January 2018 Playlist

February 9, 2018 / thecailin / Leave a comment

I feel like January was twice as long because I’ve been doing so many little changes in my life. Well, some little. I talked about this in my Gymsecure post, but I started going to gym almost every day with my roommate. I don’t love working out (at all), but I try to find little motivations to go that are more immediate rewards, like that I get to get out of the house and away from work for a guaranteed hour and watch a show or part of a movie while I’m on the treadmill. I’m was so much better at getting my work done this month than I have been before, which equates to more money (not much, but more just the same) and a little less stress about my bills. I’ve just generally been more organized. I don’t know what changes I want to implement for February, but I’m liking this small changes at a time thing.

But let’s talk about music. On the one hand, there’s not a lot of variety in my January playlist. I got a record player from my brother for Christmas and my new favorite thing has been to put a record on and read a book or my magazines on the couch with the cats. So there’s a lot of classic rock on here from basically the same artists. However, there’s some that diverge from that. One is a track by someone named Kristoff, who I’ve never heard of, but the track features Vann, who I said in another post I used to babysit way back in ye olden tymes. The next is the new one from 30 Seconds to Mars, who seem to be on a streak of releasing music impossible for me to hate. The final is a song by All Time Low that I already loved and had, but they released a live version of it and it’s still amazing.

“I Believe” The Rascals
“Do You Feel It” The Rascals
“Good Lovin'” The Young Rascals
“Like a Rolling Stone” The Rascals
“Mustang Sally” The Young Rascals
“I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore” The Young Rascals
“In the Midnight Hour” The Young Rascals
“You Can’t Catch Me” John Lennon
“Ain’t That a Shame” John Lennon
“Do You Want to Dance?” John Lennon
“Sweet Little Sixteen” John Lennon
“Slippin’ and Slidin'” John Lennon
“Peggy Sue” John Lennon
“Bring It On Home to Me / Send Me Some Lovin'” John Lennon
“Bony Moronie” John Lennon
“Ya Ya” John Lennon
“Just Because” John Lennon
“Pawn” Kristoff (feat. Vann)
“Mrs. Vandebilt” Paul McCartney & Wings
“Let Me Roll It” Paul McCartney & Wings
“Mamunia” Paul McCartney & Wings
“No Words” Paul McCartney & Wings
“Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)” Paul McCartney & Wings
“Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five” Paul McCartney & Wings
“Dangerous Night” 30 Seconds to Mars
“Some Day One Day” Queen
“The Loser In the End” Queen
“Ogre Battle” Queen
“Drugs & Candy (Live)” All Time Low
“The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke” Queen
“Nevermore” Queen

In the photo:

LA Girls Fineline eyeliner in black

Maybelline Lash Sensational Waterproof Mascara in “Brownish Black”

Bobbi Brown Eyelash Curler

Dior Vernis nail polish in “Gris Montaigne

Vera Wang Glam Princess perfume

Rimmel Kate Lasting Finish matte lipstick in “107”

Purse from Target (sold out)

Blackheart Hematite O-Ring Faux Leather Choker

Bath & Body Works hand sanitizer in “Frosted Coconut Snowball”

Nars All Day Luminous Weightless Foundation in “Siberia”

November Playlist

December 16, 2017December 16, 2017 / thecailin / Leave a comment

“Scales and Arpeggios” Robie Lester, Susan Novack, Gregory Novack, Victor Sweler & The Mike Sammes Singers
“We Could Be the Heroes” Young Summer *
“Good Vibrations” The Beach Boys
“Just a Little” The Rascals
“Rip It Up / Ready Teddy” John Lennon
“Bluebird” Paul McCartney & Wings
“White Queen (As It Began)” Queen
“Kathy’s Song” Simon & Garfunkel
“Overture” Evanescence
“Never Go Back” Evanescence
“Hi-Lo” Evanescence
“My Heart Is Broken” Evanescence
“The End of the Dream” Evanescence
“Unraveling (Interlude)” Evanescence
“Imaginary” Evanescence
“Secret Door” Evanescence
“Lithium” Evanescence
“Lost in Paradise” Evanescence
“Your Star” Evanescence
“My Immortal” Evanescence
“The In-Between (Piano Solo)” Evanescence

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October Playlist

November 9, 2017November 9, 2017 / thecailin / Leave a comment

First off, sorry this playlist is so late. I went to visit family at the start of the month. I actually had the outline of this post done so I could work on it while I was there, buuuut that didn’t happen. So let’s just get right to it because I should totally be in bed right now.

First up is a song from an old episode of Teen Wolf that I rediscovered and fell in love with by Gabrielle Aplin. The cover I added done by Anna Waronker was something I heard on the Halloween episode of The Carrie Diaries (Austin Butler, okay?). It’s got a great feel to it and fits with this new thing I’m writing (yah vampires). This classic Duncan Sheik is actually one of my favorite songs of all time, but after seeing the video randomly play on TV, I realized that it had been deleted off my iPod long ago and I had never added it back. The last track by the band with the yucky name is a song I actually loved in my early 20s. At the beginning of the month, I went to my parents and filled the notebook I brought with me, so I went to the basement where I knew I had some old ones with extra pages. I found one from when I was about 21 and some of the stuff inside was really upsetting because it wasn’t a good time in my life. That aside, this song was scrawled in the margins and I decided to add it this month, just as another reminder to myself that I’m still here and doing all right.

For some classics, I added The Rascals, a cover by John Lennon, The Beach Boys, Paul McCartney & Wings, Queen, and Simon & Garfunkel.

This was also the month we lost one of the greats. There were so many Tom Petty songs to choose from for this playlist, but I had to go with this one. It’s a classic for a reason and I liked the line about vampires when I was a teenager (because of course I did).

Recently, I was looking up some old people on social media and I came across the kids of a family I used to babysit. Well, the boy in the family evidently has a rap career. And a beard. Can you conceive of how old that makes me feel? Like, no. But anyway, this track by Vann (not his name when we were making frozen pizza and talking about Pirates of the Caribbean) came out this month so of course I had to give it a listen.

My Disney song this month was from Pinocchio, which oddly enough I was reminded of while watching Avengers: Age of Ultron with my mom.

Recently, I got one of the Now albums because I did. Please keep in mind that I have the very first Now album, which I bought when it first came out. Maybe the theme of this entry is I’m F*cking Old. But anyway, a lot of the music from it ended up on this playlist. Some of the tracks, I really liked. Some were okay, but tried to give a chance. Some tracks, once was enough and deleted them from the playlist. Some I didn’t even entertain because they were done by artists I can’t stomach. But anyway, that’s why you see tracks by James Arthur, Ed Sheeran, Imagine Dragons, Niall Horan, Camila Cabello, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone, Linkin Park, The Foxies, Jeremy Zucker, Quinn XCII, Elley Duhé, and Mutemath.

Newer tracks that weren’t on the Now album or don’t need their own explanation include a cover of Maroon 5 by Nash Overstreet, Lucy Angel, Nick Jonas, Evanescence redoing an old track, and Cyrus.