The Mouse's Roar

so a few days ago i posted about how awesomely my music blends in with the city sounds around my workplace, and scdsam suggested that i create a playlist for the downtown life... well, ask and ye shall receive! 

I kinda fudged it a bit so this is more of a "Transit Life" playlist, a set of songs that fit my trips on the train to and from work, walking on the streets around my office building, etc etc.. you'll notice the songs all have a similar type of sound, but really not much else in common.  I didn't choose these for the lyrics (except the last one), only for the fact that sirens and cars whizzing by and ppl chattering on the street and in train cars blend in really well with the music itself. So without further ado:

Songs for the Downtown Commuter

The Dandy Warhols - Sleep (rush hour traffic, automated doors opening and closing, this is how we begin and end all of our days)
Jimmy Eat World - My Sundown (this one is nice to listen to when staring out the window of the train with the rhythm of the railroad tracks rumbling beneath your feet)
Switchfoot - Dare You to Move (for the rush of people getting on and off the trains and hurrying up and down the street)
Angels & Airwaves - The Adventure (walking into the office for a brand new day, coffee in hand, bounce in your step, a flurry of productivity; cars honk on the street below your window and the shiny silver express train thunders across the rail bridge)
Revis - Everything After (lunchtime! ppl bustling in and out of the office, chatting, laughing; drivers honking impatiently at crowds ambling slowly on the crosswalk, rushing back for meetings and lunch meetings)
Placebo - Sleeping with Ghosts (walking past the hospital after dark, the flourescent lights glowing in the windows and ambulances crying in the distance)
Fort Minor - Slip (leaving work late night, strolling down quiet streets while cars zoom past and ppl try to have conversations from opposite sides of the street)
Fatboy Slim - Wonderful Night (for Fridays at 5 pm)
Death Cab for Cutie - Passenger Seat (my dad picks me up from the train station at the end of the day and drives me home)

As usual, all songs (in addition to many others) are posted on mediafire for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!

So since fst is a member-locked community, I thought I would pimp the soundtrack I made for my Ordinary fic arc here on my journal as well. This has been 6 years in the making, people!! Thank god for Anything Goes Month! (Also, many thanks go to coley_merrin and
zapenstap  who checked out the tracklist for me and helped me figure out which songs should be included in this monster ^^)


( Is this considered gratuitous self-pimpage? )</div>

Got this one off of jamimegan Downloads of songs available at my mediafire account as always!

Soundtrack for the movie of you:
1) Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc.).
2) Put it on shuffle.
3) Press play.
4) For every question, type the song that's playing.
5) When you go to a new question, press the next button.
6) Don't lie.
7) Tag five friends.

Opening Credits: Gloomy Sunday by Billie Holiday

Waking Up: Tamagawa by Spitz (i need a translation of this to figure out if it fits)

First Day of School: Fly by Nick Drake (a nostalgia-type song i guess)

Falling In Love: Alibi by Duncan Sheik (eh.. i seem to have a very random collection of songs)

Fight Song: I'll Be Home for Christmas by Frank Sinatra (LOL!! WTF)

Break-Up Song: A Winter's Tale by Queen (oh whatever.. i don't even know anymore)

Prom: The Walk by Imogen Heap (Promenade means a walk right?)

Mental Breakdown: My Life by Dido

Flashback: Hero and Princesses by Vanessa Carlton (finally!)

Wedding: The Human Game by Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke (the ocean waves in this makes me think beach wedding)

Birth of a Child: This Love by Maroon 5

Final Battle: I'm Alright by Sugarcult (good beat to fight to)

Death Scene: Miracles by Pet Shop Boys (kind of bittersweet, death is just the beginning ...or maybe i don't die after all!)

Great Death: Everbody's Gotta Learn Sometime by Beck

Funeral Song: Breathe In by Frou Frou ("Is this it?")

Ending Credits: Make This Go On Forever by Snow Patrol (perfect!! "It could take my whole damn life to make this right")


oh yeah! i tag scdsam , smartycat , me10drama , crystaltear and grandlarseny 

Fun meme!!

1. Music Player > Shuffle
2. Take first line of 20 songs
3. Make poem

Well, I've got a candle
I caught a glimpse
She comes down to Georgia
She is smilin' like heaven is down on earth

I love the way you wake up
Just a lazy cat in a dog eat dog world
Listen as your day unfolds
It's the season of grace coming out of the void

Do you remember when we were just kids
The sidewalk bends
Time keeps on slipping
They're tearing up streets again

Need to know if you're letting go
Every time we lie awake
Do not get me wrong
Will you be my favorite regret?

I have climbed the highest mountains
I am stretched on your grave
Watch your step, love is broken
Inside out, upside down, twisting beside myself

( List of songs used ...and downloads for your listening pleasure! )

1 - Go to Wikipedia. Hit “random”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.


2 - Go to Quotations Page and select "random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote on the page is the
title of your first album.

3 - Go to Flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use Photoshop or similar to put it all together.

( Voila! )

that's gotta be a record for me!

anyway, here's the snow patrol song in case anyone was interested:
http://www.mediafire.com/?yevkt1yanwm

also, some other music I've uploaded in the past.. feel free to grab if you want
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=7d9147d7e32127beab1eab3e9fa335ca7779daf6cc90d55f

final note:  NaNoWriMo has destroyed my ability to waste time enjoyably... none of the fics i'm reading are being updated this month!! i'm seriously going through withdrawal... fic recs please?? i need my fix/fics!!

ETA:  lemonyloyce and grandlarseny  I highly recommend Razorgirl by Hush Hush... it's seriously awesome

i've pressed the refresh button on my friends-list about 15 times in the last hour... my boss is out sick today and i have no motivation to actually work... i kinda have to pee too, but i'm too lazy to get out of my chair and actually do so...

i have, however, been enjoying playing music from http://last.fm and have discovered a new band that i like... they're called athlete (http://athlete.mu) and they're sorta like death cab for cutie i guess? except they sing in spanish too (which i think is mucho cool)

i've been meaning to write a locked-post about the financial dynamic within my family... seeking advice on the subject actually... that prob won't be today.. i think i've used up my LJ posting quota for the month... and it's not even the 10th yet...

also figured out that unless i start on nano tonight, i'm prob not gonna do it this year... november is my socially busy month it seems... last weekend was spent in queens, this coming one will be in DC, and the one after that will be spent in pre-thanksgiving parties (one of which is a batman sleepover that i am soo looking forward to...what? 2+3=5, so according to basic numerology i'm still at primary school level! i'm allowed)

my thanksgiving weekend is going to be impossible (my family doesn't even really celebrate it, but i've got a wedding, a health conference and my high school reunion going on during those few days i actually have off)

so... yeah... probably no nano...

as if i could resist...

Open your Winamp, iTunes, etc.
Step 1: Put it on random.
Step 2: Pick your favourite lines from the first 20 songs that play.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song the lines come from.
Step 4: Mark out the songs when someone guesses correctly.

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bed time...i so tired...

gacked from belismakr  and cute_nessie

1. We Built This City ... Starship
2. Achy Breaky Heart ... Billy Ray Cyrus
3. Everybody Have Fun Tonight ... Wang Chung
4. Rollin' ... Limp Bizkit
5. Ice Ice Baby ... Vanilla Ice
6. The Heart of Rock & Roll ... Huey Lewis and the News
7. Don't Worry, Be Happy ... Bobby McFerrin
8. Party All the Time ... Eddie Murphy
9. American Life ... Madonna
10. Ebony and Ivory ... Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
11. Invisible ... Clay Aiken
12. Kokomo ... The Beach Boys
13. Illegal Alien ... Genesis
14. From a Distance ... Bette Midler
15. I'll Be There for You ... The Rembrandts
16. What's Up? ... 4 Non Blondes
17. Pumps and a Bump ... Hammer
18. You're the Inspiration ... Chicago
19. Broken Wings ... Mr. Mister
20. Dancing on the Ceiling ... Lionel Richie
21. Two Princes ... Spin Doctors
22. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) ... Toby Keith
23. Sunglasses at Night ... Corey Hart
24. Superman ... Five for Fighting (or i used to like it but now jus change the station when it comes on as to preserve that like)
25. I'll Be Missing You ... Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112
26. The End ... The Doors
27. The Final Countdown ... Europe
28. Your Body Is a Wonderland ... John Mayer
29. Breakfast at Tiffany's ... Deep Blue Something
30. Greatest Love of All ... Whitney Houston
31. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm ... Crash Test Dummies
32. Will 2K ... Will Smith
33. Barbie Girl ... Aqua
34. Longer ... Dan Fogelberg
35. Shiny Happy People ... R.E.M.
36. Make Em Say Uhh! ... Master P featuring Silkk, Fiend, Mia-X and Mystikal
37. Rico Suave ... Gerardo
38. Cotton Eyed Joe ... Rednex
39. She Bangs ... Ricky Martin
40. I Wanna Sex You Up ... Color Me Badd
41. We Didn't Start the Fire ... Billy Joel
42. The Sounds of Silence ... Simon & Garfunkel
43. Follow Me ... Uncle Kracker
44. I'll Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) ... Meat Loaf
45. Mesmerize ... Ja Rule featuring Ashanti
46. Hangin' Tough ... New Kids on the Block
47. The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You ... Bryan Adams
48. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da ... The Beatles
49. I'm Too Sexy ... Right Said Fred
50. My Heart Will Go On ... Celine Dion

wow i had so much fun last nite... ::high fives CT::

ok so where to start... my other friend who was gonna come, begged off to do her homework... so we had an extra ticket... i was supposed to pick up CT and her friend at 6:15...didn't end up coming around until 6:40... whoops... zoomed down rt 18 to get there... waited in a long ass line jus to get in (cuz we already had tix).. embarrassed my cohorts by announcing to the long ass line that i had an extra ticket if anyone wanted it... no one did...

finally got in, band didn't get on til 8:15 so wandered around for an hour... CT was not allowed in bar area...not even to sit on the freakin couches so we stood around with a sofa between us... i felt bad...tried to climb over the back of the couch... fell on my ass... and almost brought the sofa with me... i don't need to be drunk to act like a freak :-Þ.. got some free stuff from the SOBE table that was set up.. their new energy drink is good stuff... thornley finally got on stage... man what a stage presence... they kicked ass... the lead singer kinda reminded me of dave navarre (sp?) only hotter... much headbanging all tho the rest of the crowd seemed rather...sedated... well their loss... can't wait for the thornley cd to come out...(so i can d/l it :-Þ) i thought the single they had out was pretty good on its own but hearing them play it live is freaking awesome... singing/screaming along was mad fun too

drank some soda... took my big cup over to the SOBE table and was like, "hook me up" and they were like "smart chick" and complied without much ado... i'm all about the free stuff... three days grace came on and kicked even more ass than thornley (IMHO) and man their lead singer was cut! he was pretty lean but very nicely sculpted... we needed him to take off his shirt...but alas..no go... since i already have their cd d/led i knew much of their song lyrics already so sang along quite enthusiastically, esp knowing that the music was so loud no one could hear my voice... not even the person standing next to me ^^ had to resort to sing language when trying to communicate, it's a good thing i know how to sign 'restroom' and 'toilet' and that CT's friend kara understood me... ended up leaving early because, alas, we all had class today.. so didn't get to hear them play "i hate everything about you" but! did hear "just like you" which was really too awesome to describe... u really had to be there... we were all rocking our fists and banging to it like there was no tomorrow... i think that was the only song where the rest of the audience finally got into it...

left the place feeling like my ears were muffled, and my voice was gone... realized later that the muffled hearing made me think my voice was gone, when actually it was pretty much intact... stopped for dunkin donuts on the way back.. got coffee...which prob wasn't a good idea considered the soda and SOBE i had earlier... was on a major caffeine high but so tired that i went home and went to bed... closed my eyes and stayed awake... fell asleep a little but kept waking up... still sorta jittery ^_^;

::sigh:: so much fun... i reccomend seeing them live to anyone who has the chance... i still can't believe i only paid a buck to get in... mad nice...

i think my dreams had a soundtrack last nite..a good one at that ^_~

this took so long to figure out... there are so many songs i couldn't decide between... hence all the slashing... i think i have most of these downloaded so if anyone wants to steal em off me, jus lemme kno...i'd be happy to oblige..oh and i added a car chase option to the driving category and an action scene option too... :-Þ

Your Life: The Soundtrack

Opening credits: "Meet Virginia," Train
Waking up: "Sleep All Day," Jason Mraz
Average day: "In My Place," Coldplay
First date: "Complicated," Avril Lavigne
Falling in love: "Head Over Feet," Alanis Morissette
Love scene: "Glow," Alien Ant Farm/"Body Is a Wonderland," John Mayer
Fight scene: "Headstrong," Trapt/"Bodies," Drowning Pool
Breaking up: "When It's Over," Sugar Ray
Getting back together: "Back To You," John Mayer
Secret love: "You're a God," Vertical Horizon
Life's okay: "Fine Again," Seether
Mental breakdown: "Going Under," Evanescence
Driving/Car Chase: "Where Are You Going," Dave Matthews/"MachineHead," Bush
Learning a lesson: "Fallen," Sarah Mclachlan
Deep thought: "Meant To Live," Switchfoot
Flashback: "This Used To Be My Playground," Madonna
Partying: "Song 2," Blur
Action Scene: "Adrenaline," Gavin Rossdale
Happy dance: "Dream," Cranberries
Regreting: "In the End," Linkin Park
Death scene: "Hemorrhage," Fuel
Closing credits: "Return To Innocence," Enigma (or anything by Enya)

went with crystaltear  to see finger eleven play at vintage vinyl today.. somewhat disappointing as they didn't have much of a stage presence.. true it was an acoustic-based performance...but eh... i've been spoiled by studio recorded music.. i think i jus don't have any appreciation for live stuff..

got some quality time in tho..went to a diner afterwards..had good convo... i love being able to talk about lotsa topics w/ppl.. with school friends i can never mention anime or fanfiction and with some ppl online our convos never go beyond that... plus there was lots of laughing... it was good stuff... offended the waiter by asking for straws and then the perv touched my shoulder...keep ur hands to urself please..thank u... ur not getting more than 12% tip now buddy.. :-Þ

btw...uploaded some revis songs (see: playlist entry) jus to share why i like them so much... i guess they're an acquired tase or something..otherwise they'd be way more popular eh?

Look Right Through Me is my fave on the album...it has a couple minutes of cool instrumental new age stuff at the end... Everything After is another good one... if u like please let me know!! i need someone to gush with ^_~

 

Modern rock! You're very good! Your lyrics have
lots to say, but you can go crazy sometimes...
Careful now... Just keep making that music
that keeps the rock world watching!


What genre of rock are you?
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and you know how to get a party started! You
give us indie people something to dance to!


Which of my favourite bands are you?
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i need to get their album!!

"bandages! bandages! on my arms and my legs from you!"

yeah yeah i know this is mad late but i wanted to try it out..

this is my 20 song random playlist...

1)Not Myself - John Mayer (::sigh:: pretty)

2)Just Like You - Three Days Grace (::screams and headbangs:: yeah!)

3)Re-Use - Revis (this band is so underrated!)

4)The Scientist - Coldplay (::sighs and sings along::)

5)Somewhere I Belong - Linkin Park (never get tired of this band)

6)The Last Scene of Struggling - Finger Eleven (going to see this band tomorrow in person!)

7)Scared - Three Days Grace (fun song!)

8) Figure.09 - Linkin Park (told ya)

9) Sway - Lost Prophets (relatively new group that's pretty damn good)

10)Days With You - Fuel (love this band with a passion)

11) Zombie - Cranberries (reminds me of my fave tortured soldiers: Heero/Sousuke/etc)

12)Whisper - Evanescence (amy lee has the best voice)

13)Look Right Through Me - Revis (::siiigh:: why don't more people listen to this band???!)

14)Tangerine Dream - Do As Infinity (my fave j-pop band)

15)In My Place - Coldplay (still my fave song of theirs)

16)Spin - Revis (lyrics are kinda strange but sounds cool)

17)Your Body is a Wonderland - John Mayer (used to love this song before it got so overplayed...reminds me of high school romances)

18)Glow - Alient Ant Farm (::bounces and sings along::)

19)Stellar - Incubus (the song that made me fall in love with them...so good)

20)Adrenaline - Gavin Rossdale [of Bush] (from the Triple X soundtrack...i wanna someone to make a music vid for GW with this so badly!)

wheeee! that was fun...

fun but kinda hard! i didn't know what to put for some of em.. ( my results... )