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Penguins!

A visit to the aquarium inspired this week’s mix; the penguins didn’t seem to enjoy the Texas heat very much and were just trying to do as little as possible during my visit. I can’t say that I blame them very much, I didn’t do much else today except to stay in the air conditioning and purchase penguin related items. So to help myself and others relax while dealing with the heat, here’s a nice laid back and chill mixtape with no particular theme, but feel free to interpret it however you want to.

Mazzy Star – Fade Into You
Broken Social Scene – Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl
Cat Power – Sea Of Love
Zero 7 – Distractions
Portishead – It’s A Fire
Explosions In The Sky – A Song For Our Fathers
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
The Cars – Drive
Mogwai – Hunted By A Freak
Ratatat – Everest
Air – Alone In Kyoto
David Bowie – Space Oddity

From wikipedia:

The Konami Code, known in Japan as the Konami Command (コナミコマンド, Konami Komando), is a cheat code thats appears in many Konami video games. The code also appears in some non-Konami games. The code was first used in the 1986 release of Gradius for the Nintendo Entertainment System but was made famous in North America in the NES version of Contra. While pausing the game or during the title screen, the player presses the following sequence of buttons on the game controller:

↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A

In tribute to the Konami code, here is the mixtape for this week:

Dat Politics – Up Up down Ok !
Stars – Look Up
The Arcade Fire – Wake Up
Men At Work – Down Under
David Bazan’s Black Cloud – Let Down
Air – Left Bank
The Decemberists – Red Right Ankle
Zero 7 – left behind
Elliott Smith – Half Right
British Sea Power – Oh Larsen B
Justice – D.A.N.C.E
Voxtrot – The Start Of Something

It’s a very modest title, I think.

the opening scene – artsy shot, panning over snow covered mountains
Stars – What The Snowman Learned about Love: I felt that the beautiful instrumental intro really conveyed a lot about what this fake movie was about.

the protagonist introduction scene – lots of strobe lights
Ladytron – Destroy Everything You Touch: one of my favorite tracks off of Witching Hour, our protagonist is your typical rebel without a cause, with no cares in the world until…

the masquerade ball scene – with the actual band performing as a cameo
Beirut – Elephant Gun: watch the music video, that’s what the scene looks like in my head

the courtship scene – with their steps syncing with the song
Spoon – I Turn My Camera On: the mixture of Britt Daniel’s voice with the constant bass in the song just exudes cool, which is coincidentally what the protagonist wants to do

the sexy scene – but not showing too much because it’s a serious film
Air – Playground Love: an amazing song that says a lot in a very understated way

the happy scene – lots of smiles and bunnies
The Polyphonic Spree – Light & Day/Reach for the Sun: the spree are a bit TOO happy, but it works as our unnamed protagonist and his love interest frolic through the flowery fields

the break up scene – who didn’t see this one coming?
Muse – Time is Running Out: I almost selected the song I chose for the post break up, I felt that a more angry song was suitable and Matt Bellamy’s wailing does the trick

the post break up scene – undescribable; it’s really sad, okay
Beck – Lost Cause: Beck made Sea Change after a breakup, and honestly I could have picked any track from the album and stuck it in here, oh god it’s so sad

the driving scene – through the desert, while contemplating
M83 – Moonchild: M83’s majestic soundscapes really give the feeling of the openness of the scene, and how empty the protagonist was feeling

the oh my god, i’m about to die scene – cue the flashback
Metric – Live it Out: our protagonist dies by driving off a canyon or ravine or something high up, and during his slow motion fall, he flashes back with this song

the funeral scene – with very light snowfall
Moby – When It’s Cold, I’d Like to Die: an incredibly beautiful, depressing song, there would really be no dialogue, just the song providing all that’s needed to evoke emotion

the ending scene – fading into credits
Radiohead – How To Disappear Completely: on a similar vein to the previous song, I could have switched their positions and been happy with the result

I think I may have thought too much about this.