Mixtape 04: In Progress

The last few days have been full of lots of contemplation and excitement across the board. I just watched I Heart Huckabees this past weekend (already one of my absolute favorites), and it's triggered a whole lot of big questions in my mind about life and the meaning of all the day-to-day drama of college. Of course, making a mixtape isn't going to answer any of those big questions, but it would be entirely relevant to compile some tracks that fit my mood and mindset. The themes range from realizations and resolutions to questions and dissatisfied reflections. Some are about living in the moment, like Smashing Pumpkins' "Today" and U2's "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of," while others are more about looking back on the past (Oasis' "Don't Look Back In Anger," The Killers' "All These Things That I've Done"). The best are the grand statements made in tracks like Garbage's "Happy Home" (about the suffocating thought of a perfect life). Whatever the message, the songs are united in tone and a roughly similar alternative rock genre. All are essentials (and fit perfectly onto a single disc for a readymade mixtape).

1. The Smashing Pumpkins, "Today" [YSI] (from Rotten Apples: Greatest Hits)
2. Radiohead, "There There" [YSI] (from Hail To The Thief)
3. U2, "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of" [YSI] (from The Best of 1990-2000)
4. Depeche Mode, "Walking In My Shoes" [YSI] (from Singles 86>98)
5. Feist, "I Feel It All" [YSI] (from The Reminder)
6. David Bowie, "Teenage Wildlife" [YSI] (from Scary Monsters)
7. The Killers, "All These Things That I've Done" [YSI] (from Hot Fuss)
8. New Order, "Turn My Way" [YSI] (from Get Ready)
9. Oasis, "Don't Look Back In Anger" [YSI] (from (What's The Story) Morning Glory?)
10. Manic Street Preachers, "The Second Great Depression" [YSI] (from Send Away The Tigers)
11. Placebo, "You Don't Care About Us" [YSI] (from Once More With Feeling: Singles 1996-2004)
12. The Feeling, "Never Be Lonely" [YSI] (from Twelve Stops And Home)
13. Travis, "Safe" [YSI] (from The Invisible Band)
14. The Flaming Lips, "Do You Realize??" [YSI] (from Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots)
15. Garbage, "Happy Home" [YSI] (from Bleed Like Me)

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