Posted in Summer '09, tagged alice in wonderland, art, band, dreams, fashion, hip, india, jane austen, make believe, Music, novel, polyvore, Pride and Prejudice, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, reading, running, seth grahame-smith, Sexy, the land of make believe, writing, yoga on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Record all of my dreams
Host the second-annual Alice in Wonderland Picnic
Make art
Make more art
Get ready to go to India!
Finish my novel
Tackle my ever-expanding reading list, the first of which is Price and Prejudice and Zombies
This
Start a band with Margaret
Spend more time in the Land of Make Believe
Start running again
Everything about this outfit
A Summer Engagement by airguitar23 [...]
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Posted in How to be cool, listen to this, tagged adele, ben folds, bon iver, devendra banhart, ella fitzgerald, elliott smith, feist, hip, itunes, Jaymay, liam finn, lists, Music, queen, regina spektor, smashing pumpkins, sondre lerche, the beatles, the black keys on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am, as I often do, stealing a list-making idea from my sister’s blog.. So. Here goes.
The 25 most-played songs on my iTunes:
25. Cold Shoulder – Adele
24. You Know So Well – Sondre Lerche
23. Tonight, Tonight – Smashing Pumpkins
22. Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
21. 1234 – Feist
20. My Moon My Man – Feist
19. Seen [...]
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I am absolutely in LOVE with Mariee Sioux! Her album Faces in the Rocks is seriously the BEST thing I’ve heard in … 6 months?
If you like quiet, acoustic folk with a touch of native american legend and mystery, go buy this album!!
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Posted in How to be cool, Misc, tagged awesome, cool, either/or, elliott smith, hip, how to, Music, pitchfork, The 80s, the 90's on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Listen, love, and learn from all of these.
(my only qualm is that Either/Or is only #59. come on, Pitchfork!)
VIVE LE 1990′S!
When you’re done with that, move on to this.
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In case you didn’t already know, the real party is in Spain.
Listen to El Guincho - Newest album, “Alegranza”
Do as I say.
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I went to go see The Avett Brothers last week at the River to River Festival in Tribeca. I was alone, but I got to be in the front row!! For a folk trio, they rocked REALLY hard. It was an excellent show, and I would recommend going to see them live – no matter what your age or [...]
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I’ve been a little bit lonely lately. Not homesick, per se, but just missing have close friends to hang out with. I haven’t had a good hug in the last week.. bah. I’m sure that will change soon. It’s just so hard to meet people! My roommates are very nice and all..we just haven’t really [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bears, box-wine, Ethan Hawke, grocery, madonna, Music, nascar, ohio, rickroll, small heads, work on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today at work, a plethora of – let’s say – stimulating things happened:
The day started with a proud “Hey, Girlfriend!” from my cool, black friend at work. Ohio: believe the stereotypes.
I tried to pay special attention to the music played in the store. It’s mind-boggling. “Take my breath away,” and then “Blackbird.”
and than I was [...]
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Take note of Carney’s favorite city beside Akron…
*Pictures I took at their April 4 show at Portland’s Crystal Ballroom. I was so close I got sweat on. It was awesome
If you know what’s good for you, go buy their entire discography! Attack and Release, which was produced by Danger Mouse (!!!), came out last month.. and [...]
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Posted in listen to this, tagged alternative, anti-folk, Jaymay, Music, musician, new, New York City, singer, songwriter on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the last couple of days, I’ve been humming the darling, genuine songs of Jaymay, a New York based anti-folk songstress. She has a really fantastic voice which she uses effectively to create really distinctive moods in her songs that really pull you in.
Jaymay is playing the Bowery Ballroom in New York on June 10.
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