When I lived in Boston, my roommates gave me no end of heartache when it came to chiding me for my taste in music. My taste was never good enough, and more than once was proclaimed the reason for my datelessness. Really. My musical tastes.

I always sort of liked things I liked, with no real knowledge of why I might like them. I especially become wrapped up in songs that play at the right moment in time, as a pre-destined soundtrack to my life. That is why there are a few artists who are a sincere pleasure as well as a deeply painful thing to listen. POE is one of those. Oh I love her, but her music got me through a tough time in my life. A dark time.

Anyway, I’m still somewhat new to the life of an iPod owner, so I decided to throw up a list of my next randomly chosen songs. Yeah, there is a wild difference between some of these, that is for sure.

1. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds  -  Crow Jane
2. Rasputina  -  When I was a young girl
3. Black Tape for a Blue Girl  -  The Lie Which Refuses to Die
4. The Damnwells  -  What you get
5. Linkin Park  -  Shadow of the Day
6. Hole  -  Use once and destroy
7. Ben Folds Five  -  Battle of Who Could Care Less
8. Guns n’ Roses  -  Don’t Cry
9. Abney Park  – She
10. The Cure  -  Pictures of You
11. Cursive – The Recluse
12. Pixies  -  Tame
13. Mates of State  -  Middle is Gold
14. Voltaire  -  Brains
15. The Damnwells  -  I’ll Be Around
16. Grasshopper Takeover  -  Pressure
17. Dido  -  Honestly OK
18. Radio Iodine  -  Manic Girl
19. Eurythmics  -  Sweet Dreams 
20. POE  -  Haunted

I’ve been thinking about what music does to writing. I love listening to music when I need inspiration, but I hate listening to it when I’m writing. My brain starts singing and I can’t concentrate. I’m listening to music right now, and am curious to see the typos I’ve created by trying to type and listen at the same time. Shame on me.

-Sommer