Today I learned from Emily Nussbaum that over 95 percent of blogs are written by people age 29 and under. Thus mine is rare and special. I also learned that if I were a teenager, I would be more
Miscellaneous in format. In that spirit I offer a mix tape, or rather, a list by which you might assemble one. (Aside in blogese: The other day I noticed that if you link to anything with the string mp3 in the URL, within twenty-four hours the spider of the RIAA deposits a nit in your referers page. Scary.) This is not a “top ten,” I hasten to assure Luke Menand, and anyone else who finds them upsetting. The title of this mix is “Extra Biscuits.”
- Ben Kweller, “I don’t know why (L.A. unmixed),” from his website
- Belle & Sebastian, “Jonathan David,” from Jonathan David
- Blur, “Girls & Boys,” from Parklife
- The Decemberists, “Grace Cathedral Hill,” from Castaways and Cutouts
- Johnny Cash and Will Oldham, “I See a Darkness,” from American III: Solitary Man
- Fountains of Wayne, “The Senator’s Daughter,” from Utopia Parkway
- Serge Gainsbourg, “L’anamour,” from Comic Strip
- Norfolk & Western, “Terrified,” from Dusk in Cold Parlours
- The Wrens, “Boys, You Won’t,” from The Meadowlands
- The Three O’Clock, “Tomorrow,” from Sixteen Tambourines
- Radiohead, “Exit Music (For a Film),” from OK Computer