Sinister: music for airports

[Ciflux at xxx.com]

I finally delurk for this question:

> What do you think is the best belle and sebby music for airporting? Or any 
>  sort of music for that matter? I've always liked airports for some reason, 
>  and belle and sebastian seems to go very well with that whole mod-airport 
>  theme. Is this just me?

I like airports, too.  And train stations.  (Not bus stations, though -- at 
least not for the most part.)  They are places of temporary, transitional 
moments, some big, some small.  I find I do my best thinking while waiting 
for flights or trains, feeling temporarily suspended from my day-to-day life 
and getting ready for some kind of momentary displacement.  I like that 
feeling, actually, and the music I bring along should ideally reflect that.  
It should be a little wistful and dark around the edges, yet not *too* sad, 
slow or melancholy.  It should sculpt itself around the station and the 
experience.  Here are some prime suggestions.  Try them on your next travel 
mix tape (uh, I'm not the only one who does this almost every time he 
travels, am I?)

-- Nick Drake's _Way To Blue_ (I remember listening to "Northern Sky" on a 
flight from Newark to London, watching the edge of the horizon begin to 
brighten -- one of those perfect moments)
-- Edith Frost's _Calling Over Time_ (brought this along to Minneapolis last 
year and it seemed to sculpt itself around the airport lounge)
-- The Flying Burrito Brothers' _Further Along_ (though this is more for long 
road trips)
-- Yo La Tengo from _Painful_ onward
-- St. Etienne's _So Tough_
-- certain Eyeless In Gaza songs -- they wrote a lot about travel and 
weather.  "Transience Blues" works especially well.
-- The Smiths' _Louder Than Bombs_
-- pretty much any prime New Zealand pop music from the mid-80s, especially 
the Chills, Bats and Peter Jefferies
-- Adventures In Stereo's blue album
-- Sarah records sound best on plane flights -- I hardly ever listen to most 
of them at home anymore...

...and my Belle & Sebastian in-flight selections: "Stars of Track & Field," 
"Slow Graffiti," "Lazy Line Painter Jane," "It Could Have Been A Brilliant 
Career," "Photo Jenny," "Rollercoaster Ride."  There's more, I'm sure.

OK, back into the shadows.

mike (who's done far too much traveling this past year and is enjoying being 
earthbound for awhile)
ciflux at aol.com
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