, Paul McCartney
  13. Excerpt from The Union — Michael Salvatori, C. Paul Johnson, Martin O’Donnell, Paul McCartney
  14. God? — Alec Holowka
  15. Aldritch, Devourer of Gods — Motoi Sakuraba
  16. Guardians Lost — Michael Salvatori, C. Paul Johnson, Martin O’Donnell, Paul McCartney
  17. Where Eagles Have Been — WolfMother
  18. The Alien — Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow
  19. Soul of Cinder — Yuka Kitamura
  20. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) — Eurythmics

Pretty Full of Good Intentions… Kind of…

From a Maxell XLII 90 cassette given to me by my friend Chuck. Side A dated 6/20/94, Missing songs: Marion Diez, Half the Time. Side B dated 6/21/94

  1. Get Enough — Ivy
  2. You Bite My Tongue — Unwound
  3. Our Caballero — Don Caballero
  4. Blade of Grass — Versus
  5. A Mouthful Of Exhaust — Man Or Astro-Man?
  6. Sweet Pea — Seam
  7. All Set to Go — Hard-Ons
  8. Suki — Unrest
  9. Rebound — Sebadoh
  10. Alison — Slowdive
  11. Bronx Cheer — Mercury Rev
  12. Bricks — Crain
  13. Solitary Set — Polvo

Not Quite Adult Oriented

A mix tape reconstruction: Selections by Chuck Horne. He didn’t make it for me, but it’s beautiful. What a gift!

  1. Main Sequence Diffusion / Photon / Lajolla — Füxa
  2. A Stream With Bright Fish — Brian Eno & Harold Budd
  3. Untitled — Jason Falkner
  4. (untitled)4 — Bundy K. Brown, Doug Scharin, and James Warden
  5. Cry, Cry — Mazzy Star
  6. Untitled — Brian Eno
  7. Bible Silver Corner — Rodan
  8. Jacking the Ball — The Sea and Cake
  9. Gymnopedie No.1 — Pascal Rogé
  10. On Fire — Sebadoh
  11. Cello — Slowdive
  12. Untitled (Check and Double Check) — Stereolab
  13. Barely Real — Codeine
  14. I Love You — John Coltrane
  15. Survival — Yes
  16. Come Home — Placebo
  17. Song In 3 — Galaxie 500
  18. Crystal Shade — Flying Saucer Attack
  19. Delta Rain Dream — Jon Hassel and Brian Eno
  20. You’re Beautiful — Mojave 3
  21. No Name #3 — Elliott Smith
  22. Tin Cans & Twine — Tortoise
  23. Rhine & Courtesan — Rachel’s
  24. Touched — My Bloody Valentine

Spec's Music In-Store Play, Before During After

I missed the record store. I made a mix for my friends but mostly to show I was still edgy and cool. I never sent it. This track list was made for a 100-minute cassette tape. Label On Side A said “Disclaimer: Not for Customers”. Label on Side B said “Hello from Minnesota!”

  1. Psychoactive Drugs (Uncut Mix) — Emergency Broadcast Network
  2. Just Say No to Drug Hysteria [Excerpt] / Dead Souls — William S. Burroughs
  3. Words of Advice for Young People [Pete Arden Mix] — William S. Burroughs
  4. Hey Man, Nice Shot — Filter
  5. More Human Than Human — White Zombie
  6. Anthem — Brian G./DJ Spinn
  7. Voodoo-U — Lords of Acid
  8. The Hustle — Soul City Orchestra/Van McCoy
  9. Horror Head — Curve
  10. Zombie — The Cranberries
  11. Halcyon + On + On — Orbital
  12. Sanctuary — Madonna
  13. Bedtime Story — Madonna
  14. A Dream Away — The Cars
  15. Sudden Organ — Yo La Tengo
  16. Souvlaki Space Station — Slowdive
  17. People Get Real — Saint Etienne
  18. Krazy — Seal
  19. Feeling So Real — Moby
  20. bang — Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll

Insanely Great Nineties Songs You Aren’t Sick Of, as seen on Secret History of Rock ’n’ Roll

  1. Stop! — Jane’s Addiction
  2. Rave Down — Swervedriver
  3. No Kid (Acoustic Version) — Urban Dance Squad
  4. Birdbrain — Buffalo Tom
  5. Lullaby — Warrior Soul
  6. Pretty Pink Rose (Duet With David Bowie) — Adrian Belew
  7. Step On — Happy Mondays
  8. Lullabye — Concrete Blonde
  9. Soon — My Bloody Valentine
  10. Manna and Quail — Caterwaul
  11. The Beautiful Dead — Killing Joke
  12. Falling to Pieces — Faith No More
  13. Grey Cell Green — Ned’s Atomic Dustbin
  14. High Monkey Monk — Cocteau Twins
  15. You’re Not the Only One I Know — The Sundays
  16. De-Luxe — Lush
  17. Sliver — Nirvana
  18. Bury Me — Smashing Pumpkins
  19. Pushin Forward Back — Temple Of The Dog
  20. Vapour Trail — Ride
  21. I Want to Touch You — Catherine Wheel
  22. Sometimes — My Bloody Valentine
  23. Paper Doll — P.M. Dawn
  24. Adoration — Cranes
  25. Star Sign — Teenage Fanclub
  26. Ten Little Girls — Curve
  27. Counting Backwards — Throwing Muses
  28. Virus (Hybrid Mix) — Front Line Assembly
  29. Emmaline — Urge Overkill
  30. Baby Universal — Tin Machine
  31. Divine Intervention — Matthew Sweet
  32. There You Are — The Goo Goo Dolls
  33. The Act We Act — Sugar
  34. My Drug Buddy (Remastered) — The Lemonheads
  35. Everything’s Ruined — Faith No More
  36. Murder, Inc. — Murder Inc.
  37. Unsung — Helmet
  38. Low Self Opinion — Rollins Band
  39. Circles — Meat Beat Manifesto
  40. Nothing Natural — Lush
  41. Black Metallic — Catherine Wheel
  42. Horror Head — Curve
  43. Love — The Sundays
  44. Love Your Money — Daisy Chainsaw
  45. My Umbrella — Tripping Daisy
  46. Push Th’ Little Daisies — Ween
  47. Find the River — R.E.M.
  48. Gentlemen — The Afghan Whigs
  49. Detachable Penis — King Missile
  50. Mayonaise — Smashing Pumpkins
  51. Break It Down Again — Tears for Fears
  52. Coming Right Along — The Posies
  53. Strawberry Wine — Massive Internal Complications
  54. Pack Yr Romantic Mind — Stereolab
  55. Thunder Kiss ‘65 — White Zombie
  56. Regret — New Order
  57. Easy (Bonus Track) — Faith No More
  58. Sexual Healing — Soul Asylum
  59. Missed — PJ Harvey
  60. Scentless Apprentice — Nirvana
  61. I’ve Seen the Man — The God Machine
  62. Dream Machine — The God Machine
  63. Seven — The God Machine
  64. Evangeline — Cocteau Twins
  65. Industrious — Seefeel
  66. Gepetto — Belly
  67. Here and Now — Letters to Cleo
  68. The Carnival Is Over — Dead Can Dance
  69. Sister Havana — Urge Overkill
  70. Chemical World (Including “Intermission”) — Blur
  71. Pets — Porno for Pyros
  72. Easy Does It — Coverdale–Page
  73. Shock to the System — Billy Idol
  74. F Sharp — Nudeswirl
  75. Sabotage — Beastie Boys
  76. Dead Souls — Nine Inch Nails
  77. Rite of Shiva — Machines of Loving Grace
  78. So Real — Jeff Buckley
  79. Shrine — The Dambuilders
  80. Still Remains (2019 Remaster) — Stone Temple Pilots
  81. Spin the Black Circle — Pearl Jam
  82. I Alone — LIVE
  83. Rock ’n’ Roll Star — Oasis
  84. Poison — The Prodigy
  85. Wandering Star — Portishead
  86. Karmacoma — Massive Attack
  87. Missing (Todd Terry Club Mix / Us Radio Edit) — Everything But the Girl & Todd Terr y
  88. Bull In the Heather — Sonic Youth
  89. Supernova — Liz Phair
  90. Power Shack — Fitz Of Depression
  91. Soul In a Jar — The Veldt
  92. Green Mind — Dink
  93. Millenium — Killing Joke
  94. She Don’t Use Jelly — The Flaming Lips
  95. Blast ‘Em Out (1994) — Renegade Soundwave
  96. L.A. Song — Deconstruction
  97. Screenwriter’s Blues — Soul Coughing
  98. Voodoo Lady — Ween
  99. Light From a Dead Star — Lush
  100. Rise & Shine — The Cardigans
  101. Morning Glory — Oasis
  102. Planet Caravan — Pantera
  103. Street Spirit [Fade Out] — Radiohead
  104. Jellybelly — Smashing Pumpkins
  105. Heroin Girl — Everclear
  106. Consider This — Filter
  107. Big Me — Foo Fighters
  108. Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver — Primus
  109. Vow — Garbage
  110. More Human Than Human — White Zombie
  111. Waydown — Catherine Wheel
  112. We Prick You — David Bowie
  113. Black Steel — Tricky
  114. In The Meantime — Spacehog
  115. Natural One — Folk Implosion
  116. Stars — Hum
  117. Angry Johnny — Poe
  118. 6 A.M. Jullandar Shere — Cornershop
  119. Plowed — Sponge
  120. Can’t WaIt One Minute More — CIV
  121. Rilkean Heart (Acoustic Version) — Cocteau Twins
  122. Long Snake Moan — PJ Harvey
  123. Blow Up the Outside World — Soundgarden
  124. Adhesive — Stone Temple Pilots
  125. Thick of It All — Porno for Pyros
  126. Down — 311
  127. Peaches — The Presidents of the United States of America
  128. Popular — Nada Surf
  129. If I Could Talk I’d Tell You — The Lemonheads
  130. Salvation — The Cranberries
  131. 6 Underground — The Sneaker Pimps
  132. She’s Unreal — Meat Beat Manifesto
  133. Midnight in a Perfect World — DJ Shadow
  134. Seekers Who Are Lovers — Cocteau Twins
  135. Hypo-Allergenic — Spooky
  136. Sugar Water — Cibo Matto
  137. Super Bon Bon — Soul Coughing
  138. Iron Man — The Cardigans
  139. Fire — Komeda
  140. Bluster — Salt
  141. Spark Plug — Stereolab
  142. Green Man — Type O Negative
  143. Absent Friends — Killing Joke
  144. Stereo — Pavement
  145. Discothèque — U2
  146. We Have Explosive — Future Sound of London
  147. I’m Afraid of Americans — David Bowie
  148. (Can’t You) Trip Like I Do [feat. The Crystal Method] — Filter
  149. Block Rockin’ Beats — The Chemical Brothers
  150. Come to Daddy (Pappy Mix) — Aphex Twin
  151. Toxygene — Orb
  152. Chukhung — Biosphere
  153. Modular mix — Air
  154. Let Down — Radiohead
  155. Baker street — Foo Fighters
  156. Silver Springs — Fleetwood Mac
  157. The Background — Third Eye Blind
  158. Wide Open Space — Mansun
  159. One Man Army — Our Lady Peace
  160. Boys Better — The Dandy Warhols
  161. Sex & Candy — Marcy Playground
  162. Leave This City — The Sundays
  163. Generations — Electric Dog House
  164. New Music Machine — Cornelius
  165. Walking After You — Foo Fighters
  166. David Duchovny — Bree Sharp
  167. One — Filter
  168. Celebrity Skin — Hole
  169. Never Ending Math Equation — Modest Mouse
  170. Sidewalk — Built to Spill
  171. Circles — Soul Coughing
  172. Slipped Away (The Ballad of Lauretha Vaird) — G. Love & Special Sauce
  173. Lucky Man — The Verve
  174. Pure Morning — Placebo
  175. Group Four — Massive Attack
  176. Open the Light — Boards of Canada
  177. Angelene — PJ Harvey
  178. Thank U — Alanis Morissette
  179. My Own Worst Enemy — Lit
  180. The Dolphin’s Cry — LIVE
  181. Aisha — Death In Vegas
  182. Nookie — Limp Bizkit
  183. Honey — Moby
  184. Trimm Trabb — Blur
  185. Take a Picture — Filter
  186. Days of the Week — Stone Temple Pilots
  187. Slide — Goo Goo Dolls
  188. Kiss Me — Sixpence None the Richer
  189. Yalla Yalla — Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros