It's been a while since I've been able to post a fun playlist for y'all! Grooveshark stopped working for me on Chrome and after about a month and a half I decided to try it on Firefox from the laptop and huzzah! It works! Here's a few tunes that I've been listening to religiously lately... Hopefully you'll find something new to love!
This week's mixtape is some soothin' tunes by the one and only Amos Lee. There's also a little bit of Norah Jones and Sarah Dobson because I really love those songs. Perfect for today's gloomy weather and brisk breeze. We've got all the windows open and we're about to get to work! It's a great way to make an otherwise humdrum day productive! Happy Monday!
I'll be the first to admit that the next couple of mixtapes these upcoming few weeks may not be everyone's cup o' tea. I'll also admit that the subject matter is far from something normally shared on this little ol' blog, too. What I mean by that is that below you will find some of the most memorable Top 40 songs to date... all things that I am reluctantly admitting to loving. Some of them are as recent as the past couple of years, and some as old as the very early 80s! These are songs that I also find to be a great workout mix. I'm not sure why, but they hype me up and put me in such a good mood. Yea... even that jerk Kanye. I'm sure there are a ton that I'm forgetting. Would you believe me if I told you I had a running list in my "Little Book of Ideas" of guilty pleasure songs?! I need to find that page!
I think this is a good playlist for wanting to just put some pep in your step. Work in an office and need some jazzy hands while typing? Plug in your headphones and play this little diddy. It always makes me want to get stuff done! So what if it's embarrassing!
Now... time for you to confess! What are some of your all-time favorite guilty pleasure songs?! (Really! I want to know! I probably love them, too!)
Let me preface this by saying that it was 2003. It may or may not have extended until 2005 or so... but... It was a long time ago. Even still, I can feel my heart go pitter-patter just a teensy weensy little bit when I hear these artists and these songs. Yes, this is a playlist of my favorite songs from when I was 15. (I'd like to say "Oh but I'm 22 now and my taste is so much more refined" but the truth is far from that and I'm okay with it. I like what I like!) I remember dance parties in Shannon's basement and long drives to shows blasting Something Corporate and Taking Back Sunday. I remember the loud sing-alongs to The Academy Is... Every one of these songs may not have been 2003 gold medal, but these bands were more than certainly a staple in my adolescence. Seeing as many of you are around the same age as I, maybe you'll get a kick out of them, too!
Now I have an even better idea for my playlist next week! Oh man, I can't wait!
I think one solid way to avoid the humdrum of Monday is to have a great playlist to keep you going throughout the week. Of course I'm totally biased on all of mine seeing as I created them and it directly reflects my taste in music (sorry if it's different than yours!). Even so, if it's not your usual cup of tea I hope you'll give it a chance and maybe you'll find a new favorite song or two? While I may not have an office job or anything of the sort, these tunes help get me through a lot of work at home!
Happy Monday! I hope it's an exciting and productive work week for everyone! xo
I definitely don't mean to toot my own horn here but I'm pretty pleased with this playlist. So pleased, in fact, that I cannot stop playing it. So many of my old favorites... some are 9th grade old, others just a few months. I've featured several on many of my downloadable mixtapes, so you probably have a few in your iTunes. I hope the rest of them are a real treat! I remember listening to Her Space Holiday with my best friend Shannon in high school as we'd drive in my VW Beetle with the windows down. Electric President brings back so many memories of my sophomore year of college and my first summer solo in NYC... wandering around the East Village aimlessly. The feeling from White Daisy Passing by Rocky Votolato is undeniably the same feeling that I get thinking of home... Tennessee. And I'll always love California by Phantom Planet... including covers like this one by Mates of State. This mix makes me want to find all of my favorite people, cram them in my little Xterra and go on a roadtrip! I can't wait until March!
What are some of your all-time favorite songs? Why are they special and what do you relate them to?
I won't lie, I had to solicit the genius of my Tumblr followers for suggestions on what to use for this week's mix. Sadly my holiday selection of music is oh so limited. But they really pulled through! Here are some great tunes [a lot from the Target mixtape!] and I hope you love them as much as I do! I've found so many new favorites! Hooray!
PS; Sorry the player is so ugly! I chose a different one which was super cute and matched my layout but I'm having difficulties with it so I didn't want to change the colors in case I can fix it! Oof! Wish me luck!
What are some of your favorite indie Christmas covers?!
Completely irrelevant to the song choices, and there's a twist: I'm not giving you the playlist up front. No sir. You'll have to download and witness all 10 tunes yourself! Why? Why not! I thought this would be a fun little change of pace (though minor) and you'll just have to trust me! If you've enjoyed my mixtapes in the past, hopefully you will enjoy this one, too! *(and I may or may not have accidentally erased the playlist so I don't really know what order the songs are in even though I have all the titles. Oops! Just being honest here!)*
This week's theme was supposed to be "guilty pleasures" but time just did not allow me to wrangle all of those delciously bad songs so that will just have to wait. I pre-made next week's mix so that shouldn't be a problem but today's is appropriate for the weather. It's so bitterly cold outside and it's spitting rain. It's not Tennessee's finest, that's for sure. But this mix is a perfect blend of summer time jams that will make you feel warm all over again! Enjoy!
I originally had a different playlist for this week but I've since decided to save that one for another day. Hopefully you'll find some loveliness in this one and it'll help you get through your week! Here's to another productive week for all of us! xo
Just a little mixtape to get you through the week. The first song has always been one of my favorites, and even more so now that Mike and I watched "I'm Reed Fish" the other night and Schuyler Fisk was one of the leads... She's adorable in every way. While I am basing this solely on roles I've seen her play and YouTube video performances, she seems so down to earth and kind. I like those kinds of musicians. Anyway!
I know what you're thinking... you're thinking "Gee Kaelah... an Angus and Julia Stone song to start off the mixtape three weeks in a row?! Can't you start with anything else? Do you like anything else?" Well, to be fair, I've been listening to this album non-stop for the past three weeks and I think it's slowly but surely driving Mike insane. The entire roadtrip was him saying "I think you like two songs and two songs only..." but he was quickly hooked, too. This starting song is worlds different from the others, but their haunting voices should be appreciated! Also- I gave myself a 4 minute time limit on creating the album art... I've been working on a social media campaign for class all day and I realized what time it was and noticed that Mike would be walking in the door any minute now... and we've gotta rush the girls to the puppy park before it gets too dark so yes... 4 minutes. The back is a bit hard to read (Jane Austen will do that to ya!) so I took a screenshot of the playlist on iTunes, too. That way you can tell what you're about to download! Enjoy!
Better late than never! I didn't have proper internet access last night at our hotel (or Sunday night... guh!) but our hotel here in Wilmington seems to have lightning fast wifi! Huzzah! I didn't have time to do album art either (I know!) because we've been too busy driving, having sing-a-longs, exploring, and taking in all that is North Carolina! I hope you don't hate me for it! I can say, however, that this mixtape is awesome. I'm such a fan! The opening song is my current favorite so I hope you love it just as much!
If you have any suggestions on things to see or do in Wilmington, please send them our way!
This week's mixtape! Before you guys get all Sherlock Holmes on me, I'll let you know that I accidentally put a song on here that was on last week's mix! Oops! Guess it's just that good! Curious as to which tune? Northern Lights by Bowerbirds. Get into it ;) (photo courtesy of MiikeFlynn)
Today will be light as we're hanging out with Susannah and her beau, Chris! We'll be driving back to Tennessee later tonight and I have a whole big ol' pile of homework to do so just hang tight if you don't mind! Next week is going to be fun-filled with adventures and photos, too! Gosh we have so much to share! I hope you all have the most fantastic week!
Haha excuse the title/theme of this week's mixtape! It's all about the "Boys we'd totally shag (I mean snog)"... moreso in that "yeah they may be hipsters but at least they're hot" kind of way. Even Little Boots... because I mean, let's be honest here, she's hot. We'd make out with her, too. Haha (Don't get too riled up!)
No but really... this is the mixtape to appreciate all hipster boys and to finally admit it. It's catchy. It's fun. Sure, it's been done and it's a bit old news, but we can still appreciate it. Isn't it the hip thing to do? To like things after they've long since fallen off the radar? Whatever, whatever! I just wanted to do some fun album art!
My mixtape for Monday was a bit belated. I apologize. Life is always happening. Last night Mike and I watched Away We Go (per suggestion of a reader) and I always forget just how much I love love love that movie until I re-watch it. Mike had never seen it before so he was pleasantly surprised by how great it was. The entire soundtrack was done by Alexi Murdoch and thus inspired this mix! Hope you enjoy it! (and go watch that movie if you haven't!)
