2008: The Summer of C's

I was very surprised to know that not only anyone out there reads this, but that some of you also cared enough to tell me to continue posting! What a way to make a person feel better, especially in days like these when I reflect on having left one place for another with a heavy heart. Thanks to all of you for being such wonderful friends.

Though this blog was simply for mix EP's, I'm going to take the liberty to venture a bit out of my own mission statement and include a recap of the times spent not making mix EP's. After all, all things loose charm once a routine becomes of them. So, here it goes.

In a nutshell, the Cindiot has learned from a great many experiences in the past several months of summer that life is lived best when simple but active and with love. This summer's activities vary from such things like watching a Grand Sumo Wrestling Championship to purchasing the first-ever designer dress at Barney's Warehouse Sale, and from successfully understanding one Mandarin children's song in a CD of twelve to mediating cases of the Orange County Superior Court small claims court. Others that are especially enjoyable were playing beach volleyball and having out-of-state visitors.

Thus, I present to you this mix EP. It's for the sweetness of summer and the sour aftertaste that you get from it after the realization that it's gone past you. It's for the pang summer leaves and the jolt it gives that carries you onto times after. And for the way even in times after, summer still has the ability to conjure up memories of which you consciously try to keep stored "as it is" in the recessed parts of your heart, only to be sugarcoated later by none other than your own mind. The summer of C's is about how quickly it fleets, but not away.

Here is my musical ode to 2008: The Summer of Chinese, Cupcakes, Court Cases, and Cinta for/in California. And as you give these tunes a listen, remind yourself for me that my Cinta extends to you too.

The Summer of C's

Editors - Camera (SebastiAn Fader Remix) [SebastiAn Remixes, 2008]

The Black Kids - The Boyfriend (The Twelves Remix) [Works For Me, 2008]

Thao and the Get Down, Stay Down - Yes, and So On So On [We Brave Bee Stings and All, 2008]

Bon Iver - Lump Sum [For Emma, Forever Long Ago, 2007]

Radiohead - House of Cards [In Rainbow, 2007]