Because Mediafire has no spine and is planning to cooperate with the US government on hosting of copyrighted content, I no longer feel safe hosting music there. I'm not chickening out- I don't fancy being one of those people hounded for the rest of their lives because they shared a few songs online.

I've deleted my account and none of the links on fanmix posts will work anymore. The new home of my mixes is:
http://8tracks.com/clareironbrook

If you greatly desire any particular mix or song as a download, send me a message (through here or through tumblr) and I will do my best to get it to you.

Sorry for the inconvenience-
Carrie (clareironbrook.livejournal.com / .tumblr.com)

Tags: fanmix, important notice

(Note to any actual followers: This is a resource for my family. Please ignore.)



[ Last edited Dec 8 ]

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Tags: 2011, birthday, christmas, wishlist

two mixes in one week? what is this sorcery?





Images by portalcaps.tumblr.com
Textures by http://so-ghislaine.deviantart.com

(edit 11/5/11: "Sun of a Gun" individual download no longer available. It is still in the full zip.)
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"Okay, look- we both said a lot of things that you're going to regret. But I think we can put our differences behind us. For science. You monster."

(♫ = individual download)

{ one day they woke me up, so i could live forever }
1. you know her? - mike morasky, portal 2 ost ♫
[ instrumental ]

{ the master architect }
2. hey pretty - poe ♫
i've got a mind full of wicked designs
i'm in a building that has two thousand floors
and when they all fall down, i think you know it's you they're falling for
i can't forget i am a sole architect
but to do better than that you got to follow me

{ at the conclusion of testing, you will be...missed. }
3. killer queen - queen ♫
(let them eat cake, she says)
dynamite with a laser beam
guaranteed to blow your mind, anytime

{ you haven't escaped, you know. you aren't even going the right way. }
4. last man - jed whedon and the willing ♫
shining in infrared light, you're in my telescopic sight
...guess i've been wearing out a poor disguise
too many ticks and doubts you recognize
honing in on me some

{ this is your fault. it didn't have to be like this. }
5. my medea - vienna teng ♫
inside the labyrinth walls, there lies a tiny child who sleeps alone
and this child i would destroy, for i hold her pain most dear
i must die for what i've done
i can see what ive begun

{ now i'm onto all your little tricks. so there's nothing to stop us testing for the rest of your life. }
6. sun of a gun - oh land
i wanna change my orbit, don't care what you do now
i wanna live in darkness, don't wanna be spun around
you've got them all fooled, but i am burned out on this rush
this time i won't save you- you sun of a gun

{ ...more of a belated birthday medical procedure. well. technically it's a medical experiment. }
7. the operation - charlotte gainsbourg ♫
i'm gonna get under your skin
now i can really mess around with your heart
and fill it to the brim with broken dreams

{ ...oh my god. }
8. blinding - florence + the machine ♫
seems that i have been held in some dreaming state
until i realize that it was you that held me under
no more dreaming of the dead as if death itself was undone
snow white stitching up the circuit boards, synapse slipping through a hidden door

{ elegy for caroline / last days of aperture }
9. hybrid - elsiane ♫
how did this begin and turned into such inhumanity
what if i choose to live?
and what if i killed you?

{ maybe she's more human than she thought }
10. science vs. romance - rilo kiley ♫
as for my days, i spend them waiting
test sites keep me up at night
you go and add it all you want
we're not robots inside a grid

{ ...but she'll never admit it }
11. human - oh land ♫
i ain't ever going to change
i don't like you, human
you remind me of the things you hate in me
you show me how imperfect i can be


bonus track: still alive (acoustic) - jonathan coulton ♫
and believe me i am still alive
i'm doing science and i'm still alive
i feel fantastic and i'm still alive
and while you're dying i'll be still alive
and when you're dead i'll be still alive
still alive
still alive

.zip (12 tracks, cover art + track list)

Tags: ai, aperture, aperture science, fanmix, fanmixes, glados, mix, music, portal, portal 2, science, testing, video game
Current Music: welcome to lunar industries - 'moon'

Base photos by boxercab @ flickr.
Textures by so-ghislaine.deviantart.com.

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(♫ = individual download)

1. pretty down to your bones - the hush sound ♫
"Loathing! Unadulterated loathing, for your face, your voice, your clothing- let's just say I loathe it all!"

you are pretty down to your bones
you are ivory and wire and pearls
...but, oh, sometimes it hurts
you pluck my nerves


2. orbital - josh ritter ♫
"'So, what's the most swankified place in town?'
'That would be the Ozdust Ballroom.'
'Sounds perfect.'"

someone gave the great command
all things paired off for the dance
the great to small, the small to grand
and to this instant, oh


3. uptown girl - billy joel ♫
"I know I'm just a mere Munchkin...but even a Munchkin has feelings!"

uptown girl, she's been living in her white bread world
but maybe someday when my ship comes in, she'll understand what kind of guy i've been
and then i'll win


4. so she dances - josh groban ♫
"...may I cut in?"

a waltz for the girl out of reach
she lifts her hands up to the sky
...i can't keep on watching forever
i'd give up this view just to tell her


5.  the dress looks nice on you - sufjan stevens ♫
"'Do you want me to try?'
'No, just wear the frock, it's pretty!'"

i can see a lot of life in you
i can see a lot of bright in you
and i think the dress looks nice on you


6. they're in love, where am i? - the weepies ♫
"There's a girl I know, he loves her so- I'm not that girl."

i walk alone on lover's lane
past the kisses in the rain
they're in love, where am i?


7. after all - sondre lerche ♫
"...and why was I the only one you didn't do it to?"

i like you too much after too little time
i hold back my heart's crazy rambling
oh, this could be magic after all


8. of longing and otherness - hannah fury ♫
"'...a song of longing and otherness, of far aways and future days.
The melody faded like a rainbow after a storm, or like winds calming down at last...'"

[instrumental]


9. the bomb - bitter:sweet ♫
"It's all grand, and it's all green...
...oh, wiz-n't he wonderful- our wonderful Wizard?"

no time for sleeping, there's too much to do
don't you forget that we do what they want us to
...rose-colored glasses seem to be the rage


10. helplessness blues - fleet foxes ♫
"'Hold out, if you can,' she murmured, and kissed her again. 'Hold out, my sweet.'"

i don't need to be kind to the armies of night who would do such injustice to you
to the men who move only in dimly-lit halls and determine my future for me
and i don't know who to believe
i'll get back to you someday soon you will see


.zip (10 tracks, cover art + track list)

Tags: elphaba, fanmix, fiyero, galinda, gillikin, glinda, mix, music, musical, shiz, university, wicked
Current Music: pretty down to your bones - the hush sound

First off, apologies for the what-I'm-sure-is-a-horrendously-overdone-title. But that's what I named it originally, and I couldn't think of a better one. Sorry.






Cover stock photos from here, here, and here.


(♫ = individual download)


part 1: gale

1. spine - page france ♫
and we watched our separate lives in backwards motion
and we ended up connected at the sides
(i'm your home- you will come home)

2. till kingdom come - coldplay ♫
hold my hand inside your hands
i need someone who understands
...for you i'd wait till kingdom come

3. if it kills me (from the casa nova sessions) - jason mraz ♫
we get along much better than you and your boyfriend
i still can't say it after all we've been through
but i will find a way to you if it kills me

4. the fire - imogen heap ♫
[instrumental]

5. apologies - grace potter and the nocturnals ♫
yesterday he looked at me with a tear in his eye
and said "i'll always tell you you're my friend
i hope i don't have to lie"


part 2 - katniss

6. pink bullets - the shins ♫
i don't look back much as a rule
and all this before murder was cool
but your memory is here and i'd like it to stay
warm light on a winter's day

7. the hazards of love 4 - the decemberists ♫
and i pulled you and i brought you here
(didn't i? didn't i?)

8. if i could see you again - yiruma ♫
[instrumental]

9. fall apart today - schuyler fisk ♫
oh, my baby, please
don't forget you love me today.

10. the pilgriming vine - basia bulat ♫
tell me you're always my only
never look down by the maypole if i go
never look down if i go


part 3 - peeta

11. middle distance runner - sea wolf ♫
won't you run to me tonight
tonight let's not talk about next summer
but i'll only ever be a middle distance runner

12. i'll be - edwin mccain ♫
i'll be captivated, i'll hang from your lips
instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above
i'll be the greatest fan of your life.

13. what i wouldn't do - a fine frenzy ♫
if we were children i would bake you a mud pie
never learned to climb a tree, but i would try
what i wouldn't do, if i had you

14. lie to me - greg laswell ♫
and i wonder down the line
when both of us are fine
my mind wanders there sometimes
(i don't mind playing the fool)

15. flowers of the field - sky sailing ♫
i'll be the flowers of the field that slowly bloom
i'll be your escort in a sad waltz around the room
(if we survive, we'll stay alive below the ceiling
of new atmospheres and brighter years that we'll have)


.zip (15 tracks + track list and cover art)

Tags: book, fanmix, gale, katniss, mixes, music, peeta, ship, the hunger games

So I really wanted to get a mix done and it's kind of absurd that I put in the time when I'm in the middle of college orientation, but I did! 





notes:

This is my "dark" mix for Chell/Wheatley, following the second half of the game. 

Yes, the entry title is correct- this is part 2/2. Part 1/2 isn't done yet- it's the first half of the game, happy/silly mix.

As a personal note, I really wish I had Part 3 of the OST to use, but (at the time of writing) I don't. (Sadness.) I might update the mix if I like one of those tracks better.
edit Oct. 18, 2011: Part 3 is out! (Actually it has been out for a few weeks now, but I am just now getting around to this) I am revising the mix. (Track 1: TEST - Portal 2 OST) Track list, individual + zip download, and cover art are all updated. 

Cover textures by so-ghislaine.deviantart.com.

Obviously, spoilers ahead.


***

(♫ = individual download)

1. TEST - portal 2 ost ♫
(instrumental)

2. you were a kindness - the national ♫
you were a kindness when i was a stranger
everything's weird and we're always in danger
why would you shatter somebody like me?

3. 9 crimes - damien rice ♫
it's the wrong time she's pulling me through
it's a small crime, and i got no excuse

4. you really got a hold on me - she & him (smokey robinson cover) ♫
oh, you treat me badly
i love you madly
you really got a hold on me
...i don't want to spend another day here

5. getting scared - imogen heap ♫
i was your little childhood playground toy
you think you're gonna threaten me now, boy?
well somehow i don't think so

6. mr. pitiful - matt costa ♫
oh, mr. pititful, who let you down?
please come down from that cloud you're sitting on
make amends, still be my friend

7. blue blood - foals ♫
you've got blood on your hands,
i know it's my own.
of all the people, i hoped it'd be you
to come and free me, take me away

8. if i could see you again - yiruma ♫
(instrumental)

9. come back when you can - barcelona ♫
at last that voice is gone
come back when you can
you've done nothing at all to make me love you less


.zip (9 tracks + cover art & track list)

Tags: aperture science, chell, fanmix, game, mixes, portal 2, ship, wheatley

 



notes:

This is kind of half a general mix, and half a Portal 2 mix specifically...I've added context to each song in the track list below.

'The Spine Song' is stolen borrowed from chiyo_no_hikari 's fantastic mix: chiyo-no-hikari.livejournal.com/108906.html#cutid1

Tags: aperture science, chell, fanmix, game, music, portal 2

 


(♫=individual download)

1. stadium love - metric ♫
(the games)
every living thing pushed into the ring, fight it out to wow the crowd
guess you thought you could just watch?
no one's getting out- without stadium love

2. the writer - ellie goulding ♫
(katniss and cinna)
why don't you be the artist and make me out of clay?
why don't you be the writer and decide the words I say?
'cause I'd rather pretend I'll still be there at the end
only it's too hard to ask- won't you try to help me?

3. help I'm alive - metric ♫
(the games, day 1)
if I stumble, they're gonna eat me alive
come take my pulse, the pace is on a runaway train
help I'm alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer

4. mowgli's road - marina and the diamonds ♫
(katniss in the games)
i have been told I must take the unforsaken road

5. rabbit heart (raise it up)(acoustic) - florence + the machine ♫
(katniss in the games, #2)
i must become a lion hearted girl, ready for a fight
before I make the final sacrifice

6. arrow - tegan and sara ♫
(katniss gets her weapons)
would you take a straight and narrow critical look at me?
feel the breeze, feel feathers of an arrow
i take my aim, you feel me coming close

7. i'll believe in anything - her space holiday ♫
(allies)
we've both been very brave, walk around with both legs
fight the scary day, both pull the tricks out of our sleeves
if I could get the fire out from the wire, I'd share a life and you'd share a life

8. iridescent - linkin park
(rue's death)
you were standing in the wake of devastation
you were there impossibly alone
remember all the sadness and frustration
and let it go

9. howl - florence + the machine ♫
(a change in the rules)
be careful of the curse that falls on young lovers
starts so soft and sweet and turns them into hunters
 
10. set yourself on fire - stars ♫
(the games, #2)
in a place where only one thing can be free and it's not you and I
...twenty years asleep before we sleep forever

11. heretics - andrew bird ♫
(the tributes)
thank god it's fatal, not shy- not shy of fatal
no, we don't want to hear the sound of a door-
now, don't you think we might've heard that before?
 
12. if I die young - the band perry ♫
(the tributes, #2)
the sharp knife of a short life-
well, I've had just enough time
so put on your best, boys, and I'll wear my pearls

13. celebration guns - stars ♫
(the end of the games / the tributes, #3)
oh the beating drums, celebration guns
the thunder and the laughter, the last thing they remember
...good night, sleep tight, stranger

14. melancholy astronautic man - allie moss ♫
(peeta and katniss after the games)
her heart and you are worlds apart
even when she's in your arms

15. challengers - the new pornographers ♫
(after the games, #2)
we were the challengers of the unknown

16. when I'm small - phantogram ♫
(young peeta and katniss)
lucy's underground, she's got a mouth to feed
show me love- you've got your hand on the button of
showing love

17. trouble is a friend - lenka ♫
(the quarter quell)
trouble is a friend, yeah trouble is a friend of mine

18. la familia - mirah ♫
(the victors)
let's none of us forget about who we are
so choose a path and follow it
take a pill and swallow it
none of us forget about who we are

19. game shows touch our lives - the mountain goats ♫
(the games, again)
people say friends don't destroy one another
what do they know about friends?

20. don't die in me - mirah ♫
("only one person will be damaged beyond repair if peeta dies. me.")
and all the million mistakes
and the kicks in the face
but i don't want you to die in me

21. the horror of our love - ludo ♫
(retribution on district 12)
i've murdered half the town, i'll fill the graveyards till i have you
the horror of our love, never so much blood pulled through my veins

22. this is why we fight - the decemberists ♫
(district 13)
this is why we fight, why we lie awake
when we die, we will die with our arms unbound
this is why we fight, come hell

23. fact-fiction - mads langer ♫
(peeta)
i dream of dreaming dreams of her
in twilight she's a constant blur
the picture's clear and i'm still fact, she's fiction
(or i may be imperfectly formed in this contradiction)

24. hope on fire - vienna teng ♫
(the mockingjay)
you're the woman who just won't sell, climbing up and ringing the bell
you're gonna make your mark this time
you're gonna set your hope on fire
 
25. wander my friends - bear mccreary ♫
(the book)
here's a toast to the friends who have gone from us
like the mist of the green mountain,
gone forever
*link to full song translation

26. the cave - mumford and sons ♫
(after the war)
i will hold on hope and i won't let you choke
on the noose around your neck and i'll
find strength in pain and i will change my ways
i'll know my name as it's called again

.zip (26 tracks + cover art and track list)

Tags: fanmix, mixes, music, the hunger games
Current Mood: anxious

While I'm on a mix kick, I thought I might put some of my personal mixes up, to have them written down and so other people can enjoy them. :)

This one was right when I found fanmixes for the first time, around May 2010.

1. future love - lady gaga
my eyeliner runs in constellations for you, dear

2. when I look at you - miley cyrus
when the waves are flooding the shore
and I can't find my way home anymore

3. her morning elegance - oren lavie
she fights for her life as she puts on her coat, she fights for her life on the train
...and nobody knows

4. not your year - the weepies
paint a heart repeating beating, don't give up, don't give up

5. birds of paradise - basia bulat
wait for the crowds to go, maybe I'll die in this unholy mass and I'll be free

6. hope on fire - vienna teng
you're gonna make your mark this time...you're gonna set your hope on fire

7. weightless - black lab
who is to say, who is to blame- who is to know the truth?
when no one is left, and nothing they said can save you

8. orchid - alanis morrisette
I'm a sweet piece of work, well intentioned and unlearned
...treated like a rose, as an orchid

9. tired - k's choice
show me where you found your faith and does it help you sleep at night?
I am not that complicated, I just need some time

10. in a funny way - mercury rev
in the autumn air, you feel her soul unfold
and in a funny way, you feel your own explode

11. every now and then - the noisettes
...I get a feeling like I've left something behind me, but I don't know what it is yet

12. maps - yeah yeah yeahs
wait- they don't love you like i love you.

13. after all - sondre lerche
oh, this could be magic after all, after all

14. pretty dress - rosie thomas
they don't see you like I see you, if they did they'd see
that nice little girls grow up to become homecoming queens

15. falling is like this - ani difranco
we'll say we didn't know, we didn't even try
one minute there was road beneath us and the next just sky

16. four left feet - the ditty bops
like a puzzle with pieces that don't fit together
we used glue- and the picture dried clear

17. when you come back down - nickel creek
I'll be the other hand that always holds the line
connected in between your sweet heart and mine, I'm strung out on that wire

18. spine - page france
you were my beliefs all rusting over, and I was the support within your spine
we noticed that the stars were all exploding, so we stared into the sky till we were blind

19. don't point, don't scare it - butterfly boucher
we hide behind the hills, we walk through tunneled fields
and no one sees us holding hands

20. at the hop - devendra banhart
light me with your candle, watch the flames grow high
no, it doesn't hurt to try.

21. all the way/4U - poets of the fall
please remember that I'm gonna follow through all the way

.zip

Tags: mixes, music

"You're the only friend I've ever had."
"And I've had so many friends!...But only one that mattered."






(cover art by me, credit for PS actions to night-fate.deviantart.com.)

~*~

1. locked up - ingrid michaelson ♫
(like an angry apple tree
I throw my apples if you get too close to me)
but if I look to my right, will I see the one I fight for?

2. extraordinary - jill tracy ♫
i'm enchanted with this little bit of magic I've been shown
...i've just one word for you: extraordinary.

3. me and you - she & him ♫
remember when you told me that I was your only friend?
...dig your heels in, little girl, put them to the test
you've got to be kind to yourself.

4. it's you I like - sherie rene scott ('everyday rapture' obc) ♫
it's you i like
not the things you wear, not the way you do your hair
but it's you i like

5. hummingbird - the weepies ♫
hold out your hand
yours is the only one that I dare to land upon

6. lay my head down - indigo girls ♫
...i think that i would have been much more alive
to have taken you up on your offer, and taken that drive

7. game shows touch our lives - the mountain goats ♫
people say friends don't destroy one another
what do they know about friends?

8. a moment lost - enya ♫
it's only now when words are said that break my heart in two
i wonder how you can endure all I've said, all i say to you

9. i found a reason - cat power ♫
oh I do believe in all the things you say
...and you better run, run, run to me

.zip (9 tracks + cover art and track list)

Tags: mixes, music, wicked