Over In About An Hour: Volume 2
(songs for a picture)

tickets, Originally uploaded to Flickr by fetching (Lane Hartwell).

Yesterday morning I saw a stunning picture posted on Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection. The photography was the work of Lane Hartwell. The picture stayed in my head all day and I found myself going back to look at it a couple of times. I then started thinking about songs that might have been playing the moment the photo was taken. While I suspect it was likely some top forty fare blaring on loudspeakers, in my head it was something that equaled the beauty of Lane’s work.

I’ve created Volume 2 (songs for a picture) of Over In About An Hour as a soundtrack to this photo. The mix tape includes:

1. Moving Pictures, Silent Film – Great Lake Swimmers
2. California (All The Way) - Luna
3. Quiet Town – Josh Rouse
4. These Arms Of Mine – Otis Redding
5. Please – Bing Crosby
6. Almost Blue – Elvis Costello
7. Everything Must Go! – The Weakerthans
8. Star Witness – Neko Case
9. Worth A Song – Matt Murphy
10. Trouble Sleeping – The Perishers
11. The Good Night - The Submarines
12. Say Yes – Elliott Smith
13. Bulletproof - Blue Rodeo
14. Long Distance Call – Phoenix
15. Made Up Lovesong #43 – Guillemots
16. Last Night Of The World – Bruce Cockburn

I am also thinking about another mix for this picture that has a completely different vibe to it. If it comes together I’ll post it here.

Many thanks to Lane for her permission to post her work on my blog. In our email exchange she mentioned the Neko Case track as her inspiration for taking the photograph.

If you have you can listen to this mix by clicking here.

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