col’s blog

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.
– Albert Einstein

song for this sentiment: tape loop by moorcheeba

Today’s Gift:

I love him and I cannot seem to find him.
–Ovid

Where can we find the ones we love? Do they always live in our world, or do we have to go out of our way? They often are not at home; we can find them at their work. Their play is different from ours; we could try having their kind of fun.

Too often, we look only for friends who are much like ourselves, and we tend to avoid those who are not. This kind of narrow-mindedness isn’t fair to others or ourselves. We are each unique, like the pieces of a puzzle. We are each necessary to the whole picture.

When we go out of our way to know someone else better, we stretch our own boundaries; we give ourselves new space in which to grow.

to go with this product. help a girl out, yo — gimme songs!

i love this little white stripes ditty. it’s sung by meg, written by jack and the words are:

Women, listen to your mothers
don’t just succumb to the wishes of your brothers
take a step back, take a look at one another
you need to know the difference, between a father and a lover
(more…)

laurie tagged me to put together a soundtrack of my experience in corporate america. in general, i’m not disgruntled. i have a sweet position where i get to pretty much do whatever i want and am occasionally called upon to crank out some highly impersonal, highly intelligent words about the financial and strategic doings of a mega corporation. the work itself is easy and i get along great with my boss. plus there’s a lot of downtime in which i get to do this blog and focus my creative energies elsewhere. yet from time to time i do have to cop a suit and go to boring ass meetings attended by sniveling ass kissers. i try to keep quiet, fly under the radar. it seems to work. but i still feel for my less fortunate colleagues in corporate america. and for them, i present this list (kind of like my own twist on the office space soundtrack):

1. Slave ─ The Rolling Stones
2. Short People ─ Randy Newman
3. C.R.E.A.M ─ Wu-Tang Clan
4. Bang on the Drum ─ Todd Rundgren
5. The Harder THEY Come ─ Jimmy Cliff
6. I Ain’t Goin Out Like That─ Cypress Hill
7. Thrasher ─ N.E.R.D.
8. It’s All About the Benjamins ─ Puff Daddy & the Family
9. Chain Gang ─ Sam Cooke
10. Hair of the Dog ─ Nazareth

D’Angelo “One Mo’gin” (2000) +
Slum Village “Climax” (2000)
________________________ =
Pharoahe Monch “So Good” (2006)

still worth rockin’ out to gossip’s video for listen up

twisted litte man – michael j. sheehy
how to fight loneliness – wilco
little girl blue – nina simone
one man guy – rufus wainwright
heart of life – john mayer
lover you should have come over – jeff buckley
baby’s coming back to me – jarvis cocker
me & bobby mcgee – chris christopherson
selah – lauryn hill
many rivers to cross – jimmy cliff
i second that emotion – smokey robinson
what am i gonna do with myself? – al green
let it be – aretha franklin
farther along – mississippi john hurt

for a digital copy of skee lo’s “i wish” to add to the BMC reunion mix i am making right now. can’t find it anywhere, but i did find this hilarious blog post. be sure to read the first comment. classic.

anyways, here’s the songlist … each track with a story behind it.
CANNOT WAIT!!

Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang (Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dog) ++ Dr. Dre
I Wanna Get High ++ Cypress Hill
Daughter ++ Pearl Jam
Baby I Love You ++ Aretha Franklin
Little Green Bag ++ George Baker (Reservior Dogs Soundtrack)
Funkdafied ++ Da Brat
Rock Your Baby ++ Ed Terry (Carlito’s Way Soundtrack)
Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) ++ Parliament
Fantastic Voyage ++ Coolio
Electric Relaxation ++ A Tribe Called Quest
I Wanna Be Your Lover ++ Prince
Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ ++ Michael Jackson
No Diggity ++ Blackstreet & Dr. Dre
C’mon N’ Ride It (The Train) ++ Quad City DJ’s
Fat Mama ++ Herbie Hancock
Let Me Clear My Throat (Old School Reunion Remix ‘96) ++ DJ Kool

So Sorry — Feist
Heaven Help The New Girl — The Long Blondes
Hamburg Song — Keane
Leave Me (Like You Found Me) — Wilco
You’ve Got Her in Your Pocket — The White Stripes
Me & Mr Jones — Amy Winehouse
Heartbeats — The Knife
Young Girls — Dan Sartain
Hard Headed Woman — Cat Stevens
What Ever Happened? — The Strokes
Talk of the Town — The Pretenders
I Want You — Erykah Badu
Silent Treatment — The Roots
Heaven Help — Angie Stone

Vans (Remix) + Too $hort
Kryptonite + Big Boi Presents
Original Mix 1994 + Frankie Cutlass
E=MC2 (Featuring Common) + J Dilla featuring Common
Here I Come + The Roots
Idlewild Blue (Don’tchu Worry ‘Bout Me) + OutKast
Bossy + Kelis
Get Em High + Kanye West, Talib Kweli & Common
Seventeen Years + Ratatat
Steady As She Goes + The Raconteurs
On the Other Side + The Strokes
Lost and Found + Phoenix
Natural’s Not In It + Gang of Four
The Card Cheat + The Clash
You’re the One + The Black Keys
Fistful of Love + Antony & The Johnsons & Lou Reed
Find Love + Clem Snide
When I Fall In Love + Sam Cooke