Summer secrets

On Friday I head off on holiday, and for the first time I'm going solo. From the UK to Ferighey near Budapest, and then onto the Hungarian capital for a couple of days, before a train journey to Prague for a short trip, back to 'pest, a day at Sziget Festival (Placebo and Manic Street Preachers) and then home. It's a pretty grand undertaking. Over 20 hours will be spent on some form of transport. Beyond a good book or two (Collapse: Philosophical Research and Development may not be what's required), a decent musical playlist is essential.

A standard RobinPlaysChords playlist must require a healthy selection of songs from the following:

Sigur Rós
Cocteau Twins
Placebo
Manic Street Preachers
Underworld

Add in songs from the following:

Peter Broderick
Radiohead
Michael Jackson
Modest Mouse
Sly & The Family Stone

and you're on the way to experiencing nirvana through audio (not necessarily with Nirvana the band).

One song pencilled in comes from Quiet Village's quite awesome 2008 release Silent Movie; 'Victoria's Secret' is a particularly beautiful piece of music to close your eyes to, and the album as a whole is a summer must-have.

Happy holidays, MOG peeps!