So. It’s that time again. Time to drag out the knit scarves, enjoy warm beverages and talk long walks before the last beautiful days of the year are gone. Yes, it’s autumn.
Whenver autumn rolls around, I must make a playlist. And I have decided to share this with you lucky people. Put this on your pod (or a CD if you’re still stuck in the dark ages. Hell, I could make you a TAPE if you want me to) and I dare you not to smile.

1. Graceland – Paul Simon
2. Hanasakajijii (three: the man who made dead trees bloom)- Anathallo
3. Bisbee Blue – Calexico
4. Death of an Interior Decorator – Death Cab for Cutie
5. Everyday I Write the Book – Elvis Costello
6. Somebody that I Used to Know – Elliott Smith
7. She Don’t Use Jelly – The Flaming Lips
8. Gold Dust Woman – Fleetwood Mac
9. Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl – Broken Social Scene
10. 89 – Inspector Owl
11. Melt Your Heart – Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins
12. The Village Green Preservation Society – The Kinks
13. Walk On – Neil Young
14. Finally, I’ve Made it Nowhere – Head of Femur
15. Walk on the Wild Side – Lou Reed

Yes, I realize, many obvious choices, but I have tested this…and this is a great mix to take a long walk to. Especially if you are accompanied by a canine. Just remember to clean up after them, and have a great autumn!

As I was falling asleep last night, I made a pretty cool mix. Let me know what you think.

1. Little Eyes – Yo La Tengo
2. Radio Cure – Wilco
3. Beside You – Van Morrison
4. ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
5. Old Friends/Bookends – Simon & Garfunkel
6. (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay – Otis Redding
7. The Night You Can’t Remember – The Magnetic Fields
8. I Will Follow You Into The Dark – Death Cab For Cutie
9. Moonshadow – Cat Stevens
10. The Girl From Ipanema – Joao Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto, and Stan Getz
11. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat – Charles Mingus
12. Please Forgive Me – David Gray

It’s late, I’m bored. Here’s five things I’m groovin’ on lately.

[Photo]1. Donny Hathaway – Everything is Everything (1970)

An LP that caught me totally out of left field. I’ve been listening to a lot of Motown lately, sort of looking for something in the Marvin Gaye/Stevie Wonder vein and I think I found the combo I’ve been looking for with Donny Hathaway. An absolute perfect record from an immensely talented individual who’s life was cut short by his suicide in 1979. This should be on more “best albums” lists.

2. Bolthouse Farms beverages.

Oh, mango lemonade, how I love thee. Strawberry banana smoothie, you’re good too.

[Photo]3. New York Doll

Bittersweet documentary about former New York Dolls bassist Arthur “Killer” Kane. The film chronicles his life after the Dolls, as well as touches on his conversion to Mormonism in the late 1980′s. During the course of filming, Kane is offered the once in a lifetime chance to reform the band for a show in London. Kane must decide if he’s able to put aside differences with his former bandmates and accomplish his goal of reforming the band he helped found thirty years prior.

4. Threadless

Best. T-Shirts. Ever.

5. (+44) – No It Isn’t (Demo) (mp3)

First released song from the new band with former Blink-182 members Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker. The album When Your Heart Stops Beating drops November 14. This song makes me really excited for what’s to come. Certainly a hell of a lot better than most of the Angels & Airwaves disc.

So, according to Brendan J. Hilliard, I must post this, so I can embarrass myself.

Kelsey’s Guilty Pleasures

1. Fifteen Dollar Lip Glosses
By rights, $15.00 is a hella lot of money to spend on lipgloss. But the way it smells and makes my lips feel is so wonderful that (in theory) it’s worth every penny.

2. Flip Flops
Nothing says, “lazy college student” more than a pair of flip flops, and yet I wear them even when it’s freezing outside because tying shoes takes away precious sleeping time.

3. Sean Paul
Let me make something perfectly clear: Sean Paul is not good music, but it’s fanatastic to dance to. I don’t know what it is about his voice that makes it so wonderful to break it down to.

4. Flavor of Love
I don’t think I need to reiterate.

5. Gumballs
I can’t pass a gumball machine without rumaging through my purse for a quater and praying for a purple one.

So, I was recently contacted by an unnamed source (cough)BRENDAN(cough) who asked me to post my top 5 guilty pleasures. Don’t worry, I haven’t been to Tijuana in awhile…

1)”Boys” Night
The male equivalent of “Girls Night”, “Boys Night” is getting together with the guys, eating some otherwise deadly food, watching assloads of movies, and probably playing with explosives/setting something on fire. Bonfires work. I’m not a pyro, man.

2)Sleeping In
Seeing the sun rise has its perks but, hey, fuck it, there’s always a sunset. Going to bed at around 3:28 am and waking up at about twelve hours later is great. Half the day is gone, but it’s been spent well… Sleeping.

3)Driving
Every once in awhile, I get in my car, and just drive. I don’t care where I go or when I get home, It’s just a good way to vent and relax. There’s nothing like driving for an hour and a half…and listening to bad 80′s rock. Fuck yeah. Girls, ROCK your boys.

4)John Cusack movies
No, not “Must Love Dogs”. That was a piece of crap. Believe me. I saw it. I’m talking about “High Fidelity” or “Grosse Point Blank”. It’s the chick flick for guys, or, as decided recently, dick flick. Girls watch “Sixteen Candles”, I watch a movie with a kickass soundtrack, and even better performances by Cusack, Jack Black, some European chick, and one of the Huxtables.

5)Canned Peaches
The fruit of the gods. They combine the wonderful flavor of peaches, and easy, compact form. Available in harvest spice, original, and raspberry, you can NEVER go wrong. Most people carry certain items in their cars as “survival” kits. Fuck walkie talkies, first aid, and matches. I’ve got a case of peaches. The variety pack.

I’m out.
-andy

Top 5 Guilty Pleasures…

….Fuck You Brendan

So I have to let the world (or the only people who read these postings: the other authors) how entirely NOT cool I am. So be it.

Guilty Pleasures… here we go!
(In no particular order)

1. Blondie
I love Deborah Harry, okay? I swear I don’t own Blondie’s Greatest Video Hits…

2. Damien Rice
I don’t know why, but I feel embarrassed everytime I mention him or throw on “The Blower’s Daughter.”

3. Homies
Everytime I see one of those quarter-machines, I search for one with Homies. Get’em everytime, but never know where they end up.

4. Magic: The Gathering
The fact that I still dream of being the Magic: The Gathering champion of the world should say enough.

5. My Alarm Clock
I still use the dinosaur alarm clock (that roars) my Grandma gave to me when I was about seven. I love it more than you.