"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."

- Andy Warhol

How corny is it to lead off a post with a quote? It's pretty cheesy I know, so please forgive me. Today marks my last day of employment at unnamed media company; tomorrow, a new job awaits. Today is also the first day of another change, one too personal to disclose here. The next couple weeks will be both exciting and painful. New opportunities will arise, while old foundations crack and reshape themselves. "Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change," Lord Tennyson wrote. The spinning leaves me dizzy, sick to my stomach and barely able to breath. But the tumult is also exhilarating and transforming. My feet still find the ground, hope still holds on.

I put together a mix awhile back that now is very appropriate for my circumstances. I was going to discuss it then in the context of the music's subject matter: blues, country and "oldies" rock songs that touch upon the intertwined themes of wanderlust and weeping. But now consider this a memento of the past full of good memories and the herald of a future rich with promise.

Download "Weeping and Wandering Mix" (MP3)

Tracklisting:

Runaway / Del Shannon
Crying / Roy Orbison
The Wanderer / Dion & The Belmonts
Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain / Willie Nelson
Goin' Home / Buddy Guy
The Sky is Cryin' / Elmore James
I'm a Drifter / Johnny Cash
The Tracks of My Tears / Smokey Robinson
Hobo Blues / John Lee Hooker
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / Hank Williams Sr.
Moon River / Louis Armstrong