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LIFE PLAYLIST : THE END OF EMERSON : THE BOSTON SEMESTER

Keeping with tradition, every semester/year/summer/what have you, I compile a playlist of songs that have some effect on me in one way or another. They could be songs I listen to a ton in a short amount of time, or just songs that pop up one night and then don’t make much of a resurgence at all. But they all matter in some way, and these were the songs that made up my last semester in Boston at Emerson College, leading up to my semester in Los Angeles, which gets underway in just 6 days. (eep.)

I hope you find something you like!

AUGUST - DECEMBER 2011

01 . the beatles - get back 

02. roy orbison - shadaroba

03. the beatles - helter skelter

04. the beatles - i’ve got a feeling

05. metronomy - the bay

06. bearstronaut - shannon

07. fleet foxes - he doesn’t know why

08. grizzly bear - while you wait for the others

09. graham nash - there’s only one

10. graham nash - sleep song

11. fleet foxes - helplessness blues

12. sam and dave - hold on, i’m comin’

13. liars - the other side of mt. heart attack

14. real estate - all the same

15. pearl jam - better man

16. real estate - beach comber

17. lee moses - california dreaming

spotify playlist link

beardsandbeats: Set from tonight! A good show indeed.  Tonight turned out really well! Getting into a groove of being a good radio host. I’ll be posting download links to the past 3 weeks of shows tomorrow!

beardsandbeats:

Set from tonight! A good show indeed. 

Tonight turned out really well! Getting into a groove of being a good radio host.

I’ll be posting download links to the past 3 weeks of shows tomorrow!

beardsandbeats

Playlist from last night’s Beards and Beats. Thanks to the ton of new listeners I had write in last night! Y’all made my night.

Playlist from last night’s Beards and Beats. Thanks to the ton of new listeners I had write in last night! Y’all made my night.

THE 25 SONGS THAT MADE MY SUMMER.

 If people want me to make a list of links to the songs, I can do so.

The soundtrack to my Junior year of college. I’ll post links soon, I just felt bad not having put this up. #nobodycares

The soundtrack to my Junior year of college.

I’ll post links soon, I just felt bad not having put this up.

#nobodycares

junior year first semester playlist coming to you soon… you know, when the semester is over. 18 songs in right now.

junior year first semester playlist coming to you soon… you know, when the semester is over. 18 songs in right now.

So as many of you may remember from the last time I posted one of these, with each school year and summer, I create what is essentially “soundtrack” for that time. How these playlists come to be: I don’t make them all at once. I let them come together over the span of time. Songs on here are reflective of how I was feeling at a particular time. Some are random songs that came up on shuffle that felt right for the time and the mood I was in. Some were my soundtracks to a long walk. Some were just playing in the background of a really memorable night or experience. This list IS NOT supposed to flow like a good mixtape or anything, the artists are not supposed to work together, it’s just the songs that made up my semester. Regardless of all their origins, I can tell you a story behind each and every one of these, the songs that defined my semester. It’s 36 songs, and it’s only half the year. Enjoy. 1. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS - THE BEATLES http://tinysong.com/6IVU 2. HERE COMES MY BABY - YO LA TENGO http://tinysong.com/a0Io 3. AVALON OR SOMEONE VERY SIMILAR - YO LA TENGO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNhW7pqCJY8 4. DON’T YOU EVAH - SPOON http://tinysong.com/78WI 5. TRUTH SERUM - SMOG http://tinysong.com/8XFT 6. SHADOWS - YO LA TENGO http://tinysong.com/3vtr 7. BOOKENDS - SIMON & GARFUNKEL http://tinysong.com/7J77 8. YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND - YO LA TENGO unavailable - bonus track on their new album, cover of James Taylor song 9. THERE GOES THE FEAR - DOVES http://tinysong.com/7RgP 10. VITO’S ORDINATION SONG - SUFJAN STEVENS http://tinysong.com/6Nv0 11. 1901 - PHOENIX http://tinysong.com/aCVc 12. AFTER HOURS - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND http://tinysong.com/6TuA 13. ALL THESE THINGS THAT I’VE DONE - THE KILLERS http://tinysong.com/6Ogl 14. PEER PRESSURE - JON BRION http://tinysong.com/bNAx 15. STAY (WASTING TIME) - DAVE MATTHEWS BAND http://tinysong.com/cyOu 16. WAKE UP - THE ARCADE FIRE http://tinysong.com/6RzI 17. FIRST DAY OF MY LIFE - BRIGHT EYES http://tinysong.com/6Nup 18. LAND LOCKED BLUES - BRIGHT EYES http://tinysong.com/9Tmn 19. ABEL - THE NATIONAL http://tinysong.com/jRm 20. SKINNY LOVE - BON IVER http://tinysong.com/cxHy 21. AT LEAST THAT’S WHAT YOU SAID - WILCO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeSbvDh5buw 22. EVERYTHING’S NOT LOST - COLDPLAY http://tinysong.com/6U2b 23. A BEAUTIFUL MESS - JASON MRAZ http://tinysong.com/bz2a 24. YOUR EX-LOVER IS DEAD - STARS http://tinysong.com/7nsW 25. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM - RADIOHEAD http://tinysong.com/7ta8 26. OPTIMISTIC - RADIOHEAD http://tinysong.com/3f3H 27. YOUR HAND IN MINE - EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY http://tinysong.com/8crF 28. JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH - THE ROLLING STONES http://tinysong.com/7gBq 29. HEARTBEATS - JOSE GONZALES http://tinysong.com/elV 30. BLUE SKIES - NOAH AND THE WHALE http://tinysong.com/bk8h 31. BLACK LIKE ME - SPOON http://tinysong.com/78WL 32. PACKT LIKE SARDINES IN A CRUSHED TIN BOX - RADIOHEAD http://tinysong.com/7Von 33. FALLING SLOWLY - GLEN HANSARD AND MARKETA IRGLOVA http://tinysong.com/7TQN 34. TWIST AND SHOUT - THE BEATLES http://tinysong.com/caLI 35. A PUNCHUP AT A WEDDING - RADIOHEAD http://tinysong.com/a4Tk 36. BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE - DEAN MARTIN http://tinysong.com/8toM I actually got a lot of friends interested in some bands with the last summer playlist, so if there’s anything on here you’ve liked, please let me know! album cover design: me photo credit: Kevin Cochran I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to the next semester and all that it brings.

So as many of you may remember from the last time I posted one of these, with each school year and summer, I create what is essentially “soundtrack” for that time.

How these playlists come to be:

I don’t make them all at once. I let them come together over the span of time.

Songs on here are reflective of how I was feeling at a particular time. Some are random songs that came up on shuffle that felt right for the time and the mood I was in. Some were my soundtracks to a long walk. Some were just playing in the background of a really memorable night or experience.

This list IS NOT supposed to flow like a good mixtape or anything, the artists are not supposed to work together, it’s just the songs that made up my semester.

Regardless of all their origins, I can tell you a story behind each and every one of these, the songs that defined my semester. It’s 36 songs, and it’s only half the year.

Enjoy.

1. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS - THE BEATLES

http://tinysong.com/6IVU

2. HERE COMES MY BABY - YO LA TENGO

http://tinysong.com/a0Io

3. AVALON OR SOMEONE VERY SIMILAR - YO LA TENGO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNhW7pqCJY8

4. DON’T YOU EVAH - SPOON

http://tinysong.com/78WI

5. TRUTH SERUM - SMOG

http://tinysong.com/8XFT

6. SHADOWS - YO LA TENGO

http://tinysong.com/3vtr

7. BOOKENDS - SIMON & GARFUNKEL

http://tinysong.com/7J77

8. YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND - YO LA TENGO

unavailable - bonus track on their new album, cover of James Taylor song

9. THERE GOES THE FEAR - DOVES

http://tinysong.com/7RgP

10. VITO’S ORDINATION SONG - SUFJAN STEVENS

http://tinysong.com/6Nv0

11. 1901 - PHOENIX

http://tinysong.com/aCVc

12. AFTER HOURS - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

http://tinysong.com/6TuA

13. ALL THESE THINGS THAT I’VE DONE - THE KILLERS

http://tinysong.com/6Ogl

14. PEER PRESSURE - JON BRION

http://tinysong.com/bNAx

15. STAY (WASTING TIME) - DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

http://tinysong.com/cyOu

16. WAKE UP - THE ARCADE FIRE

http://tinysong.com/6RzI

17. FIRST DAY OF MY LIFE - BRIGHT EYES

http://tinysong.com/6Nup

18. LAND LOCKED BLUES - BRIGHT EYES

http://tinysong.com/9Tmn

19. ABEL - THE NATIONAL

http://tinysong.com/jRm

20. SKINNY LOVE - BON IVER

http://tinysong.com/cxHy

21. AT LEAST THAT’S WHAT YOU SAID - WILCO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeSbvDh5buw

22. EVERYTHING’S NOT LOST - COLDPLAY

http://tinysong.com/6U2b

23. A BEAUTIFUL MESS - JASON MRAZ

http://tinysong.com/bz2a

24. YOUR EX-LOVER IS DEAD - STARS

http://tinysong.com/7nsW

25. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM - RADIOHEAD

http://tinysong.com/7ta8

26. OPTIMISTIC - RADIOHEAD

http://tinysong.com/3f3H

27. YOUR HAND IN MINE - EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY

http://tinysong.com/8crF

28. JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH - THE ROLLING STONES

http://tinysong.com/7gBq

29. HEARTBEATS - JOSE GONZALES

http://tinysong.com/elV

30. BLUE SKIES - NOAH AND THE WHALE

http://tinysong.com/bk8h

31. BLACK LIKE ME - SPOON

http://tinysong.com/78WL

32. PACKT LIKE SARDINES IN A CRUSHED TIN BOX - RADIOHEAD

http://tinysong.com/7Von

33. FALLING SLOWLY - GLEN HANSARD AND MARKETA IRGLOVA

http://tinysong.com/7TQN

34. TWIST AND SHOUT - THE BEATLES

http://tinysong.com/caLI

35. A PUNCHUP AT A WEDDING - RADIOHEAD

http://tinysong.com/a4Tk

36. BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE - DEAN MARTIN

http://tinysong.com/8toM

I actually got a lot of friends interested in some bands with the last summer playlist, so if there’s anything on here you’ve liked, please let me know!

album cover design: me

photo credit: Kevin Cochran

I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to the next semester and all that it brings.