A Musical Time Capsule

Hometown Glory 4:31 Adele 19 Pop

All Of My Days 4:59 Alexi Murdoch Time Without Consequence New Age

Colors (With Norah Jones) 2:40 Amos Lee Amos Lee Pop

Shadow of a Man 5:03 Bedouin Soundclash Sounding A Mosaic Rock

In Other Words 5:32 Ben Kweller Freak Out, it’s… Ben Kweller General Rock

Just Pretend 2:59 The Bens The Bens Other

Blood Bank 4:45 Bon Iver Blood Bank Folk

First Day Of My Life 3:09 Bright Eyes I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning Alternative & Punk

Let the Cables Sleep 5:24 Bush Cafe Del Mar Volume 1 Electronica

To Build A Home (Edit) 2:59 The Cinematic Orchestra Ma Fleur Alternative & Punk

I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You 5:21 Colin Hay

Colorblind 3:25 The Counting Crows Cruel Intentions Soundtrack Soundtrack

Volcano 3:21 Damien Rice O Folk

Pollen and Salt 4:29 Daphne Loves Derby On the Strength of All Convinced Alternative 100 1

Grace’s Amazing Hands 3:41 Dave Barnes Three Then Four Blues

Quiet Houses 3:32 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes Alternative

Disappear 4:57 The Gabe Dixon Band The Gabe Dixon Band Rock 5

Either Way 4:36 Guster Lost and Gone Forever Rock

Two Points For Honesty 3:33 Guster Lost and Gone Forever Other

Over You 4:00 Jay Nash The Things You Think You Need Rock 3

Small Town Boy 3:15 Josh Kelley For The Ride Home Blues

Track 06 2:50 Kevin Hammond

Homesick 3:14 Kings Of Convenience Riot On An Empty Street Indie

Somewhere In Between 4:14 Lifehouse

French Cafe 3:32 Marc Broussard Momentary Setback

Astair 2:58 Matt Costa The Elasmosaurus EP Folk

Lily Two 4:03 matt pond PA Emblems Alternative & Punk

Sweetness In Starlight 4:48 Matt Wertz Twentythree Places Pop

Inside of Love 4:59 Nada Surf Let Go Rock

Crazy 4:15 Nine Days The Madding Crowd Alternative & Punk

Something Pretty 3:14 Patrick Park Loneliness Knows My Name Rock

The Great Escape 3:07 Patrick Watson Close to Paradise Pop

EZ 4:42 Pete Yorn Musicforthemorningafter genre

I Wish You Love 2:24 Rachael Yamagata Happenstance

She Hung the Moon 5:38 Rockwell Church Warm Up The Gong Techno 100

Breathe Me 4:35 Sia Colour The Small One Lo-Fi

Out Of My League 3:38 Stephen Speaks Doubting Thomas Acoustic

Let That Be Enough 2:39 Switchfoot Rock

Poetry & Aeroplanes 3:34 Teitur Poetry & Aeroplanes Folk

Oxygen 4:51 Willy Mason Untitled EP Alt Rock

Scott and I have been together for 8 years and during this time Scott has made me an uncountable number of mixed CD’s of beautiful music.  It was a always such a nice surprise and something I very much looked forward to.  Sometimes the CD’s would arrive via mail, tucked under the windshield wiper on my car, in a card, or waiting for me on the kitchen table.  These CD’s have become snap shots of our journey as a couple and capture significant moments in our lives. I am grateful for the memories we share through music.  Even though I consider myself to be musically challenged (I couldn’t sing well to save my life!) and Scott to be musically gifted we have been able to share so much through songs.

Well, tonight we took a little trip down memory lane, recalling our lives at the time each song made its way on to one of my mixed CD’s.  We sang along like a couple of love struck nerds, laughed, and found some hidden gems that had been long forgotten.  I have compiled some of my favorites and hope you enjoy :)

Hometown Glory Adele

All Of My Days Alexi Murdoch

Colors (With Norah Jones) Amos Lee

In Other Words Ben Kweller

Just Pretend The Bens

Blood Bank Bon Iver

First Day Of My Life Bright Eyes

To Build A Home The Cinematic Orchestra

I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You Colin Hay

Colorblind The Counting Crows

Volcano Damien Rice

Pollen and Salt Daphne Loves Derby

Grace’s Amazing Hands Dave Barnes

Disappear The Gabe Dixon Band

Two Points For Honesty Guster

Over You Jay Nash

Small Town Boy Josh Kelley

Broken Down Kevin Hammond

Homesick Kings Of Convenience

Somewhere In Between Lifehouse

French Cafe Marc Broussard

Astair Matt Costa

Lily Two Matt Pond PA

Sweetness In Starlight Matt Wertz

Inside of Love Nada Surf

Crazy Nine Days

Something Pretty Patrick Park

The Great Escape Patrick Watson

EZ Pete Yorn

I Wish You Love Rachael Yamagata

She Hung the Moon Rockwell Church

Breathe Me Sia

Out Of My League Stephen Speaks

Let That Be Enough Switchfoot

Sleeping with the Lights on Teitur

Oxygen Willy Mason

Always stop to enjoy the music :)

Happy Monday!

So Sleepy…

I am 25 years old, but I swear I have the sleeping pattern of an 80-year-old.  I fall asleep early and tend to get up earlier than most people my age.  I have fallen asleep in the middle of full blown parties (seriously, ask my friends, this is sadly true), I can fall asleep sitting up, on planes, and always during movies (a sure fire way to make me fall asleep at night).  My body has some sort of weird internal clock that automatically tells my eyes to close and my mind to drift off to sleep, even when I try and fight it.  My internal sleep-o-meter always wins.

However, it is shortly after 11pm, clearly way past my bedtime, and I am awake. Shock.  This is because Scott and I just got back from watching a great acoustic show at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach.  We got to spend some time with friends, and take in the tunes of great artists such as: Matt Duke, Tony Lucca, and Jay Nash.  It really was a wonderful Sunday evening. Out of the norm from my sweat pants and baggy t-shirts and has given me the energy to brush off my usual bedtime.

This is short lived though because I am going to finish this sentence, brush my teeth, and then fall asleep instantly upon hitting my pillow.

Happy Sunday!

Cameras, Car Rides, and One Cool Band

Today’s Plan:

1. UPS delivers my new camera by 3pm
2. Get really excited because my camera is here
3. Open Camera
4. Have fun taking some photots
5. Leave at 3:30 to drive to San Francisco to watch our friends, Lady Danville play at Cafe Du Nord
6. Take sides streets out of LA to beat traffic
7. Long, leasurly car ride with Scott to San Fran
8. Watch Lady Danville play an awesome set
9. Hang out in San Fran with the boys of Lady D after
10. Sleep

How today actually went:

1. Camera arrives at 3:15
2. Got really excited that my new camera arrived! :)
3. No time to open…haven’t packed, yikes!
4. A frenzy of phone calls making any task tricky
5. Leave at 3:40 to head up to San Fran
6. Pit stop at LAX to drop off a friend who needed a last minute ride to the ariport
7. Get semi lost trying to take back roads out of LA
8. Sit in traffic for 2 hours and then we finally reach the 5 North
9. Admit defeat and realize that unless our car spontaneously turns into a hovercraft with a jet pack strapped to it, we are never going to make it to the Lady Danville show on time
10. Exit freeway and turn around
11. Eat at random, but yummy, Southern BBQ food at a place called Willy’s
12. Start to drive home
13. Sit in more traffic
14. And I think Scott is already asleep

So, today ended up to be slightly different than originally planned and I am bummed we didn’t get to see our friends show, but it has been a great night. Gotta love rollin’ with the punches :)

Also, just because we didn’t get to enjoy the sweet sounds of Lady Danville doesn’t mean you shouldn’t.  Make sure to check them out on myspace AND you can even vote to send them to South by Southwest next year which would be super awesome.  To vote visit: http://www.origaudio.com/battle-of-the-bands Thanks!

Happy Friday!