YES I AM CAPABLE OF NOT PUTTING BEULAH ON A MIX. Just... not this one, okay?!?

[elapses]

THE FACTS ARE THESE: once upon a time there was this stupid, stupid little show called Enterprise. And it was absolutely terrible. So terrible, in fact, that the two creators finally said "fuck this shit" and handed it over to someone else, who made it SO MUCH BETTER. Or he would have, had it not starred Jonathan Archer, AKA THE WORST CHARACTER IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE. Do not be charmed by the fact that he is played by Scott Bakula-- HE IS AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL.

What I am trying to say is it takes a lot of fortitude to watch this show-- to get around the terrible writing, the (sometimes) terrible acting (LOL ANTHONY MONTGOMERY, as much as I would like to eat you up with a spoon, there is a reason they never gave Travis lines), the terrible characters who refuse to die NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES IT ALMOST HAPPENS, the fact that Brannon Braga really likes to write about NAZIS IN SPACE, the part where it's... Star Trek, etc. So much is wrong that it is difficult for anyone to get to the good part. The good part being Trip! and! T'Pol! in! season! four!

Anyway. goldenmelisande needed more Trek after you know what movie, and she picked this and them, and her subsequent enchantment has reawoken things I have not felt since I was fifteen. And believeeeee me, I know Catherine and I are almost-but-not-quite the only people left in the known universe who care about them/this fanmix (and since she's already aware of/helped me pick out a good two thirds of these songs, THERE IS SOME QUESTION OF WHY I AM EVEN POSTING THIS), BUT THEY'RE JUST SO LOVELY AND ANGSTY, IT CANNOT BE HELPED. And what it not to love? VULCANS*! HUMANS! HALF-NAKED YOGA MASSAGES VULCAN NEUROPRESSURE! PSYCHIC BONDS! Yeaaaaaaah.

*Admittedly T'Pol is the WORST VULCAN EVER, but it's kind of really adorable.




.rar download



1. lisa loeb & nine stories - sandalwood
Your hand, so hot
Burns a hole in my hand
I wanted to show you.


2. syd matters - watcher
There must be something
You're up to something
You've never been so silently dreaming away


3. the panics - ruins
Before I had a chance to look
You went and turned your back for good
Don't act as if it's understood
When it only takes one look
At the crater where we once stood
I don't know what we will become


4. someone still loves you boris yeltsin - modern mystery
You could really put me in my place
On a map in outer space
You've got a real cool constitution
And it's a come on
But it's not an illusion
There is no modern mystery
No mystic chords of memory
There is no modern mystery
We're making up our history


5. sea foxx - beauty of the ride
I have known that nothing's real
What did I expect?
When magic slips into the air
And every day's another test
And all this tension back and forth
Surely works its' ugly way
Outside


6. bon iver - the wolves (act i & ii)
What might have been lost
Don't bother me


7. noisettes - atticus
Remember what I lost like hot coals in my hand from days gone by
Like Pandora adored the euphoria as her heart raced
Like love lost you've got to try even in vain


8. beulah - a man like me
My love is a lot like yours
It's been crippled by the wars we wage
We're hopeless
We're on the losing side


9. sara lov - animals
I should have never let you into me
But I never never learned to swim
Until you came around and pushed me in



WHILE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT... things, uh, I am basically grateful that twitter exists because it means THIS EXISTS:


SO YEAH, THAT HAPPENED.

Comments

[goldenmelisande.livejournal.com]

OKAY, MY INTERNET APPROVES OF THIS, IT LET ME DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE ZIP ON THE FIRST TRY, FUCK YES.

OMG ALEX I AM SO EXCITED RIGHT NOW THAT I AM PHYSICALLY INCAPABLE OF NOT TYPING IN CAPS. THEY ARE SO WONDERFUL AND THIS IS SO WONDERFUL AND

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OKAY. I like the cover! A lot! And tbh the only songs I know/remember you talking about are Animals and The Wolves, soooo it is mostly a surprise! I feel like I can't really comment with what I think about it until after I've listened but I TRUST YOU AND YOUR MUSIC SO I'M SURE IT WILL BE REALLY REALLY GOOD.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

For your internet, THAT IS DOWNRIGHT MAGICAL. (My internet says it uploaded part 2 of Trip and T'Pol the movie but it also says it is a 0 MB file. THIS IS GOING TO TAKE US YEARS, ISN'T IT???)

(You made another Jolene icon! UH BUT THAT IS NOT AS MOMENTOUS AS THE FACT THAT YOU ARE USING AN ICON YOU MADE. I guess there's no one else's to use in this case :D:)

UM!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you like it. ALL OF IT.

[goldenmelisande.livejournal.com]

LOL YEAH considering I still haven't gotten part 1 to download. :( It got to 15% once! But I haven't had luck since.

(YEAH THIS IS LIKE THE SECOND TIME EVER, SERIOUSLY. I will probably delete it at some point but WHATEVER, IT'S NOT LIKE ANYONE ELSE IS GOING TO MAKE ONE. It figures that I'd break this barrier for freaking ENTERPRISE, lololol.)

I LIKE IT SO FAR, I AM ON TRACK 3! Gooooooooooood Alex I seriously just LOVE THEM SO MUCH, I thought that it would be like a fleeting obsession but...IT IS STILL HERE, AND I AM STILL CAPSLOCKY ABOUT IT!

[elapses.livejournal.com]

Lol 15%. Oh god, what are we even going to to :|

It's not your faaaault, C! THEY'RE OTP MATERIAL. THEY'RE IN EACH OTHER'S DAYDREAMS, how were you supposed to resist?

[goldenmelisande.livejournal.com]

MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE ROBOT VULCAN FALLS IN LOVE! I was doomed from the start, basically.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

OMG OKAY DUDE, so since emailing the thing would take like 59 separate emails (NOT HAPPENING) as determined last night, I'm... trying mediafire in 100 MB sizes? It's been uploading while I've been gone today, heeeeere are the first few parts. I AM CROSSING MY FINGERS THAT IT WORKS: one (http://www.mediafire.com/?mhgywloqjy1) two (http://www.mediafire.com/?mke4mmnzjdz) three (http://www.mediafire.com/?ctyymz2torn) four (http://www.mediafire.com/?mavmnmyzum2) five (http://www.mediafire.com/?mynzxyxzzya) & six (http://www.mediafire.com/?34cdm0ggz50). That is halfish of it, there are twelve total but #12 is like 2MB.

[goldenmelisande.livejournal.com]

OKAY I got the first part to download! this is going to take FOREVER btw because I have to restart the download like six times for each part. WOOHOO MY INTERNET D:

[elapses.livejournal.com]

HALLELUJAH. I figure if any of the individual parts don't work... megaupload for that piece? IDK, I'm having issues uploading to MU.

But here's part seven (http://www.mediafire.com/?unji2gecumm)!

[elapses.livejournal.com]

OKAY I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE IN TERMS OF DOWNLOADING, but look! everything!

eight (http://www.mediafire.com/?nym5mzemzmw)
nine (http://www.mediafire.com/?tryrzno4mmz)
ten (http://www.mediafire.com/?nouyu21wmwy)
eleven (http://www.mediafire.com/?nujkmmzofjz)
twelve (http://www.mediafire.com/?rzdgazylzym)

[elapses.livejournal.com]

LOL THIS ENTRY, it has basically a bulletin board for the exchange of this file, but here are the alt links:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/d1etpi
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C7ZCGSM6

[goldenmelisande.livejournal.com]

K I GOT THE WHOLE THING DOWNLOADED!!! FINALLY!!!! And tonight after I volunteer/work out I am going to watch Trip/T'Pol: The Movie, IT'LL BE RAD.

[annalouwho.livejournal.com]

you know, i keep hearing about how terrible this show is, and yet i still retain a spark of interest. like, until i actually see it for myself, it's hard for me to imagine that it could possibly be that bad. though i'm sure it is. but... but... scott bakulaaaaaaaaaa.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

I think more than anything you'd be bored by it. It isn't exactly repugnant, it's just... mediocre with low points (there is an entire episode about the captain's dog offending aliens by peeing on a sacred tree. THAT IS NOT THE B PLOT, that is the episode). It's not that it's worse than like, I don't know, the current season of Gossip Girl-- it's just that it's bad and it's also... Star Trek. The writers did manage to make Scott Bakula uncharming though, THAT is an accomplishment.

[goldenmelisande.livejournal.com]

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD that if you make good use of the skip function it is actually quite tolerable/enjoyable! Just fast forward through all the parts that have Archer or aren't Trip/T'Pol and if you get confused by the plot, look it up on wikipedia.

It is still super cheesy and like...bad sci-fi-ish either way, but this way has more kissing and less boring lame stuff.

[ofadoration.livejournal.com]

I know absolutely nothing about Enterprise, but this is so so pretty! I love the cover art and the songs look like they fit together really well. "Animals" is so lovely.

Also, for a brief moment I thought you were using an Angelina Jolie icon and got REALLY CONFUSED. I . . . am glad I was wrong about that.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

Thank you! "Animals" isssssss, oh my lord. Also, Jane, can we talk about how I have a problem where I think "Beauty of the Ride" applies to EVERY SHIP EVER? It's not that generic of a song! WHY DO I WANT TO APPLY IT TO EVERYONE AND THEIR BOYFRIEND?!? I have a problem.

Haaaaaa, looking at it I can see how it looks like that. But yeah, never gonna happen.

[stepliana.livejournal.com]

AHhahaha your introduction to all of this makes my life. But woe, Scott Bakula playing such a terrible character, he is so awesome!



EITHER WAY, I am taking this on basis of the music aloooone, because this looks AWESOME. Thank youu!

[elapses.livejournal.com]

I KNOW, it actually baffles me that they could make him that awful. He's Scott Bakula! He! Just! Yes. And that .gif: never getting old.

And thanks, I hope you end up liking it!

[forthesky.livejournal.com]

OH ALEX, YOUR SUBJECT LINE HAD ME LOLING.

This is so preeeeeetty, Alex! I will be taking this for the music. And hey, The Panics! They are from Perth! Although the only song I actually have by them is "Don't Fight It".

And lmfaoooo, I agree with Jane about the icon! I had a wtf moment! It really does look like her. Except ... not.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

IT'S NOT MY FAULT BEULAH IS PERFECT FOR EVERYTHING.

Yeah I know, I saw that when I was looking them up and thought of you!

I can't decide how I feel about that! On the one hand it does look like her, and on the other hand I don't want people to think I like Angelina Jolie, BUT ON MY THIRD IMAGINARY HAND IT'S A REALLY PRETTY ICON. And Jolene Blalock is badass. And she went to see Scott Bakula on the Chuck set. My life: so hard.

[oltha_heri.livejournal.com]

I love this. The introduction is made of so much win, seriously she is the worst Vulcan ever, I love her anyway. The mix is cool too, I love Beulah so being capable of not putting on a mix is you know, not necessary. I'm definitely grabbing, thanks.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you, I hope you enjoy it! And ha yeah, it just gets to a certain point with me where all the Beulah must seem monotonous. BUT LIKE, IT'S MILES KUROSKY, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S MY FAULT, HE'S ACTUALLY THAT AWESOME.

[antistar-e.livejournal.com]

I should be ashamed that I've seen practically every episode you used for your individual song art, but somehow, I'm not. You are made of win for this. Snagging so hard.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

Maybe you should, but god, I should be ashamed that I KNEW WHICH EPISODES TO CAP FOR THOSE THINGS. But thank you, I hope you like it!

[n-e-star.livejournal.com]

TRIP & T'POL!!!!!

Enterprise was so cracktastic, but I wish there had been more just for the awesomeness of Trip & T'Pol.

Sigh.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

I KNOW MAN, when I was 15 I'm pretty sure I wrote a letter for the ~Save Enterprise~ campaign that pretty much said "BUT TRIP AND T'POL!!!". SAD BUT TRUE.

[n-e-star.livejournal.com]

There is a trip/tpol comm here on LJ - trip_tpol. It's not outrageously active, but you might want to post this there as well.

[elapses.livejournal.com]

Oh weird, I remember similitude being the LJ comm and I posted it there! do you know why there's a different one now? But thanks for the heads up, I guess I will post it there!

[dizzy4411.livejournal.com]

This mix looks GREAT! I started watching Enterprise, but quickly gave up, because it was SO bad, but then I was lured back by new showrunners and the awesomeness of Trip and T'Pol. The show actually DID get good, and a large part of it was the relationship between these two. The pics tell me that I remember this show far better than I thought. Thanks!

[elapses.livejournal.com]

I agree, but the sad thing is you almost had to have seen how BAD it was to understand how good it was -- so many of the season 4 plots (the Vulcan arc and the Klingon arc especially) were damage control from the old days. BUT YES, yes, yes, Trip and T'Pol-- damn, they were a good story. Anyway thank you, hope you like it!

[gblvr.livejournal.com]

I love this pairing *so* much -- thank you for the mix!

[elapses.livejournal.com]

Oh, me too! Hope you enjoy it.

[enfermeira-chan.livejournal.com]

A TRIP/TPOL MIX. THAT WAS NOT MADE BY ME. AND A GOOD ONE.

I LOVE YOU.

This is my favorite pairing EVER, EVER, EVER, and you have NO idea how much I'm happy to see this mix!

[elapses.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm so glad you like it! They are so lovely, and so tragically underappreciated.

[with_discipline]

Oh man, I was SO excited to see this, because apparently I'm on a mission to gather all the Trip/T'Pol fanmixes I see, but it looks like I'm a little late to the awesome party - the file's already deleted. Is there any chance you could upload it again? This looks fabulous!