Lots going on and spring is here again with summer ready to assert itself. As the heat lamp switch is flipped to the "on" position, the Charleston sprint triathlon series beckons. Like Odysseus being pulled by Sirens to the rocky shores, I am pulled by the yelps of urinating dogs into the murky waters of the James Island County Park lake.
My yearly (or so) music mix is presented below and the theme, if you cannot discern, is triathlon-based. Aqua - Self-explanatory with the songs revolving around the theme of water and beginnings, as in the first leg of the triathlon. Terra - Self-explanatory (I hope) with the songs making a nod to mother earth (terra firma) and the second and third legs of a triathlon. Maru - Not so self-explanatory but loosely translated from Japanese, maru is a circle. The circle represents completion of a journey, trip or race. Interestingly, many (or most?) Japanese merchant ships contain "maru" in the title (e.g. Tokyo Maru, Hanshin Maru) to represent good luck and the safe completion of a journey. You can probably make the connection...
If interested, let me know and I'll burn you a copy. I'm going to eventually figure out how to stream this on the blog but not sure I can or want to do that right now. I'll add some video links to the songs over time and some are on the left nav bar.
AQUA
La Selva Triste – Rock for Wood Various Artist
Wave of Mutilation – Pixies
Ocean Breathes Salty – Modest Mouse
Take Me to the River – Talking Heads
7/4 (Shoreline) – Broken Social Scene
Floating Vibes – Surfer Blood
Ready to Start – Arcade Fire
Standing in the Doorway – Soul Asylum
Water Wings – Superchunk
Rockaway Beach – The Ramones
Constructive Summer – The Hold Steady
Complete Control – The Clash
Go – Pearl Jam
Bury Me – Smashing Pumpkins
Super Massive Black Hole – Muse
Feel the Pain – Dinosaur Jr.
My Will is Good – Port O’Brien
No Line on the Horizon – U2
Up the Beach – Jane’s Addiction
Night Swimming – REM
TERRA
I Went to the Woods – Rock for Wood Various Artists
Intro – The XX
Resolution – The Vision Thing
L.E.S. Artistes – Santogold
Feel Good Inc. – Gorillaz
Help I’m Alive – Metric
Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain) – INXS
Bicycle Song – Orbit
Iron On – Superchunk
Motor Away – Guided By Voices
Driver 8 – REM
Breakneck Speed – Tokyo Police Club
Tick Tick Boom – The Hives
Rearview Mirror – Pearl Jam
Can’t Stop – Red Hot Chili Peppers
The 11th Hour – Rancid
Teenage Riot – Sonic Youth
In a Big Country – Big Country
In God’s Country – U2
Ride with Me – Lemonheads
MARU
Nausea – Concussion Ensemble
Fire it Up – Modest Mouse
E=MC2 – Big Audio Dynamite
No Cars Go – Arcade Fire
Howling at the Moon – The Ramones
The Long Cut – Uncle Tupelo
Start Choppin – Dinosaur Jr.
MM17 – Bob Mould
Body Snatchers – Radiohead
Percussion Gun – White Rabbits
Everlong – Foo Fighters
Can’t Hardly Wait – The Replacements
Sometime to Return – Soul Asylum
Alive and Kicking – Simple Minds
Road to Nowhere – Talking Heads
The High Road – Broken Bells
Ten Little Kids – The Jayhawks
Where the Streets Have No Name- U2 & Sowet Gospel Choir
All the Way –The Hoodoo Gurus
The Boys are Leaving Town - Japandroids
