MISS MOOX: Music Mix

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Nothing new here at all, just felt like sharing this as it feels like a Joan As Police Woman kind of day.
I love her, I love this song and I love this video. That's all!

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It's been a while since I posted a music mix here and as I was going through songs this week I realised how many lady vocalists I adore. The list seemed endless and I thought it might be a bit much to include them all in one mix, so I've had to split them into two, this being part 1! Growing up I had such a strong female role model (hi Mum! ha!) and find that nearly all my heros are actually, heroines.

I hope you enjoy this mix - it's a mix of chilled and upbeat which has thankfully got me through the last few days of illness and work! I think there'll be a lot more classics in Part 2, but for now, the listings...
1. Florence + The Machine > Dog Days Are over
2. Alela Diane > Age Old Blue
3. Joni Mitchell > California
4. Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves Of Destiny > Atlas
5. Jesca Hoop > Peacemaker
6. First Aid Kit > Blue
7. Erykah Badu > Cleva
8. Cat Power > (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
9. Joan As Policewoman > The Ride
10. Francoise Hardy > Le Temps De L'Amour

LADIES PT. 1 from heyjo on 8tracks.

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I just heard Cigar Store Indian by Zervas & Pepper on my beloved Radio 6 & while I haven't had a chance to check out their other stuff yet, I've been enjoying this song a lot. In case you don't know them, Z & P are a Welsh two piece who describe themselves as 'Harmony driven, Laurel Canyon-esque folk rock'. Let me know if there's any new music you've been into lately. I'm always on the look out for new bands to listen to!

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Jake Bugg is an 18 year old musician from Nottingham who's recently been compared to people like Bob Dylan & Donovan. While I definitely hear those similarities I also think it's pretty exciting to have a new dude to listen to. His sound is beyond his years and definitely evocative of a bygone era, but still it sounds fresh. I'm sold!

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The sun is out today & it's been making me wish I could drive. YES! Stop Press! Hold the phone! That's right! I'm 31 (in two weeks) and I still don't drive! Pretty tragic, I know. I failed my test when I was 18 and have since always lived in big cities (Edinburgh, Toronto, London) with no need or want for a car. It's only now I live by the sea out of the city that I wish I had passed my test all those years ago. Would save me the headache of having to do it now - all those gear changes & roundabouts, yuch. I'd love to be able to jump in the car & drive off into the sunset, listening to some great tunes. Hence this music mix tape. It's a kind of a half relaxing, half happy-making mix of tunes for the drive home at the end of a long day. For those of you who can drive - and I'm guessing that's pretty much all of you, do have any driving favourites?

Track Listing: 1 / The Hours > Beach House 2 / California Dreaming > Bobby Womack 3 / Hurry On Sundown > Hawkwind 4 / Look Around The Corner > Quantic & Alice Russell 5 / Go Your Own Way > Fleetwood Mac 6 / Earthquake > This Is The Kit 7 / Ce Matin La > Air 8 / Hold On > SBTRKT 9 / Life Changes > Ski OakenfullSUNSET DRIVES from heyjo on 8tracks.

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So it turns out that this week I have seventy-million things to do, oh and it's halfway through Wednesday already. WHAAAT? When most people find themselves in this situation they probably just get down to business, instead of maybe spending hours drooling over things they can't have on Pinterest or working out to the last minute what time they should leave the house tonight to arrive at the swimming pool for optimum no-teenager / hairy man time; or perhaps having another cup of coffee because it's a GREAT distraction to wait by the kettle (3 minutes - but you can drag it out to 4 if you stare into the fridge looking for snacks and then realise you just need to get out the milk); or wishing they'd just damn well washed their hair this morning instead of being lazy so they have to keep looking in the mirror telling themselves they're pretty gross for not washing it, or thinking the Toronto Maple Leafs hoodie they're wearing really is their favourite and why don't they wear it more often but that it needs to be washed with the new washing powder they just bought because the old one gives them a headache...
Clearly this is a thinly veiled disguise for how I've spent my day. No prizes. It doesn't help that the weather has been abysmal or that it's FREEZING in my house today or that I am just really not feeling it. Procrastination is most definitely my worst enemy which normally I can mentally beat with a very large pokey stick, but not today. It wins, hands down.

Naturally I couldn't leave you with a post all about my inability to do anything constructive with my day so I decided to make a music mixtape (I am 30 and yes I still say tape) for your ears to help you get through your working day and hopefully to finally get me through mine. HA!
Track Listing:
1 / Half Full Glass of Wine > Tame Impala2 / Gold On The Ceiling > The Black Keys3 / Somebody To Love > Jefferson Airplane4 / Aroused > Tom Vek5 / Young Girl > Dawn Landes6 / Rinse Me Down > Bombay Bicycle Club7 / Blood To Gold > Boy & Bear 8 / L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N > Noah And The Whale9 / I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun > Minnie Riperton
10 / Blues Run The Game > Headless Heroes11 / Lullaby (Mountain) > The Acorn
GET YOUR WORK ON! from heyjo on 8tracks.
PS - I refuse to believe I'm the only one who has wasted days like this - anyone else? How do you overcome days like this? Since working from home for myself I find these days just lead to increased stress levels and feelings of extreme worry!