Mixtape: S1
The Brown Hound Press Mixtape: S1 features all twenty of the Story Tracks included in Season One of Brown Hound Press.
Editor Josh Boldt pairs every story with a song based a number of factors including lyrics, tone, setting, and mood.
1. John Prine - Angel From Montgomery
I paired Bob Johnson’s “The Train to Union Station” with John Prine’s “Angel From Montgomery” because of the similarities between the two narrators. Both women are unfulfilled in life. Both long for something they can’t quite name. “If dreams were lightning and thunder were desire…”
2. Alice in Chains - Rotten Apple
If you had a pulse in the 1990s then you remember the Jar of Flies album from Alice in Chains. “Rotten Apple” leads off the record. Not only does the song’s tone match Libby Cudmore’s “The Pantry”, but so do lyrics like “arrogance is potent” and “sustenance is stolen.” Then there’s the whole canning jar connection. This song hit me like a strike of Emily’s lightning–I’d picked it for the story before I even finished reading.
3. Waylon Jennings - You Asked Me To
If you had a pulse in the 1990s then you remember the Jar of Flies album from Alice in Chains. “Rotten Apple” leads off the record. Not only does the song’s tone match Libby Cudmore’s “The Pantry”, but so do lyrics like “arrogance is potent” and “sustenance is stolen.” Then there’s the whole canning jar connection. This song hit me like a strike of Emily’s lightning–I’d picked it for the story before I even finished reading.
4. Queen - I’m in Love With My Car
If you had a pulse in the 1990s then you remember the Jar of Flies album from Alice in Chains. “Rotten Apple” leads off the record. Not only does the song’s tone match Libby Cudmore’s “The Pantry”, but so do lyrics like “arrogance is potent” and “sustenance is stolen.” Then there’s the whole canning jar connection. This song hit me like a strike of Emily’s lightning–I’d picked it for the story before I even finished reading.
5. Cardi B - Pretty & Petty
If you had a pulse in the 1990s then you remember the Jar of Flies album from Alice in Chains. “Rotten Apple” leads off the record. Not only does the song’s tone match Libby Cudmore’s “The Pantry”, but so do lyrics like “arrogance is potent” and “sustenance is stolen.” Then there’s the whole canning jar connection. This song hit me like a strike of Emily’s lightning–I’d picked it for the story before I even finished reading.
6. Taylor Swift - seven
If you had a pulse in the 1990s then you remember the Jar of Flies album from Alice in Chains. “Rotten Apple” leads off the record. Not only does the song’s tone match Libby Cudmore’s “The Pantry”, but so do lyrics like “arrogance is potent” and “sustenance is stolen.” Then there’s the whole canning jar connection. This song hit me like a strike of Emily’s lightning–I’d picked it for the story before I even finished reading.
7. Pink Floyd - Mother
If you had a pulse in the 1990s then you remember the Jar of Flies album from Alice in Chains. “Rotten Apple” leads off the record. Not only does the song’s tone match Libby Cudmore’s “The Pantry”, but so do lyrics like “arrogance is potent” and “sustenance is stolen.” Then there’s the whole canning jar connection. This song hit me like a strike of Emily’s lightning–I’d picked it for the story before I even finished reading.
8. Sigur Rós - Samskeyti
If you had a pulse in the 1990s then you remember the Jar of Flies album from Alice in Chains. “Rotten Apple” leads off the record. Not only does the song’s tone match Libby Cudmore’s “The Pantry”, but so do lyrics like “arrogance is potent” and “sustenance is stolen.” Then there’s the whole canning jar connection. This song hit me like a strike of Emily’s lightning–I’d picked it for the story before I even finished reading.
9. Mazzy Star - Into Dust
If you had a pulse in the 1990s then you remember the Jar of Flies album from Alice in Chains. “Rotten Apple” leads off the record. Not only does the song’s tone match Libby Cudmore’s “The Pantry”, but so do lyrics like “arrogance is potent” and “sustenance is stolen.” Then there’s the whole canning jar connection. This song hit me like a strike of Emily’s lightning–I’d picked it for the story before I even finished reading.
10. Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
If you had a pulse in the 1990s then you remember the Jar of Flies album from Alice in Chains. “Rotten Apple” leads off the record. Not only does the song’s tone match Libby Cudmore’s “The Pantry”, but so do lyrics like “arrogance is potent” and “sustenance is stolen.” Then there’s the whole canning jar connection. This song hit me like a strike of Emily’s lightning–I’d picked it for the story before I even finished reading.
11. Muthoni Drummer Queen - Power
If you had a pulse in the 1990s then you remember the Jar of Flies album from Alice in Chains. “Rotten Apple” leads off the record. Not only does the song’s tone match Libby Cudmore’s “The Pantry”, but so do lyrics like “arrogance is potent” and “sustenance is stolen.” Then there’s the whole canning jar connection. This song hit me like a strike of Emily’s lightning–I’d picked it for the story before I even finished reading.
12. ART-SCHOOL - Scarlet
If you had a pulse in the 1990s then you remember the Jar of Flies album from Alice in Chains. “Rotten Apple” leads off the record. Not only does the song’s tone match Libby Cudmore’s “The Pantry”, but so do lyrics like “arrogance is potent” and “sustenance is stolen.” Then there’s the whole canning jar connection. This song hit me like a strike of Emily’s lightning–I’d picked it for the story before I even finished reading.