I've been listening to the same playlist of 50 songs on my ipod for nearly two weeks now, which is a record for me, I think. Anyway, I put the playlist on shuffle during my morning ride on the 76; here are the songs that played, along with some thoughts and observations..my morning, etc. No comments towards the end because someone sat next to me and made me uncomfortable. I was uncomfortable anyway, knowing that I was watching my own thoughts..it was like the inquisition or something.
6:41 am
Busride Neon
Reflection of the sunrise on the window beside me, and McDonalds passing by on the other side..
Coffee & TV - Blur
The florescent lights are strange when it's dark out. Sort of artificial. The sun is rising in the outside world, on the other side of the windows, and the thickness of its warm oranges and purples is making the buslight seem thin..airless, even. Like cold turkey. Shaking and withdrawn. But Coffee & TV is playing and it's so upbeat and optimistic..well, for a Graham Coxon tune, it is. This is the song that really calmed me down when I was stuck in Toronto.
Everyone on the bus is sleepy and quiet.
Nevertheless - The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Writing on the bus has always made me feel awkward. It's a shame. This is one of the few songs that I can literally feel swim through my veins.
We just passed Black and Read and I want to buy records and used books.
Girls - Death in Vegas
Oh this is nice, very calming--especially after a soulshaking song like Nevertheless. Well done Cedric (my ipod)!
It's already so much brighter outside. That is really unfortunate.
Far Out - Blur
The beginning of this song sounds like it would be a tune in a weird avant-garde puppet horror-film. Damon Albarn is clearly from Essex (technically he’s from Whitechapel, but whatever).
She's Gone - The BJM
It looks much colder than it actually is outside, and I just realized I should be very tired, but I'm not.
A really good-looking boy just got on the bus. I think he might be going for a Jude Law look.
Olde Town Arvada is boring. When he was 18, Morrissey spent the summer in Arvada; "there is no sex in Colorado" is what he had to say about it.
Anemone - The BJM
It's a real coldwater blue out right now, and I was just thinking about how much better everything would be if we were all under the ocean, in a big submarine.
Trainspotting - Primal Scream
My life begins and ends when the beat starts kicking during this song. It's too much of a flat whitegray outside for such a tuuune.
Kicking Jesus - The BJM
Bye Jude Law.
He Thought of Cars - Blur
There's panic at London Heathrow everybody wants to go up into the blue but there's a ten year queue...he thought of planes and where, where to fly to and who to fly there with...
Spoons - Damon Albarn
Just Like Honey - The Jesus and Mary Chain
Loomer - My Bloody Valentine
..And so goes an hour on the 76.
Damon says, "Here comes that panic attack. My heart stops... and then it starts.
Give me a drink; I'll drink your round. I'll take you round the pole. It's cold up here (I can see the universe waiting by a minibus); you'll catch flu or you'll catch the city. Either way, you'll catch flu...or you'll catch the city."
