Love You Madly

Here's what spun on my Valentine's Day playlist this year. These are just songs I love to love (easier than complicated people love). I'm not the typical romantic, and sometimes tragedy is just as tempting.

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1. Mr. Oizo - Two Takes It
2. Hafdis Huld - Hometown Hero [mp3]
3. The Drifters - There Goes My Baby
4. Portishead - Sour Times
5. Kings of Leon - True Love Way
6. Cake - Love You Madly
7. Massive Attack - Teardrop (Live @ Abbey Road) [mp3]
8. Coconut Records - West Coast
9. Elvis Costello - Alison
10. The Magnetic Fields - Love is Lighter Than Air
11. Nick Lowe - When I Write the Book
12. The Do - Stay (Just a Little Bit More)
13. Coldplay - Sparks
14. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
15. Kimya Dawson - I Miss You
16. Sigur Ros - Fljotavik [mp3]
17. The Smiths - Pretty Girls Make Graves
18. The Kinks - You Do Something to Me
19. Ella Fitzgerald - Love You Madly
20. Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire

Bonus Love Tracks (From one of my all-time favorite artists)
Otis Redding - For Your Precious Love [mp3]
Otis Redding - These Arms of Mine [mp3]

Love, Love, and L-O-V-E,
LtK

It's Not the End of the World: Fav Movie Music Moment #2

How fucking badass was Fight Club when it first came out? Still is. It made me alter my perception on what it means to be a sane human being. For instance, how much crazy does one person need to improve the quality of their life? Is sanity actually the sinister, and ultimately detrimental force at work? Does our conscience inhibit our potential? Though I probably should not have indulged my brain as much, applying actual life philosophy to any movie that Brad Pitt is in - no matter how much Edward Norton compensated - I will go on record to say that Fight Club's ending remains flawless. Jack tells Marla "Everything is going to be fine... You met me at a very strange time in my life," as they hold hands and watch the entire sprawling metropolis destruct. Cue The Pixies' "Where is My Mind" as the apocolyptic coda surges. Beautiful, in a single description.

The Pixies - Where is My Mind [mp3]

I am amazed by any director that can make my skin crawl with utter morbidity, inspiring simultaneous thoughts of disgust and comfort. Director David Fincher is so talented he can make me watch the world destruct with a smile.

Super Furry Animals - It's Not the End of the World? [mp3]

Sidenote: Fincher and Brad Pitt teamed up again to work on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, recently nominated for 13 Oscars. Coincidance? I think not.

Peace, Love, and wanting Edward Norton to be my valentine,
LtK

P.S. I totally broke the first rule of Fight Club.

Let's Play a LoveGame

So it's Valentine's and what better way to celebrate single awareness then counting all the money you would have been spending on someone else. That, and rocking out to the new Lady GaGa video of course. Not only is it her best effort yet, but it certainly shames B Spears in the racy department. Leotards, disco sticks, bisexual makeouts, Michael Jackson crotch grabbing, and naked jeweliness. What more could a single person want?