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Album: Garden State Soundtrack

For the record, this weekend was wonderful for me, and all the fond memories I've built up will forever be tied in with this soundtrack. Yes, it means I'm not going to be a good judge of this music, but I guess that's not really the point of my blog, anyway.

I have to confess I'm not as musically knowledgeable as so many of my friends, so this album produced a lot of new gems for me. Of course I'd heard of Coldplay and the Shins, but Frou Frou, Zero 7, and Colin Hay are all new to me, and all wonderful. I think it's kind of hard to pick out songs that stand out, though, because this album works so well as a whole (this is no doubt due to its intrinsic connection to the movie), in much the same way that the Lost in Translation and Rushmore albums work together.

It also reminded me how much I love music, and how important it is in my life. It makes the metro ride that much better, it makes writing that much easier, and it makes everything so much more alive. It's amazing how differently a street, or a building, or a person looks set to music. I've decided that if I were to enter a poker tournament, headphones may not be such a bad idea, after all. And if you lose, at least you lose happy.