2 posts tagged “winter”
Rather than assigning music to a particular person, place, or event, I have a more frequent tendency to seasonally associate my favorite songs. Beloved lyrics and harmonies pull together a resounding memento of particular atmospheric quality at their best moments, and despite how 'favorite' a song can be sometimes it just doesn't sound as good when played in the wrong season.
My growing collective of what I'd consider winter songs are tracks that are the most important to me. Winter is by far one of my most favorite times of year and the songs of the season I enjoy the most are ones that manage to color the quietude of stormy grays and snowy shadows outside. Here's just a sampling of songs I've managed to upload to my Vox, some new and some old.
The Repudiated Immortals - Of Montreal
Teardrop (Massive Attack Cover) - José González
20 Years of Snow - Regina Spektor
Wolves in the Garden - The Deadly Syndrome
In Space - Royksopp
On a Neck On a Spit - Grizzly Bear
Elephant Gun - Beirut
What are your winter songs?
Last night we finally experienced our first legitimate snow.
In lueu of such an exciting event, my housemate Kevin and his friend frolicked in our snow covered backyard and designed a special (interesting?) treat that we called 'First Snow Sundae'
- Using a large metal kitchen bowl, scoop up a large amount of fresh snow immediately following snowfall
- Get really excited about the potential of mixing delicious things in snow to make it taste good
- Add the following ingredients (improvisation encouraged)
- melted chocolate
- cinnamon
- brown sugar
- vanilla extract
- popcorn
- carmelized sugar
- peanut butter
- maple syrup
5. Make a mess, but relish in eating fresh snow with a touch of sweet
6. Consume soggy popcorn, and realize half way through that maybe this didn't work out as well as planned
7. Leave half eaten First Snow Sundae outside of female housemate's room so she can encounter what looks like a bowl of soggy, brown colored soup first thing in the morning.
