11 songs in honor of 11 days left of 2011.

[somebody that i used to know] 

gotye feat. kimbra

[caring is creepy]

the shins

[amor fati]

washed out

[love love love]

avalanche city

[blood]

the middle east

[settle down]

kimbra

[i would do anything for you]

foster the people

[don't bring me down]

electric light orchestra

[welcome home, son]

radical face

[lights out, words gone]

bombay bicycle club

[remains of the day]

danny elfman

find anything fuschia?

[crime pays]

bear hands

[night vision binoculars]

passenger

[cmyk]

james blake

[harold t. wilkins or how to wait for a very long time]

fanfarlo

[cats and dogs]

the head and the heart

[the golden age (justice remix)]

the asteroids galaxy tour

[all the pretty girls]

fun.
 

[somewhere]

bill coleman

[pop culture]

madeon
 

[kick drum heart]

the avett brothers

[polish girl]

neon indian

[5 years time]

noah and the whale

[photo credz].

take pleasure in the details.

 

[fragile bird]

city and colour

[hands are clever]

alex clare

[teenage suicide (don't do it)]

big fun

[one big holiday]

my morning jacket

[daydreamin']

lupe fiasco

[can you tell]

ra ra riot

[the adventures of rain dance maggie]

red hot chili peppers

bless your soul.

[rhythm of love]

plain white t's

[superfast jellyfish]

gorillaz feat. gruff rhys & de la soul

[sprawl ii (mountains beyond mountains)]

arcade fire

[the shrine / an argument]

fleet foxes

[crooked teeth]

death cab for cutie

[gone]

tokyo police club

[animal (mark ronson remix)]

miike snow

[the nosebleed section]

hilltop hoods

[under cover of darkness]

the strokes

[rumour has it]

adele

[future thunder]

the dashing suns

[boogie on reggae woman]
stevie wonder

[photo credz].

thursday morning playlist.

[the king of carrot flowers pt. one] 
neutral milk hotel

[boy] 
ra ra riot

[big yellow taxi] 
joni mitchell

[strings (in the open session)] 
young the giant

[i'm good. i'm gone] 
lykke li

[say yes] 
wax tailor feat. asm

[generator ^ 1st floor] 
freelance whales

[friends] 
luke top

[buffalo] 
the phoenix foundation

[3x5] 
john mayer

[furr] 
blitzen trapper

[photo credz].

calling all lovebugs.

i'm in love with smiling this week, more than ever,

and these few things are only a part of what's causing it:

 {bills for $47.47 at table number 47}

{surrounding myself with absurd musicians}

{happy kittens}

{baby teixeira}

{overly-descriptive signs}

{sisters}

{walle bywater}

{mila kunis's beautiful oscar style}

[photo credz].

{spontaneous/hidden photoshoots}

{JOSH RITTER. everything about him. his concert was just as amazing as i'd hoped. in fact, it is my number one concert experience EVER. love you, j. ritt.}

the fact that mr. and mrs. facer are teaching me how to cook tonight. oh, how i love them!

also, the fact that i saw MARK SALLING at in-n-out last sunday. we had some fierce eye contact going down.

also also, the fact that it's shamrock shake season.

[this] video.

[l'espirit de l'escalier].

in addition to all of this, i even have music to keep my life company.

particularly these songs:

hello - martin solveig & dragonette

rolling in the deep (jamie xx remix) - adele

helena beat - foster the people

stitched up - herbie hancock & john mayer

gimme sympathy (acoustic) - metric

cubism dream - local natives

rise up - diane birch

white collar boy - belle and sebastian

crown on the ground - sleigh bells

neighborhood #1 (tunnels) - arcade fire

four winds - bright eyes

i hope everyone is enjoying their last day of february!

xoxo.

ketchup.

sorry i never followed through on my christmas playlist promise.

being totally honest, it mostly consisted of hilary duff and the cheetah girls.

don't judge.

so i'll do a new year playlist instead.
here you go loves:

❄ blackbird - the beatles {why not start with a classic? possibly my favorite beatles}

❄ white winter hymnal - fleet foxes

❄ odessa - caribou
❄ i feel better - hot chip

❄ am/fm sound - matt & kim {i'm in love with the entire album but this was my original favorite}

❄ society - eddie vedder

❄ days like this - van morrison

❄ butterfly - mason jennings

❄ faberge falls for shuggie - of montreal {please be at coachella}

❄ earthquake weather - beck

❄ kiss with a fist - florence + the machine {voice idol}

"music is a world within itself."

-stevie wonder

sorry i'm crazy blogging at the moment. there's just too much to catch up on. in other news, i think this christmas was the best one i've had since i was a kid. it was simply splendid:

  (my new red keds...plus my christmas nightgown up top)

i also got my very own library card today and rented the fall by camus. i also have to finish martin eden, and read into the wild, a brief history of time & the grand design. then reread to kill a mockingbird and a tree grows in brooklyn (mama's favorites). and that's just the beginning. there's quite a bit of reading to do. good thing i have my own library card!

seeing these long lost faces was LOVELY:

 

oh, and i'm now obsessed with jolly ranchers, bracelets & peacocks.

oh, and this:

...yes please.

 [photo credz].

mr. moonlight.

[photo credz].

full moon warning:

sunday night, 11-21-10.

p.s.

♫ one love - glee cast {we all love you, bob, but puck + artie make such a good duet}

♫ for our elegant caste - of montreal

♫ home - edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros {& 40 day dream is my other favorite}

♫ fade like a shadow - kt tunstall

♫ let it out - girl talk {best song on the album}

♫ creature fear - bon iver

♫ scarlet glasses - mark salling {marry me?}

♫ everyday i write the book - elvis costello

♫ at or with me - jack johnson {jeff facer just went surfing with mr. johnson...ndb, jeff, ndb}

♫ world news - local natives

christmas playlist to come!

oh, and this just made my day:

[photo credz].

paper butterflies.

hello there.

i've been trying to write a blog post for a while now, but i've had some serious writer's block. now, while i knew what the block was, what i couldn't quite figure out was how to get past it...until last night, that is. a while ago, i recognized that the things i'm too afraid to talk about have the power to misplace the things i'm ready to talk about. have you ever noticed that when there's something you're trying to hide, it's usually the most prominent thing in your mind? maybe it's just me, but i think that's a pretty common symptom. i've learned that a mind is not a very good  [cache] (word of the day). however, what a mind lacks in concealing, it makes up for in revealing (sorry for the rhyme?). one thing that i conveniently neglect sometimes is the fact that my mind belongs to no one but me. no one can take it, even if i want to give it away. and why is this convenient? because if i neglect the fact that i'm the only one in control of my mind, everything doesn't have to be my fault. but the fact is that my mind knows what's up. it's amazing how our bodies can heal themselves when we get a cut. everything happens inside ourselves to make up for the mistakes we made outside. and what i've come to believe is that our minds do the same thing, just with a few different materials and processes. i actually just googled how our bodies heal cuts. go ahead and [find out for yourself] if you want. it's pretty cool. notice how the materials needed to heal ourselves come rushing to the surface all the sudden. maybe my mind's stuck focusing on the few things that aren't okay in my life because those are the things i need to heal. last night i got mad at myself for focusing on these things when there are uncountable things that are better than okay. but that's like being mad at my platelets for plugging my blood vessel (awk, i know). maybe we need to recognize the problems in order to enjoy everything else. or at least to get rid of writer's block.

p.s. it's time for another playlist.

 ☮ love lost - the temper trap {october 23rd, club nokia}

 ☮ dare - gorillaz

 ☮ gold canary - cloud control

 ☮ uprising - muse {they have a concert at staples the day after my birthday...yes please?}

 ☮ heaven in a halfpipe - opm

 ☮ the rabbit - miike snow

 ☮ everytime i look for you - blink-182 {it's a classic}

 ☮ everyone is golden - portugal. the man {after seeing them live twice i figured i should 

 download their albums}

 ☮ angel - jack johnson

 ☮ dance forever - allstar weekend {i'm secretly a little embarrassed to love this...but let's be honest, it's amazing}

 ☮ captains of the sky - sky sailing {summer's back}

 ☮ lotus - cage the elephant

 ☮ little secrets - passion pit

 ☮ kreuzberg - bloc party

 ☮ for the widows in paradise, for the fatherless in ypsilanti - sufjan stevens {merci, jacob}

 ☮ think i'm in love - beck

xo.

15 songs...

...that i'm obsessively listening to these days:


1. the golden age - beck


2. here (in your arms) - hellogoodbye {i know this is from forever ago...but it is still so good and i rediscovered it thanks to princemitchy}


3. lonelily - damien rice {reminds me of weddings for some reason?}


4. happy yellow bumblebee - of montreal


5. lisztomania - phoenix


6. the ghost inside - broken bells


7. better life - keith urban {i don't usually like country very much, but this song is too happy to ignore}


8. other side - josh ritter {just bought his golden age of radio album}


9. sexx laws - beck {i just have a newfound obsession with beck}


10. say hey (i love you) - michael franti & spearhead {this was in the movie valentine's day...i need it to come out on dvd now, please}


11. electric twist - a fine frenzy


12. one foot boy - mika {mika is AMAZING. end of story}


13. animal - miike snow {this is just for kate. FULL credit to her for finding this song!}


14. michelle - beatles {i needed to throw some beatles in here somewhere}


15. fader - temper trap

☮