slightly:

that’s okay, it’s a love story

(a fanmix for The Fault In Our Stars, by John Green.)

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Belle and Sebastian- Fiction [download/youtube]
[instrumental]

Emmy the Great - The Hypnotist’s Son [download/youtube]
I’m single cell matter,
And you are the sea,
But I’m evolution, finally,
Because I didn’t know who I was before.
Now my mind is wide open,
But my body is old.

The Mountain Goats- Isaiah 45:23 [download/youtube]
And when the nurse comes in to change my sheets and clothes,
The pain begins to travel, dancing as it goes.
And I won’t get better, but someday I’ll be free,
‘Cause I am not this body that imprisons me.

Mystery Jets - Little Bag of Hair [download/youtube]
Nintendo machines in hospitals are always broken.
Chewing jay cloths relieves the pain from mouth ulcers.
I’ve got a crush on a girl,
But I’m gonna have to work on that…

Malcolm Middleton - We’re All Going To Die [download/youtube]
When you can’t sleep at night and there’s no one to hold you,
Remember I’m going through the same.
You’ve got to laugh into the dark;
We’re all one in a million,
We’re alive, we existed, we took part in the game.
We’re gonna die, we’re gonna die, we’re gonna die alone.

The Weakerthans- Sounds Familiar [download/youtube]
We must never stop watching the sky with our hands in our pockets, stop peering in windows when we know doors are shut. Stop yelling small stories and bad jokes and sorrows, and my voice will scratch to yell many more, but before I spill the things I mean to hide away, or gouge my eyes with platitudes of sentiment, I’ll drown the urge for permanence and certainty; crouch down and scrawl my name with yours in wet cement.

Stars- Petite Mort [download]
They tried to save us but it was no good,
There’s just two shadows where we stood.
Whatever happens in the after-world,
You’ll always be my summer girl.

Ryan Adams - Afraid, Not Scared [download/youtube]
I’m really dying here.
And I’m afraid, no, I’m scared.
She started freezing, lungs all collapsing.
The momentum is passing, 
but the moment is eating us whole.
We’re surrounded.

Joe Edmonds- Clocks and Chicago (Mash-up) [download/youtube]
[instrumental]

Hefner- The Greedy Ugly People [download/youtube]
When we went out she started clicking her heels, 
She started sticking her chest out, ‘cause she was starting to feel.
Love don’t stop no wars, don’t stop no cancer, 
It stops my heart.

The Veils- …& One of Us Must Go [download/youtube]
If death finds me in love,
If death finds me at all,
That ship sets sail too soon, my love,
And one of us must go.
And now I’m yearning for the light
Your weightless body draws,
And though I have no faith in god,
I wish for nothing more.

The Cooper Temple Clause- Before The Moor [download]
How’s my hair? 
I have to look good today, 
If today is gonna be my last.
Stop the car - this isn’t funny.
Take me home - I’ve changed my mind.
I’ve never seen trees like this before.
Why the hell is this so tough? 

Frightened Rabbit- Don’t [download/youtube]
Please don’t leave me, don’t desert me, my girl don’t leave me here.
Don’t leave me, don’t smoke cigarettes, and don’t taunt the geese,
and don’t leave me, don’t forget me my girl, don’t leave me here.

Herman Düne- So Not What I Wanted [download]
This is so not what I wanted,
Not what I wanted, so not what I wanted.
This is what I have been waiting for.

Smog- Dress Sexy At My Funeral [download/youtube]
Dress sexy at my funeral, my good wife,
For the first time in your life.

Joel Plaskett- Goodbye, World [download]
Goodbye, world.
I hope you had a good time.
You’re leaving me,
‘Cause I gave you a hard time.
You’re leaving me.
Make no mistake,
I’m not leaving you.

Johnny Flynn and Laura Marling- The Water [download/youtube]
The water sustains me without even trying,
the water can’t drown me,
I’m done with my dying.

(full .zip, mediafire, 79MB) 

(individual songs, mediafire folder)

[The quotation in the title & graphic is from You Are Jeff, by Richard Siken.]

[The art in the graphic is of a gorgeous Jaume Plensa sculpture at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, and the photograph was taken by snapperQ.]

Waiting for Eureka: An Abundance of Katherines Fanmix

Guys! There is finally a playlist for An Abundance of Katherines! At long last.

This was created by a totally awesome nerdfighter, Kay. Here’s what she had to say:

The mix focuses on the themes and plot of the book, rather than the characters themselves, although I tried to include some.

The tracks are as follows:

1. Over You- Matt Wertz

2. Stuck for the Summer- Two Hours Traffic

3. Purpose- Avenue Q

4. Find My Way- The Gabe Dixon Band

5. The Boy Who Never- Landon Pigg

6. Never Ending Math Equation- Modest Mouse

7. I Want to Know- The Mavericks

8. Difference is Time- Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band

9. I Need a Break, but I’d Rather Have a Breakthrough- The Rocket Summer

10. Well Whiskey- Bright Eyes

11. Broom People- The Mountain Goats

12. Our Town- James Taylor

13. Where We Gonna Go From Here- Mat Kearney

14. Creepin’ Up the Backstairs- The Fratellis

You can listen to the mix on Grooveshark here, or you can download a zip of the whole thing here (the two tracklists differ a bit but are basically the same; one song on Grooveshark is missing).

I had a lot of fun finding, assembling, and listening to all the tracks; I hope you enjoy the mix too, and if you don’t have the playlists for all of John’s other books, you should totally check those out as well.

Best wishes!
Valerie

zombieatemyhomework:

She’s Reckless, She’s Pining
an Alaska Young & Margo Roth Spiegelman fst

listen on 8tracks ==>

liner notes and download on DW ==>

(Source: burpburpdunkinsnack)

Remember that Paper Towns playlist that John made that we were talking about today?

Well, you guys better love us, because Valerie and I teamed up and busted it out for you. Valerie went through and found all of the tracks that John listed, and I whipped up some album art, and WHA-BAM! We have an album. It’s pretty awesome, if I say so myself.

Just click on the image and it’ll take you to the download page!