And here’s another week of me pretending to be Zach Braff or Cameron Crowe. Although this week’s influence is clearly more Cameron Crowe with me borrowing his choice of the opening scene from Vanilla Sky.

the opening scene – with the protagonist in his perfect world
the strip club scene – where he meets his partner in crime
the planning scene – done in a montage…montage!
the bank heist scene – with band in cameo as customers
the car chase scene – with peugeots, renaults, and vauxhalls
the happy, drugged out scene – swimming in a vault of gold coins
the casino scene – playing pot limit omaha shorthanded
the losing it all scene – with the robbers being robbed
the aftermath scene – anger and going separate ways
the downward spiral scene – depression and lots of drinking
the redemption scene – with an improbably complicated plan that goes off without a hitch leaving everything nicely tied up and everyone happy
the end credits – with the tease of something cool at the end

The movie is a combination of Oceans 11, Ronin, Heat, and Leaving Las Vegas…but happier! Here’s the listing of the actual track names.

Radiohead – Everything In Its Right Place
Goldfrapp – Ooh La La
Devotchka – Vengo! Vengo!
Spoon – Don’t Make Me A Target
Bloc Party – Banquet Phones Disco Edit
Fiery Furnaces – Straight Street
Wolf Parade – This Heart’s On Fire
My Bloody Valentine – Only Shallow
DJ Shadow – Midnight In A Perfect World
Elliott Smith – Between the Bars
Explosions in the Sky – First Breath After Coma
Sigur Rós – Ágætis Byrjun

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