boy and i broke up.  i'm kinda crushed.  but this song is helping.

currently

... loving this girl's music.

rediscovery

so, i just rediscovered ingrid michaelson.  can i just say that i love her?  she's amazing.  i love her songs: lyrics, melodies, everything.

lady gaga has talent

yes, she may dress like a freak, and sometimes dance like one, but when you listen to these songs, you have to admit, there is talent behind the madness.







lady gaga, i am a fan.

check out the sidebar for a link to my current playlist.... or part.  it's kinda a work in progress.

wednesday tunes

i really am liking this song and music video.  it's just so happy and chill at the same time.

this one is really fun, too.

good morning

this song was possibly the best way to start my day:

just some lovely links

finals are over, giving me a few days of calm before classes restart on monday.  this new semester means a few things:  our boys at apt. 203 leave for the summer (sad), katie leaves for africa (sad) BUT jen comes back from spain (yay) and i take up tennis (yay).  i thought i'd just share a few links with you guys.  enjoy:
this shop
these illustrations; these illustrations
these photos; these photos; this photo; these photos; these photos; these photos; these photos;
this editorial
these love letters; these love letters
this quote; this quote; this quote
this documentary on mural painting
this engagement shoot; this wedding; this engagement shoot; this bridal shot
this girl's style
this car
this swing
these glasses
this website
this outfit
these bags- any of them.  in fact this whole store
this music video; this music video; this music video (but mostly the song)

have a lovely weekend.

lately...

i've been listening to a lot of australian singer/song writer lisa mitchell.  she is just so darling and fun.  i want to be her friend. 

this video of her doing a cover of the killer's "romeo and juliet"  is so lovely.  plus, i love the room she's in.  i, too, want my house filled with portraits in oil.

watch it.  also, you can watch her other music videos that are fun and quirky with a little bit of whimsy:
neopolitan dreams, coin laundry, clean white love, and incomplete lullaby.

thank you sarah for introducing her to me..

summer

so, i'm having some problems uploaded my summer playlist. boo. but here's the link to it. listen to it anyways until i can upload it.

also, i love this image from toast.

summer tunes

check out my sidebar for my summer playlist. it has songs from scouting for girls, lisa mitchell, she & him, and i will be adding more stuff as summer progresses.

kate nash

i like this girl. i think i'm going to stop wearing makeup to look like her.  and yes, that is a kazoo.

love song

"stole my heart" . little and ashley
"I love you, don't you see
You stole my heart in 1-2-3
I love you, yes it's true
You stole my heart and
I'm going to steal yours, too"

photo here.  full lyrics here.

jeremy messersmith

if anyone wants or needs a chill musician, this is the guy.  he has a hauntingly beautiful voice and his music is just as haunting and just as beautiful.

here's a girl a boy and a graveyard (lyrics bellow):

ooooh
oooooh

lucy takes the long way home
meets me in a field of stone
she says "i don't know how i'm s'pose to feel
my body's cold my guts are twisted steel."

and i feel like i'm some kind of frankenstein
waiting for a shock to bring me back to life
but i don't want to spend my time
waiting for lightning to strike.

ooooh
oooooh

so underneath the concrete sky
lucy puts her hand in mine
she says "life's a game we're meant to lose.
but stick by me and i will stick by you."

cause i'm like a princess in a castle high
waiting for a kiss to bring me back to life
but i don't want to spend my time
waiting for just another guy.

ooooh
oooooh

no. 11

bleecker street

"I heard a church bell softly chime
In a melody sustainin'
It's a long road to Caanan
On Bleeker Street
Bleeker Street"

full lyrics here.  music video here. photo here.

no. 10

sound of silence - another one of my favorites.  i love the intro in the music...

" 'Fools,' said I, 'you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you'
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence"

full lyrics here.  music video here.  an excellent cover by l. cohen here. photo here.

no. 9

mrs. robinson- another one of the s & g classics

"Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes
Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes
It's a little secret, just the Robinsons' affair

Most of all you've got to hide it from the kids"

full lyrics here.  music video here.  photo here.

no. 8

7 o'clock news/ silent night (one of my personal favorites)

"In Washington the atmosphere was tense today as a special subcommittee of the
House Committee on Un-American activities continued it's probe into anti-Vietnam war protests.
Demonstrators were forcibly evicted from the hearings when they began chanting
anti-war slogans."

full lyrics here.  music video here.  picture here.

no. 7

america - today, i head back to the states... so i thought that this song would be very appropriate.

"Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together"
"I've got some real estate here in my bag"
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies
And we walked off to look for America"

full lyrics here.  music video here.  photos here and here.

no. 6

bridge over troubled water (i know.  way cheesy, but still such a beautiful song- and sometimes that little reassurance is just what you need.)



"When you're weary
Feeling small
When tears are in your eyes
I will dry them all
I'm on your side
When times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water"

full lyrics here.  music video here.