All “Cold Weather,” All The Time

It’s late December. Thanksgiving has come and gone, my birthday has come and gone (Nov. 30—remember for next year; you can send Vespas to my attention at PASTE: PO Box 1606/Decatur, GA 30031), and the Christmas decorations in Bloomingdales have been up for four months. It should be cold in Georgia. Since it’s NOT, we’ve resorted to blasting the air conditioning in the office so we can wear scarves and hats and saying emphatically “Gosh, it’s downright cold out there!” when we come inside, just to get each other in the spirit. I even emailed West Virginia to see if we can borrow a fake snow machine but haven’t heard back. Meanwhile, the songs below are getting me through.

What songs make you feel cold?

Brrrr, I guess,

Kate

1. AJ Roach “Dogwood Winter” or “Cold As Christmas” (Dogwood Winter)
2. Tobias Froberg “When The Night Turns Cold” (Somewhere In The City) FREE (Thanks Tobias!)
3. Badly Drawn Boy “Summertime In Wintertime” (One Plus One Is One)
4. Castanets “First Light’s Freeze” (First Light’s Freeze)
5. Iron & Wine “Faded From The Winter” (The Creek Drank The Cradle)
6.Joshua Radin “Winter” (We Were Here)
7. Pedro The Lion “The Longest Winter” (It’s Hard To Find A Friend)
8. Yo La Tengo “Winter A-Go-Go” (Summer Sun)
9. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy “Cold & Wet” (The Letting Go)
10. Coldplay “Shiver” (Parachutes)
11. Damien Rice “Cold Water” (O
12. Josh Rouse “Winter In The Hamptons” (Nashville)
13. Gillian Welch “Winter’s Come And Gone” (Hell Among The Yearlings)
14. Patty Griffin “Cold As It Gets” (Impossible Dream)
15. Paul Brill “Summer Cold” (Harpooner
16. Tom Waits “Shiver Me Timbres” (The Early Years, Vol. 2)
17. Andrew Bird “Weather Systems” (Weather Systems)