Our friends Joey and Mark made us this playlist. We asked them what it was about and they said: “Romance. Love. New beginnings. Self-evolution. The place where love and longing meet.” Sounds good to us.
Illustration by Minna
Joey Koneko is the bass player for Claire’s Diary and also has a solo music/multimedia project called Koneko.
Mark Andrew Steffan is a performance artist with a musical act called the Untitled Tilda Swinton Project.
Hello, you. June’s theme will be LONGING. Unlike more-acute forms of desire like desperation or need, longing is a sweet ache—more pining for something than dying for it. It’s nostalgia, homesickness, boredom, a persistent feeling of lack, dreaming of escape/the future. It’s summer: summer homes & cottages, stuffy summer bedrooms, sun-bleached memories of summers past. The shadow of September that hangs over June. It’s secret hangouts, crushes, unrequited love. Send what you’ve got here, and thanks. ♥
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Perfect. Perfect. Perfect. Omg I forgot how much I love that Lissy Trullie song and that masculine voice of hers.
Log in to replyi just rediscovered that veronica falls song recently♡ i love haunting love songs – they always seem more romantic to me for some reason (see: pretty much every dead man’s bones song)
also i love love lydia and nina simone, great selection!
Log in to replyFRANTIC ROMANTIC BY THE SCIENTISTS.
NUMBER 1 OBSCURE LOVE SONG.
but the addition of Psychic TV was in good taste.
Log in to replyAnd Lydia, who frightens me.
Log in to replyYES!
Log in to replyI am that old lady
Log in to replyI hope everyone enjoys!!! <3
Log in to replystay monkey is the best julie ruin song/one of the best songs ever. period.
Log in to replyomg dirty beaches and chromatics, wondrous!
Log in to replyyou are awesome.
Log in to replythis is the first playlist I’ve ever listened to, due to my slight obsession w/Joey Koneko…this is really nice. I think I’ll start listening to Julie Ruin! Thanks for taking your time to dig up songs from your ipod/mind and organize them into playlists for teenage gurlzz to listen to :)
Log in to replyVELVEEETTTTTTT <3333333333333
LOOOOVE THIS PLAYLISTT!!!
Log in to replyI saw the title and I thought “I love You” by Alex Clare!
Log in to replyUM THIS IS PERFECT
Log in to replyChromatics! Yes!
Log in to replyBeautiful.Beautiful.Beautiful!
Log in to replythe dum dum girls cover of “there is a light that never goes out” is perfection and so is this whole playlist o m g
Log in to replyGod, I love the Shangri-Las. Even just talking about gift receiving. Is anyone else obsessed with the way she said “baubles”?
Log in to replyokay. shangri las and dirty beaches. this indeed is true love.
Log in to replyit always makes me really sad that I won’t have rookie all weekend, but the friday playlists are what get me through it. I really love them
Log in to replyhttp://onmyroadtofindout.blogspot.com/
I love it!!!
Log in to replyOMG ALSO… has anyone seen Hocus Pocus and the song I’ll put a spell on you in it??? I’ll be super excited if I’m not the only one who got remind of that because of track 14!!
Log in to replyrad, man!!!
Log in to reply“The Zombies” should never be forgotten!
My most favourite “obscure” love songs are
I’m Not In Love – 10cc
Crown Of Love – Arcade Fire
Maybe even more obsessive than obscure.
Log in to replyWhat about The Smiths? Not even ONE song????
Log in to replyThis is the one problem with this other wise perfect playlist… a smiths cover (an awesome one, though), but no actual smiths…?
Log in to replyOMG! I love this playlist<3
Log in to replyI love all the rookie playlists! I always listen to them when im trying to do homework, some are more conducive to focused learning than others.. <3
Log in to replySO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS
Log in to replySuch an awesome playlist, thanks!
Log in to replyJulie Ruin sounds like Poly Styrene :3
Log in to replyReally like this mix! Wish I’d made it, very good selections.
Log in to replythis is my favorite rookie playlist ever! my roomates hate me for playing it so often.
Log in to replyJonathon Coulton has some pretty strange love songs, too.
Log in to replyLOVE THIS :D I also adore M+Ms by Blink 182 – memories made with my surprisingly unpunky boyfriend :)
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