Thursday, August 12, 2010

I saw the mirror starin' back at me

Story: there's a new poet around these parts named Josh. The other day he drove me and a bunch of other people to the Western Montana State Fair. As we were getting out of his car, he held a CD-R out to me and said, "Hey, do you want to borrow this?" (Then adding, enticingly, "Or keep it?") The CD has "I Blame Coco" written on it in Sharpie.

Turns out I Blame Coco is the name of Sting's daughter's band, but only four of the nineteen tracks on the CD are by them--the rest of the songs are what Josh calls "a really random mix" of noise, electronica, dance, and straight-up sad indie fare. I am developing a sincere affection for this mix--probably more than I've ever had for one I didn't make myself.

I did some googling to find the names of these songs, but some remain too obscure/wordless to identify.

Random Josh mix
1. "Caesar," I Blame Coco
2. "Self Machine," I Blame Coco
3. "Breakneck Speed," Tokyo Police Club
4. "Humdrum Town," Theophilus London
5. "Oh! Centra," Javelin
6. "Never Be," I Blame Coco
7. "Please Rewind," I Blame Coco
8. "Radiowave," Germany Germany
9. (mystery Euro baritone track)
10. "Obsessions," Marina and the Diamonds
11. (mystery spooky electronica track)
12. "Mirror's Image," the Horrors
13. "The Neighborhood Is Bleeding," Manchester Orchestra
14. "In For The Kill," La Roux
15. "Shampain," Marina and the Diamonds
16. (mystery noise track 1)
17. "Voice Of Love," Puerto Rico Flowers
18. "Melectric," Ramona Falls
19. (mystery noise track 2)

Heart,
MMJ

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