kerouac attack -- july 5 / 08

Consider Jack Kerouac and his travels cross-country. Now take out the hangovers, the sense of immediacy; this is perhaps too happy a mix to be accurately called "Kerouac Attack". But since it was made for our friend undertaking a cross-country motorcycle road trip, the comparison was too tempting. So, in general: roads, wind, white lines, sore feet, road signs. fading into sunset, motel rooms, hostels, deep sleeps.

original track list
o1. "Lost!" - Coldplay (Viva La Vida, or Death and All His Friends);
o2. "Abattoir Blues" - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (Abattoir Blues);
o3. "I Was a Daughter" - Basia Bulat (Oh, My Darling);
04. "Ventura Highway" - America (Homecoming);
o5. "Most of Us Prizefighters" - A.C. Newman (The Slow Wonder); *
o6. "So You Did It Again" - Ane Brun (Live in Scandinavia); *
o7. "Good Weekend" - Art Brut (Bang Bang Rock & Roll);
o8. "July, July!" - The Decemberists (Castaways & Cutouts);
o9. "A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity to Be Free" - Elliott Smith (From a Basement on the Hill);
10. "Fake Palindromes" - Andrew Bird (The Mysterious Production of Eggs);
11. "Postcards from Italy" - Beirut (Gulag Orkestar);
12. "American Kids (instrumental)" - Bloc Party; *
13. "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" - Matt Pond PA (cover);
14. "Pictures of Success" - Rilo Kiley (Take-offs & Landings);
15. "English Girls Approximately" - Ryan Adams (Love Is Hell);
16. "She's a Jar" - Wilco (Summerteeth);
17. "Soon Enough" - The Constantines (Tournament of Hearts);
18. "Neverending Math Equation" - Sun Kil Moon (Tiny Cities);
19. "Cotton" - The Mountain Goats (We Shall All Be Healed);
20. "America" - Simon & Garfunkel (Bookends); and
21. "Hard Sun" - Eddie Vedder (Into the Wild OST).