9/27/11

Chillz.



I've always liked Adams, really got into him this past winter. So this new material, as fantastic as it is, is riding a great wave.

9/26/11

Kind of drunk tonight, listening to Ashes and Fire on NPR and it makes me feel like everything is going to be OK, even if it's not right now.

I lost my iPod last week. Surviving sure, singin less in the car though. Had my first playing/singing performance last week. I did not think it went well,haha, chords were all fumbly, but friends said they loved it and that was enough to make it worth it.

Ryan sounds so amazing on this album. I am loving it. It is strong and sweet and simple and sad. It is endearing in its authenticity. And that is why we love music so much, right? What's real about it? Even the pop tunes you can't help but like (like that fucking 'my heart's a stereo' tune I hear every goddamned day) it's when they make you think of something or someone or some feeling that they complete you. Even if its for two seconds and then you're all like "Damn, this song is terrible" and put on jazz.

Ashes and Fire, however, is right where I need it to be.

It makes me want to be in a dusty bar somewhere, with blinking neon lights and smooth-but-worn bar stools. Light draft beer and a bartender who doesn't care.

"Kindness" is one of the most beautiful, pure songs I've heard in sooooooooo long. Love it. "Lucky Now" got me at first listen when it was released, and "Come Home" just makes me cry.

9/23/11

Tonight I did a ballsy thing. I picked up a guitar and played Taylor Swift's "Fearless" in front of about 20-24 people, about a dozen of whom I actually trust and love to love me regardless, and I did an awful job.Guess I sang pretty good, according to reviews, but my guitar playing was AWFUL. Around 60 percent of the chords I hit wrong. Dayum. I even changed the c's to Cadd's of ogme kind..? idk what I was doing. Was vodka drunk and feeling reckless, last open mic night in Canandaigua and all. I've sang there, well and with comfort, but not played.

I'm glad I did it. Even if it sucked. It felt....awesome.

9/18/11

"The road gets cold, there's no spring in the meadow this year
I'm the new chicken clucking open hearts and ears
Oh, such a prima donna, sorry for myself
But green, it is also summer
And I won't be warm 'til I'm lying in your arms

No amount of coffee, no amount of crying
No amount of whiskey, no amount of wine
No, no, no, no, no
Nothing else will do
I've gotta have you, I've gotta have you"
~Gotta Have You,
The Weepies, Say I am You

9/17/11

Lovedrug covers Muse!


Mind = blown.

9/9/11

I iz liking playing guitar. Figured out how to tune it with no help today! Well, I used an app, but still. Was all by lonesome. Accomplishment of the day.

9/4/11

I do love this song. Heard it on a mixtape.




"I'm looking for the upsides to these panic attack nights
Where I'm staying in eating take out food by TV light
I'm trying to play the b-side to this awkward life of mine
You could flip me over, I'd sing a few lines about how
I'm so used to shooting myself in the kneecaps
Standing in the way of progress
Or letting down my friends

So I'm nailing shards of hope together
To put something over my head
Cause you know here it's always raining
And it happened again, it happened again
She said, I let this slide when we were younger
You know you don't have to write like this
The whole world's full of losers
If you get a chance to win, take it"
~Washington Square Park
The Wonder Years, The Upsides