What Transit Can Do For You

For the past two weeks I've spent about 10 hours a week on the train riding to and from the lovely Temple University for the beginning of my sophmore year. Spending this much time on the train gives me time to sit back and absorb ridiculous amounts of music I would normally have to cram into my busy schedule. Usually I set my mp3 player to shuffle and see what kind of crazy mix it makes. More often than not, the songs don't really have a flow that one would normally want, but every once in a while something inside that little plastic and metal box seems to click, and suddently you're listening to a fabulous impromptu mix. This morning was one of these days. I tried to remember all this songs, and these seem to stick in my mind.

Nickel Creek - When In Rome
Sufjan Stevens - The Lord God Bird
The Platters - Earth Angel
The Premier - The Great American Novel in Three Easy Steps
Radiohead - Idioteque
Iron & Wine Calexico - He Lays in the Reins
Neutral Milk Hotel - The King of Carrot Flowers Pt.1
Mae - The Everglow
Neutral Milk Hotel - Two Headed Boy
All Time Quarterback - Cleveland
The Dandy Warhols - Gospel

There are some I forgot, and maybe they'll come back to me in the near future

By the way, tomorrow (9/13) is a great day to buy some CDs. Tomorrow sees the release of:
Sigur Ros - Takk
Devendra Banhart - Cripple Creek
Nada Surf - The Weight is a Gift
Iron & Wine Calexico - In The Reins

In other news, Death Cab's Plans was number 4 last week on the billboard charts, selling somewhere around 90,000 copies. I wish the album was deserving of those numbers. They really need to start pushing Transatlanticism or We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes.