My latest earworm is courtesy of my pal Ashley and all the awesome new-to-me music she sent my way recently. (Ignore the dead air at the end of the song in this clip. Official version has embedding disabled.)
I think I love this song — this video — a little too much. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Heaven Can Wait from Charlotte Gainsbourg on Vimeo. HT: Coco
If Hans Christian Andersen could’ve had his way with me Then none of this shit would have ever gone down In my cell I’m tattooing myself with Mermaids and swallows and though I do swallow My mama thinks I’m grown but I’m really just little And someday I will remember Someday I will remember Someday I will remember “Prisoners” — Regina Spektor [Project 365]
A lovely, if subdued, show. Mostly new songs (I was rooting for old and obscure stuff, but, well, there ya go). She’s just spun sugar and so funny to boot. I liked seeing her with strings and a drummer backing her. Her country song was hilarious. So much talent concentrated in one person. It’s just kind of amazing. [Project 365]
I’m heading to Nashville in a bit to see my girl Regina tonight at the Ryman. Saw her there before in 2008 and I was wine weepy and it was fabulous. She sounds just as amazing in person as she does on her records, which is rare for a lot of musicians. So excited to see her again with even more songs for her to choose from. Forgive the geekery but I am in love…
This Promise Ring cover was my first introduction to the Pixies in 1999. It was on Where Is My Mind: A Tribute to the Pixies, which featured a ton of bands I was really into at the time (Get Up Kids, Promise Ring, Weezer, Reel Big Fish, Superdrag). I remember taking Phil’s CD and making a cassette-tape copy of several of the songs and just playing that damn tape over and over at the video…
Time got away from me but I really can’t let the slow, steady march of minutes be my excuse for not saying anything about the Avett Brothers show I saw Sept. 24 at Minglewood Hall. I’ve been turned on to the Avett Brothers for a little more than a year now thanks to AY-D, who is pretty much their biggest fan ever. Their songs are so bittersweet and so lovely and have largely been the…
I took the day off for Cooper-Young Festival so that I could help Planned Parenthood sign people up for e-mail alerts regarding state legislative action on reproductive rights. Lord almighty, I am terrible at working crowds. By some miracle, I signed up seven people. I got rejected by lots more than that. But still. I’m glad I did it. There are a lot of scary things coming down the pike soon, and Tennesseans who value…
When I get you home this is how it goes I got nothing to lose I’ll never let you go "Little Bird" — The White Stripes (This little bird traveled to me all the way from the west coast during A&B’s travels. Its background story is here.) [Project 365]
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