Been So Long.

I’ve just gotten back to Manila from a trip to Hanoi and Siem Reap, and tomorrow morning I’m off yet again, this time to Boracay.  The thing about traveling, particularly in this part of the world, is that there is incredibly intermittent internet access.  I’ve got lots to share, I swear I do, and pictures to go along with my stories, but it will all have to wait.  I just wanted to write a quick note to let you know I’m still here, and I’m thinking of you.

“Been So Long” by Saint Etienne.

Another More-Travely Mix CD.

Okay, here’s part two of Darlington‘s two-disc mix CD.

Places, Specific

1. “Roma” by Pizzicato Five
2. “Piazza, New York Catcher” by Belle + Sebastian
3. “Surf Wax America” by Weezer
4. “Holland, 1945” by Neutral Milk Hotel
5. “Young Americans” by David Bowie *
6. “Waterloo Sunset” by The Kinks
7. “London Calling” by The Clash
8. “The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side” by The Magnetic Fields
9. “Mass Pike” by The Get Up Kids
10. “Look Inside America” by Blur
11. “Alabama” by Neil Young
12. “Haiti” by Arcade Fire
13. “California (All the Way)” by Luna
14. “Amazon” by M.I.A.
15. “Theme from Tokyo” by Bis
16. “Downey, CA” by Saint Etienne
17. “Blame it on the Tetons” by Modest Mouse
18. “Colorado” by Grizzly Bear
19. “Columbia” by Oasis

* Technically not a place, I know, as opposed to people from a place, but I like this song a lot.