November 2011
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future islands — where i found you
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“I wanted to be written over”
I’m done with women—forever. Done. You’re all confusing and nuts and send mixed signals like it’s your job. I retire.
well, that was uncomfortable…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27) →
Radical Face (23)
The Rural Alberta Advantage (13)
Hey Rosetta! (11)
Alabama Shakes (11)
Bing Crosby (9)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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picking a very pretty, cool, interesting, and sweet girl up from the airport tonight. it’s the little things that make rainy 45 degree days worth it. best part? i get take my Grandma’s Saturn since the semi-cool car i normally drive is in the shop. awesome first impression..
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NBC-5 Chicago aired a piece last Sunday night painting Chicago’s urban coyote population as merciless, blood-thirsty killers. they even insinuated putting a bounty on their heads to have them all eradicated.
i wrote an angry letter (email) to them, which i finally finished tonight.
you can read that, in full, below. you can also email them and voice your own disgust. please do. email...
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“you own me / lucky you”
– the national
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word of (y)our day
trip the light fantastic – verb
definition – move in a pattern, especially to music; perform a dance
I asked my grandmother if she knew this one, and she shook her head at me and said, “of course I do; who doesn’t?”
personally, I like to use this as an adjective for how those I find particularly amazing (e.g., “I think Billlyyy is trip the light fantastic.”).
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-20) →
The Rural Alberta Advantage (22)
Youth Lagoon (11)
Sleigh Bells (11)
Michael Giacchino (9)
WU LYF (6)
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hey everyone, i added an email link to my page since the “ask” part of Tumblr isn’t always the best. feel free to drop me a line anytime at all.
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i don’t ever like to preach—I think we should have all lost or stowed our soapbox by 17—but, it is good to occasionally take stock of what you’ve got.
Always count the little things. They are the most paramount part of it all.
i do have plenty to be thankful for, and I’m going to concertedly take a look into it all today.
and, tumbl-folk, I’m thankful for you all.
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Watchvery short, but man, Youth Lagoon is just so damned good
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i got stood up not once, but twice for tonight’s Youth Lagoon show.. solo concert for me
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just feels right today
megafun - hope you know
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everything is falling apart
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grammar guru →
just stumbled across this gem—pretty awesome
365musicproject asked: YES! Em dash vs. en dash!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you. Also, colon vs. semicolon (that would be my gripe). I just had to send you a shout out on that. ; ) b
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“if you love someone enough, you’ll follow them wherever they go”
– “that’s how i got to Memphis”
this idea permeated Memphis: apparently, many of the greatest Blues artists of all time ended up there while chasing a girl. any of you who’ve followed me long enough understand why this idea stung so bitterly. even still, i believe it.
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“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter”
– john keats
let’s all keep this in mind
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Watchpound for pound, WU LYF at the Empty Bottle was the most entertaining and enjoyable concert experience of my life.
It’s rare at a live show to have the actual thought of “I don’t ever want this to stop” cross my mind—it certainly did just that during the crowd-throbbing rendition of “Heavy Pop.”
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“The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have...”
– Ludwig Wittgenstein
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“wonder what your boyfriend thinks about your braces”
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Watchan incredibly average Blind Pilot show was entirely redeemed by an amazing encore featuring “the night they drove old Dixie down” (seen above; probably the single best choice in covers I’ve ever been witness to [but I’m biased about that song]) and an entirely unplugged, in the audience sing-along version of “3 rounds and a sound.”
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instead of reblogging the ultra-lame graphic box about “music says so much about you—hit shuffle 20 times blah blah blah” i’m just going to list them.
here’s shuffle on my iPodx20Nexts
1. Ellie Goulding — Sweet Disposition (cover)
2. Born Ruffians — Hedonistic Me
3. Nina Simone — Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
4. Harlem — Someday Soon
5. Ivan...
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