I explained this a little bit on Wednesday, but we’re doing a little essay-ish series over the month of August, and the premise is basically that I’m going to be writing about eleven songs I associate with the month of August, organized like an album, with a Side A and a Side B. Some of the writing will be more focused on the song, some less focused, and I’m not positive how this is going to go, but we’ll try it out. Here’s the track list. We’ll talk about August and Everything After on Monday.
Side A
1. “August and Everything After” – Counting Crows
2. “Untitled (Love Song)” – Counting Crows
3. “Goodnight L.A.” – Counting Crows
4. “Wildest Dreams” – Taylor Swift
5. “Coming Home” – Diddy – Dirty Money, Skylar Grey
Side B
6. “Rockin’ the Suburbs” – Ben Folds
7. “Meet Virginia” – Train
8. “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” – Paul Simon
9. “Paper Planes” – M.I.A.
10. “Satellite Call” – Sara Bareilles
11. “L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.” – Noah and the Whale
this is the stegosaurus of ideas.