
tumble of love leave it to your heart don't let your mind control your will let your heart be your guide baby and throw away your foolish pride oh come on girl oh come on girl [...]
Do you remember the scars I showed you the stories I told you how I always said forever when you asked me to stay true Ane Brun - Do You Remember : from the forthcoming album It All Starts With One Visit her website , her label PIAS , and become her friend on Facebook .

Rest in peace Etta. Etta James - Street of Tears : Street of Tears 7" Etta James - Stop the Wedding : Street of Tears 7" B-side Get the B-side on Who's Blue? Rare Chess Recordings of the 60s and 70s and the B-side on the more recent and amazing Heart & Soul: A Retrospective .

from the Numero release Light: On the Southside the girl was dressed with no shoes on the big tenor man really blew his horn what a party, Lordy, Lordy big fat piano man, he sho' could wail away what a party, Lordy, Lordy big fat piano man, he sho' could play [...]

So this week was a big one for vinyl in my house. And not because this guy from LMFAO's video showed up in his studded vinyl underwear: No, instead the new needle (aka stylus for those record snobs out there) that I ordered for my turntable showed up. I've been turntableless for far too long due to a well past worn out needle that just needed to be replaced. Here it is pimpin' out my record player: [...]
So the one or two of you still reading might have noticed that after nearly four months absence, MISB has resurfaced, at least temporarily, for a gasp of air. It is by far the longest I've gone without sharing a song or two since it began almost six years ago (yikes, that's something like the equivalent of the Triassic period in blog years I think). Asking a magic 8 ball about its survival would reveal an answer such as "reply hazy, try again," which is to say I'm not so certain of it myself. In the meantime though, it's got [...]

Definitely Unexpected your smile, your touch you mean so much to me you are reality let me tell you baby you came into my life you are everything dear to me with you i feel so free you came into my life fill me with so much joy once i was lonely and blue now there's just me and you my dear [...]

goodbye my lover You'll never find another love like mine Someone who needs you like I do You'll never see what you've found in me You'll keep searching and searching your whole life through Whoa, I don't wish you no bad luck, baby But there's no ifs and buts or maybes You're gonna, You're gonna miss (miss my lovin') You're gonna miss my lovin' (you're gonna [...]
All that was A picture was A poem was a poem Words were trees of brown of gold You were a place I had come to know If the dark falls early Would you come in the night Would you come with the morning Come by fire or come by storm Laura Gibson - Come By Storm : Beasts of Seasons

Shelter I left you heartbroken but not until those very words were spoken Has anybody ever made such a fool out of you? It's hard to believe it But even as my eyes do see it The very things that make you live are killing you, too So listen, when all of this around us will fall over I tell [...]

Shelter Now there's a wall between us something has been lost I took too much for granted got my signals crossed Just to think it all began on some long-forgotten morn "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." Waiting for tomorrow's hurricane. Rodney Crowell - Shelter From The Storm (feat. Emmylou Harris) : The [...]
The video says it all. Going to California tomorrow and be back next week. Catch y'all then. Josh Ritter - California : Hello Starling
If all goes well, hopefully I'll be seeing Common at the Rock the Bells Festival next month when it hits Boston along with Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Lauryn Hill, DOOM, Nas , and others (see the full line-up on the festival's official website ). Common - Like They Used to Say (Street Version) : One-Nine-Nine-Nine 12"

stubborn obstinate , adj. Sometimes it becomes a contest: Which is more stubborn, the love or the two arguing people caught within it? -from The Lovers Dictionary , by David Levithan Emy Reynolds - Stubborn : Ode to the Stubborn

Seun Kuti: Live From Festival Chorus des Hauts de Seine from KF Records on Vimeo . With From Africa with Fury: Rise , Seun Kuti creates an album that makes a direct connection and almost extension of his father Fela Kuti 's work. While his previous albums did a notable job carrying on the Afrobeat torch, with this one he has really hit the nail on the head. In so many ways, Rise looks, sounds, and [...]
I wish I had someone to read to me. Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends Theme : Bookends

Sad I keep singin' them sad sad songs y'all, Sad songs is all I know. I keep singin' them sad sad songs y'all, Sad songs is all I know. It has a sweet melody tonight, anybody can sing it, any ol' time It got to your heart, put you in a groove and when you sing this song [...]

Love is Everywhere - Love Tree ubiquitous , adj. When it's going well, the fact of it is everywhere. It's there in the song that shuffles into your ears. It's there in the book you're reading. It's there on the shelves of the store as you reach for a towel and forget about the towel. It's there as you open the door. As you stare [...]

Just doing nothing candid , adj. "Most times, when I'm having sex, I'd rather be reading." This was, I admit, a strange thing to say on a second date. I guess I was just giving you warning. "Most times when I'm reading," you said, "I'd rather be having sex." [...]

A few days ago I wrote about the new Eleanor Friedberger album Last Summer that, contrary to the title, just came out this summer. Last night I was able to check out Eleanor play solo at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge, MA for 45 or so minutes. The performance was in sharp contrast to the last time I saw her and her brother play as The Fiery Furnaces in 2006. With just her on the stage (if you [...]