How often do you look back? Really reflect on what you’ve done? The insignificance of it all. Pointless arguments, inside jokes, funny haircuts but do you every wonder how you will be remembered or if what you’ve done and what you’re doing means anything

often, i look back often. quite vulnerable to nostalgia, sentimentality. coming of age, culmination of time spent with friends, family, alone, apart, together. figure out where i want to be all in the time allotted me.

01. the books - “smells like content” (thought for food)
02. the shangri-las - “remember (walking in the rain)” (single)
03. woods - “hunover” (at rear house)
04. real estate - “three blocks” (days)
05. radiant dragon - “terminal” (self released)
06. pavement - “father to a sister of thought” (wowee zowee)
07. yo la tengo - “i can’t forget” (fakebook)
08. akron/family - “gone beyond” (meek warrior)
09. m. ward - “paul’s song” (transistor radio)
10. heatmiser - “see you later” (mic city sons)
11. deerhunter - “these hands” (microcastle)
12. the halo benders - “rebels got a hole in it” (the rebels not in)
13. beck - “jack ass” (odelay)
14. atlas sound - “kid klimax” (logos)
15. chris cornell - “seasons” (singles soundtrack)
16. built to spill - “the wait” (you in reverse)
17. david kilgour - “you forget” (here come the cars)
18. michael andrews - “rosie darko” (donnie darko soundtrack)
19. ola podrida - “instead” (ola podrida)
20. avey tare and kria brekkan - “sis around the sandmill” (pullhair rubeye forwards version)
21. john fahey - “beautiful linda getchell” (the transfiguration of blind joe death)

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