east further east, lessons in french diplomacy...

i find it strange that with arrivals and departures, the discontinuity of temporality, the flux of escape, i find myself returning to the music of my youth - the comfort food for hungry ears. all this aside, its more than simple times, editted memories and nostalgic youth, the rhythm of home and its soundtrack seems to be something which binds our competing narratives together. this is a point i was reminded of when watching olenka and the autumn lovers earlier this week (a band ive written about before and think deserve much much more acclaim than they receive). the point is memories harmonize in the strangest setting and in the most unfamiliar faces, the key is knowing when to listen...

1. magnolia electric co. - it made me cry
2. mimicking birds - burning stars
3. olenka & the autumn lovers - flash in the pans
4. gillian welch - winters come and gone
5. the wheat pool - peniel, sk.
6. wilco ft. fiest - jolly banker (cover)
7. basket of figs - holland
8. tom wait - hope i dont fall in love with you (early version)
9. paul duncan - the lake pt.2
10. arthur russell - maybe she
11. the deep dark woods - all the money i had is gone
12. john prine - angel from montgomery
13. iron and wine - halfway to richmond
14. okkervil river - red
15. jeff tweedy - i am trying to break your heart
16. sun kil moon - floating
17. the band - tears of rage

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- listening to tiny rhythms and the compromise of sleep - she's reaching for a confession in her purse, this was the last waltz in monmartre - moving east to roman shadows and wooden foxes, the things we lost in the fire - between the shivers of drying sheets on the radiators and the thirst of arctic salt - nailed down to the floorboards with the arsonist of my memories -