Artist	Song
Rufus Wainwright	One Man Guy
Bobby Womack	Looking For A Love
Ben Folds	Family of Me
The Bitterwsweets	Long Day
Talking Heads	This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
Van Morrison	The Philosopher's Stone
Jonny Lang	Wander This World
Jackson Browne	The Barricades of Heaven
Bob Dylan	Not Dark Yet
Bruce Springsteen	The Promise
Ryan Adams	The Bar Is A Beautiful Place
Los Lobos	I Got Loaded
Train	Cab
Neil Diamond	Solitary Man
Robert Plant	Ship of Fools
Bruce Springsteen	This Hard Land
Tom Petty	Room At The Top
Van Morrison	Dweller On The Threshold
Ryan Adams	Let It Ride
Bob Seger	Travelin' Man/Beautiful Loser
Collective Soul	Compliment
Counting Crows	Rain King (Live Acoustic)
Tom Petty	Two Gunslingers
Stevie Ray Vaughn	Little Wing
Joe Satriani	The Meaning of Love
Ben Folds	Time
Collective Soul	General Attitude
Ben Folds	Evaporated

Comment:

So, its been an odd time for me. Bittersweet. Indeed, after five amazing years, I am leaving the Bay Area and returning home to Arizona. Although its been half a decade, I am coming back much the same person I was when I left: passionate, energetic, thankful for all my blessings, and most significantly, alone.

Two states, two of the same story. You think you found that special person that was hidden from you, and after awhile, you are convinced you did, only to see you are grasping shadows and focused on illusions. Then you're left with just yourself, and glad for it. Its a matter of getting back to basics and finding your footing on the idea that I am important, I place value on what I want I think is valuable, and I am what makes me happy. It sounds narcissistic, but its not that simple. Its a complicated process full of trapdoors and halls of mirrors that make it hard to be happy.

Still, here I stand, shoulders back, chin up, stomach in, not just feeling satisfied, but feeling blessed with where I am. With this in mind, I decided to break away from my thesis for a bit and put these feelings in the best format I know: a mix CD. Some people play the piano, some play the violin; I play the radio. Its important to note that all these songs, all 28 of them (its a 2 CD set) talk about only the person singing them. That was my rule for this CD: Songs that are only about the narrator, not about others. That's where I am at right now.

So, here it is: "The State of Things."

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