Soundtracks, Soundtracks.

Life needs a soundtrack for every experience.

 

No Parking!

The quality of said experience can be directly linked to the relevance of the music you accompany it with. I went for a leisurely three hour walk through Berlin, traveling from the hotel to the Bundestag by way of the following sites: the WWII Jewish Memorial, the WWII Homosexual Memorial, chunks of the Wall, the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichtag, the Kennedy Museum,  svelte, shirtless German break dancers, and Skoda bike festival and four Biergartens. 

 

Behold! The best (and most apropos) transatlantic playlist, ever… The JFK to TXL mix. Honest to Blog, this is the exact order:

Nico: These Days

The Shins: Kissing the Lipless

Arcade Fire: Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)

Of Montreal: Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games

Thom Yorke: Black Swan

Aimee Mann: Save Me

Cat Power: He War

Modest Mouse: The World at Large

Rufus Wainwright: Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk

The National: Mistaken for Strangers

The Pixies: Where is My Mind?

Elliott Smith: Pretty (Ugly Before)

Heroin: The Velvet Underground

Deathcab: Trasatlanticism (Not Kidding)

The White Stripes: We’re Going to be Friends

David Bowie: Queen Bitch

Devotchka: How It Ends

Iron and Wine: Boy With a Coin

The Eels: Novocaine for the Soul

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Cheated Hearts

Peter Bjorn and John: Amsterdam

Tegan and Sara: The Con

Rilo Kiley: Silver Lining

Note: This is, in fact, the best playlist for European wandering you’ll ever experience. In this order and at about 4 miles per hour, you’ll reach enlightenment by Iron and Wine or in front the Eastside Gallery.

Whichever comes first.