Strange Pulse

Haven’t done one of these in awhile…mainly because the radio.blog hasn’t been working. I finally got it moved and set up with a newer version.

I like to make themed mix cds/playlists. It’s easy to do in iTunes—just do a search for a particular term, and all the songs with that word in the title appear. When we drove out to Beaumont to watch the meteor shower, I made a couple mix cds based on a “star” theme:

Stars - Alison Krauss & Union Station
Shooting Star - Bad Company
Star - Belly
California Stars - Billy Bragg & Wilco
What the Stars Have Eaten - Deadboy & the Elephantmen
Shining Star - Earth Wind & Fire
Starlight - Electric Light Orchestra
Two Star - Everything But The Girl
Downed Star - Floor
Star Star - Frames
Starshine - Gorillaz
Star - Jesu
Under Cold Blue Stars - Josh Rouse
Andy, You’re a Star - Killers
Lucky Star - Madonna
Northstar Blues - Magnolia Electric Co.
Soft Rock Star - Metric
Stardog Champion - Mother Love Bone
star star star - Motorpsycho
Stars Around Her - Mountain Goats
Starlight - Muse
Hanging on a Star - Nick Drake
If I Were A Little Star - Nicolai Dunger
Wishing On A Star - Paul Weller
Copper and Stars - Planes Mistaken for Stars
Stars Die - Porcupine Tree
Baby I’m A Star - Prince & The Revolution
Star/Pointro - Roots
When The Stars Go Blue - Ryan Adams
Everybody is a Star - Sly and the Family Stone
Star Power - Sonic Youth
Superstars - Styx
City of Stars - United State of Electronica

Sometimes the mixes are good, sometimes they’re just so-so. But it makes it interesting, cuz I never really know what’s going to come on next, and they’re often full of songs I don’t normally listen to, which makes it fun in two ways: 1) I’ll often discover artists or songs I’ve overlooked previously 2) I often can’t remember who some songs are by, and I have to try to figure it out based on their position in the mix—the playlist is always alphabetical by artist name.

Most of these were bands I’m already pretty familiar with. Except one stood out as someone I need to check out more: Nicolai Dunger.

Next music post will be: my “magic” theme for our latest trip to Magic Mountain.