July 2008
49 posts
the coast - “floodlights”
got this...
June 2008
51 posts
broken social scene presents: brendan canning -...
“it’s harder to be friends than lovers/and you shouldn’t try to mix...”
– liz phair - “divorce song”
i’ve been listening to exile in guyville a lot for the past week - i find it a divine intervention that it popped back up into my life after fifteen years. (okay, and not really a coincidence.) because as a fourteen year old, how could i really relate to...
“san francisco sucks sometimes” - from...
longwave - “sirens of the sea”
i...
“She was a real people-pleaser. She worried way too much what people thought of...”
– Rob Sheffield in Love Is A Mixtape
sound like someone we know?
Pitchfork: Stars Chart Out Quite a Few New Dates →
06-27 Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli de Helling 06-28 Cergy Pontoise, France - Furia Sound Festival 06-29 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury Festival 07-05 Quebec City, Quebec - Festival d’ete de Quebec 07-08 Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa Bluesfest 07-20 Halifax, Nova Scotia - Summersonic 08-24 San Francisco, CA - Golden Gate Park (Outside Lands Festival) 09-16 Boston, MA - Wilbur 09-17...
feelings are boring?
me: but feeeeeelings are booooooring
buster: that's not true. luckily too, cause you're a feeler, in your own words.
me: they are complicated.
me: like, math.
me: :)
buster: i should make a tshirt that says "feelings are awesome, kissing is boring"
me: ;)
speaking of frightened rabbit…
i woke up...
“Fueled by coffee, Frightened Rabbit, and infinite sadness (how’s that for...”
– @aprilini
i could not have said this better myself. actually, i’m pissed that i didn’t come up w/ it first. how’s THAT for emo shit?
“i’m not over you/can i get back...
“Want to save the music business? Manage a band. Nurture talent. Do everything in...”
– Bob Lefsetz, Lefsetz Letter (via aprilini)
guess i’m in the right career trajectory after all? thanks, bob!
Music & Art: All Shook Down - Last Night: Liz... →
i was at this show last night and wow. just wow. did i ever think i’d get to hear exile in guyville played from beginning to end in my lifetime? no way. i was fourteen when that album came out. just a leeettle too young to catch her the first time around. and with her recent new direction (sorry, liz) there was no way i’d go see her now. except for this.
exile and whip-smart were two...
“everyday we wake up/we choose love/we choose light/and we try/it’s too...”
– “you me & the bourgeoise” - the submarines
Throw Me The Statue Cover Huey Lewis - MP3 -... →
throw me the huey!
Fashionist: Ali - Hayes Valley, SF →
o hai, i am a fashionist! (thanks, mai!)
joan as police woman - “hard white...
and to contrast...
iTunes top 20 most recently played, by (total) play count (ever), in the last two weeks:
1. get your head around it - headlights 2. blindsided - bon iver 3. creature fear - bon iver 4. team - bon iver 5. flume - bon iver 6. lump sum - bon iver 7. skinny love - bon iver 8. the wolves (act l & ll) - bon iver 9. for emma - bon iver 10. fools - the dodos 11. cherry tulips - headlights 12. market...
iTunes top 20 most played songs as of 6/19/08
1. your english is good - tokyo police club 2. a good start - maria taylor 3. take me to the riot - stars 4. midnight coward - stars 5. my favourite book - stars 6. put us back together right - headlights 7. hi-ya! - headlights 8. going going gone - paloalto 9. spring and by summer fall - blonde redhead 10. eternal flame - joan as police woman 11. steppin’ out - kaskade (ha!) 12. listen to...
loney, dear - “hard days 1.2.3.4.”
i...
the submarines - “the good night”
...
Watchi heart kristen schaal! this also makes me want to be wonder woman for halloween this year…
caps.
joe was shocked to learn that i do not often capitalize words in work emails (has he MET me?) a few weeks ago & to be honest, was nearly apalled by this discovery. ooooh, looks like someone graduated from the grammar police academy summa cum laude with an emphasis on knowsitall, didn’t they? ;)
i agree that capitalizing things denotes that yes, i have a college education & am an...
NBC's Tim Russert dead at 58 - U.S. news-... →
really really really really sad. :(
new muxtape - hot time, summer in the city. →
featuring hot summer jamz from: headlights, the french kicks, santogold, the hold steady + many more!
haha. i feel like an infomercial.
Stereogum - Ron Sexsmith Records The Song He Wrote... →
i did not know that a) ron sexsmith cowrote “brandy alexander” nor b) it was allegedly (i like that word - ALLEGEDLY) inspired by John Lennon & Harry Nilsson’s love o’ the drink. huh! learn something new every day. methinks this little nugget will be good for music trivia in about 20 years.
also, did you know that ron wrote & originally recorded “secret...
That's just great.
watcheroftheskies:
Email I just got from my mom: “Did you know I am an incredible web searcher…I google every little thing I am ever thinking about.”
ROB! you need to submit this to postcardsfromyomomma.com!
crocs & republicans.
Ali: There are few things in this life that I detest more than Crocs.
Joe: Me too.
Joe: I rank them just below Republicans.
mates of state - “blue & gold...
Bon Iver Delivers Heartache In A Black Cab... →
via stereogum - direct link to the black cab sessions feat. bon iver here too.
i am still maintaining that for emma, forever ago is now, & will continue to be, my favorite album of the year.
watcheroftheskies:
The Hood Internet - Sisters of...
LiveDaily - Dawn Landes - May 5 2008 →
dawn + her drummer ray do a three song acoustic set for livedaily. she is also wearing an awesome top in this video (what, sorry! i like clothes almost as much as i love music!)
i just let my itunes play continously in alphabetical order & it played the crystals “today i met the boy i’m gonna marry” > the cult “she sells sanctuary” > culture club “karma chameleon” back to back. bwwwahahahaha.
Bill Cosby Charity Auction eBay Store →
cosby sweaters!!! (via dan)
