IN LIKE A LION playlist exchange!

[catchaspark]

Earlier this month I ran a playlist exchange and now the time has come to post the results! We got more than forty playlists on a wide variety of topics and I hope the following brings enjoyment into your life.

If you like the music you’ve listened to on Spotify through this exchange, please consider using Merch Table as an easy one-stop shop to find the musicians on Bandcamp and kick them a little cash! (I don’t have a similarly easy solution to Youtube playlists on hand, but if anyone thinks of one, please let me know.)

Natasha Romanoff - for bardic_lady | Vavia, by Genarti, prompt: Natasha Romanov

Ghosts Deluxe and Ghosts Snack-Sized - for becca!, by Z.Z., prompt: the ghost may or may not be a metaphor (note from playlist maker: these represent the long and short form of the playlist for your enjoyment)
Socialite-Assassin - for becca!, by bardic_lady | Vavia, prompt: socialite by day revolutionary assassin by night
stilettos in stilettos - for becca!, by blotthis and catchaspark, prompt: socialite by day revolutionary assassin by night

whirlpool romance - for blotthis, by catchaspark and sara gee, prompt: whirlpool romance
Weaponized Glam - for blotthis, by bardic_lady | Vavia, prompt: weaponized glam
sunbeam catnap - for blotthis, by shannon!, prompt: sleeping in the sun
taking god to divorce court - for blotthis, by becca!, prompt: taking god to divorce court

last stop - for catchaspark, by door, prompt: last train stop on an unfamiliar line
Loud Fun Jazz - for catchaspark, by bardic_lady | Vavia, prompt: LOUD FUN INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ [or bebop] [or blues]

a jade's trick - for Catie, by tris, prompts: 1. bangers to be gay to, 2. bangers to get divorced to, 7. female singers with a ton of bass, 8. any combination of the foregoing (Note from playlist maker: this got pretty ineffable and is either about existentially queering & questioning the binary of love/not love, or is mostly just a vibe at this point, but in any case I hope you can groove to it.) (now with mixer's commentary)

third rail through the veil - for deathofthetext, by sara gee, prompt: missed the midnight train / conductor of the ghost line
women experiencing insane emotions - for deathofthetext, by Catie, prompt: women experiencing insane emotions abt other women or a rock or something

monster boyfriend - for door, by scribblingface, prompt: monster boyfriend
Heartbreaking Piano - for door, by bardic_lady | Vavia, prompt: my heart is breaking but i have a piano

voyaging and homecoming - for Genarti, by meredith, prompt: voyaging and homecoming (and bonus track)
Get Up and Do It - for Genarti, by bardic_lady | Vavia, prompt: get up and do the thing!
get up and do the thing! - for Genarti, by scribblingface, prompt: get up and do the thing!

the real treasure was friends - for meredith, by catchaspark, prompt: the real adventure and/or treasure was the friends we made along the way (but also the adventure, and the treasure)
Snow Queen - for meredith, by bardic_lady | Vavia, prompt: snow queen (the fairy tale)
that'll give you, uh, snow bees - for meredith, by becca!, prompt: snow queen (the fairy tale)

werewolf night out - for Neveralarch, by Ruby, prompt: Music to change into a werewolf to
Quarantine Survival - for Neveralarch, by bardic_lady | Vavia, prompt: good songs to survive quarantine to

supervillain pump-up jams - for Ruby, by sares, prompt: supervillain / mad scientist pump-up jams
cyberpunk detective - for Ruby, by sares, prompt: songs for being a cyberpunk detective with a tragic secret backstory you’re always looking over your shoulder for, perhaps sitting on a roof wearing sunglasses at night and drinking bubble tea that doesn’t match your aesthetic
Giddy Joy - for Ruby, by bardic_lady | Vavia, prompt: giddy joyful surprised oh-shit-life-is-good-actually vibes
this extraordinary fountain of delight - for Ruby, by catchaspark, prompt: giddy joyful surprised oh-shit-life-is-good-actually vibes
crushing inevitable collapse - for Ruby, by scribblingface, prompt: crushing inevitable collapse
new problems have arisen - for Ruby, by becca!, prompt: nie huaisang
birds - for Ruby, by sophia_sol, prompt: birds
birds + finding a hidden garden - for Ruby, by scribblingface, prompts: birds, finding a hidden garden

come at me bro - for sara gee, by becca!, prompt: GOTTA GET UP TO GET DOWN to get your ass kicked behind the roller disco in the most homoerotic way possible
a warm spark in the arctic - for sara gee, by becca!, prompt: "We had lain thus in bed, chatting and napping at short intervals, and Queequeg now and then affectionately throwing his brown tattooed legs over mine, and then drawing them back; so entirely sociable and free and easy were we; when, at last, by reason of our confabulations, what little nappishness remained in us altogether departed, and we felt like getting up again, though day-break was yet some way down the future. Yes, we became very wakeful; so much so that our recumbent position began to grow wearisome, and by little and little we found ourselves sitting up; the clothes well tucked around us, leaning against the head-board with our four knees drawn up close together, and our two noses bending over them, as if our kneepans were warming-pans. We felt very nice and snug, the more so since it was so chilly out of doors; indeed out of bed-clothes too, seeing that there was no fire in the room. The more so, I say, because truly to enjoy bodily warmth, some small part of you must be cold, for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself. If you flatter yourself that you are all over comfortable, and have been so a long time, then you cannot be said to be comfortable any more. But if, like Queequeg and me in the bed, the tip of your nose or the crown of your head be slightly chilled, why then, indeed, in the general consciousness you feel most delightfully and unmistakably warm. For this reason a sleeping apartment should never be furnished with a fire, which is one of the luxurious discomforts of the rich. For the height of this sort of deliciousness is to have nothing but the blanket between you and your snugness and the cold of the outer air. Then there you lie like the one warm spark in the heart of an arctic crystal."

divorce bops - for sares, by Catie, prompt: divorce bops
borderlands deep cuts - for sares, by Catie, prompt: lost songs from the borderlands soundtrack
this spy thing is going great i think! - for sares, by shannon!, prompt: songs for spies to get backstabbed to

Train Ride to Hell - for scribblingface, by Neveralarch, prompt: train ride to hell (and bonus track)
a spell to be cast or for it to be broken - for scribblingface, by catchaspark, prompt: for a stubborn idealist full of self-doubt

don't stop (take it back to 140) and set the night alight - for tris, by blotthis, prompt: kpop for dumb bitch babies (note from playlist maker: these are too long, but i hope you find something you enjoy!)
quebecois music - for tris, by scribblingface, prompt: music representing any non-US/anglophone country/culture that you know well

Creation of Life - for Z.Z., by bardic_lady | Vavia, prompt: the creation of life!
Fancy Outfit - for Z.Z., by bardic_lady | Vavia, prompt: soundtrack for putting on a very fancy outfit