something to tide you over -or- a different breakup mix from a different breakup

I'm still not ready to write up Mark Epstein's Open to Desire. There's a lot to unpack there and I want to be concise.

In the meanwhile, this is the breakup mix from the breakup before the last one I posted. Is there a word for song choice like there is for word choice (aka diction)? Maybe someday I will post a more upbeat mix.

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Love is Only a Feeling – The Darkness

It Takes One to Know One - The Donnas

A Million Ways – ok go

Not Ready to Make Nice – Dixie Chicks

Nothing Better – The Postal Service

Obsesión - Aventura

Good Woman – Cat Power

Littlest Things – Lily Allen

Comfortable - John Mayer

Better in Time – Leona Lewis

Young Folks – Peter Bjorn and John

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There's Leona Lewis again. I should really send her a mini-muffin basket or something. I can tell I'm getting over it when I start tacking on songs about a new guy. [Spoiler Alert!] We all know what happened with the PB&J guy though. Do you think Peter Bjorn and John know that their names abbreviate to a delicious sandwich? Wow and that guy and I first bonded over sandwiches. That literally just occurred to me now. If I believed in god(s), I would probably attribute some significance to that. Fortunately I have the freedom to recognize it as the blind coincidence it is.

Oh, in case you are wondering about the guy from this breakup mix: we had a long, drawn out, multi-episode breakup. We are entering philia now though. I think we are past the ending of Annie Hall at least. Either way, I wouldn't trust anyone else to proofread my writing (my scholarly writing).

At any rate, George Jones' The Race is On is a phenomenal song for getting the eff over yourself. I'm just saying.

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breakup mix, or, the metaphysics of affection

I saw Harold and Maude tonight in Bryant Park (outdoor summer film series - yay!). Within minutes I knew this would be my new favorite movie. I'm not ready to write about it yet though; I'm still digesting.

I was thinking about how many people told me (after their initial shock that I hadn't yet seen it - blah) that Harold and Maude is the greatest love story of our time. Setting aside a minor technicality (that the story in question came, in fact, before "our time"), I have to agree. This got me thinking about how I am not currently involved in any great love story, which got me thinking about the end of love. My favorite movie about the end of love is Annie Hall, which I may never be ready to write about because I feel too close to it. The last scene, and the last line about needing the eggs ... Woody Allen, you were such a genius, what happened to you?

ANYway, now I'm thinking about the end of love, and how rarely it is celebrated. So in the spirit of the end of love, I present to you my breakup mix in its latest incarnation. This is not an exhaustive list of every good song you can listen to about breaking up; it is just the mix that I liked during my last. Track order matters.

NB: My philosophy is that love never ends, but that feelings transition from one object to another and/or from one form to another. By form I mean love in every sense: agape, eros, philia, storge, even thelema. For example, in Annie Hall, Alvie and Annie transition from eros to philia. Thus the shift in tone at the end of the mix signifies a shift in the form of love and (potentially at least) the object of love. The object bit may make more sense after I post on Mark Epstein and the nature of desire.

Enjoy.

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High on Seven - The Redbirds

Breaking It Up – Lykke Li

Bleeding Love – Leona Lewis

What Hurts the Most – Rascal Flatts

Sentimental Heart - She & Him

Bruises – Chairlift

Marching Bands of Manhattan – Death Cab for Cutie

Little Motel - Modest Mouse

California Stars – Billy Bragg & Wilco

Stupid Memory – Sondre Lerche

Tiger Phone Card – Dengue Fever

Breathless – Dan Wilson

Who Loves the Sun - Velvet Underground

Better in Time – Leona Lewis

Fidelity – Regina Spektor

I Don’t Know – Lisa Hannigan

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I'm not even going to apologize for the country music and other guilty pleasures. This is a breakup mix, so a certain amount of cheese aids the healing: it keeps you aware of how hung up you are on something that, really, is not the worst thing to happen in life. Also, I know California Stars and Tiger Phone Card are not technically breakup songs, but they bring up specific memories from that relationship, so they belong.

Also, yes, Leona Lewis is on twice. Just don't tell Rob Gordon.

blog new-vo, or, what is the meaning of this?

I haven't had a blog since my old Livejournal and Myspace pages. Maybe I'll attach the livejournal page, just for kicks. maybe ill go back to writing without capital letters or punctuation, a la e e cummings. more on that another day.

I've had this domain name for a little while without posting anything. I wasn't quite sure what I wanted this to be.
possibilities:
1. serious blog dealing with feminism, philosophy, politics, etc.
2. social blog dealing with happenings and thoughts
3. all of the above

My old blogs were very personal, but only my friends had access to them. Now if I want my friends to read this, I need to post a link on Facebook, where my acquaintances and colleagues may also see it. I considered writing a feminist blog or an education blog or a general philosophy blog, but I don't really want to box myself in so rigidly.

I think this will be a mixed bag. For now, I'll start by contemplating books I'm currently reading. This way, I can touch on various topics of interest to me in a structured way without being too Zach Braff. I hope.

On deck: Open to Desire, The Game, and the Batman Vampire trilogy (Red Rain, Bloodstorm, Crimson Mist)