1-22-11 Songshare

The Veils - Sit down by the fire [Sun Gangs - Studio version]

Flakes

1. First snow yesterday. It creates such a mood. Song share: Flakes by Mystery Jets.


2.Snow last winter:
3. Love this photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mutephotoblog/4384309793/

Pretty Bird: Jenny Lewis, Elvis Costello

Off to see Jenny Lewis & her partner in concert tonight. I hope she sings this:

9-18-10 Great concert. The two of them Jenny & Johnny sounded great. And our tickets were under $20!

Florence and the Machine - Cosmic Love

Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar (Official Video)

Linkshare: Bring It On Home

Link-share for you:

Love Pug Recycles

Link-share for you:


...found through Elsiecake.

This Too Shall Pass

I can't get enough of this song (by OK Go) on this lovely memorial day weekend. Plus, the video is fun.

Peggy Sue

Health has returned. It's good to feel good.

Linkshare: I'm loving this song--Watchmen.
More songs: Peggy Sue's website.

Watchmen (live) by brilliantlydifferent

Pomplamoose

Cuteness. I like their version of Lady Gaga's Telephone. Even La Vie en Rose is great. Apparently they have a song used in a car commercial...more power to 'em.
(Found through Candice Stringham).

The Birds on Guitar

Linkshare: A musical art exhibit. Check it.

(Found on Providence Daily Dose)

Sesame Street Songs

Linkshare: Check out my friend Laura's blog -- she's posted some great videos of songs on Sesame Street (Jason Mraz, Fiest, and Norah Jones). Cute!

Fan

Fan of Joe Hays' blog (here) and love that he's a fan of Jay-Z.

Remember that Coldplay Remix, Lost, first performed at the Grammys...where Jay-Z comes in 1/2 way through? (video on youtube)

Why didn't that get more air time?

3 Down...50 to go? Homemade Holiday Cards

A short holiday playlist. And a few handmade cards.

The stocking came from a gift tag on a present last year.
Gotta love hambly.
My favorite so far. 50 to go.

Muppets

Another Day older and Deeper in Debt

Link-share: Just started watching Deadwood on Netflix...and for the moment, I am much appreciat'n the great moustache. But as is the case that I be agin', today I'm sharin' a version of Sixteen Tons, by Johnny Cash (mustache in tow).

Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store.

Springsteen Set List

Springsteen doesn't have an opening band. Why? Because Bruce knows his fans, many of whom are hard-working people who have to save up to buy these ridiculously priced concert tickets. And if people have to fork over a lot of money to see him in concert, he's gonna give them their money's worth--a 3 hour non-stop rock & roll revival (at its best), with no need for a warm-up band.

A few highlights of last night's concert: Outlaw Pete, off the new album, was haunting and memorable. No Atlantic City, despite my wishes, and Chris wanted to hear Thunder Road, but how could I complain. The show was great.

But my favorite surprise of the night was to hear the first Springsteen song that sticks in my memory as a kid. I was 10 years old when it was released and I remember playing it over and over (on a cassette tape) in our big brown & taupe striped van. The album was We are the World. Don't laugh, it was awesome. And you probably loved it too. My favorite song on that album was Trapped and I heard it live last night like it was the first time, all over again.

8/22/09 Set List:
1. Jackson Cage (w/Max) - (from The River)
2. She's The One - (from Born to Run)
3. Working On The Highway
4. Hungry Heart
5. Outlaw Pete (from the new album)
6. Badlands
7. Working On A Dream (from the new album)
8. Seeds
9. Johnny 99
10. Point Blank - (in an almost Samba-style...odd)
[Collecting song suggestion signs from the audience]
11. Raise Your Hand
12. Burning Love
13. For You (another surprise - this song tears me up)
14, Trapped (awesome).
15. Waitin' On A Sunny Day
16. The Promised Land
17. If I Should Fall Behind (A request from Don, from the audience, who says it's his
124th show) - (beautiful)
18. Backstreets
19. Lonesome Day
20. The Rising
21. Born To Run
22. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
23. Detroit Medley (w/Jay) - (a lot of fun, but I would've loved for him to have kept Thunder Road here, like the previous night's setlist)
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24. Hard Times (an old spiritual)
25. American Land
26. Dancing In The Dark
27. Born In The USA
28. Twist & Shout (shake 'em if you got 'em)

Fun Things

First, a link-share: the trailer for the next season of Smallville has slipped out....simple pleasures.

And....Chris surprised me with tickets to see Bruce Springsteen tonight (for my b-day next week). CRAZY! We haven't seen Springsteen in years and he puts on such a rockin' show...I can't wait. Bruuuuuuuuuuuuucccccceeee. (photo cred)

Templates Suck

Grrr. The video below is a widescreen video (I can't get enough of this song right now) and it doesn't fit into this stupid rigid template that I picked from Blogger. I don't need anything fancy, but a centered column for posts would be sooooo nice. For now, I'm leaving the video up, even though it overflows. Too bad ugly template.