Side A
Artist	Song
ben folds five	narcolepsy
sounds orchestral	cast your fate to the wind
stina nordenstam	little star
the whitlams	charlie number one
bjork	big time sensuality
jeff	so real
tchaikovsky	love theme from romeo and juliet
ben harper	pleasure and pain
my friend the chocolate cake	cello song for charlie
radiohead	exit music for a film
the kinks	days
four play	the sweetest perfection
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
bjork	like someone in love
the avalanches	tonight
the verve	weeping willow
debussy	clair de lune (moonlight)
wilco	someone else's song
my friend the chocolate cake	a song from under the floor boards
	"The Minstrel Boy"
ben folds five	selfless cold and composed
earl hines	nice work if you can get it
leonardo's bride	forty-one false starts
lou reed	perfect day
billie holiday	i'll never be the same
from the Romeo and Juliet Soundtrack (Baz's, not Tchaikovsy's)	"Morning Breaks"

Comment:

in the family filing cabinet of sheet music somewhere between dad's dance band 50's/60's stuff, my sister's somewhat stodgy taste in piano music (why on earth play clementi when you can play chopin?) and my other sister's violing musettes, minuets, airs, trios, concertos and god knows what i found a four page noctourne by John Field. From the word go I was totally in love. It's like when a little kid who's learning a musical instrument first gets to play something a bit different like Kabalevsky, or Eugene Gossens and they get all -oh my- over contempory music. Except this was different. This Noctourne was so peaceful, so stunning and yet unsettling. It is these qualities i've tried to slip into this mix. John Field lived in the 1800's, was Irish, an alcoholic who could never afford sheet music or travel expenses to concerts and who used very unorthodox fingering patterns on the piano. I had to respect this guy for just that, let alone being one of Chopin's influences (!). This is my little salute to John Field. I reckon he wouldn't mind most of this, i tended to favour piano based stuff a little bit, but otherwise it's all sweet, unsettling and peaceful. of course, with field's forte being noctournes...i HAD to put a few sleep related songs. god this additional comment it rambly. sorry. i might re-write it at a later date!

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