Another Mix: Ember

11-16-2018

Hi!

From too little to too much music. I'm trying in podcasts for music at work, which means more and more mixes, for better or for worse. Here's Ember

1. Country - Porches



2. Rollin' With The Flow - Charlie Rich



3. Baltimore - Randy Newman



4. Die Young (Rhye Remix) - Sylvan Esso



5. breathin - Ariana Grande



6. Sympathy (feat. Rainsford) - Twin Shadow, Rainsford



7. passionfruit - Yaeji



8. Silent All These Years - Tori Amos



9. It Is What It Is - Kacey Musgraves



10. The Bug Collector - Haley Heynderickx



11. Standing in the Doorway - Hiss Golden Messenger



12. Brighter! - Cass McCombs



13. Goccia - Christina Dona



14. Asheville Skies - The Milk Carton Kids



15. Dark Room (Demo) - Choir Boy




And you can listen on Spotify here:

Don't miss the election

I revisited the ol' blog back in July and found this forgotten draft from before the election:

"When the election has ended, one candidate will come out victorious. But that doesn't mean their supporters or detractor will dissapear. Friends, neighbors, and strangers will still be there. Ways of thinking will still be there. Those core beliefs and issues will still need to be met, challenged, debated and considered. Our work won't end on November 8th, it should be just beginning."

At the time, I was confident of a Hilary Clinton win, and anxious to leave the sideshow of the election in the past. Opinion pieces were saying that they were ready for the election to be over so that there could be some sort of return to normalcy. Reading these old op-eds are a strange sort of time travel, and living history lessons. I hope I can learn from that past.

I was sitting in a GRE math prep class the day of the election. One kids mentioned he was winning Florida, and then more chimed in with updates, and I just started crying and had to leave. I sat at home alone, and put my wasted "I Voted" sticker on a framed print in my living room.

Lighting every candle, crossing every finger, and adding a bunch of Canadian universities to my grad school list, just in case 😥 #imstillwithhill

A post shared by gretchen devine (@gretchdevine) on Nov 8, 2016 at 8:20pm PST

It's still there. It was supposed to serve as a reminder not to be complacent, but it hasn't really worked. We have a chance tomorrow to do something about it. Let's try.

November Mix: Never (Always) Alone, Always (Never) at Home

10-16-2018

1. Your Wildest Dreams - The Moody Blues



2.  Alone - Halsey



3. Look What I Found - Lady Gaga



4. Little Bubble - Dirty Projectors



5. The Night Comes Down - Queen



6. Friends of Mine (Mono Version) - The Zombies



7. Love Hurts - Mountain Man



8. Everybody Loves You - SOAK



9. Richardson Road - Grasscut



10. Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel



11. Me & My Dog - Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus (Boy Genius)



12. Rivers - The Tallest Man On Earth



13. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye - Feist



14. what can you say - Adrianne Lenker



15. Slack Jaw - Sylvan Esso




NOTES:
2. New anthem
3. dun dun dun dun dun duuuuuuunnn dun dun dun dun dun dun duuuuuuun dun dun dun dun dun duuuuuun duuuuuun duuun
4. Guys. Dave Longstreth wrote the most heartbreaking songs from this album and convinced me that love is impossible and then he go married just a couple months ago? Anything is possible, I guess.
5. I should be watching Bohemian Rhapsody instead of writing this right now
8. She's back and this video is way better than it needs to be
14. She's a poet
15. A bonus special session: