Snow ecstasy!

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Okkervil River
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Black Sheep Boy
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So Come Back, I Am Waiting

It snowed! It snows here maybe once a year, and melts by morning. But this weekend "it snowed for real":http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2006/11/27/bc-schools.html! I was in Vancouver, where it snowed first, and then I spent seven hours trying to get home to Victoria while the storm was moving over here. Epic snow!After the long, soul-crushing adventure with travel delays and cold feet and drivers who don't know how to avoid spraying a whole bus line-up with slush, four of us finally got home to our island after dark, not entirely sure how we were going to get into town from the ferry terminal, only to be greeted by a friend with a car. Best guy ever.You are probably familiar with the exhausted-happy-finally-relaxed feeling of being picked up after a long travel day. Compound that with the "five people and two guitars in a tiny car" feeling, and with the collective "panic / good cheer" that you get when it snows in a town that never gets snow... and THEN add Okkervil River's Black Sheep Boy on the car stereo. Perfect music for feeling all rocked out and finally home, and perfect music for a friend being nice enough to come pick you up in dangerous driving conditions. Warm but edgy?Today it is sunny and the world looks like a marshmallow, and I'm trying to find some appropriate music that isn't just from Iceland. Any tips?

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Spencer Owen says Sorry, but Bjork's probably the best. Gotta just ... lay it out there.

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1234chainsaw says Other Scandinavians that might do the trick are Serena-Maneesh, Dungen, and The Soundtrack Of Our Lives. December (especially "Stranded In Greenland") or Coalesced by the For Against, if you go US. But if "the world looks like a marshmallow" involves a hankering for something more psychedelic, then I might go with some old Apples In Stereo, Soft Bulletin by the Flaming Lips, or Outrageous Cherry.

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1234chainsaw says Surely Sigur Ros was what "Icelandic" meant here?

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ookpik says Yes indeed, Bjork, Sigur Ros, Mum... all appropriate snow music. I'm trying to branch out from Icelandic winter music. Other Scandinavians are fine options, but just to be clear, I'm not aiming for Icelandic or Scandinavian in particular. Branching out. I like this psychedelic marshmallow world option!

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Rawkkiddoh says Snow in Canada, what are you crazy. I thought it was all sunny up there, like in Mexico. Here I am in Minnesota, and we havent had any snow yet.My theory is, if its going to be cold, then let their be snow. Speaking of BC, how close do you live to Whistler? I have always wanted to go snowboarding their, and hear its amazing. I have only seen pictures, and I can only imagine how much more beautiful it is in real life.

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SWozniak says Go for some Michigan music. The Seth Bernard and Daisy Mae CD from the Earthworks Collective is perfect for sitting, wearing a sweater, and drinking tea. I wish it would snow here. Damn global warming.

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gollygee says I'm a sucker for Xmas music when it snows. But only until maybe mid-December, and then I've had enough. :D

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Galen says Almost anything by Yann Tiersen is nice on a sunny snow day. Maybe even too nice. No, just nice. Anyway, now it's cloudy again, so my vote is for "soon it will be fire" by Richard Youngs. Eight minutes of beautiful music pushing you into your mattress, sternly advising that you just try again tomorrow. But it's also kind of sweet.

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