Songbird
Aug
15
Please Destroy Me
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The piano, Devendra’s voice, and with lyrics like, “I wanna see you be the one whose first light/Harbors in the new day/and see you settle into yourself/and never be afraid”. This is one of my top five favorite songs of all time.
Watch the stream run by you
Watch the Indian chief, wrapped in blue corn leaves drift by you
Watch it take root in the sun’s pond, and rise at the fire
Oh, no more being matchwood
Only rising higherI wanna see you be the one whose first light
Harbors in the new day
and see you settle into yourself
and never be afraidNow I take everything as a good sign, because I’m in love
I take everything as a sign, from GodAnd now I give myself to you alone
No more nights hang above me
Oh, B…Please destroy me, please destroy me, please destroy me, please destroy me yeah
 First Song For B – Devendra Banhart
What Will We Be 2009
Apr
18
Keep Your Love
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Occasionally an album will come around and blow me away. Make my bones ache because it is so good. I can feel it in my heart, my pulse speeds up and my body starts moving. I can’t stop it. I have listened to this debut album from The Lumineers over 100 times in the last 48 hours. The passion in the music of this Colorado based trio is sorrowful but it will lift you up and get you dancing to your broken heart. Which isn’t that what we all need? You have got to dance it off. Dance off the bad day, the disagreement, all the debt, the day to day bullshit. Dance it off. The Lumineers get you to stand up and sing-along to their bold anthem folk-rock and my goodness I needed an album like this. It is one that everyone can relate to and feel. I find myself getting lost in it and I am so happy they create the music they do. Go to their show, buy their music and merchandise, support them and spread the word. A mix of Blitzen Trapper meets Mumford & Sons and Of Monsters and Men and I fucking love it.
Stubborn Love – The Lumineers
The Lumineers 2012 (Dualtone Music Group)
p.s. sing the lyrics loud xx
SHE’LL LIE AND STEAL AND CHEAT, AND BEG YOU FROM HER KNEES
MAKE YOU THINK SHE MEANS IT THIS TIME
SHE’LL TEAR A HOLE IN YOU THE ONE YOU CAN’T REPAIR
BUT I STILL LOVE HER I DON’T REALLY CAREWHEN WE WERE YOUNG OH OH WE DID ENOUGH
WHEN IT GOT COLD OOH OOH WE BUNDLED UP
I CAN’T BE TOLD AH AH IT CAN’T BE DONEIT’S BETTER TO FEEL PAIN THAN NOTHING AT ALL
THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE’S INDIFFERENCE
SO PAY ATTENTION NOW I’M STANDING ON YOUR PORCH SCREAMIN OUT
AND I WON’T LEAVE UNTIL YOU COME DOWNSTAIRSSO KEEP YOUR HEAD UP KEEP YOUR LOVE
SO KEEP YOUR HEAD UP KEEP YOUR LOVE
SO KEEP YOUR HEAD UP KEEP YOUR LOVE
SO KEEP YOUR HEAD UP KEEP YOUR LOVEAND I DON’T BLAME YA DEAR FOR RUNNING LIKE YOU DID ALL THESE YEARS
I WOULD DO THE SAME YOU BEST BELIEVE
AND THE HIGHWAY SIGNS SAY WE’RE CLOSE, BUT I DON’T READ THOSE THINGS ANYMORE
I NEVER TRUSTED MY OWN EYESWHEN WE WERE YOUNG OH OH WE DID ENOUGH
WHEN IT GOT COLD OOH OOH WE BUNDLED UP
I CAN’T BE TOLD AH AH IT CAN’T BE DONESO KEEP YOUR HEAD UP KEEP YOUR LOVE
SO KEEP YOUR HEAD UP KEEP YOUR LOVE
SO KEEP YOUR HEAD UP KEEP YOUR LOVE
SO KEEP YOUR HEAD UP KEEP YOUR LOVE
Jan
23
Never Going Back
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Tonight is the last night of my winter break. As you read this I will be sitting in my first class of the Spring 2012 semester. I have spent the last few weeks listening to a variety of different music which I will be sharing in the weeks to come and drinking a little more than I probably should but having a fabulous time…
I was at the bar the other night and this song shuffled on the jukebox. Reminding me just how good Fleetwood Mac is.
Never Going Back Again – Fleetwood Mac
Rumours 1976
Sep
12
Let Down
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I was nothing but angry today… Annoyed at every little thing. Then, of course, I end up more frustrated with myself because I am in this terrible mood. Â And I wonder why I can’t pull myself out of it? An endless destructive cycle. I can only hope that tomorrow will be a better one, I get another chance. I am working on becoming a person with the ability to change my attitude for the better before it spirals out of control. Sigh. Someday…
OK Computer 1997 (Capitol)
Something from the past tonight. xx
Transport, motorways and tramlines,
starting and then stopping,
taking off and landing,
the emptiest of feelings,
disappointed people, clinging on to bottles,
and when it comes it’s so, so, disappointing.Let down and hanging around,
crushed like a bug in the ground.
Let down and hanging around.Shell smashed, juices flowing
wings twitch, legs are going,
don’t get sentimental, it always ends up drivel.
One day, I’m gonna grow wings,
a chemical reaction,
hysterical and useless
hysterical andlet down and hanging around,
crushed like a bug in the ground.
Let down and hanging around.Let down,
Let down,
Let down.You know, you know where you are with,
you know where you are with,
floor collapsing, falling, bouncing back
and one day, I’m gonna grow wings,
a chemical reaction, [You know where you are,]
hysterical and useless [you know where you are,]
hysterical and [you know where you are,]let down and hanging around,
crushed like a bug in the ground.
Let down and hanging around.
Aug
23
One Evening
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I often will go back through a musicians music catalog on word of an upcoming release, it makes me that much more excited for the new and unknown. Feist’s new album, Metals drops October, 4th. I am oh so ready.
Let It Die 2005 (Interscope)
The evening was long
My guesses were true
You saw me see you
That something you said
The timing was right
The pleasure was mineThe time and the place
The look on your face
Sincerest eyesIf you’re ready or not
The state of our hearts
There’s no time to takeWhen we started
Both brokenhearted
Not believing
It could begin and end in one eveningWe were caught by the light
Held on the day
‘Till it became hours
The minutes went by
The cab is outside
There’s no time to takeWhen we parted
Moving on
And believing
It could begin and end in one eveningWhen we started both brokenhearted
Not believing
It could begin and end in one evening
When we parted
Moving on
And believing
It could begin and end in one evening
Aug
3
Solid State
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I wasn’t really anticipating spending an obnoxious amount of time restoring my iPod this evening, but Cortney Tidwell kept me company and I was reminded of how much I really love her. So much so that I am a bit selfish and would like her to release a new album every year. Don’t you wish that would happen? This Nashville born musician is a natural, her music is dark and beautiful. I have been listening to Cortney Tidwell for years and her music is just as good as it was the first time I heard it. Please enjoy while I curl up into bed, it was a rough one.
Boys 2009 (City Slang)
Jul
28
A White Demon Love Song
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Well I have gone and done something terrible to my wittle wrist and I am being quite the baby about it. In my defense it feels as if it is fractured, I woke up in tears this morning and I believe I have a pretty high tolerance for pain. I fear it is the dreaded Carpal Tunnel… Shhhhh I know we should not speak those words here. I have not been diagnosed by a practicing M.D., but of course the first sign of any pain or strange mark on my body I immediately obsess about the worse case scenario. It is a neurotic sickness for sure. I am making jokes now that the pain meds have kicked in, but I am actually pretty scared about it being my right dominate hand. The slightest touch can make me cringe with pain. I wasn’t really functioning at full capacity today and I definitely had a tough time parking. Geesh. And I kind of feel like, Happy 30th Birthday! Here come the aches and pains of old age! Yay!
p.s I am making an appointment with my Doctor tomorrow, begrudgingly.
So tonight my only introduction is that this is my all time favorite Killers song, hands down. And I know it is from the Twilight Soundtrack, but I don’t care because I love that soundtrack and I love this song. So goodnight. I am going to rest and ice my wrist and hope that a little fairy comes down and heals it overnight. If only.
A White Demon Love Song – The Killers
The Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack 2009 (Chop Shop)
Jul
20
Top 5 Favorites At 30
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Here we are… I am thirty years old. A few days after the fact but still celebrating.
I can’t really believe it, where did the last 15 years go? I remember learning how to drive, my dad taking me to the CSULB empty parking lot. When I hit a parking space line he would say, “You just hit a car!” I would laugh.
I think these life milestones can really fuck with one’s head. I NEVERÂ thought I would still be finishing school, unmarried, no kids and in career I never took any college classes for, but here I am. And for the most part I am having the time of my life. I really feel like I am right where I need to be, I just kind of took the long way. There are no time lines here. People go at their own pace. I have learned so much, and gained so much life experience in the last 30 years, I wouldn’t take any of it back. Although there are some things I may have done differently I believe that the choices we make shape who we are.
Music has always been a pretty big part of my life, when I was younger my parents were my tip sheet. I listened to everything they listened to and I loved it. I was introduced to Simon & Garfunkel, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Kitaro and Enya at a pretty young age. It wasn’t until my early twenties where I really started to dig deep and find my own music. The music that resonates with me deep inside where all my fears, dreams and hopes are dwelling. It brought me confidence and freedom to be my own person and for that I am so thankful. I am forever a work in progress, but I think that is a huge part of life. As the years go by I want to grow and continue to figure out who I am and what I stand for, all the while listening to some good music.
The below 5 songs are some of my favorite songs throughout the years, songs that remind me of my childhood, that remind me of myself and they all make me happy. I can put them on at any given time and I want to listen to them again and again. Enjoy!
Jun
7
All Time Favorite #24
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I have not done an All Time Favorite in quite some time but I realized that it is due time and I have a good one to share. Half Nelson I saw a few years back and recently saw it again a few months ago. I am not going to talk too much about the film because when I watched it for the first time I went in knowing nothing. So don’t IMDb this movie before you see it just go to Netflix and stream it. You will not be disappointed with the movie or the soundtrack.
Dan: Change moves in spirals, not circles. For example, the sun goes up and then it goes down. But everytime that happens, what do you get? You get a new day. You get a new one. When you breathe, you inhale and you exhale, but every single time that you do that you’re a little bit different then the one before. We’re always changing. And its important to know that there are some changes you can’t control and that there are others you can.
Shampoo Suicide – Broken Social Scene
Nov
18
A Thousand Hours
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Suffering from a horrific migraine this evening, a real persistent bitch. So if you don’t mind it will be a quick shuffle today, which is in no way a bad thing… Especially when it is The Cure.
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