Valentine’s Day is one of those holidays you might not pay too much attention to if you’re in the midst of a really good relationship — because every day is like Valentine’s Day! — but can gain importance in direct ratio to how shitty your love life is when February 14th rolls around. With that in mind, we’re skipping the saccharine soundtracks in favor of a mix for those who need one. Because, really, if you’re in love and you spend the night downloading MP3s from your laptop, well, you’re not in love. We chose 13 recent tracks: 13 tracks for Friday the 13th. Even though it’s Friday, maybe we all aren’t in love.
Thanks to Def Leppard for the title.
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So bittersweet, so good!
god bless your soul. i woke up at 435 this morning in my car hungover and slightly depressed that once again im left alone on this very “special” day. i than came home to read my first taste of stereogum to read this. a page in my newly discovered bible. thank you x
Dude, your life sounds ridiculous.
not as ridiculous as mine:
i just birthed octuplets.
now i have 14 kids.
and i’m trying to put myself college.
owned
“dude”, it’s called living the dream.
no animal collective!!!11!one!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!1!
I woke up on fire in the bottom of a well at 3:33am with a half-bottle of whiskey and my boyfriend’s favorite Glassjaw hoodie and I just got home like right now for this, my new Q’aran. Thanks.
I’m just gonna listen to Sarah Records stuff all day. Days like tomorrow were what the Field Mice were made for!
I woke up on the porch swing, my copy of gideon’s bible open to the gospel of luke, the sound of the Vivian Girls wafting out from the hall. I want to die.
a zip would be nice….
nevermind
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY
how fucking romantic
The Decemberists + Bottle of Rum = Win
wowowowow thank you for this!!
Thank God for Louisiana. Mardi Gras, drown my sorrows in cheap vodka and plastic beads.
Also: I’ve taken a liking to titus andronicus in times such as these. Really put you in the mood for love.
Yeah, this mix is for me. I mean, it’s Friday night and I’m reading Stereogum.
I woke up went to work still wasted…this mix in no way made me feel better about the world or myself.
my Valentine’s MIX:
http://icameheretohearthemusic.blogspot.com/2009/02/valentines-mix.html
I got the ”Alone On Valentine LP” by Ryan Adams if you’re interested :
http://themblueeyes.blogspot.com/2009/02/extra-extra-cheese-valentine_3671.html
i hate how blogs turn into a 3rd grade classroom around holidays
I like the list with the exception of the Vivian Girls. I may just listen to the first two Bright Eyes albums and cry myself to sleep.
Happy Singles Awareness Day! < FUCK Valentines Day
…thanks for the mix ‘gum
I woke up at 434 this morning on my bike, indifferent and with the Robitussin shakes and once again felt alone on this very “special” day (my bike is a tandem).
Is this post really called “Love Bites”? You guys are right. Love does bite, at least it did in 1991…
There’s a great line in Los Campesinos!’s ‘We Are Accelerated Readers’: “The opposite of true love is as follows: REALITY!”
The End
How about the entire Gentleman album by Afghan Whigs. Quite possibly one of the greatest anti-romance albums ever. A tad misogynistic perhaps, but odds are you will have trouble finding Debonair or Be Sweet on someone’s Valentine’s Day mix.
thank you for the mix stereogum
♥
Excellent! This provided a perfect antithesis to the Valentines playlist my friend made me, which also happened to be 45 minutes
putting a bunch of recently released, or ‘of the moment’ tracks in a list doesn’t really constitute a themed “mix”…
One glaring exception…the Mountain Goats “No Children”. Probably the best anti-love song ever
you should have included ‘black’ by pearl jam.
Port obrien song rules!!!