Melle Music

Friday Favorite : Laugh About It

nobody@vox.com(Melissa) — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:17:30 -0800

Racoon

Last weekend, Anna and I (through the generosity and unfortunate illness of her friend, Hillary) scored tickets to The Lemonheads @ The Troubadour. We were adventuring earlier that day in Little Tokyo, but despite feeling tired upon arriving her place - she rallied and kept us going.

I'm so happy she did that as we discovered this awesome band from Holland.

(and I am totally hooked on this song! Anna has her favorite song of theirs too called Love You More)

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Tuesday Night : Stop 4 Love

nobody@vox.com(Melissa) — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:51:03 -0800

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

13 Stop 4 Love

Basement Jaxx

Revisiting some old favorites lately...

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My Favorite Explosions in the Sky Song.

nobody@vox.com(Melissa) — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:18:28 -0800

The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place

Explosions in the Sky

02. Explosions In The Sky - Your Hand In Mine (wstrings)

Explosions In The Sky

Anything with strings can pretty much captivate me...

I can listen to this all day.

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Sunday Morning : Not Seventeen

nobody@vox.com(Melissa) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 10:55:49 -0800

Solace

Mandalay

1-01 Not Seventeen

Mandalay

A staple in my 'travel' playlist.. or 'walking around aimlessly getting lost somewhere new' playlist...

I love layers of pretty vocals over strings on ambient songs.

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Saturday Morning : Destination

nobody@vox.com(Melissa) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:02:45 -0800

French Sessions, Vol. 1: Distance to House

Jerome Pacman

07 Destination

Ananda Project

I was once a very big fan of deep house music... French house, to be more specific. ("big fan" meaning that was all I listened to for months.)

This morning I woke up before 6am and felt the urge to organize and archive some of the old tunes I used to dance and listen to all the time.

This was during my college days... circa 1998.

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Friday(ish / Saturday) Favorite : Moon Child

nobody@vox.com(Melissa) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:00:54 -0800

Stereo Type A

Cibo Matto

Cibo Matto - Moonchild

Cibo Matto

This popped up in my iTunes recently and I've been singing it the past couple of days...

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Saturday Silliness : Lemon Jelly + Lake Merritt Ducks

nobody@vox.com(Melissa) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:19:34 -0800

Lemon Jelly - Nice Weather For Ducks

Lemon Jelly

Photo I took last weekend while walking with Alison in Lake Merritt + my favorite Lemon Jelly song.

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Friday Favorite : Wonderful Person

nobody@vox.com(Melissa) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:49:48 -0800

13 Wonderful Person

black masses

A Night At The Playboy Mansion

Dimitri from Paris

My friend, Ingrid, used to sing this to me... and I used to laugh so much whenever she would do it...

I hope I live up to the lyrics. :)

This is dedicated to all the wondeful people in my life...

Have a happy Friday & great weekend, everybody!

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Friday Favorite : Dark Angel

nobody@vox.com(Melissa) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:57:07 -0800

Raise the Pressure

Electronic

03 Dark Angel

Electronic

Bernard Sumner is 1/4 of New Order and Joy Division... and 1/2 of Electronic. This is his side project with Johnny Marr [of Pet Shop Boys fame].

This song is my absolute favorite from their discography.

Again, it was on a "courtship" mixtape made for me by my ex. It was, however, the song that made me say, "Yes, I'll be your girlfriend." I really liked it.

on a side note: Justin was probably the reason why I know so much about Factory Records, New Order and Joy Division. That's all he could talk about. Well, it is kinda weird that I keep mentioning him in my Vox of mixtape memories, however, you will probably never hear about him outside of New Order speak. Kinda sad, ain't it? He did make me excellent mixtapes though... and they were on real cassettes. ;)

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Pineapple Face.

nobody@vox.com(Melissa) — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:21:42 -0800

* for Cecily *

So continuing on with my Joy Division / New Order obsession for today.... let's focus on an early 90s side project by Peter Hook. This was released by Factory Records in 1990. And I think this is track 10 in a mixtape made for me by Justin, my first boyfriend. He was a lover of all things Manchester, UK. (as his mother was from there.)

I think what glued our relationship was our shared love for New Order.. and everything that came after. Unfortunately, I learned quickly that a similar passion for one facet of my life was not enough to sustain us. Well.. what can you expect... I was also 16. :)

This brings me back to Seattle, 1996.

PineappleFace

01 Pineapple Face

Revenge

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