Sleep Alone

Bat for Lashes - Sleep Alone [mp3]

Middle School Moment Vol. 1

I'm cheating a little bit: I may have actually been in elementary school when the Sam Phillips smash "I Need Love" hit the airwaves. But it wasn't until sixth grade, a few years after it's 1994 release that I remember humming along to her haunting vocals on my way to school. Back before I owned my own extensive record collection, and in the midst of branching beyond my parents' taste, there was a lot of radio in my life. Mostly crappy, but some quality. Sam was one such serendipitous experience. I still love this song as much as I did 10 years ago.

Sam Phillips - I Need Love [mp3]

I need love not some sentimental prison
I need God not the political church
I need fire to melt frozen sleet inside me
I need love

LtK

It's Love, Not Santa Claus

I'm extremely hyped for the release of Sundance favorite, (500) Days of Summer. Not only do I love Joseph G-L and Zooey D, but their trailer lead-in is all about the greatness of The Smiths. Trailer Music thumbs up.

Included in the Trailer:

The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out [mp3]
Regina Spektor - Us [mp3]
Hall and Oates - You Make My Dreams Come True [mp3]
Wolfmother - Vagabond

(500) Days of Summer is set to hit theaters July 24, 2009.

Apple Says:

Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn’t. This post modern love story is never what we expect it to be — it’s thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn’t quite go where we think it will. When Tom, a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic, is blindsided after his girlfriend Summer dumps him, he shifts back and forth through various periods of their 500 days “together” to try to figure out where things went wrong. His reflections ultimately lead him to finally rediscover his true passions in life.