Like most city commuters, I like to mix it up when it comes to how I get to and from work. I’ve recently moved, so now it’s full on bus both ways. But before I moved, I would usually walk to work and bus home or vice versa. I tried to vary my route so I wouldn’t get bored, but one constant remains when you’re walking from Capitol Hill to downtown: I-5.
I started noticing what song was playing on my iPhone when I passed over the huge, loud freeway on one of my little pedestrian overpasses. Once I started noticing, I got into the habit of posting updates to my Facebook wall. It’s fun to look back at what had popped up on my random playlist, and the kind of mood the music put me in on my way to work. It was also fun to see friends pipe up in the comments about how much they missed a band or hadn’t heard a song in years. Here are some of the last updates I posted:
January 8 at 8:26am via iPhone
I-5 overpass tune is Cocteau Twins’ “Iceblink Luck” or if you speak Elizabeth Frazer: “this chop chucked cherry pole which will burn this whole madhouse down”
(Lullabies to Violaine)
January 6 at 8:26am via iPhone
I-5 song is (my forever teenage crush) Michael Penn’s “No Myth”
(March)
December 19, 2010 at 8:33am via iPhone
1-5 Overpass song is “Take me I’m Yours” by Squeeze…
(Greatest Hits)
December 9, 2010 at 8:43am via iPhone
I-5 Overpass song: “Throw Your Foot” by the Cure. So high school.
(Join the Dots: B-sides & Rarities 1978-2001)
December 7, 2010 at 10:39am via iPhone
I-5 overpass song is “I Won’t” by the Replacements! Good yelling!
(Don’t Tell a Soul)
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