Setlist Society

I assumed the worst when Christina suggested a list to cope with a terrible day, week, whatever. And the worst means that there will be a few stages of coping.

First comes the need to drown out sorrow with hard-hitting riffs and licks. A little build-up at first, perhaps, but then it's drive, drive, drive. The hard-hitting sounds get more and more jaded in their lyrics, until...

Stage two completes the journey from hard-hitting sounds to hard-hitting lyrics. It's the blue phase of coping. Life is hard. I kind of feel like whining. I need a hole to just hide in. But this too shall pass into...

Stage three brings me up out of my hole and reminds me that there are lovely things that still soothe the soul. It ends with some resolve that I should go ahead and plan on getting out of bed tomorrow and try to be optimistic. Who doesn't want to feel good after going through all that?

1. "The President's Dead" from The President's Dead [single] by Okkervil River
2. "Dope Nose" from Maladriot by Weezer
3. "Flathead" from Flathead [EP] by The Fratellis
4. "Rumble in Brighton" from Guitar Slinger by The Brian Setzer Orchestra
5. "Everything Went Numb" from Everything Goes Numb by Streetlight Manifesto
6. "Scott Farcas Takes It on the Chin" from Hello Rockview by Less Than Jake
7. "Cabrón" from By the Way by Red Hot Chili Peppers
8. "The Likes of You Again" from Swagger by Flogging Molly
9. "My Friends Over You" from Sticks and Stones by A New Found Glory
10. "Five Long Years" from From the Cradle by Eric Clapton
11. "Kiss with a Fist" from Lungs by Florence and the Machines
12. "The Modern Leper" from The Midnight Organ Fight by Frightened Rabbit
13. "Mean Old World" from The Blues [Disc 1] by Eric Clapton
14. "The Pharaohs" from Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
15. "Dig Me a Hole" from Fireproof by Dawn Landes
16. "Horses on the Range" from Citsuca by Timmy Curran
17. "Into the West" from The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King soundtrack by Howard Shore with Annie Lennox
18. "Sweetness Follows" from Automatic for the People by R.E.M.
19. "3. Saturday Night Waltz" from Rodeo by Aaron Copland
20. "Pick Yourself Up" from When I Look in Your Eyes by Diana Krall
21. "Bright Spring Morning" from Rump Shaker by Suburban Legends