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It’s been a while since I last posted. There’s lots that I want to say but I’ve not quite figured out how to say it. I’ll get there at some point, too much to take in and think about over the last few weeks. Too much to be able to put into words just yet.

In the meantime, how about a spotify playlist? A little something to pass the time. I’ve named this one Decadence & Descansa – it’s a sort of a representation of how I’ve felt about the world around me recently (descansa means relax in Spanish btw).

It’s been some  crazy days, from manic times at ATP Festival (love to you Godspeed You! Black Emperor), fun and sadness, ups and downs, confusion & bewilderment, crazy sleepless nights and nights tucked up watching the darkness outside.  I feel like I’ve been living in two totally different worlds of late – both mentally and physically – busy, happy & normal on the one hand and sad, lonely and confused on the other. This is where my brain has led me.

Playlist adjectives:

Slow, dark, frantic, deep, melancholy, stirring, cosy, scared, safe.

Tracklisting:

1. Here We Go Magic – Collector
2. Land Of Talk – The Hate I Won’t Commit
3. The Berg Sans Nipple – Mystic Song
4. Wavves – So Bored
5. Teengirl Fantasy – Dancing In Slow Motion (feat. Shannon Funchess)
6. White Hinterland – Icarus
7. Avey Tare – Lucky 1
8. Zola Jesus – Sea Talk
9. oOoOO – Seaww
10. Crystal Castles – Empathy
11. Joker – Digidesign
12. The Emeralds – Double Helix
13. Jamie Woon – Night Air
14. James Blake – Limit To Your Love
15. White Ring – Suffocation
16. Asobi Seksu – Thursday
17. Autolux – Blanket
18. Wolf Parade – Shine a Light
19. Women – Eyesore

Get it here: Decadence & Descansa

Find me and more of my playlist collection here: Annabel Hodges Spotify

Big love , peace on earth and Merry Xmas to one and all. I’ll get some Nat King Cole and Mariah into a playlist to get back to that festive spirit very soon. Miss you Jaamit. xx

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I’ve been ill again this week – that’s twice in three weeks and it SUCKS. I do not go quietly into the night shall we say. Unfortunately I can’t really whinge too much about it as if I think about it for more than one second, it’s pretty obvious that it’s all self inflicted.

A theory (/statement) was once put forward by Ms Fielding that I work on a six week schedule. I spend six weeks running around trying to do everything in my life, having a small issue with saying the word ‘no’ and burning the candle at both ends – then I get ill for a week, become grouchy, miserable & a recluse – then the routine starts all over again. There may be a tiny element of truth in this. I’ll get the balance right one day maybe.

I made  a playlist in honour of this routine – songs that contribute to the ruining of my immune system, and songs that contribute to reviving again. It’s a winner no matter which cycle of the routine I’m in. *High 5 Me*

Tracklist:

Exploding Hearts – Sleeping Aides and Razorblades
Local Natives – Warning Sign
Memory Tapes – Bicycle
Best Coast – Goodbye
Titus Andronicus – No Future Part Three: Escape from No Future
The Concretes – Keep Yours
Broken Social Scene – World Sick
JJ – Ecstasy
James Blake – CMYK
Those Dancing Days – Run Run
Health – Die Slow
Stereolab – French Disko
Hot Chip – I Feel Better (Ill Blu Remix)
Desire – Don’t Call
Cursive – The Recluse
Women – Shaking Hand
Midlake – Head Home
Jens Lekman – Your Arms Around Me
Night Plane – Wave Haze
Health – Before Tigers (CFCF RMX)
Beach House – Take Care

Special mention to The Exploding Hearts, who died in a tragic car accident after a gig in 2003 – at the prime of their lives. An awesome talent sadly missed. And of course Baby Girl Aaliyah sampled on James Blake’s CMYK.

Spotify Playlist download link – In Sickness & In Health

Ps. Yes I know the double use of HEALTH in the tracklisting is a little easy, but I’m obsessed and it was too good to resist. I’ve chosen an original and a remix to gloss over the overusage so it works, it does.

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