• Submit Date: 10/17/2004
  • Format: CD
  • Category: Pop

The Heart of Lightness

Artist Song
Elvis Costello  Welcome to the Working Week 
Hookfoot  Bluebird 
Spirit  Mr. Skin 
Crack the Sky  She's a Dancer 
Be Bop Deluxe  Kiss of Light 
Elefant  Misfit 
Ryan Adams  Burning Photographs 
Phoenix  Too Young 
Ben Kweller  Wasted & Ready 
Brendan Benson  Good to Me 
Status Quo  Down Down 
Libertines  Can't Stand Me Now 
Echo & the Bunnymen  Do it Clean 
The Nazz  Under the Ice 
Charlie  Summer Romances 
Sniff 'n the Tears  Driver's Seat 
Shoes  Tomorrow Night 
The Flamin' Groovies  I Can't Hide 
Marshall Crenshaw  Mary Anne 
Todd Rundgren  Just One Victory 

Comment:

Made because we finished Heart of Darkness in English class. This mix was to counteract the boringness of that novella with some kick ass tunes, although they are both the same in that neither of them have a purpose or a point. If you ever want to read a story with endless description that basically leads to a worthless discovery, then read Heart of Darkness. Grrr. Enjoy the tunes, but read Heller or Vonnegut instead.

Feedback:

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Nevsky
Date: 10/17/2004
3 stars for speaking the gospel truth about a very dull story.

Although I'd give the mix a solid 4. So 7/5, then.
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Salman1
Date: 10/17/2004
WHAT?! Heart of Darkness is a literary masterpiece. Granted it is a tad dry and predictable, and people expecting an exciting, grabbing plot would find it boring, but this is a dark, haunting, very well-written exploration of madness sparked by the African colonialization and exploitation. I found it to be an illuminating book.
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A.D. 69
Date: 10/17/2004
Well, I guess we're all entitled to our opinions. Look, here's my deal with it. You keep hearing about Kurtz, and Conrad keeps this monotonous description of the jungle going for just a little bit too long. Then you get to Kurtz, and Marlow never really gains any insight from this "incredible man." I just wish after all that time that something would have happened with Kurtz, you know. I am one of those people who expected something a little more exciting, especially from a so called "adventure story."
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hemizen
Date: 10/18/2004
Ahh, the madness of it all. Nice mix.
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lipstick vogue
Date: 10/18/2004
Excellent mix, especially the Elvis costello, Ben Kweller, and Echo tracks.
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FLWB
Date: 10/18/2004
Good selections especially Be-Bop, Groovies and Crenshaw. Of course you can't go wrong with Mr Skin either.
Read Richard Brautigan's In Watermelon Sugar: The Deeds Were Done And Done Again As My Life Is Done In Watermelon Sugar. Much shorter and succinctly descriptive.
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French Connection
Date: 10/19/2004
Nice mix Alex, Dickens tops the list of boring authors in my book, takes him 3 pages to describe a chair! Try reading Banks' "Rule Of The Bone" (see my mix too) guarantee you'll enjoy the book.
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TBC_RHPS
Date: 10/19/2004
Nice... love the Ben Kweller and Echo & the Bunnymen tracks
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stripey357
Date: 10/20/2004
I agree with your cool mix policy, but I disagree with your anti-James Conrad policy :)
Watch Apocalypse Now, it tells the same tale about a more recent event. And keep making cool mixes wioth Status Quo, the Groovies, and Marshall Crenshaw!
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A.D. 69
Date: 10/25/2004
I acutally dig Apocalypse Now...it's a really awesome movie. For some reason I just couldn't get into Heart of Darkness, lol. Thanks for the comments.
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p the swede
Date: 11/15/2004
be-bop deluxe , that's cool
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zeke
Date: 2/7/2005
This is excellent. The horror. The horror.
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cegriffin
Date: 4/13/2008
Your mix is awesome.

Your opinion of Joseph Conrad is significantly less awesome!

I found Heart of Darkness to be dull, but the writing itself from sentence to sentence is beautiful, and the story is amazing.

Oh well. To each her own. At least you got a good mix out of it.