Let go of your heart...let go of your head..

That's some of the chorus to a song by David Gray, called "Babylon II" from his album "White Ladder". I'm currently in love with ANYTHING this man sings. Obsessed actually. This song in particular never gets old to me. "This Year's Love" is another song I can listen too over and over and over...it drives Andrew insane, haha. He hates him.

Also, Colbie Caillat finally has her first album out. I've been a fan of hers for a long time, through Myspace. It's called "Coco" and I know EVERY word to almost every song. I've played it in HEAVY rotation, thank you very much :) I can't get enough of her.

Her official fan site is www.colbiecaillatmusic.com if you want to check her out.

River

This is a song off of Sarah Mclachlans Christmas album "Wintersong" -- it is one of the best christmas albums I've heard in a while...probably because I'm not usually a Christmas music kind of gal. It's not your usual upbeat album but it's beautiful in other ways I think. Anyway, I've bought 3 of the cd's already because I'm giving it for a gift this year..that's how much I like it..well that and it's in my budget ;)

This song in particular is damn beautiful. But if I had a river, I wouldn't just "skate away" I would probably skate over to the midwest so I could have Christmas with my family..


"River"

I had a secret meeting..

In the basement of my brain... :-)


So I listen to a lot of music. I love that I am able to tailor what’s playing to match the mood I’m in – I quite often use music as either a means of escape(if I’m bored and need to be distracted) or as a mood enhancer. I find it much more stimulating and less frustrating then watching television.

Here’s some of what is currently holding my attention, and fortunatly they all have a MSPACE page, so it's easy for you to go over there and have a listen if your interested..just click on the band name.



Cloud Cult – Advice from the Happy Hippopotamus: I love bands with a raw, unpolished sound, and these guys definitely deliver on that. This album makes me happy and sad at the same time. Happy because the music is so diverse and awesome (it rocks!). Sad because the lead singer’s 2-year-old son died a few years ago, and I always have that in the back of my mind when listening to his lyrics.




The National – Alligator: these guys have a fantastic sound. Dark and uplifting at the same time. “Secret Meeting” is one of my favs, hence the title of this post :-)



Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: another band with a really raw sound. This CD has been in heavy rotation for me for a while now. Total DIY success story – they produced and pressed the album themselves, and have sold well over 100,000 copies without a label or a distribution deal.



Ghostland Observatory – Paparazzi Lightning: guaranteed to make you want to dance. I’m amazed at the sounds these two guys can make. Boogie time. For real.




Ok, so that's it for now. I have more I would love to mention, but I'll save them for a later time.

PS- Did anyone see my paintings down there? Were they that bad? I haven't gotten any comments on them, and you know I'm sensitive about my shit! hehe. It's ok if you don't like it, because she's the one that paid for it and she likes it alot, but it's always neat to get other opinions too, ya know?

Eyes Open

God I love new music. Especially GOOD new music. I logged onto Napster and on my homepage it always shows a "featured selection" - well tonight, it was Snow Patrol's "Eyes Open" ....ahhhh. Yes. Thank you Napster. You know me so well.

It is highly predicted that I will play this album non-stop until I burn it the hell out. No doubt in my mind. Damn I love this album. And I'm only up to track 4 as I'm writing this.

Of course, if you don't like this kind of music, this might not apply to you, but if you dig Death Cab For Cutie (another all time fav for me..actually wearing a T-shirt of theirs right now!), Coldplay, Oasis, Straylight Run, those types of music..then I can pretty much guarantee you'll like this album.

And by some odd chance you haven't heard any of the bands just mentioned, go ahead and check it out anyway, you might just like it. :)

But anyway...


EYES OPEN - SNOW PATROL
Rip it, buy it, download it.. whatever you do..

(want a few to preview before you buy the whole album? email me, and I will hook, hook, hook you up partner..)

10,000 Days

My internet has been down all morning, until about 10 min ago. You wouldn't believe the things I got accomplished while waiting for it to come back up, haha.

My eyes are tired today. (just thought I'd share that)

Oh, and FYI - TOOL has a new album that was released today called "10,000 Days" -- I was at the store at 9:30 this morning getting a copy, and I have been rocking to it since...I'm in total heaven. If you can't listen to it with decent speakers and a subwoofer though..don't bother. It just wouldn't do it justice ;)


more later? Audrey doesn't approve of me sitting down right now, she's either whining in my face, or running off to do something bad...I think it's her clever way to get me up out of my seat regardless. Kids are so awesome.

The Fray

On a lighter note, I just happened to come across "Sessions at AOL" with The Fray, so now I'm looking forward to the concert even more, they sound awesome live.


Click here to check it out for yourself :)

Mmmmm...Leona...

God...I'm so in love. I have a new girlfriend - she rocks with the cutest socks - just how I like em. hehe.

Well ok, she doesn't know she's my girlfriend - I just found out about her a few days ago, and since then I've been obsessed.

Her name is Leona Naess, and she has 3 albums and has a 4th one coming out soon. I'm liking her as much as I've always liked Fiona Apple, and trust me, that says a lot :) She's not quite as angst ridden as Fiona. Her music relaxes me, and really makes me want to paint. I'm not sure many guys out there would care for her..but that's ok, I don't really want to share her with you anyway, haha. (if you visit my link for my "Myspace" - I have her playing on my page over there)

Oh yeah, so for all of you out there that didn't know I was officially putting my creativity down in the acrylic form, you know now. :)

It's something I've always wanted to do, just because I thought it sounded like a good outlet, and fun. I'm a master procrastinator though, so it's taken a while. As you might have guessed, I like the abstract...

Today I finished my second painting that's blessed with my initials, haha. There's a big difference between the first one because I learned the value of a good quality paint vs the stuff you can buy at Walmart. Good paint brushes make a huge difference too.

Anyway, so I'm real proud of this one. You can tell I'm not "trained" in the art, but it turned out pretty well for a girl who's only got 2 under her belt so far.

Leona definitely helped my flow too, so I owe her one. :)


I call it "Warmth Transcends" -- because the "sea" is deep and obscured, with few highlights, but from it transcends a warmth that could only be created from such a dim, yet humbled beginning.

Pretty Vegas

Pretty Vegas

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"Falling asleep at the wheel again baby
You're drifting over the line (the line) yeah
Your hands are tight but you're losing grip quickly
Fix me, can you read the signs?

Thumbing your way to Vegas, dirty
And dreaming of the other side
Save your tears and laughter
Because it doesn't matter what you find

It ain't pretty
After the show
It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you
With no place to go
If you think you need it
Here's the place to feed it
But it ain't pretty

With everything that you do is wrong
And you fell like you can barely survive yeah
When those around you are crumbling downwards
Buried in the sunset alive

Thumbing your way to Vegas, dirty
And screaming like you're back from hell
Save your dreams and occupations
Cos' it doesn't matter what you sell

It ain't pretty
After the show
It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you
With no place to go
If you think you want it
Here's the place to get it
But it ain't pretty

The party's over and the road is long
The party's over and we're moving on
The party's over and the road is long

So if you think you want it
Then just come out and say it
It aint pretty

Falling asleep at the wheel again baby
You're drifting over the line (the line)
You're hands are tight but you're losing grip quickly
Fix me, can you read the signs

Thumbing your way to Vegas, dirty
And dreaming like you're outta control
Save your tears and laughter
Because this is the ride
And this is the show

It ain't pretty
After the show
It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you
With no place to go
So if you think you want it
Just come in and get it
It ain't pretty "

Try not

(click play to listen)

This is an original song written by Jordis for Rockstar:INXS - if I remember right, I think Marty helped her out a bit.

Anyway..I need to look up on her, she needs to get an album out. I love her voice..and I like this song for many reasons, one, I can relate (usually when I'm in a grumpy, pissy mood), and two, it's just catchy. (to me anyway)

And just so it's clear, I'm not playing this for some hidden meaning, into my man dragging me down. I think we are responsible for dragging ourselves down (or letting ourselves be), no matter what the situation. Actually this song makes me think of my mother, as bad as that is. But she's one of those that would gladly pull you down to drown with her if she could. She used to have such a hold on me it was crazy, I'd be so busy trying to calm the waters I would forget about me - on all levels. My thoughts, feelings, needs weren't important to her, or me. Which is where my problem was..who cares if it was important to her, it should have been to me. Had I not got that in check, there's no doubt in my mind I would have done drowned by now.


SO yeah..it's good to cut off the dead weight.

** Update** -- I looked into what Jordis was doing, and it turns out she's been working on an album due to be released sometime this spring!! And guess what?! One of her singles is going to be "Try not" - she has an official website now, http://www.jordismusic.com, and if you go to it and register they let you hear the full studio version of Try Not. I like it, it's definitely more polished, but they slowed it down a lot and took some of the passion out of it, so it's going to take a little getting used too.

Can't wait to buy her album though. :)

If your interested in the new version..here it is:

(I think it should work)

All at once..

I'm back...as promised :) The cable company still didn't have their sh*t together, and wanted to charge me a lot more for less, but after a few phone calls it's all worked out.

It's a little overwhelming believe it or not! With just 2 weeks off the net, just about everything on my pc needs to be updated so I have menus popping up left and right, plus there's so many sites I want to check up on I don't know where to begin.

Thank heaven I'm not very popular and didn't have many emails to follow up on. When I logged on to AOL, I had 37 messages...but all except 3 of them were junk, so it was pretty easy to get on top of that situation. :)

Besides hating the cable company, I do have a few new finds that I'm in love with at the moment....

- The whole 'Six Feet Under' series - over the past 2 weeks Claire, David, Nathan and Brenda, etc.... have kept me company, and I'm truly sad to be at the end of the 4th season with no more DVD's to rent. I don't know, but I think either the 5th season is in progress, or over with...I need to find out with a quickness so that I can find out a way to continue my obsession.

- "The Fray" (album = How to Save a Life) - I absolutely love this band, it's so in synch with the beat of my life right now that I feel like hearing it every second I'm awake...and if I can't...than I'd rather sleep.


Yes..it's that good...

"Trees" Lyrics - by Marty Casey

**If you were lucky enough to catch Rock Star:INXS tonight, you got one hell of a show. Not including J.D. and MiG, because frankly I really don't care for them. Usually I would be going on and on about Jordis Unga, but tonight Marty won me over. (not that Jordis wasn't great as well)

He performed a song he wrote called "Trees" and said "I wrote the song in New York City after a stressful relationship took a turn for the worse. It was a direct plea for a second chance to renew our love."

How sweet is that?!?!


And then he started singing....and all I could do was say-"Awwwwwwwww....... "



Here are the lyrics:

I don't want to go through this life
Without you by my side
And I've got it all worked out
in my head
Here's how it's got to be

It'll be you and me
up in the trees
and the forest will give us the answers

We, we're make believe..
in a world we rule together

We can build our dreams
with a knot tied tight
to last forever

It'll be you and me
up in the trees
and the forest will give us the answers

It'll be you and I
up in the sky
it's a combination for disaster

We've got one shot -
so where do we go from here ?

It'll be you and me
up in the trees
and the forest will give us the answers

It'll be you and I
up in the sky
it's a combination for disaster..

And I know
there's more for us in this life..

-------


You've really got to hear him sing it though. I wanted to download it, but it is not availiable on MSN. GGrrrrr -- I will figure something out, don't worry. * update * (I have it now -- Thanks Dennis!!) 09/22/05

Go to the Rock Star:INXS homepage, and you can watch him perform it. Just click on "videos" and it's part of week 9.

It's a damn catchy song, I can't get it out of my head.

Rockfest!

It was a pretty awesome weekend :) Saturday we went to Rockfest at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City. On the first stage were bands like Chevelle, Drowning Pool, Exies, Static X, Seether...I saw only one, CrossFade, but it was totally cool, because they were the main ones I was looking forward to anyway.

Why you ask? Well it wasn't raining, like I thought it would..but it had been raining almost non-stop in KC for 3 days, so it was muddy as hell! Swamp muddy. And I was wearing flip-flops! They came off because it was impossible to walk in them, so then I was barefoot, and just knew I was going to walk away from the concert with broken toes or something. Anyway, we got there around 3 in the afternoon and the Exies were just finishing their set. I knew crossfade was coming up next so I wanted to get closer to the stage. Andrew told me I was asking for trouble..haha..but I didn't really care. So we got up somewhat close, any closer would have really been hazardous. I had heard of crowd surfing, but never seen it..and there was a lot of it going on. All these dudes with big muddy shoes were floating on top of the crowd, it was wild. Dangerous too! The first 25 minutes Crossfade was on stage we seemed to avoid all the floaters, but towards the end when the songs got heavier, we weren't so lucky. I got elbowed in the nose by another guy trying to keep a surfer up...oh man..it brought tears to me eyes...not to mention mud all over my hair and face from the dudes shoes.

After that we made our way slowly out of the pit, and noticed the mud had gotten so much worse..it now looked like fluffy chocolate pudding, and was deep as hell. It was almost impossible to walk in without falling and busting your ass.

So at that point I saw this trio of girls, that were obviously so much cooler than me, and had been wrestling in the mud, they looked awesome, so I asked to take their picture. The picture rocks doesn't it!!

After having seen the band I came to see, getting an awesome picture, and buying a t-shirt..I was happy..and we left.

They were serving alcohol, and people were already stoned out of their minds, so I thought I would quit while I was ahead.

The pics are of the trio, the lead singer of Crossfade, and one of the Liberty Memorial...if you look close you can see how packed it was!

I also got an awesome pic of my husband & a penguin...I'll explain that one later though :)