01 Falling Slowly Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová 1 comment Yay! I’m so excited that Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova won an Oscar for “Falling Slowly”! Two other great things about the Oscars this year: Jon Stewart and the general absence of paper acceptance speech notes. (This post was brought over from emilyw.vox.com. Click here… Continue reading Make Art, Make Art
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QotD: Today's Musical Horoscope
What’s your musical horoscope? (Put your player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.) Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime – Beck Easy Silence – Dixie Chicks Ohio – Neil Young Up on the Roof – James Taylor Told You So – Barenaked Ladies Across the Universe – Fiona Apple Kings and… Continue reading QotD: Today's Musical Horoscope
A Fine Frenzy at Borders
A Fine Frenzy Today I went up to the Borders in Columbus Circle to see one of my new favorite musical artists perform – A Fine Frenzy. I’m realizing how cool it is to be a fan before a musical artist makes it big. You get to go to neat things like free performances and… Continue reading A Fine Frenzy at Borders
John Mayer/Ben Folds
John Mayer This past tuesday I saw John Mayer and Ben Folds at the PNC Bank Arts Center with Laura. It was an incredible concert. We had seats in row 5, which is by far the closest I’ve ever been at a John Mayer concert. It was the fifth time I’ve seen John, and the… Continue reading John Mayer/Ben Folds
John Mayer: Madison Square Garden
My first concert in New York. Madison Square Garden. John Mayer. Things don’t get much better than that. John was incredible, as always. He was charming, funny, clever, chatty and appreciative. I’ve seen him four times now, and each time has been better than the last. This show gave me a real appreciation for Continuum,… Continue reading John Mayer: Madison Square Garden
Holiday Gift Guide!
Holiday Gift Guide, Part 1 Songs for Christmas by Sufjan Stevens To think I almost bought this set of CDs on iTunes because I could not find it in the stories. Thank goodness I finally found it, because this is one of the best packaged CDs I’ve ever seen. This is a boxed set of… Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide!