Love Cooling Down
posted by on April 12 at 14:30 PM
Every once in a while, I’ll find myself banging my head against a story, trying to squeeze in last-minute revisions, reading and rereading the same sentence over and over, trying to figure out how to right it. I get stressed. I get tense in the shoulders and neck for hours after I turn the damn thing in. I need to cool down. And when I need to cool down there are a few artists and albums that always do it for me. Here are some that I might be decompressing to this afternoon:
Why? - Elephant Eyelash)
Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel The Illinoise
the Microhpones - The Glow, pt 2
the Aisler’s Set - How I Learned to Write Backwards
Belle & Sebastian - Anything before Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like a Peasant
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Unicorns / Islands
Any other suggestions?
How about this shaky footage of the Halo Benders playing "Freedom Riders" last week in Boise?
"Rippin off jocks, flippin off cops ..."
http://www.americanfilms.com/play.cfm?clipid=2033
Chill-out music..
Red Hash - Gary Higgins
Getz/Gilberto
and Simon & Garfunkel/Bookends always calm me down. Then Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme comes on and makes me stressed again, because its for the most part terrible.
animal collective and panda bear!
Would you laugh if I suggested the Sundays? Because I haven't listened to them in a while, but I think they would be perfect for this. Maybe I'll put 'em on when I get home, actually!
That newish Karl Blau record is pretty great, too.
Strangely, watching Calvin dance does seem to have a calming effect on me...
Yeah, I was thinking: I love the Halo Benders but Calvin looks a bit "special" onstage.
Also can't help but wonder, where the hell was this band during the last 2 elections? Politically charged pop songs? Hell, who doesn't need that?
Anything by Vangelis.
Anything by the Au Pairs.
I think this just might be your ticket. Sadly there are no samples on the link. But I tell you Eric...you won't believe it's not butter.
Michael Jackson's Off The Wall or Petula Clark's I Know A Place.
Alpha's "Come From Heaven" or "Stargazing."
tristeza, dream signals in full circles.
right on billy. ac and panda bear are personal favorites.
akron/family's self-titled is very calming.
DEAD MACHINES.
Sigur Ros, the Album Leaf, DJ Shadow or any other trip hop..
Lee hazlewood . Cowboy In Sweden.
Crowded House - Together Alone. With the opening notes of "Kare Kare" I can feel my shoulders relaxing and my breathing slowing... the fuck... down.
Come on people. You disappoint.
Two words:
Enya.
Slowdive - Pygmalion
i'll bring it in if you can't find a copy.
Casino Versus Japan, "Whole Numbers Play the Basics"
listen to broadcast and dirty three...
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