loretta lynn - little red shoes
My Morning Jacket + Erykah Badu = Call Tyrone ...nuff said.
here's a song that you should have been listening to: Ex-Otago - Rhythm of the NIght this is a great cover, and the video is a nice compliment. do you think this is on obama's ipod?
So because i write a blog, i get a lot of spam from people trying to get me to blog about their new music. I delete most of it, because it's crap. Here's some stuff I found promising. The Little Ones - 'Morning Tide (Django Django Remix)' Ravens & Chimes - So Long, Marianne [Leonard Cohen cover] Evan Voytas - Never My Love [Association cover] Evan Voytas - The Yellow World of 83
And another new writer on 'not from concentrate': niftygrifty, writing from yokohama, japan. welcome!
What I learned from Barack Obama's acceptance speech at DNC 2008: * 95% of families get tax cuts. * within 10 years, we will not be using mid east oil. * $150 billion invested over 10 years in renewable energy in usa * teachers get higher salaries * implement a meritocracy in teaching * everyone can afford the same healthcare as congressmen * pay for all of it by closing corporate loopholes, eliminating government waste, ... * fathers should love their children. government cant do that for you * apparently the [...]
Words cannot express how excited I am about this brit-com. check it: http://www.itv.com/noheroics for more info Shout out to Rob for letting me post on his bloggeriffic bloggity blog.
I'd like to welcome a new author to the blog - leonardhatred. can't wait to see what he comes up with!
there's still a part of me that doesn't quite believe or grasp that i can never go to dsc again. some of my favorite moments in my post-college atlanta life were at dsc with many of my best friends. the first thing i'd do with out-of-town friends was go to dsc. i used to describe my fridays as three days: day 1 was when i'd work from 9-5; day 2 was dinner & hanging out with friends from 5-12; day 3 would be dsc from 12-4 and then breakfast or whatever from 4-6ish. how my body [...]
Congratulations to Barack Obama, the 2008 presidential nominee of the democratic party.
i'm falling in love with the new sigur ros track, gobbledigook, off their upcoming album, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust [translated: With a buzz in our ears we play endlessly]. can't wait for the rest! june 23 won't come fast enough download it free on SigurRos.com .
made some hdr's tonite from some photos i took in japan. let me know how you like 'em! view large | view on flickr view large | view on flickr view large | view on flickr [...]
i went to japan! here are my pictures
of course, i stole it from orange juice in the first place.. but i had it in the blogosphere first! perez hilton, i demand you retract & issue an apology to me.
konichiwa, bitches. i just got back from tokyo. wanna know how it was? watch this short video..
"Who is a customer? The customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption of our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business, he is part of it. We are not doing him a favour by serving him. He is doing us a favour by giving us an opportunity to do so." -Mahatma Gandhi, as found in The Economist
here are some photos i took at my sister's wedding breakfast on saturday, as well as a mixtape i made for them in celebration. The Mamas & the Papas - My Girl Van Morrison - Crazy Love Dave Matthews Band - Two Step Ewan McGregor - Your Song [Elton John cover] Regina Spektor - On the Radio Danielle Howle - Tie up the Moon Patty Griffin - Heavenly Day [...]