Bedroom Music

A few weeks ago I went to see the legendary Trembling Blue Stars (Ex-Field Mice band) at Rothko with a few friends. One of my friends had had a long week and was feeling particularly tired. At one point he turned to me and said "This band is great, but they are classic 'bedroom music'"; they were excacerbating his pre-existing lethargic state. When I turned back to the crowd and continued to listen, I imagined that the crowd slowly disappeared and that only I remained sitting on a bed in the middle of the floor having Trembling Blue Stars play just to me. He was right, as enraptured as I was at the beautiful music that they played, I had to agree that this type of music was best experienced in your bedroom (ideally staring at the ceiling).

This brings me to the subject of today's blog entry. I decided I would rundown some of my favorite "bedroom music" tracks for good measure. Creating a sort of virtual mixed tape. I tried to pick not-so-obvious ones (like Air, Sigur Ros, Cocteau Twins and that sorta' thing). I promise to start an "mp3 blog" of sorts very soon; in the meantime, maybe some folks can hunt these down and bring them to fruition on cassette, cdrw, or whatever...

[Side A]

1) "It's Insane How Far Away The Stars Are" by Garlands
2) "No Fun Here" by The Stars of Stage and Screen
3) "On Peak Hill" by Stars
4) "Cecilia In Black And White" by Trembling Blue Stars
5) "The Violet Hour" by The Clientele
6) "Beatles and the Stones" by The House of Love
7) "Dinosaur" by Adorable
8) "Plainsong" by The Cure

[Side B]

1) "Rollercoaster" by Dear Nora
2) "06/12/00" by Memphis
3) "The Process" by Saint Etienne
4) "Cair Paravel" by The Melody Unit
5) "We Climb The Wired Fences" by The Radio Dept
6) "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" by Lovejoy
7) "Half There And Dancing" by My Favorite
8) "Asleep" by The Smiths


Lights out,
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