“Wrong Limits” – Spring 2013
1. Savages – Shut Up
2. Mikal Cronin – Shout it Out
3. Vampire Weekend – Unbelievers
4. !!! – One Girl/One Boy
5. Purity Ring – Fineshrine
6. Justin Timberlake – Tunnel Vision
7. Phoenix – Chloroform
8. The Knife – Without You My Life Would Be Boring
9. Four Tet – Ribbons
10. The Flaming Lips – Look… the Sun is Rising
11. Suicide – Ghost Rider
12. Toro Y Moi – So Many Details
13. The National – Sea of Love
14. Okkervil River – We Need a Myth
15. Elbow – Weather to Fly
16. Local Natives – Wooly Mammoth
17. Daft Punk – Get Lucky
18. The Smiths – There is a Light that Never Goes Out
Annotations:
-This is another mix that deals with opposing viewpoints. But unlike the progression of last season, this one is purposefully more muddled and contradictory. Maybe because the “more correct” viewpoint, if there is one, isn’t as clear to me. When is it time to Shut Up? When is it time to Shout it Out? Hell if I know; I’m still figuring all this out. The mix title can be read a few different ways, but to me the main takeaway is that we too often impose a black/white dichotomy on people, plans, thoughts and actions; something may not work out the way you wanted or expected, but that doesn’t make it objectively wrong or bad. I’m finding that communication these days is becoming more knee-jerk, hyperbolic and combative every day. And, more than most things, we need to be able to step back and take the time to try to understand and accept other people – and ourselves.
-This mix actually came together amazingly fast. The run from !!! all the way through Flaming Lips, that basically wrote itself from minute one. I don’t know why the progression works so well, especially through those early banger tracks, but I’m grateful for it. Lots of great new music this season!
-Speaking of: tracks barely not making the cut were “All You’re Waiting For” by Classixx, “Line of Fire” by Junip, “Available” by The National, and maybe “Doin’ it Right” by Daft Punk. “Get Lucky” isn’t really my favorite song off their album, but it was everywhere this season and soundtracked a lot of good times with friends, so I have it here as more of a memento to the memories than as a track that’s been in my heavy rotation for forever. Not that I’m complaining, mind you.
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