you will believe in love.

ah.

I'm terribly terrible at keeping this up. Okay, so lately I've just been recycling old music, but I've found a new love.
and prepare for it.

somehow I stumbled on this song:



then it branched from there.
I'd heard of Rufus before, originally from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack, about 5 years ago for me… He sang "Complainte De La Butte" and even back then, my 13 year old self thought it was beautiful.



And then I bought one of his hit songs, "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk".



I started yesterday, ravegly searching for interviews and performances.

Interview part one


Interview part two


I love Rufus Wainwright.

50!

Ever Hear This?

It's been a while.
Sorry.

Here you go:



you're welcome.

Amelie

So, I don't have much time. And by that I mean patience. I'm starting to get restless, I've been in this chair so long.
I can't figure out (without going through all the songs again) getting this on a widget right here.

Amelie

This link will take you on THIS PAGE. It won't pop-up like it usually does.
Fair warning.

It's the ENTIRE SOUNDTRACK. Guaranteed.

I LOVE THIS MOVIE.

HOWSE

(full of songs! yay for me!)
It is widely understood that House is one of the best shows on television.
It is NOT as understood that they are absolute musical geniuses.
How about this, House M.D. Official Soundtrack on Myspace. Who knew? I guess you and me know. Now, at least.

Even the theme song is amazing. Massive Attack's "Teardrop on the Fire"


Let's talk about my favorite two episodes, House's Head & Wilson's Heart.

In Wilson's Heart, they use bands I love.

Example, Iron & Wine.


(people in planes)


And geniously, using José González's cover of "Teardrop on the Fire".




In House's head,

(I freaked out when I saw this, because I know this band!)
!!! (chkchkchk)



Look at that, so many awesome songs, and from only 2 episodes! I'm telling you. FRIGGIN GENIUS. GENIUSES, THEY ARE.

I used to live, live.

I love this band. And Mitchell.
Do you even read this? Does my witty sarcasm make you laugh?
Or do you move straight to the videos and use them as your playlist?
I don't even read what I write. Isn't that sad?
I guess I don't have a long attention span, even for myself.

Well then.

Hey, Kate.

Anyway.

Although I haven't blogged in 10 days, I HAVE pushed myself in the musical community.
How so?



Apparently I'm good. I don't know.

This song is by the beloved Regina. I've always thought to myself "if I ever wanted a good musical warmup that I could sing along to, I'd pick one of her songs."
Full of vocal inflections and lovely… vibratos, I guess they're called, her songs always make me burst out loud and attempt to sing along.

I'm pretty sure I've talked about Ne Me Quitte Pas before. One of my favorites, but hella hard to get a hold on to, basically because Ne Me Quitte Pas is a song that gets covered a lot, and Regina's doesn't sound ANYTHING like the original.

twin suns of Tatooine

Before we get started, here, there's something that needs to be said if you live in my area.
Taken off Grafton's status, itself…

"Go to Bob Evans Friday night November 19th with a coupon to help us get new drums. If you get a coupon from any of us percussionists, 15% of your sales will go to us getting new equipment, not affecting the cost of anything purchased. Our drums are 15 years old and have literally and figuratively taken a beating. Help us out, go get some good food, and allow us to replace our old drums!"

And you can do this by clicking here: COUPON

Now, moving on.

Indie music is something that I'm always drawn to. Scratch that, indie ANYTHING. I could name things here, but I don't feel like putting in that much effort today.

Back to my transition! This man made this song in GarageBand, using his computer's mic.

Mind you: this is a Star Wars song. But it's delicious!

Jeremy Messersmith: Tatooine



If you're a big internet nerd, or like to check in on Yahoo!'s stories once in awhile, you'll know that this song was used in a popular paper Star Wars video.

OH! And I apologize for those of you who have stupid pop-up blockers, because ALL of my links open in new windows.[ I got denied when I was on a friend's computer and couldn't click on a link I had posted on here.]

Did you leave something behind?

So right now, music is definitely appealing to me that have the right lyrics. Lyrics that are fitting in quite closely with my dilemmas right now.
Oh, before I forget!

Thanks to Grafton for posting me yesterday on his facebooks.
He's got so many things, that I'll just list them here:
Formspring
Twitter
YouTube

Back to the blog.
The biggest musical inspiration to me, Julia Nunes…
Wait, I've done this Julia rant before!
Moving on, from her latest CD I Wrote These, there's a particular song that I am identifying with.
This song, it just so happens, is quite easy and fun to play on the ukulele.

Make it easy, Take your time.

So, there's this band that's shown up a lot lately in my life. Grizzly Bear.
Guarantee that if you watch t.v., you've heard of their biggest hit on iTunes.
My Brit Lit group had to decide on a song to re-do and make it fit the Canterbury Tales… Okay, regardless, one of the members showed us this video:



But even before that, I was shown this video in my comp. class because "its so weird".
But let it be known that I like it:

Tell me I'm not wasting time on you.

Oh, music. You have a way of explaining everything.

On my part:

On his part: Tell Me- Miccoli


I know that I've probably talked about that song a million times before, but this is just how I think the music is fusing with my life right now. It's pretty crazy.
I am kinda bummed, because I can't find a way to put the other song up here...
If you want "his part", you can email the band [mail@miccoli.co.uk] and tell them who you are and where you're from in the subject box. [ex: Lorrin H. Ohio. is basically what I put.]

Here's an idea. I'm so sad though! I don't have enough time to find an alternative way of putting on the song right now, because this is mostly an unknown band and this is their newest single… there weren't even lyrics! I did this myself! Here they are:

I was fooled by the fact thought alone that you lie.
But the fool isn't here, just a man who looks like.
With my head in my hands and my heart on my sleeve.
Tryin' my best, so let me be.

Feels like I'm wastin' my time.
Tell me I'll stand up and take it.
Feels like you've given it your best shot.
Tell me, I'm not wasting time on you.
I'm not wasting time on you.
I'm not wasting time on…
You. oh oh oh you.

Excuses have got no more words to rely on.
I was led to belive, all along, it's what I'd done.
With my heart in my hands, far away from my sleeve,
Tried my best now, so let me be.

Feels like I'm wastin' my time.
Tell me I'll stand up and take it.
Feels like you've given it your best shot.
Tell me, I'm not wasting time on you.
I'm not wasting time on you,
I'm not wasting time on..
You.

And it feels, I'm the last
Place you don't run to.
And it feels, I'm the last
Place you don't run to.
Run to.
Give me your best shot.

Feels like I'm wastin' my time.
Tell me I'll stand up and take it.
Feels like you've given it your best shot.
Tell me, I'm not wasting time on you.
I'm not wasting time on you,
I'm not wasting time on..
You. oh no no, you.

I'll figure how to upload later.

Do not leave me.

Tell me your favourite things.

Ahh. Something I've been waiting for a long time.

Picture this. A girl, in Best Buy for the fifth time, flipping through the "T's". Looking, hoping, and getting pissed.
"They have Dan Black? How can they not have this?!!?"
"They have Paper Tonuges! How can they not have THIS?!!?"

And I had searched, and searched at my teeny town's Best Buy. Alone, with my brother, and finally, with my dad. He wanted to stop in, so I went along with him. And this time, I decided to look behind some other dumb band's tab and… dun dun DUN. There it was.

I literally had never been more excited to see those cat's eyes in my life.

It was Two Door Cinema Club's Tourist History.

So. Frickin. Excited.
You have no idea.

Let down your hair, let down your hair.

Newest obsession? Passion Pit.
Album of the month? In Rainbows by Radiohead.

Playlist?


Just a few songs that have been on my mind. Another thing is that I rediscovered Jason Mraz's We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. I love that album.

Math in Music.

I've heard such outrageously used fractions such as:
radiohead>coldplay
used in the internet world. I don't necessarily agree. But I will share an experience that led me to buy Radiohead's album "In Rainbows" because of my love of Bodysnatchers.
It's a longer story, involving me creeping on a junior's facebook pictures and being led to a youtube video of that song. I fell in love and bought the CD today. I am pretty excited.

Obviously, since the only song I know well is bodysnatchers, it's my favorite so far. But I haven't even got through the 10 song album, that's how soon ago I bought it.

Come on over, over.

I'd like to say that there's a really good reason why I haven't blogged. I'd also like to say that people out there were concerned and lost at my absence. Nope.

But I do have some songs.

Basically, I just have a band.
YACHT

I love this band. I may have talked about it before. But I don't have much time right now, I need to go finish having my life.

Blahhhhh.

Come With Me

Okay, it's been awhile. I've been actually busy. It's crazy.
But here's a song that I've been listening to a lot lately.

The Girl

Hey, kids! It's been awhile. Mainly because I got so sick of my old music and then I was focused on new music and that took effort and then I found too much music that I couldn't take it all and still need to learn my new Mae CD and get my This Will Destroy You CD. I don't remember if I've talked about these already, but I'm too tired and I want to finish this post quickly so I can go to bed.

Along with those two new CD's… I cracked and went to Best Buy and bought [after 2 days of searching through incorrectly labeled bands (I mean, OWL CITY and SKY SAILING are NOT the same thing!!!!)] OK Go's Of the Blue Colour of the Sky.

But that's not what this post is about. This post is about a song that is hella fun to cover [on ANYTHING, not just the uke, mind you, even a cappella] and has grown on me.

I remember listening to it and thinking "Cute… but it's not AMAZING."

Now, it's the other way around. But not really. "AMAZING. CUTE!!!"

Here.

We've still got time!

Oh wow, delay. It helps to have internet, though. Right now, this was typed while I was still wireless-less. Frustrating. Anyway, in my extreme boredom, I was left with what I had that didn't need internet. And so, iTunes, Photobooth and iMovie became my best friends.

I was listening to the Once soundtrack after it came up on shuffle. How thick am I? Look at that. Do you see that? I always thought it was tracks or a trolley rail. Nope. They're walking down a guitar. I didn't even notice. I don't even know what made me notice. I don't know why I didn't notice. I have the physical CD. How could I not see that?! Anyway, I just thought that was interesting. I get it… but then I don't. Is it supposed to be about their bonding over his street-singing? She can't play the guitar.

Oh, if you haven't seen the movie Once… go see it. It's amazing. Then you'd understand why I don't give names. Throughout the entire movie, you don't catch their names. At least, I don't think you do. In the credits, both Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova are listed only as "Boy" "Girl". Interesting take. I really liked the indie feel of this movie. It felt real, as if one of the boy's friends was just taping him because he had a camera. And that's the best kind. That's what drew me to the Office. Which, I've noticed, is so unrealistic now. It's trapped itself in realism with the mockumentary. What camera crew follows a woman into the hospital after she's just had her child. Or follows a couple back to their new house… or to their wedding… or any wedding? Yes, I know I'd love to see the JAM story unfold, but I highly doubt the people making the documentary would, too.

Okay, enough about the Office. But basically, that's my little rants. Phew, I'm done.

New Music

First post of the month! Woo.

And… Since I've been on vacation for a month, and before that I had to supply 5+ hours of music for the college roadtrips [with no swears], I've run out of music.
When I say this, I don't mean it literally. But I like to add to my ever-growing CD collection every time I hit a slow music spot. So, I'm searching.
And searching. I don't want any mainstream anymore. Just something I can listen to and love and have friends to recommend to. How is 3OH!3 still in the alternative in iTunes?! They're not even close to that genre now. I don't really think they ever were.
My First Kiss, pshh!! Get off the #1 spot already!!

Anyway, I found some on Myspace, which is a lot easier to say than do, realized I'd found some already on iTunes. So now, my pal Grooveshark is letting me listen to the whole albums of all and help me decide which lyrics I want to learn and have forever.

Andddd I'm blogging on my stomach, which is uncomfortable, so I don't have strength to link anything. It's not like it's hard to find Grooveshark or Myspace or 3OH!3.

But I WILL link these albums I'm considering.

I found these on iTunes, which means I liked the looks of the album covers:

Deas Vail's Birds & Cages.
Mae's Singularity.
Lights's Acoustic [EP].

I found these on Myspace, which means they were on the top 50 "alternative charts":

The Audition's Self-Titled Album. [I thought it was clever]
Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
Portfolio Days.

Finally, thanks to Andrew for bringing me to this: This Will Destroy You.
This is, from what I could listen to so far, an entirely instrumental band. And I like that. So, this is up there on my list. The EP they did called "Field Studies" cost $13, but there's only 5 songs. So… thanks Best Buy for ripping me off. Probably cheaper on the website.

Oh jeez, no pictures today! Just words!