Musicians are the philosophers of this day and age.

Here’s a philosophical mixtape, a running list of songs linked to my ruminations on them:

• Ocean Breathes Salty, by Modest Mouse
• I came as a rat, by Modest Mouse
• Doin’ the cockroach, by Modest Mouse
• My Idea of Fun, by Wingnut Dishwashwer’s Union
• Diamond Sea, by Sonic Youth
• Cinderella’s Big Score, by Sonic Youth
• The Sound of Failure, by the Flaming Lips
• K-Hole, by CocoRosie
• Same Shit (Complicated), by Kimya Dawson
• Krongu Green Slime, by Jeffrey Lewis
• Don’t let the record label take you out to lunch, by Jeffrey Lewis
• Springtime, by Jeffrey Lewis
• Big A, Little A, by Crass, covered by Jeffrey Lewis
• I don’t care much, from Cabaret
• Take Pills, by Animal Collective