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Strangers Wishing On the Same Stars
| Strangers Wishing On the Same Stars | |
| Created by: | sparkymonroe |
| Tracks: | 19 |
| Length: | 01:16:48 |
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1. Night 2. Quiet 3. Chill |
| Created on | 1/17/10 11:54am |
| Level | 2 |
| Points | 1392 |
| Total visitors | 19 |
| Unique visitors | 14 |
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I chose songs that were either blatantly related to the nighttime or songs which went well with the darkness. Nighttime can conjure up all sorts of emotions, especially when you're alone, whether it's wistful nostalgia or aching hope or unexpected peace -and it was with that variety in mind that I set about selecting songs for this mix. I work nights and when I have a night off, I, many times, find myself waiting the night out with the hum of my body and the appliances in the kitchen providing the background for my thoughts to roam. This is when I do most of my mixwork, which is why so many of my mixes have a certain nocturnal quality to them. I've been trying, with some success, to change that habit of late by listening to more upbeat garage rock. So jumping back over to making this type of mix was rather easy for me to do.
note - I made this mix last year for the April FTOTZ exchange.
I chose songs that were either blatantly related to the nighttime or songs which went well with the darkness. Nighttime can conjure up all sorts of emotions, especially when you're alone, whether it's wistful nostalgia or aching hope or unexpected peace -and it was with that variety in mind that I set about selecting songs for this mix. I work nights and when I have a night off, I, many times, find myself waiting the night out with the hum of my body and the appliances in the kitchen providing the background for my thoughts to roam. This is when I do most of my mixwork, which is why so many of my mixes have a certain nocturnal quality to them. I've been trying, with some success, to change that habit of late by listening to more upbeat garage rock. So jumping back over to making this type of mix was rather easy for me to do.
note - I made this mix last year for the April FTOTZ exchange.
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| 1 | R.E.M. : You Are the Everything |
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Not a big fan, but this song is a gimme for a late night vibe. I started the mix off by using a snippet of Ne [...]
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Track 3 from Green
Length: 00:03:44 Year: 1988 |
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Not a big fan, but this song is a gimme for a late night vibe. I started the mix off by using a snippet of Neko Case's thirty minute recording of crickets and frogs and blending it with R.E.M.'s cricket intro to this song. I used Neko's sample throughout the mix to knit some of the songs together. Maybe it's lame, but it seemed to be worth a shot. SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Broadcast : Before We Begin |
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Mellow enough to make the cut.
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Mellow enough to make the cut. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | DJ Shadow : Midnight in a Perfect World |
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It's slow enough that I think it works unless you absolutely detest DJ Shadow.
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Track 11 from Endtroducing.....
Length: 00:05:02 Year: 1996 |
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It's slow enough that I think it works unless you absolutely detest DJ Shadow. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark : The Romance of the Telescope |
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This is a song I discovered on a garage sale vinyl purchase. It is so sad and reminds me of someone experienc [...]
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This is a song I discovered on a garage sale vinyl purchase. It is so sad and reminds me of someone experiencing romantic regret into the wee hours of the morning. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | epic 45 : Cold Winter Colours |
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An instrumental that followed easily.
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An instrumental that followed easily. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Neko Case : I Wish I Was the Moon |
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Perfect.
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Track 11 from Blacklisted
Length: 00:03:34 Year: 2002 |
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Perfect. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | The Magnetic Fields : 100000 Fireflies |
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Love the line asking why are they still living in this town when all their friends are in New York.
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Track 10 from Distant Plastic Trees
Length: 00:03:18 Year: 1990 |
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Love the line asking why are they still living in this town when all their friends are in New York. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Santo And Johnny : Sleepwalk |
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This one came to mind immediately.
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Track 1 from Ebb Tide
Length: 00:02:22 Year: 0000 |
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This one came to mind immediately. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | 2 of Clubs : Heart |
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This song is from the same era as the previous one, so it had to come next, but it's not really about the nigh [...]
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Track 0 from
Length: 00:02:43 Year: |
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This song is from the same era as the previous one, so it had to come next, but it's not really about the night. It felt like a song to play after the sun went down. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Feist : My Moon My Man (Edit) |
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Couldn't resist.
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Track 1 from My Moon My Man - Single
Length: 00:03:07 Year: 2007 |
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Couldn't resist. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Nightmares On Wax : Nights Interlude |
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If you're know the Pharcyde's “Passin' Me Byâ€, then this track will sound very familiar.
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If you're know the Pharcyde's “Passin' Me Byâ€, then this track will sound very familiar. SHOW LESS
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| 12 | Linda Scott : I've Told Every Little Star |
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Makes me think of Mulholland Drive every time. SHOW MORE
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Track 8 from Mulholland Drive OST
Length: 00:02:17 Year: 2001 |
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Makes me think of Mulholland Drive every time. SHOW LESS
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| 13 | Dwight Yoakum : 1000 Miles From Nowhere |
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Makes me think of riding freight cars and watching the night sky. SHOW MORE
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Makes me think of riding freight cars and watching the night sky. SHOW LESS
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| 14 | Cocteau Twins : Heaven or Las Vegas |
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Sounded like night to me. SHOW MORE
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Track 5 from Heaven or Las Vegas
Length: 00:04:58 Year: 1990 |
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Sounded like night to me. SHOW LESS
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| 15 | Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man : Mysteries |
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Late night contemplation.
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Track 4 from Out of Season
Length: 00:04:39 Year: 2002 |
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Late night contemplation. SHOW LESS
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| 16 | Lauryn Hill & D'Anglelo : Nothing Even Matters |
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I listened to this song at 3AM in a Polish bar and watched people come and go in the snow. And there was a gi [...]
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I listened to this song at 3AM in a Polish bar and watched people come and go in the snow. And there was a girl involved with that night. It's rare that I listen to R'n'B from this era, but that experience in Poland puts that song into a different light. SHOW LESS
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| 17 | Ani DiFranco : Pulse |
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This song is 14 minutes long, but I cut it down considerably. I used to put this one on during late night dri [...]
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Track 12 from Little Plastic Castle
Length: 00:14:15 Year: 1998 |
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This song is 14 minutes long, but I cut it down considerably. I used to put this one on during late night drives and just roll down the highway like that smooth trumpet solo. SHOW LESS
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| 18 | Ludwig Van Beethoven : Moonlight Sonata |
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When I used to sneak out of bed to watch TV at night, this would be playing as the station went off the air. [...]
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Track 1 from Romantic Classics
Length: 00:05:31 Year: 0000 |
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When I used to sneak out of bed to watch TV at night, this would be playing as the station went off the air. It used to send chills down my spine. SHOW LESS
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| 19 | The Cardigans : No Sleep |
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Wishing for the night to never end, I thought this a good song to close this thing.
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Track 0 from
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Wishing for the night to never end, I thought this a good song to close this thing. SHOW LESS
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The 250th Album Badge
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awarded on 2010-09-10
Level 29
Warehouse jobs, sometimes security. Seems like I end up with nighttime jobs more often than not. 12AM to 8AM.
1/18/10 03:52pm
The Festivus '08 Badge
Frank Costanza:
"Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way."
Festivus For The Rest Of Us, MTC 2008
"Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way."
Festivus For The Rest Of Us, MTC 2008
awarded on 2009-03-07
Level 32
Where do you werk? Graveyard shift?
1/18/10 01:27pm
