As winter slowly phases out of season here in southern Utah, I’m drawn to the shocking realization that spring will soon be taking its place (as it does every year.) This, I suppose, isn’t actually shocking, but I am quite excited. What does this mean for me?
Well, for one, I’ll be able to go outside and take photos again. I suppose there was nothing stopping me, but I am a bit of a “wuss,” if you will, and am not terribly interested in having my hands freeze off. Can you blame me?
For two — and why don’t we ever say that? — it allows me to create a new playlist devoted to my regular walks from home to university and back! Now, I haven’t created one for winter, but I have realized that I often listen to the same styles of music when walking along snow-strewn sidewalks in the biting cold. So, rather than just trying to find styles that match these foreign weather patterns and attempting to conform to them a set of music, I’ll take it one step further.
I’ll make a mixtape!
When I say mixtape, though, I, sadly, do not mean I will actually record music to a cassette tape. I guess I could, but I have one way I might listen to it, and that’s through a voice recorder. Not the best way, I think. Still, the term has been strangely cross-applied to playlists in electronic devices, not that I much mind.
Really, though: I’ve already started considering what I might put on it, and with Friday’s scheduled low temperature above freezing, I ought do it soon. Sure, it might be a bit hasty, but who really cares? I just want it to be warm, and if the music will speed that along — though I doubt it will — I should do all I can.
So, I’ll create a mix full of jazz, indie pop, and those musical forms that persuade me to accept the warmth for all the worth (and that’s a lot!) It might be forced, but isn’t that the beauty of the mix?
On that note, I best open iTunes and start organizing. Cue The Flaming Lips: It’s sum—er, springtime!
I find that spring brings optimism for me.
I have been listening to ‘Airbag’ by Radiohead quite a bit.
“I am born agaaaaaiin!”
I guess ‘Here Comes the Sun’ is an obvious choice as well.