edmundcorcoran:

throat to the stars; a collection of songs for the studies of ancient greek: for the sleepless nights, the epic heroes, the lovers of plato and followers of augustus; for the drinkers of whiskey and wine; for the initiates of dionysus and the pursuers of ancient frenzies; for languid days in a rowboat, for postcards from rome; for silencing the friend who could not hold his tongue.

^{it’s a very greek idea, and a very profound one. beauty is terror. whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before. and what could be more terrifying and beautiful, to souls like the greeks or our own, than to lose control completely? to throw off the chains of being for an instant, to shatter the accident of our mortal selves? euripides speaks of the maenads: head thrown back, throat to the stars, “more like deer than human being.”}

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^{i. greek song; rufus wainwright | ii. the role of the hero in antiquity; commander venus | iii. lakefront property; austronautalis | iv. the lost art of keeping a secret; queens of the stone age | v. a good idea at the time; ok go | vi. devil’s spoke; laura marling | vii. between the bars; elliot smith | viii. j’ai deuz amours; joséphine baker} 

orrpheus:

the beast you’ve made of me - a charles/camilla mix.

i. we all complete - never let me go ost. | ii. plain sailing weather - frank turner. | iii. howl - florence + the machine. | iv. skinny love - bon iver. | v. tristan and iseult - tarkio. | vi. coming second - elbow. | vii. without permission - the national. | vii. can’t stand me now - the libertines. | ix. my blood - ellie goulding.

leemillers:

borgia blood; a (mostly) instrumental mix for cesare and lucrezia [ listen ]

“And what if my husband should prove ungallant?”
“I shall cut his heart out with a dinner knife and serve it to you.”

i. power, seduction, cries - clint mansell ii. my body is a cage - peter gabriel iii. 503 - hans zimmer iv. a bitter truth - lorne balfe v. a bird without feathers - ramin djawadi vi. spiegle im spiegle - arvo pärt vii. fix you - the angry string quartet viii. 1962: body building - philip glass ix. sarabande - haendel x. the bloody clothes of heaven - dj assassin

sallygilmartins:

RED HANDS, WHITE HEARTS | A FANMIX FOR THE MACBETHS

i. the prayer - bloc party (come, you spirits / that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here / and fill me, from the crown to the toe, top full / of direst cruelty)

is it so wrong to crave recognition? second best, runner up, is it so wrong to want rewarding? to want more than is given to you? than is given to you?

ii. king and lionheart - of monsters & men (we fail? / but screw your courage to the sticking-place/ and we’ll not fail)

taking over this town, they should worry, but these problem aside i think i taught you well, that we won’t run, and we won’t run, and we won’t run […] howling ghost they reappear, in mountains that are stacked with fear, but you’re a king and i’m a lion-heart.

iii. darkness - leonard cohen (i am settled, and bend up / each corporal agent to this terrible feat. / away, and mock the time with fairest show: / false face must hide what the false heart doth know)

i caught the darkness, it was drinking from your cup , i caught the darkness, drinking from your cup, i said, “is this contagious?” you said, “just drink it up.”

iv. as tall as cliffs - margot & the nuclear so and so’s (infirm of purpose! / give me the daggers. the sleeping and the dead / are but as pictures)

well you said i needn’t be afraid, of all those devils on the wall, that make a fella small, and when he’s feelin’ brave, they take his wine away, there were posters on the wall, i swear my mother saw, and i’ve been up all night, up all night

v. the gardener - the tallest man on earth (i’ll call upon you straight. abide within. / it is concluded: banquo, thy soul’s flight, / if it find heaven, must find it tonight.)

i sense a leak inside my phone now, from all the lies i have told […] i know the leak is going to tell you, there ain’t no puppy in your leash, so now he’ll fertilize the roses, so i could stay the king you see, in your eyes

vi. demon host - timber timbre (can such things be, / and overcome us like a summer cloud, / without our special wonder? you make me strange / even to the disposition that i owe)

i was on the fence and i never wanted your two cents, down my throat in the pit, with my head upon the spit, oh reverend please can i chew your ear? i have become what i most fear, and i know there’s no such thing as ghosts but i have seen the demon host

vii. black eyes - radical face (from this moment / the very firstlings of my heart shall be / the firstlings of my hand)

you burned me, yeah you’ve burned me, yeah you’ve burned me now one too many times, my thoughts are the cold kind, i’ve got storm clouds that are brewing behind my eyes, and my heart will be blacker than your eyes when i’m through with you

viii. glory - radical face (i have supped full with horrors. / direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts, / cannot once start me)

and the sky is wrecked, full of rotting clouds, from chimney mouths spewing smoke around, and i can’t stop coughing, my lungs just won’t calm down, but still i keep grinning, as the blood from my face stains the ground

tracedust:

repeated, repeated | an OT5 fanmix

1. black water | apparat [we will be ephemeral, we will be ephemeral]

2. we are young | ennui [i can do anything i want; we are young, we are young, we are young]

3. you! me! dancing! | los campesinos! [if there’s one thing that i can never confess, it’s that i can’t dance a single step]

4. camera talk | local natives [the camera’s talking, and even though i can’t be sure, memory tells me that these times are worth working for]

5. dreams (cover) | passion pit [all my life is changing every day in every possible way]

6. new innocent tyro allegory | havergal [i will lie still until i hear that note repeated, repeated]

7. teen angst | m83 [how fast we burn, how fast we cry, the sooner we learn, the sooner we die, i am so glad we’re crying]

8. so here we are | bloc party [i made a vow to carry you home]

9. stranger things | local natives [enjoy the chance of frozen new grounds, everything’s alive with beautiful sounds; i’ve learned to smile without a bearing]

10. all i need | awolnation [all i need is you smiling; all i need is life, love with you]

11. young blood (slow version) | the naked and the famous [our hands gripping each other tight, you keep my secrets hope to die; promises, swear them to the sky]

more lyrics @ livejournal - dl lnk @ mediafire

compels:

if it brings me to my knees — a zayn/liam fanmix

1. Tautou // Brand New
2. In the Next Room // Neon Trees
3. Love You Much Better // The Hush Sound
4. Give Me Love // Ed Sheeran
5. I For You // The All-American Rejects
6. Curiosity // Carly Rae Jepsen
7. Without You // Lana Del Rey
8. Nevermind Me // Maria Mena
9. Nicest Thing // Kate Nash
10. Bad Religion // Frank Ocean
11. Gonna Get Over You (Demo) // Sara Bareilles

lyrics and download here at my lj

tracedust:

silent signs | a stylinson fanmix

part I

1. the tension and the terror | straylight run [and i try but i’m not convincing, your lips they pout and twist and i die just trying to keep myself from kissing you]

2. you already know | bombay bicycle club [looking out the glass, always sit together, we both know we could be someone better but not with our heads like london weather]

3. self-preservation | the lucksmiths [getting this happy takes practice, the world would be duller without us]

4. night drive | gotye [such a quiet joy knowing that i’m your pick-up fix and you’re my favorite boy]

5. this sweet love | jams yuill [all this time you show me your love, sweet love]

6. my favorite book | stars [you’re my best friend and that is why we’ll always make it, how i know your face, all the ways you move]

7. sunday | bloc party [head on my chest, a silent smile, a private kind of happiness, you see giant proclamations are all very well but our love is louder than words]

8. clouds | the long winters [we’re a kiss away from being dangerous]

part II

9. blue eyes | the cary brothers [i just want to sing a song with you, i just want to get it on with you, cause blue eyes, you’re the secret i keep]

10. fair | remy zero [when you’d hide your songs would die, so i’d hide yours with mine]

11. oviedo | blind pilot [there were nights in bars that i recall, your voice was courage laced with alcohol, you leaned in, you said, “make music with the chatter in here and whisper all the notes in my ear”]

12. your smile’s a drug | patrick park [cause you’re a tongue-tied talker with sleepy eyes who always gets the last word, you’re not broken you’re just tired and it shows, and the courage that i showed left a long time ago]

13. silent signs | deyarmond edison [buried in brotherhood, my body’s built much braver cause i once befriended you]

14. broken | s. carey [and this won’t get broken]

15. a dream for us | the appleseed cast [what i feel inside i don’t want to hide, it’s you that got to me, it’s what i want to sing, cause i have a dream for us]

16. the weight of us | sanders bohike [the time has come, let us be brave]

more lyrics + dl links @ lj

compels:

maybe i won’t suffer — a zayn/liam fanmix

1. Untouchable Face // Ani DiFranco
2. Crowd Surf Off a Cliff // Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton
3. Piece of You // The Pierces
4. Globes & Maps // Something Corporate
5. Everything Must Find Its Place // Sleeperstar
6. Nobody Puts Baby In The Corner // Fall Out Boy
7. Sorry // Maria Mena
8. Lies // Marina & the Diamonds
9. Ways & Means // Snow Patrol
10. Sunburn // Ed Sheeran
11. Breathe Again // Sara Bareilles

lyrics and download here at my lj

carbon; including the likes of:

• portishead
• queens of the stone age
• simon bookish
• hot chip
• etc.

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bluish; including the likes of:

• cold war kids
• sufjan stevens
• st. vincent
• ed sheeran
• etc.

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