werkout mixtape

SIDE A

Cheap Thrills // Sia
One, Two Step // Ciara
Hips Don't Lie // Shakira
Work // Rihanna
Call Me Maybe // Carly Rae Jepsen
Hot n Cold // Katy Perry
Bad Romance // Lady Gaga
Here It Goes Again // OK Go
Wannabe // Spice Girls
Barbie Girl // Aqua

Feelin a slump in my fitness resolutions, so made this playlist for a little motivation/pick-me up with some of my old school favs. (Perfect length for a 30 min workout!)

img/life inspo: Lady Gaga at the 2017 Grammy's

Fall Mixtape

 

SIDE A

Congratulations // MGMT

Anyone's Ghost // The National

City of Lovers // Baby Monster

Lazuli // Beach House

Dull Life // Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Summer Mixtape

SIDE A

Beat It // Michael Jackson
Bratty B // Best Coast
The Wire // HAIM
Summertime Clothes // Animal Collective
Pictures of You // The Cure
Jumper // Third Eye Blind
Aliens Exist // Blink-182
El rito // Destoyer
Con Todos Menos Conmigo // Timbiriche
Cheap Thrills // Sia
Afterlife // Arcade Fire

Spring Mixtape (side B)

SIDE B

When they Fight, They Fight // Generationals
Doin' it Right // Daft Punk
Quit Playing Games (With my Heart) // Backstreet Boys
Gun // Chvrches

SIDE A

Spring Mixtape (side A)

SIDE A 

Black Panther // Crystal Castles
Hey QT // QT
I Belong in Your Arms // Chairlift
Hands // The Ting Tings
Little Games - St. Lucia Remix // The Colourist
Genesis // Grimes

Winter Mixtape

SIDE A 

Under your Spell // Desire
Not in Love // Crystal Castles feat. Rob Smith
If You Leave // Orchestral Manouevers in the Dark
Boyfriend // Best Coast
Long Flight // Future Islands
Let's Dance // David Bowie

"I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with the potential of a superman. I'm living on."

To the Starman, thank you for making me cry.

Lover's Mixtape

Side B of the Fall Mixtape, in honor of the last four years of living it up with my man.


[Side B]

Just Like Heaven // The Cure
Chinatown // Destroyer
This Heart's on Fire // Wolf Parade
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) // Arcade Fire
Thinkin Bout You // Frank Ocean
Did You See the Words // Animal Collective
When I'm With You // Best Coast

[Side A]

Fall Mixtape Side A

[Side A] 

Fineshrine // Purity Ring

Electric Feel // MGMT

Daylight // Matt and Kim

I Want It That Way // Backstreet Boys
Crystalised // The xx
Ghost Busters // Ray Parker

Summer Mixtape

Side A

Dronesville // Tolchock Trio
Favourite Color // Tokyo Police Club
All These Things That I've Done // The Killers
Golden Light // Twin Shadow
Wake Up // Arcade Fire
Tememcula Sunrise // Dirty Projectors
Boyfriend // Best Coast
Always Be My Baby // Mariah Carey
Crawlers Out // Purity Ring
Mi Tesoro // Jesse & Joy
Friday I'm in Love // The Cure
Can't Feel My Face // The Weeknd
Heart : Attack // Neon Indian

Spring Mixtape

Side A

Nightcall // Kavinsky
I Would Do Anything for You // Foster the People
If I Could Change your Mind // Haim
Kim and Jesse // M83
Psycho Killer // Talking Heads
Alex // Girls
Our Deal // Best Coast
Run My Heart // Twin Shadow

Winter Mixtape

[Side A]
San Francisco // Foxygen
Crawlersout // Purity Ring
Aeroplanes // Brobecks
Horchata // Vampire Weekend
Take Me Somewhere // Tennis
Zebra // Beach House
Bluish // Animal Collective

Autumn Mixtape Side B:

[Side B]
Infinity // The xx
Starman // David Bowie
Hex Girlfriend // Neon Indian
Come and Get your Love // Redbone
This must be the Place // Talking Heads
Myth // Beach House
Did You See the Words // Animal Collective

[Side A]

Autumn Mixtape Side A:

illustration: Haim

[Side A]
The Wire // Haim
Electric Feel // MGMT
Let's Go // Matt & Kim
Gravity Rides Everything // Modest Mouse
Close to Me // The Cure
Time to Pretend // MGMT
Don't You (Forget About Me) // Simple Minds

[Side B]

Summer Mixtape Side B:

[illustration: Victoria Legrand of Beach House]

[Side B]

Falling // Haim

Walking Through that Door // Future Islands

Polish Girl // Neon Indian

The Mother We Share // Chvrches
Sprawl II (Mountains beyond Mountains) // Arcade Fire

I Belong in Your Arms // Chairlift

A Walk in the Park // Beach House

[Side A]

The Perfect Summer Evening

Ingredients:

the love of your life

a warm breeze

sherbert clouds

a battery operated vinyl player

a cute toddler

Teen Dream album by Beach House

Step 1- take all these things.

Step 2 - enjoy.

Today I experienced a perfect summer evening. I kept taking deep breaths and blinking and hugging Jake's arm because it was just like I always hoped it would be.

Image from my  sketchbook,  original photo by @maryam_nassir_zadeh .

Summer Mixtape Side A:

[illustration: Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast]

[Side A]
Let Her Dance // The Bobby Fuller Four
Crazy for You // Best Coast
Honey Bunny // Girls
Summertime Clothes // Animal Collective
Just Like Heaven // The Cure
Blue Jeans (RAC Remix) // Lana Del Rey
The Only Place // Best Coast

[Side B]

If any of you have ever read "The Elegance of the Hedgehog", guess what.

I observed a Movement of the World last weekend.

Yes! I did!
It happened when I was watching the xx live at Coachella.
I mildly liked their music before this moment. I mean, I thought it was okay. But as I watched them, something was happening. Especially in/around the girl. She doesn't have the build of a supermodel or anything, but she was breathtaking.

I think maybe it's because she was in her music; performing what she created in a perfect way. She seemed elevated, ethereal.
Watching her, I felt like I do when I put a stroke down on a painting that was right. Like I do after I have been searching for a color for hours and finally found it. And suddenly the painting is finished and it is right.

They really are a good band. And now I can say that I listen to minimalist goth music. 

People are nice to the pregnant ones.

At the Beach House concert, I stood in the crowd for an hour, trying to seem invigorated and excited that one of our favorite bands was in slc. But all I could really think of was how my ankles felt like watermelons, that there was way too much body heat contributing to my own and that there was smoke wafting steadily into my face. I was too short to see anything, anyway.
Jake took note of my discomfort and graciously steered my far away from the listening crowd and into the outer rims of Pioneer Park.  We were standing there, looking for a somewhere, anywhere to sit. I no doubt had this I'm-about-to-die face on, because a couple girls came over and said we could have their picnic table.
I about cried with relief. At the moment, it seemed that no one had ever done anything nicer for me in my life.

that's weird; I'm in love.