Influenza-born boredom.

For the past week or so, my ability to critically think about boredom has been reduced [or, perhaps, obliterated] by a mild to moderate cold. Last Wednesday, while you were all discussing Sherlock Holmes and the everyday, I was concentrating on things more along the lines of Sudafed and the sick day. I'm not sure I was self-reflective or conscious enough to feel bored, so I can't offer any brilliant observations linking mucus with ennui, alas. I did, however, have enough creative energy to make a conceptual mix cd loosely based on boredom...these aren't songs about boredom or songs that I find boring -- more songs that sound bored, disengaged, or somehow emotionally tentative. A small part of my motivation for posting this here is that it is more or less the greatest study mix I've ever made. (Feel free to ask for a copy come exam time.)

01 Grizzly Bear - Shift
02 Thanksgiving - Oh Well
03 Little Wings - Light Green Leaves
04 A Silver Mt. Zion - Horses in the Sky
05 Erik Satie - Gymnopedie I (Lent et Douloureux)
06 The Dirty Projectors - Weather I'm Under
07 Sparklehorse - Spirit Ditch
08 Wooden Wand - Leave your Perch
09 Castanets - Cathedral 2 (Your Feet on the Floor Sounding like the Rain)
10 Cass McCombs - A Comedian is Someone Who Tells Jokes
11 Microphones - Headless Horseman
12 Drowsy - I Died of Death
13 The Bell Orchestre - The Bells Play the Band
14 Max Richter - Horizon Variations
15 Metallic Falcons - Silent Night
16 Akron/Family - Shoes
17 Brightblack Morning Light - Everybody Daylight
18 Born Heller - First Kiss
19 Lau Nau - Hunnun
20 Sibylle Baier - Remember the Day
21 Claude Debussy - Des Pas Sur la Niege

Real, thought-provoking post to be written upon regaining my mental capacity!