Below are playlists I’ve created for various stories. Please note: there are no mp3s linked here. You’re on your own with that.

Chiaroscuro

1. What a Good Boy, Barenaked Ladies
2. One Man Guy, Rufus Wainwright
3. Michael, Franz Ferdinand
4. Insatiable, Darren Hayes
5. Tonight is Forever, the Pet Shop Boys
6. This Modern Love, Block Party
7. You Surround Me, Erasure
8. Crazy In Love, Snow Patrol (cover)
9. By Your Side, Sade
10. Accidentally in Love, Counting Crows
11. My Best Friend, Weezer
12. Puzzle Pieces, Tiger Trap

Something Beautiful

1. Something Beautiful, Great Big Sea
2. It’s Probably Me, Sting
3. Everybody Knows, Leonard Cohen
4. True Colors, Cyndi Lauper
5. If You Wanna I Might, Hellogoodbye
6. Dirty Mind, Ben Lee
7. Into My Arms, Nick Cave
8. 1000 Seconds, the Secret Machines
9. Don’t Give Up on me, Solomon Burke
10. You Take My Breath Away, Queen
11. Chasing Cars, Snow Patrol
12. You’re It, Halloween, Alaska
13. So Beautiful, Darren Hayes
14. At My Most Beautiful, R.E.M.

Cartography For Beginners

1. Guess How Much I love You, the Lucksmiths
2. Love Song, Scott Clifton
3. All I Need, Mat Kearney
4. If You Need A Reason, Mason Jennings
5. I Know, Fiona Apple
6. P.S. You Rock My World, the Eels
7. I Walk the Line, Johnny Cash
8. Sometimes, Gabrielle
9. Question, Old 97′s
10. I’m Yours, Jason Mraz
11. I’ll Love You Till My Veins Explode, the Paper Cranes

Apples & Gin

1. Come ‘Round More Alabama, Steve Carlson
2. When You Say Nothing At All, alison Krauss & Union Station
3. You Move Me, Garth Brooks
4. I Will Always Return, Bryan Adams
5. Run to Me, Paul Brandt
6. Collide, Howie Day (acoustic)
7. Fall Into Me, Emerson Drive
8. My Love is Deeper, Randy Travis
9. Breathe, Faith Hill
10. Don’t Happen Twice, Kenny Chesney
11. I melt, Rascal Flatts
12. Really and Truly, Paul Brandt
13. I don’t Love You Much Do I, Emmylou Harris and Guy Clark
14. The Devil Went Down to Georgia, Charlie Daniels