The Perfect Playlist - Kevin LaZur

An Undesired Morning Commute: Wakin' up is hard to do. For those times where you don't know how to psych yourself up for what's coming.

Deep Cover - Sun Araw

This is supposed to be a somewhat startling way to start the playlist. In my opinion the intro of this song has the same effect as a siren. When you wake up to go to school, and you can't shake the desire to go back to bed, it can feel like a nagging alert that maybe you should have gotten more sleep or done something different in order to be more prepared for the day. The siren means something's not right.

Where is my Mind - Pixies

The first song was really out there, so I think this one is a great transition into something more structured. The pixies are still very weird, but their genre can at least be identified as alternative or maybe grunge (not so much this song). It has a very powerful drum part, and the singing is still on the strange side.

Magic Arrow - Timbre Timbre

For this song I can't help but imagine a confident strut. It's a bit slow and just keeps pressing forward without a sense of urgence. It's a really "cool" sounding song, what with the reverb-heavy guitar and the vocalist that is barely raising his voice. It's progress, like you're on a mission. The last song is mission complete.

Short Change Hero - The Heavy

This song starts with thunder, and it's kinda the climax. This is where, if you're actually having a bad morning, you might begin to come to terms with the day to come. And if not, this is the song where the tension from the weird, confusing songs is alleviated after stepping away from them. Things are turning around.

Stay on the Outside - Whitey

This song has the most rock elements to it. The deliberate writing and the minor key don't have any bit of tension. It swings back and forth, each note reveling in a dark resolution. The heavy bass, low drum, and electronic sounds combined with half-mumbled singing is a little strange, but now it seems perfectly normal compared to the first two songs. Success. The song then changes to double time, and no longer has a bounce to it. The same slow bass line is being played, while the drumbeat and guitar fill in the spaces. The electronics are still present, but they are less significant. This finale is a chaotic end, which is the same way the playlist started. I noticed that the bass line barely changes throughout the entire song, even while the guitar breaks out into the ending solo.

https://open.spotify.com/user/ragekage2/playlist/4SorRHGbiEGBxVc0oJI47i
(Stay on the Outside is only the first 5 minutes of the last song)

spotify:user:ragekage2:playlist:4SorRHGbiEGBxVc0oJI47i
(This can go in the spotify search bar)




Nothing but Facades: (Maybe spelled Façades if you're in the UK) "We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves."


Reaction Formation a defense mechanism defined as the tendency of a repressed wish or feeling to be expressed at a conscious level in a contrasting form.


I should be doing something more productive right now


Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra

Casey Jones - Grateful Dead

I Got A Name - Jim Croce

The Fishin' Hole - Andy Griffith
Go ahead, snap along

Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller & his Orchestra
The highlight of this playlist

Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection

Breaking Up is Hard to Do - Niel Sedaka

Changes - David Bowie
A classic, widely known from the Shrek 2 soundtrack

Wouldn't it be Nice - The Beach Boys

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Beautiful rendition of a well-known song

Cara Mia Addio - soundtrack from a useless video game

https://open.spotify.com/user/ragekage2/playlist/2c37e5Hm7c12q4tiglKHqq

spotify:user:ragekage2:playlist:2c37e5Hm7c12q4tiglKHqq
(This can go in the spotify search bar)





Truth From Obscurity

"In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge does."

I'm so fucking creative

Act I: Hope then Blame
It takes a strong person to deny what's right in front of him. If the truth is undeniable, you create your own. And if the fault can't be yours, it's someone else's.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIepGhI27qp5jOOJqtCTvecgVsHeTmHON

Act II: Guilt and Introspection
What's there to talk about anyway?

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIepGhI27qp60Tkz3h7EWRufk9pzyQrin

Act III: Dreams


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIepGhI27qp7VUGcQjK5IWRFI-3EI1-6z


Acts I,II, and III (55 songs)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIepGhI27qp6nm8bU1YPKJIXFj20S0fAr


Beneath the Flood 
I done did it again

May 1 2016

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIepGhI27qp7wmC43vQ6nDqBEVVWy7g7r