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It Was In My Belly Bitter, But In My Mouth, It Was Sweet

Ahh yes, it's Music Monday here on Jalpuna.

"I'm just gonna shout this one, I'm just uhh, gonna say this to the people. Not so much the people in the audience as the people sitting in my mind..."
- Mike Doughty

When I find myself in a bit of a funk... an odd and inexplicable bad mood, I see two options.

Option #1: Dwell in it. So long as I'm by myself, I might choose to pull out the sad and depressing music and just mope around a bit. Why not? Every now and then, it's fun.

Other times, I go for option #2. I simply decide to be happy... I force a good mood on myself, and before I know it, I've tricked myself back into my optimistic nature.

This playlist began as an attempt to force a good mood... lots of up-tempo fun beat-driven stuff. But it didn't take too long before a funk settled in.

Never Gonna Come Back Down | BT and Mike Doughty
Steppin Out | Kaskade
A Charming Spell | Splashdown
The Panther | Thunderball
Is it me, or should these people be doing the soundtrack to the next James Bond film? Then again, I'm of the opinion there need not be another James Bond film. Maybe fate thinks so too...
Grow | James Hardway
The Heart's A Lonely Hunter | Thievery Corporation with David Byrne
Brand New Colony | The Postal Service
Hatfield 1980 | Everything But the Girl
Gabriel | Lamb
Teardrop | Massive Attack
"Love. Love is a verb. Love is a doing word. Fearless on my breath." ...oooh!

From that first track come so many great quotes, including the title to this post. The other title I debated for this week's playlist was "Charisse... Ah!!!!" Listen to the song, you'll know why.

Mike Doughty is so damn cool.

Mari said:

Teardrop is one of my favorite songs ever... The next time you go on vacation, can I come babysit your music collection?

Thanks for putting these songs up -- I really need them this week :)

::::: | Posted August 1, 2006 6:46 AM