Snowing Ash

Oh I do believe In all the things you see What comes is better than what came before. (Cat Power, "I Found a Reason" (Velvet Underground Cover))

For all that is frustrating about JeffJon (to be divulged in later posts), he is inherently (potentially excessively) thoughtful. My favorite thoughtful gesture he made was a CD compilation he titled "Snowing Ash" that I found on my car one winter morning. As it is now presently snowing outside (six days into April), it suited both the weather and my mood to listen to the CD he left me. The tracks are as follows (and are almost all recommended, if you're interested):

1. It's a Wonderful Life (Sparklehorse)
2. Battening the Hatches (Mt. Egypt)
3. How to Disappear Completely (Radiohead)
4. Fool (Cat Power)
5. Weary Blues from Waiting (Jesse Sykes)
6. Pyramid Song (Radiohead)
7. She's Half (American Analogue Set)
8. Never Meant (Owen)
9. I Found a Reason (Cat Power)
10. Sail to the Moon (Radiohead)
11. Untitled (Pelican)
12. We're the Ordinary (Star Flyer 59)
13. Videotape (Radiohead)

Thanks for the stellar comp JJ. Especially, especially for the Pelican song, which may be the most ethereal song I've ever heard.