What seems like a million years ago now, I was a DJ. It was one of my first jobs when I was a teenager. Music is a passion I never left behind. I am routinely asked to make mixes for friends. Before I set out on the road To Lose the Madness, some readers as me what my playlist was for the book tour. So, here it is. Much of this list also followed me through the writing of To Lose the Madness: Field Notes on Trauma, Loss and Radical Authenticity and during the road trip across country to the high desert of New Mexico where the book is set. The full playlist is over 50+ songs long, so this is the abridged version. [Disclaimers: I am a fan of the minor chords. I am a child of the 80/90s.]
- Line of Fire by Junip
- Mental Heart by Cat Powers
- Your Ghost by Kristen Hersh
- I Forget Where We Were by Ben Howard
- Ramblin’ Woman by Cat Powers
- The Yawning Grave by Lord Huron
- Shallows by Daughter
- Dreaming my Dreams by The Cranberries
- Revelate by The Frames
- Lately by David Gray
- Wait by Sarah McLachlan
- Half a World Away by R.E.M.
- Losing My Religion by R.E.M.
- Lost in my Mind by The Head and the Heart
- Stay or Leave by Dave Matthews
- Twisting my Words by Lori Carson
- Marrow by Ani Difranco
- Turn Away by Beck
- Long Nights by Eddie Vedder
- Don’t Let it Bring You Down by Neil Young
- Mr. Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan
- Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
- The Weight by The Band
- Hurt as covered by John Cash
- Song for Zula by Phosphorescent
- Be Here Now by Ray Lamontagne
- Holocene by Bon Iver
- Medicine by Daughter
