money makes the world go...

i like money, i hate money, i make money, i take money, i spend money, i save money, i crave money, i don't care that much for money.

you can get silver money, gold money, paper money, plastic money, fake money, monopoly money, money made out of stuff that you are not allowed to put in christmas puddings anymore, because it's not safe.

i put money in banks, i put money in tins, i put money in jars, i put money in cars. actually that's not true. i don't have a car and i never give anyone petrol money. how awful is that? sorry darling pals with wheels.

there sure are a lot of cliches to do with money. i don't really feel like telling you any of them right now. i think as long as i have enough money to by my pals tequila shots every now and again, i'll be a happy gal. let's all drink tequila right now and listen to my new mixtape! adios babes x

coin laundry - lisa mitchell

my washing machine is currently broken. i wonder if i could go to a coin laundry and fall in true love, that would be like a jackpot laundry!

20 dollar - m.i.a

if you had 20 dollars, 1 store and 5 minutes, where would you be and what would you buy?

who makes your money - spoon

me, that would be me! i don't make a lot but it's ALL mine, and i'm really just so good at spending every little cent that i make, yay for me!

material girl - madonna

i'm not partics a material girl, but this does happen to be one of my fave madonna songs of all time, hmm...

2.99 cent blues - regina spektor

holy smokes, is that regina spektor singing a totally classic blues tune? you bet your bottom 3 dollars it is!

cash cow - we are scientists

i must confess i'm not really sure what a cash cow is. 99% sure it's a bovine type creature that eats greenbacks and fertilises money trees.

money (that's what i want) - the flying lizards

the best things in life are free? yeah, i don't think so lizard ladies. a dinner box costs $19.95, and that's just the most basic one.

gold digger - kanye west

do you know any real live gold diggers? i panned for gold once, when i was in primary school, on excursion. those teensy, tiny, shiny flecks are about as close as i ever got.

how i made my millions - radiohead

you made your millions thom yorke, because you have some of the most genius songwriting capabilities in existence. i'd totally give you a dollar if you were busking on my street.

cash - patti smith

patti smith, what a cool lady. cool as cold, hard cash. is cash that cool, temperature wise i mean? maybe if you keep it in the fridge.

tick tock

hook. one of my favourite movies EVS. dustin, fairies, robin, maggie, exploding paint balls, marbles, lost boys. it's all just bangarang to me. ticks and tocks and clocks and crocs (reptilian-like creatures, not clunky plastic footwear) feature heavily in this dreamboat of a film.

also i decided to fall in true love with we are scientist's 'after hours' this week.

what do you get when you mix these two seemingly unrelated things together in a dazzle sized mixing bowl? a temporal themed mixtape, that's what. it's freshly baked, enjoy little buddies x

after hours - we are scientists

the catalyst that started me on my musical musings this week. the subtitles and cardigans featured in this film clip are magnificent. it's definitely true love.

too much time - john vanderslice

i love this song, but can't say i necessarily agree with johnny v at the moment. i've had to start doing my washing at 1am in the morn in order to have a semblance of clean clothes.

mowgli's rd - marina and the diamonds

ha, this one is a bit sneaky. marina gets to feature in this week's mixtape purely for her 'cuckoo' abilities, which i heard around the traps were a crazy one-off muck around anyway.

this years love - david gray

oh, time for a heartbreaker i see. except if you listen to the words, it's actually quite hopeful and optimistic. oh love, so intrinsically linked with time. and cholera, if you're gabriel garcía márquez.

lost in time - whitley

did you know whitley is hanging up his guitar strings for good soon? this is sad news. i sure hope we get to see lawrence in another band incarnation in the future.

spending my time - roxette

while i'm a big fan of roxette, i'm not such a fan of spending my time staring at walls. i prefer to daydream while i'm driving, which is both cathartic and risky.

sentimental heart - she & him

vom, it's the whole time, love, link thing again isn't it? but truly, how can you not like how darn cute this song is, in it's hark back to yesteryear. get me a pastel shift dress and some frosted pink lipstick already.

once in a lifetime - talking heads

i don't know what a shotgun shack is, but i sure could use a spell living in one. does it have a fireplace and a balcony and a pot-bellied stove i wonder?

night time - the xx

i used to be an insomniac, yes i did. but now i sleep like the log lady's favourite possession. my friend zoe gave me a sleeping pill to "practice" with for an upcoming euro flight. but i've so far been too tired to open the millions of layers of cling wrap she wrapped it in. hmmm, is it really a restavit zoe?

time means nothing at all - lisa mitchell

it means nothing, it means everything, it hurts, it heals, there's too much, there's not enough. tick tock. tick tock. cuckoo. til next TIME pals! x

here kitty kitty

cats are so neat. i really love them a lot. i've never been a dog person and have really just adored kitties my whole life. this is a bit wack when you consider the fact that dogs trip over their little paws with affection for me, while cats, well they mostly act like they couldn't give a bloody stuff.

but me, i'm a lazy bugger. so i like the fact that cats look after themselves, groom themselves, entertain themselves, do not need constant attention, you never have to take them for walks and they never roll in their own shit.

plus, no matter how many times they might parade away from me with aloof and haughty pads of their paws, they always seem to know when you really need them to settle in for a long-haul cuddle. so for that, here's a mixtape dedicated to my most favourite of the domestic pets. meow x

the lovecats - the cure

oh, hi memory lane. do you remember that show 'vidiot' on abc hosted by eden gaha? i saw this clip for the very first time on that show way back when i was a little latch key kid. i probably watched degrassi junior high straight afterwards too.

alley cats - hot chip

when i see the words 'alley cats' i straight away think of murakami novels, then i think about talking in the third person, then i think about eating eel. what a cycle.

belfast (penguins and cats) - katie melua

i don't know about you, but even though i have already stated my love above for the felines, i think if i had to choose between penguins and cats, i'd go for the tuxedo birds... they're even 3 times cuter!

cat claw - the kills

you know how you can get those sugary buns from bakeries called 'bear claws'? well can you get cat claws? and if you can, what do they taste like i wonder?

nashville cats - the lovin' spoonful

i would really adore to go to nashville one day quite soon. especially if i get to meet some nashville cats, they sound so lovely and fun!

purr - sonic youth

i love how rhythmic a cat's purr is. it has this amazing ability to calm even the most manic of panicky heartbeats. plus they make excellent hot water bottles. furry cover already included.

milk - garbage

mum says chocolate isn't good for dogs and milk isn't good for cats, but binge-drinking isn't good for grownups and i didn't see me saying no to another tequila shot on the weekend, did i? so maybe it's ok for them to have a little lap of full cream, every now and again.

whiskers - the boy least likely to

i find a cat's whiskers one of the prettiest and most elegant things about them, the way they are so spindly and fine, but also super strong. plus, i'm sure they have some whizzbang practical function, other than just being aesthetically pleasing.

black cats - bertie blackman

are not bad luck, they are my favourite. out of the seven cats i have had in my life, two have been black as the midnight sky on a moonless night. they have also, coincidentally, had the loveliest natures out of them all too. ps. i may or may not have blatantly stolen a quote from twin peaks in this paragraph.

what's new pussycat - tom jones

this clip makes me just laugh and laugh right down deep in my belly. tom jones, so daggy he's a bloody legend. catch you later cool cats. x