Tribute to Annie

The moment I saw Annie on my instant Netflix queue, I hit play.

What a childhood classic for me! I've already gotten chills twice just remembering.

Thank you, Carol Burnette!

You don't even need to try.

And Rooster...

Tim Curry, you were genius

from the beginning.

Who wouldn't die for a movie experience like this?!

Grace Farrell, Be Mine!

Great Time Period

Fabulous Music

Amazing Wardrobes

Wonderful Nostalgia

Classic Tunes

Got to move my keyboard out to the living room! I much better place to jam...hehe. omg. I said "jam!"

I am working on 3 pieces at the moment:

Claire de Lune composed by Debussy

For the Actor: Mates of State

The Fray: Joanna Newsom

one of my favorites

I wrote a letter on a nothing day.
I asked somebody, “Could you send my letter away?”
“You are too young to put all of your hopes in just one envelope.”

I said goodbye to someone that I love.
It’s not just me, I tell you it’s the both of us.
And it was hard,
Like coming off the pills that you take to stay happy.

Someone above has seen me do alright.
Someone above is looking with a tender eye.
Upon your face, you may think you’re alone but you may think again.

If I could do just one near perfect thing I’d be happy.
They’d write it on my grave, or when they scattered my ashes.
On second thoughts, I’d rather hang around and be there with my best friend,
If she wants me.

And far away somebody read the letter.
He condescends to read the words I wrote about him.
And if he smiles, it’s no more than a genius deserves
For all your curious nerve and your passion.

I’m going deaf, you’re growing melancholy.
Things fall apart, I don’t know why we bother at all.
But life is good and it’s always worth living at least for a while.

If I could do just one near perfect thing I’d be happy.
They’d write it on my grave, or when they scattered my ashes.
On second thoughts, I’d rather hang around and be there with my best friend,
If she wants me.

If you think to yourself, “What should I do now?”
Than take the baton, and girl, you better run with it.
'Cause there is no point in standing in the past cause it’s over and done with.

I took a book and went into the forest.
I climbed the hill, I wanted to look down on you.
But all I saw was twenty miles of wilderness so I went home.

[this part remind me of my brother, deej]

If I could do just one near perfect thing I’d be happy.
They’d write it on my grave, or when they scattered my ashes.
On second thoughts, I’d rather hang around and be there with my best friend,
If she wants me.

If I could do just one near perfect thing I’d be happy.
They’d write it on my grave, or when they scattered my ashes.
On second thoughts, I’d rather hang around and be there with my best friend,
If she wants me.
If she wants me, yeah.
If she wants me, yeah.
If she wants me, yeah.

belle & sebastian - "If She Wants Me"

My Boyfriend

Um...

Does the girl in Fruit Bats look just like Jane Adams?

Mini Mixes

Every now and again I put my music on shuffle.

Sometimes one song fades perfectly into the new one.

Examples include:

Karma Police - Radiohead

to

I Love Creedence - Casiotone for the Painfully Alone

Dry the Rain - The Beta Band

to

If She Wants Me - Belle & Sebastian

Maybe You can Owe Me - Architecture in Helsinki

to

When U Love Somebody - Fruit Bats

et-cetera

Some people are embarrassed when they're caught singing in the car, moving to their headphones, dancing with the door shut.

I love it.

Almost every morning I drive by one guy coming out to catch the bus, bopping to his music.

Brings a smile to my face.

Rain.

The best way I could imagine starting spring.

Mirah.

The best album to accompany the rain.

iTunes Shuffle

Goodbye Girls

Broadcast: Tender Buttons

Put on a mix for my friends Allie, Jessica, and Liz when they left me for Europe.

Get a Shot of the Refrigerator

Stereolab: Fab Four Suture

Great album to listen to when it's sunny and the windows are rolled down - preferrably on a weekend.

Engine Fire

Damien Jurado: Just in Time for Something

I saw Damien Jurado on accident once when I went to Okkervil River with Travis.

Remember the Time

Michael Jackson: Greatist Hits: HIStory, Vol. 1

Love this music video! Chris Rock.

Nice Day for a Sulk

Belle & Sebastian: Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk like a Peasant

I dedicate this song to Tiffany Reimergartin, because she put this on a mix for me when I was stuck writing a paper for Ferreiro at the end of the winter quarter sophomore year at SPU. The mix was called, "When the gets tough, put on some good music." :)

Don't Worry Baby (Single Version)

The Beach Boys: Sounds of Summer

In my top 5 for Beach Boys songs along with Good Vibrations, I Get Around, In My Room, and Sloop John B...wow, that was tough.

Fixing A Hole

The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

I don't know what The Beatles had in mind when they wrote this song, but it's gotten me through many a tough time. "Go to your happy place."

Hey Eleanor

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone: Twinkle Echo

Favorite Casiotone song. "...but if you still don't know, don't go. Oh, honey, don't go."

Michelle

Ben Harper: This Bird has Flown - A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatle's Rubber Soul

My bell, If you've not heard this album, give it a try. My favorite one is "What Goes On" done by Sufjan Stevens.

Sometimes I Don't Get You

Yo La Tengo: I am not Afraid of You and I will Beat Your Ass

I should listen to this album more.