[I'm taking a one-week respite from my probably-too-intense musings on the nature of love]
I know a lot of people struggle to find good music to listen to, so I’ve tried to simplify the process. All you have to do is diagnose your current mood through a little self-reflection, locate that mood in the left-hand column, and then look up the corresponding artist to the right. So, the following are meant to be plugged into the following formula:
“If you’re feeling _____, then listen to ______.”
Classy..................................................Elvis Costello
Transcendental.........................................Emmylou Harris
Like life is too complicated...........................Patti Griffin
Like you need to tell the world about something, but you don’t actually have anything to say.....................Rufus Wainwright
Residual Lower-Middle-Class suburban teen ang..........Nirvana
Optimistic about your chances of finding true love..........Sarah McLachlan
Pessimistic about your chances of finding true love.............Ryan Adams
Pessimistic about your chances of finding true love, but you insist on pretending you didn’t really care about that anyway................Lucinda Williams
Depressed, and you want to feel like that...............Elliot Smith
Depressed, but you want to feel better..................Sufjan Stevens
Like smoking at least three cigars by yourself in one evening.............Tom Waits
Like saving the fookin world...........................U2
Residual Upper-Middle-Class suburban teen angst.........Ben Folds
Better than everyone else, in an artsy way..............Radiohead
Better than everyone else, in a “Don Juan” way..........Damien Rice
Better than everyone who lives in the Midwest...........Bright Eyes
That life is too serious................................Fountains of Wayne
That life is too silly.................................Johnny Cash
