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| full name | Sarah Jane |
| age | 42 |
| location | Portland, OR |
| gender | female |
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i do not envy people who think they have a complete explanation of the world, for the simple reason that they are obviously wrong.
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Driving Lamborghini's and sipping on martinis. This badge is for those who express their love of Mike Patton through mixtape.
awarded on 2008-08-07
The Level 21 Badge
You're finally legal! Huzzah! We all know you've been boozing since you were 13, but don't worry, we'll keep quiet.
Now, get off the damn computer and go hit up the bars.
Now, get off the damn computer and go hit up the bars.
awarded on 2007-09-18
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The 100th Artist Badge
Remember when you were little, 100 seemed like the biggest number ever? Well, it's still pretty big. Congrats.
awarded on 2007-05-01
Morning Music Contest I: Third place
Winning third place in a morning mixtape contest is like waking up from a really steamy dream (perhaps staring Alex Trebek?) and not being able to fall back asleep. Regardless, congrats.
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Favorite Music Artists
- mike patton // mogwai // kronos quartet
- david bowie // brian eno // syd barrett
- kaada // frank zappa // the flying burrito brothers
- ween // ratatat // daft punk
- harry nilsson // smokey robinson // otis redding
Favorite recent reads
- deadeye dick
- for whom the bell tolls (currently)
- the satanic verses
- pale fire
- the ground beneath her feet (salman rushdie is neat)
Favorite /current obsessions & addictions
- sobriety
- wii mariokart
- reading voraciously
- THE WIRE
- wong kar-wai and christopher doyle
Favorite celebrity obsessions
- vincent cassel
- javier bardem
- salman rushdie
- tony leung
- andy lau
youandme's Highest Ranked Mixtapes
youandme's Mixtapes
2191 points (Level 5) · 3/5/08 1:54am
today (yesterday, since apparently i am a creature of the night) was my roommate's third sober birthday. in honor of his accomplishment and in thankfulness of his amazing friendship and support through my own struggle of giving up drugs and drinking, i made this mix for him. we've been friends for six years, and pretty regress back to teenagers whenever left to our own devices (politically offensive and bathroom jokes galore, making up words, replacing "butt" with part of band names, deciding whether celebrities are "good men," and arguing about who has better taste in music). so, yep... again. horrid with words and descriptions so i'm just going to leave it at that. enjoy.
2178 points (Level 5) · 1/18/08 6:08am
my descriptions are always stupid and don't really add anything. so i'm not doing them this time. this is for you, t. you've made me several mixes in the past year and i haven't made one for you, although i've thought about it many times. so... this is what i was working on while we were talking tonight/this morning. i know some of this isn't what you like, but then again, likewise on the ones for me. the tracks by themselves aren't really the best, but it's the mix as a whole that makes sense. like i said, i suck at descriptions... so i'm just going to stop here.
2021 points (Level 5) · 1/4/08 6:02am
i spent christmas eve alone this year and watched 'once'. although i wasn't a big fan of the frames, i fell completely in love with the movie and immediately had to download all the music. normally i'm not such a sucker for indie crap... maybe it was the holidays, maybe it was the stress that had been piling up. who knows? the music i tend to listen to isn't as folky, melodic, or down-tempo as the songs i enjoyed the most, and i fell into a bit of a quieter phase for a few days. i made this to accompany two of the songs i liked the most...
2324 points (Level 5) · 1/3/08 5:24pm
some people may not enjoy the torrential raining and cold winds of oregon's 'winter,' but for me, this is the time of year i love the most. these are some songs which reflect the way this weather makes me feel.
1753 points (Level 4) · 11/9/07 3:11pm
i started working with a new chef. we open together one or two days a week, which is only two hours or so spent together listening to music of our choice. the past two weeks, i've noticed that both of us are showing up earlier and earlier, trying to beat each other out for the stereo. we like extremely different music, and for me, being the music slut that i am, this is a rather big deal. i'm tired of listening to sublime, slightly stoopid, mtv rap, and "stronger." i'm sure he's tired of ween and mike patton. tomorrow, i'm going to try this out. it's a mix of guilty pleasures, standards, and a few slightly inaccessible hip-hop tracks that i think we will both enjoy. some of it isn't stuff i'd normally post up here or even listen to on a regular basis, but i figured, if i made it, why the hell not put it up here?
2089 points (Level 5) · 10/18/07 6:41pm
last night, some friends and i decided to go on a dumpster diving adventure. we hit all the usual spots and then some chancey ones that turned out to be the most interesting. i know it's not the classiest of activities, but it's definitely a fun time, and the little trinkets and absurdities we came across will provide entertainment (and for some, even actual use) for a long time. i made this mix in rememberance of our little night on the town, after most of portland had gone to sleep. i love my friends, and i hope you love this little mix. it's not exactly what would come to mind when you think of digging through other people's trash, but somehow, this is what the night felt like... some of the tracks we listened to, others we didn't... but i will be sure to bring this mix on our next outing, or possibly to our next game of catan.
2405 points (Level 5) · 7/21/07 1:45am
today was my day off. i didn't do anything. i played videogames, smoked cigarettes, and sat on my ass listening to this mix. fuck fuck fuck i had so many things i should have done and i just didn't. but damn if it wasn't a pleasurable way to spend time.
1944 points (Level 4) · 7/9/07 12:51am
i recently took on the opening shifts my work, a clanky old restaurant in downtown portland. as much as i adore sleeping in, i've come to love getting up with the sun, driving in before traffic gets heavy, and spending some time just hanging around with the chef and opening dishwasher before the craziness begins. we recently acquired a cd-player, so i made this mix to wake us up this weekend. none of us are really morning people so i tried to incorporate some songs to wake us up, songs we all knew, and a few strange ones to keep us on our toes. it worked out quite nicely, i must say...
2685 points (Level 6) · 5/15/07 4:05pm
i recently quit drinking for what i hope will be a considerable amount of time. it's been a little over a week, and i find myself fidgeting, feeling the urge for some chemical change in my body. i made this mix, comprised of songs that give me a similar rush, be it the lyrics, vocals, or instrumentation.
2728 points (Level 6) · 4/30/07 5:46pm
i've worked on-and-off with a friend for about a year now. he has amazing taste in music, movies, and liquor, gives me hugs and assurance when i'm feeling down, and always greets me with the largest, warmest smile i've ever seen. i've always had a love for him, but i've decided not to tell him. it's a safe and simple kind of admiration, and i like it that way. i made this for those nights when i'm overcome with the urge to blurt it out, but instead, leave work after my free cocktails and idle chatter with him, saunter down to my local bar where i put on my headphones, order my usual (jameson, neat. beerback. whiskey sour. and keep 'em coming), and sit quietly, smoking my cigarettes and musing over things to come...
2877 points (Level 6) · 4/18/07 3:25pm
i am one of them. my friends and i have planned several dance parties which always end up poorly due to the fact that most of us need to be absolutely belligerent before we can even fathom wanting to shake our asses. this mix pretty much sums up how we do. nothing special, i'm hungover and my creative juices just aren't flowing.
2738 points (Level 6) · 4/5/07 8:10pm
i decided to have a complete dork-out and watch twin peaks from beginning to end (excluding the fucking pilot!! which i want!!). i made this mix to keep me in that eerie, haunted feeling while i'm getting ready for work, and driving to and from, so i can have a twin peaks spectacular. none of this is from or inspired by twin peaks - i use too much angelo/fire walk with me in my mixes already. this is simply a mix that gives the same mood/feeling that i get from watching twin peaks. so nerd out with me. and enjoy.
2266 points (Level 5) · 4/2/07 12:48am
i hate john travolta. he is a fat piece of shit. these are some songs off of his horrible movies. i can't believe i wasted an hour on imdb researching this, but i'm drunk and bored watching a movie with my roommate. fuck you john travolta. i hate you. and you need to just stop making movies. thx.
1778 points (Level 4) · 3/24/07 12:44am
my lovely roommate (the looker on the left!) and i redecorated our abode after some shit went down with our other roommate (who i still love, of course!). the house is just ours now, and we've spent the last two days gutting it and making everything new and glorious (i even cleaned my room and that's quite an accomplishment for me)! we finally finished tonight (for the most part), and i have to say it's just divine! i made this mix for him last night when i was a little (okay, a lot) tipsy. it's pretty dorky, and a lot of the songs are kind of silly, but having a gay roommate will make you like everything robust and giddy. so here it is... i made this for our first night where we have people over to revel in drunken glory and enjoy our new style! a lot of these songs, i've posted before... the reason they're on here is that when i play my mixes, tyler always says, "oh god, sarah! put this on a mix for ME!"
2290 points (Level 5) · 3/16/07 2:04am
when i lived in ashland, my friends and i would always, no matter what, end up at the dirty old beau club at the end of the night. these are songs from the jukebox which we played out to no end. all these songs remind me of the beau, and the debauchery which happend before, during, and after. i drunkenly decided to call my friend libbi tonight in a stupor. she was at the beau. i could almost smell the menthol cigarettes and pbr. i haven't been in a long time... and it's pathetic to admit, but i definitely miss it. if time life ever came out with a 'songs drunks play from the jukebox at a dive bar' collection, i believe this would be it. i miss my life back there, even though it was totally pointless and self-indulgent. goddamn it, i just want to go to the beau!!
1768 points (Level 4) · 3/14/07 12:33am
i need to go home to pick up some things. once i get off of I-84, i always take the back roads because i HATE highway 26!!!! with a burning fiery passion!!! it takes about 40 minutes, so that's why this mix is a little on the short side. i had to strain my internet/crafty brain skills to add some stuff on here since some of it's unreleased/not on musicbrainz, wikipedia, or allmusic, so the descriptions may be a little lacking. i'd apologize, but i wouldn't mean it. the cover art is a picture of my favorite stretch of road i get to drive... it's just after the bend where an old farm house lies, with a weeping willow and old brick steps. when the sun is shining, i put the windows down, open my sunroof, and sing like crazy... so here's my little driving mix... wish pleasant weather for me, please! thanks!
2678 points (Level 6) · 3/8/07 5:39pm
i woke up to the call at 8am, still groggy from last night's debauchery. "where are you? we know who you're with. you need to come say goodbye to megan. she's dying." i had never experienced loss of this magnitude in all my life. on june 29th, my cousin, more like a sister since we were both only children and spent most of our childhood together, suffered massive head injuries from a car accident. yesterday, she would have been 28. it's been a hard week... and i haven't been able to talk to the person who experienced that horrible time with me. i made this mixtape as a sort of release. it's a lot of ambient and love songs... more of a mood piece than anything else. i've encountered some difficulty relating to the rest of my family's grieving. they're all religious, talking of her being in a "better place" or that "god had a plan for her." i'm sure you get the idea... anyway, i've been putting this together for a while. i'll use it when i'm driving home at night, thinking... i'm having difficulty writing a description... so here it is:
2532 points (Level 6) · 3/2/07 4:11pm
when i moved to portland, i got into a habit of going to strip clubs. i never liked them before, but my friend brett and i frequent the magic gardens, i act like a hick and go to sassy's with my old co-worker, monica, and of course, i could never forget my favorite, union jacks. this is a mix i made to listen to as i'm getting ready for work. i really don't want to go. i haven't had a day off in well over a week, and don't see one on the horizon either. I JUST WANT TO SEE SOME TITS AND DRINK SOME BOOZE!
(this mix is not to be taken seriously.)
(this mix is not to be taken seriously.)
2401 points (Level 5) · 2/15/07 3:31am
my roommate -- and best friend -- lani (lanilou - she's new here), has been bugging me to make her a mix. i've been in the process of creating it for quite some time, so imagine my delight when i saw the new contest. because it's more nostalgic and random than most mixes on here, i'm not sure if it's 'contest appropriate' but what the hell, i'm putting it up here anyway.
i've known lani since we ran track together in middle school. she has been my confidant, my best friend, and my partner in crime ever since. we spend many nights drinking, talking about music, and pondering the inner-workings of society and mankind. basically, we act like complete idiots and would probably drive anyone other than ourselves (and our other roommate, tyler) absolutely crazy. she's been there for me through the worst and the best of times. every night is an adventure here on north kerby avenue. we've both been through a pretty nasty year (jail, separation, rehab, nervous breakdowns, anyone?), and there's no place i'd rather be than living in this very house with my two favorite people. i'm not a very touchy-feely-let's-talk-about-emotions kind of person, so i will communicate my undying love via music. here goes:
*also: that horrendous picture is not lani. nope, that's me.
i've known lani since we ran track together in middle school. she has been my confidant, my best friend, and my partner in crime ever since. we spend many nights drinking, talking about music, and pondering the inner-workings of society and mankind. basically, we act like complete idiots and would probably drive anyone other than ourselves (and our other roommate, tyler) absolutely crazy. she's been there for me through the worst and the best of times. every night is an adventure here on north kerby avenue. we've both been through a pretty nasty year (jail, separation, rehab, nervous breakdowns, anyone?), and there's no place i'd rather be than living in this very house with my two favorite people. i'm not a very touchy-feely-let's-talk-about-emotions kind of person, so i will communicate my undying love via music. here goes:
*also: that horrendous picture is not lani. nope, that's me.
2040 points (Level 5) · 2/2/07 3:33pm
i grew up in a very, very small town. i'd like to say that i'm not a hick, but i am. these are a few songs i listen to while embracing my inner hick. or maybe i'm just procrastinating on getting ready for work. who cares?
2739 points (Level 6) · 1/22/07 6:26pm
I hate mornings. Probably because I'm a heavy drinker, and I don't really take good care of my body. I'm known to sleep through earthquakes, blaring alarm clocks, and college midterms, and I consider 10am an ungodly hour. I've made many loud, wake-up mixes, and they work quite well. I believe I'll use this one tomorrow. It's not so much morning-themed, although some songs refer to waking up and such, but more a stab at changing my physical and psychological reaction toward waking up into a pleasant, musical experience in "real time" as follows....
1: Alarm goes off, one arm surfaces from beneath the covers to press "play."
2-6: Songs to play while getting motivation to put feet on floor, making coffee, doing my daily puzzles in the Oregonian and reading the articles that interest me.
7-13: Songs to play during the realization that I've wasted too much time dawdling and need to get my sorry ass in gear. I call it "power showering."
14-16: Songs for the drive to work and get in the mindset of the calm, cool, collected saleswoman that I am. Oh yes.
1: Alarm goes off, one arm surfaces from beneath the covers to press "play."
2-6: Songs to play while getting motivation to put feet on floor, making coffee, doing my daily puzzles in the Oregonian and reading the articles that interest me.
7-13: Songs to play during the realization that I've wasted too much time dawdling and need to get my sorry ass in gear. I call it "power showering."
14-16: Songs for the drive to work and get in the mindset of the calm, cool, collected saleswoman that I am. Oh yes.
2483 points (Level 5) · 1/10/07 6:27pm
i have bad taste in music. sometimes. here's a collection of some songs i have to listen to in the company of... myself. unless i get my friends drunk enough.
2111 points (Level 5) · 12/28/06 4:35pm
the holidays are over. working two jobs - one being in a restaurant and the other in retail - downtown in the midst of the christmas "i'll beat you with a stick if you don't bring me my food right now" or "what in the hell do you mean you're sold out of digital picture frames?" madness, can be quite frustrating. it seemed as if the end of december would never come. tomorrow, i finally have an actual day off. i made this mix to play while i'm driving around tomorrow, running errands and such. i decided to work on having a wide range of songs and mood as to give myself a musical journey of sorts. something i can escape into for a little over an hour to make my much-needed day off that much better. so... after a little rambling - and a few weeks of no mixtaping... here we go.
2245 points (Level 5) · 11/7/06 9:11pm
i haven't dressed yet. it's 9pm. i made this mix to clean my house and do some reading/homework. relaxing, yet with a little kick to get my ass in gear. it's not really my favorite kind of music, but on certain days it just fits. and today, it does.
2323 points (Level 5) · 11/7/06 3:19pm
the holiday season is nearing. this means: mix tapes for my family, a long-run tradition because i work crap jobs and make no money, and also because in my family, we give gifts for every goddamn holiday. who ever heard of halloween and thanksgiving presents? anyway... i've been thinking this one over for a while. it's for my dad. he's a pretty neat guy. these are some songs that he's introduced me to while we were having "sarah and jerry time" through the years. some i've loved. some, not so much... but here's a little collection i came up with for him to kick back to, relax to, maybe smoke a little... after all, being an accountant is a fairly stressful and unforgiving job.......
3005 points (Level 7) · 10/31/06 1:12pm
i'm about to embark on a 10 hour journey to pick up my boyfriend from ashland so we can see the nomeansno concert this weekend. it's going to be a long day/night... i made this silly mix to keep me awake, full of upbeat songs and other tracks that i just like to sing to myself. it's not very artistic or profound, but it makes me happy.
2094 points (Level 5) · 10/29/06 12:31am
it's halloween weekend. i've decided to hole up in the safe confines of my house due to the fact that the past three halloweens, i have ended up in the ER twice, and broke and entered into a stranger's home. i'm bored. i feel creative; hence, mix time. it's probably been done before -- it's probably been done better: too bad. yes, it's short, it's concise... but i think it gets the point -- and feeling -- across.
2415 points (Level 5) · 10/27/06 2:47am
it's late. i'm tired. obviously... time for a rap mix. with a bunch of other stuff that doesn't belong. my apologies. something fucked up just happened and i needed something frivolous to keep myself busy.
2257 points (Level 5) · 10/26/06 9:51pm
this is how i feel 5 minutes before my rehab group ends... it's a shoddy mix thrown together in about 10 minutes... and that's exactly the way it should be.
3171 points (Level 7) · 10/26/06 8:27pm
this is for my better half... who's frustratingly far away after both of us made some horrible choices and mistakes. it's been six months and most (smarter?) peope would have given up by now, but we're stubborn motherfuckers and goddamn it - we're going to make it. wow that sounded really fucking pathetic. so... here's to you t-bag (even though i fucking hate that nickname)... i love/heart/miss you buddy. i think i vomited in my mouth a little after reading this over. my apologies.











