It will be June in a few days. I’m sure we’re all tired of hearing it and saying it, but things just seem to be moving too fast at the moment. One of the reasons I love teaching and being in academia is the way the school year creates milestones for the passing of time, especially living in a region with minimal seasonal distinctions. But this semester seemed to fly by, and thanks to finally catching Covid the week before finals, I missed my usual opportunity to reflect on it and the first half of the new year as a whole.
In lieu of a theme or a subject, this playlist is at least an auditory reflection on the first five months of 2023. It’s the sound of course prep and creating books with Alyson Provax, Min Heo, and Kelley O’leary. It’s the soundtrack to Boston and Amherst (Altho, in truth that soundtrack was Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow on audio book, which dear reader, PLEASE read this book) and Las Vegas and Seattle and the Olympic Peninsula. It’s mostly new music with a dash of older songs that have wormed their way into my mind of late.
Listen to #14:SP23 here on Spotify.
(If you miss the youtube music playlists, let me know)
A Mixtape Left Behind #14 SP23
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Perpetuum Mobile
Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
Samia - Mad At Me
Kowloon - Life In Japan
Avalon Emerson - Astrology Poisoning
Girl Scout - Run Me Over
Holly Humberstone - Can You Afford To Lose Me?
Feist - Calling All The Gods
Fred Again & Brian Eno - Secret
Donovan Woods - No Time Soon
The A’s - Wedding Dress
Khatia Buniatishvili / Johann Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze, Hunting Cantata
Henry Jamison - Make It Out
Beth Orton - Friday Night
The Tallest Man On Earth - Looking For Love
Nickel Creek - Celebrants
Dr Dog - The Girl
Dougie Poole - High School Gym
The Natural Lines - Help
Daughter - Swim Back
The 1975 - Love It If We Made It
Midlife - Rare Air
M83 - Earth To Sea
Young Fathers - Geronimo
Skinny Pelembe - Same Eye Colour
JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - Steppa Pig
Jessie Ware - Free Yourself
Ava Max - Million Dollar Baby
T-Pain - Don’t Stop Believin
Nada Surf - I Like What You Say
En Attendat Ana - Wonder
The Beths - 2am
A Mixtape Left Behind is a project/newsletter/playlist series by Oakland based artist & publisher Zach Clark.