truffle shuffle – “hit by a bus” mix – 8.1.08

so long july, hola august. is it just me, or has 2008 been happening in some sort of parallel universe where 1 day equates to 1 week?

i, for one, am thrilled that july is gone and that august is here. june was a crappy month. july was marginally better. august, however, is bwe’s birthday month, and is also the start of the school year, meaning that the gym should get back to being busier and more (fingers crossed) more profitable.

i worked roughly 110 hours or so last week. i’ve worked a lot this week. i also drank too much last nite. those three things have tag-teamed against me to make me feel like i slept under my car last nite. so, i’m hoping that the next ten songs bring me soothing, calming, happy thoughts (and make me feel a little less like throwing up).

here’s the shuffle…

1. ego tripping at the gates of hell – the flaming lips (yoshimi battles the pink robots) (a good start…)
2. i don’t wanna hear it – minor threat (first two 7″s) (the title couldn’t be more appropriate. hangover+minor threat = cruel and unusual punishment)
3. when it’s love – van halen (best of, vol.1)
4. blue veins – the raconteurs (broken boy soldiers) (i feel like jack white looked when he went gonzo on this song during bonnaroo a few months back)
5. monkey man – toots & the maytals (20th century masters) (reggae is always a good choice for recovery music. i also feel like a monkey’s been banging coconuts on my head all morning)
6. rocket queen – guns n’ roses (appetite for destruction) (i wonder if slash ever felt this way…)
7. the sound of sinners – the clash (sandinista!) (now this is funny…)
8. void – the mary onettes (the mary onettes) (also on the list of hangover music…new wave. although i wish this were a slightly less frenetic song. is that the right word? holly?)
9. AFK – pinback (summer in abaddon) (summer in abaddon…morning in agony)
10. rainy night in soho – matthew ryan (matthew ryan vs the silver state) (what a perfect 10th song. one of my favorite artists, covering one of my favorite bands (the pogues), the singer of which (shane mcgowan) is a raging, slobbering drunk. consequently, this is one of the sweetest, most heartbreaking songs that i have ever heard)

now, where’s that tylenol?