edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros...

i can not get enough of this song.

mostly for shelly

this is the blog of a thirteen year old girl that loves fashion. i think she's charming.

hanson and sherwood thank you

this is a picture of those sherwood babies. my worlds collided. it was intense.


i went to way too many great shows this year... i'm a lucky girl.

it's amazing after 12 years of loving hanson, they still make me go crazy.

today is the big day

i'm so excited i can not contain myself.

do yourself a favor

watch the austin city limits this from this week.
it was one of those things i wish i was with someone to share it with...

you can watch it here.


my love for m ward is at an overload...

monsters of folk again

this song is a jam. watch it. you know the roots played.

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november, you remind me of alive in wild paint

travis wrote the record around this time a few years ago. we were sitting in his room listening to demos and i remember looking out the window and the color of the sidewalk, and the road, and the few trees that lined his street, and the way the air looked... these things just all complemented his voice so well. it was one of those, 'i hope i always remember this' moments.

i was driving last night with my windows down and my ipod on all songs random and 'ceilings' came on and it was perfect. i loved it, it was one of those, 'i hope i always remember this' moments, so i thought i should share. people should be let in on the things in your life you think are magical.

the songs can be heard here... my favorites are: 'ceilings,' 'everywhere an ocean,' and 'crystal selves'

[the name of the band comes from this book... it will certainly be my next tattoo, it's so good.]

i need some good craft blogs...

monsters of folk

i don't really know what to say about this, other than it was hands down, the best show i have EVER been to. i've been listening to bright eyes and m ward forever, but jim james was something new for me and so delightful. the set list was nearly perfect. i'm not sure if the venue had a lot to do with it, but it was an epic evening. i have always experienced god in unexpected places and sadly, i hadn't felt that way in a long time, but by the first chord i could feel it. by the third song i was in tears. it wasn't even a song i knew. jim james said, 'for us this is church,' and it was true. it was amazing. i feel so blessed to have experienced god in this setting.

i HIGHLY recommend seeing this show if it comes through your town, kind of expensive, but worth every cent.

i also saw bob dylan last weekend and it was crazy. i was told it was going to be terrible so i had low expectations. yes, he was hard to understand and yes, he only played guitar to two songs, but it was awesome.

music is certainly my first love. people were up out of their chairs going crazy to songs you wouldn't expect. i love it.

[ps now all of my dreams are about hanson]

i'm going to hanson... ohmygodohmygodohmygod

hanson was a HUGE part of my life in sixth grade, HUGE. there was no white on my walls, they were plastered with pictures of these charming boys. i loved them. i got a lot of shit for loving them, but it didn't make me love them any less. i'm going to estimate that the 1997 hanson craze really only lasted one year, during this time i never got to see them play. so, my freshman year, upon the release of their second album, 'this time around' their tour did make a stop in phoenix, and i happily attended 'for nostalgic purposes.' i left that show with a new sense of how people responded to music. i'm not talking about screaming and freaking out, i'm talking about not caring what was going on around you, only caring about the music. my senior year, they were back to touring and i was lucky enough to go with my best friend katie to see an acoustic tour. what we witnessed was shocking, they were like a different band. they played better than ever, everyone was so much more talented than before. after this i happily skipped my last class to go buy their next record, 'underneath,' the day it came out. i even saw them by myself once after this.

'underneath' is, hands down, their best record. i remember hearing my music snob friends talking about how great it was and being shocked that i wasn't alone in my love for hanson any longer. i had real musicians on my side, and that was more important than any sixth grade teacher. [my teacher was the biggest bully about this of all] 'underneath' was not a record a label wanted to release, so they branched out and released the record on their own.

hanson certainly has a different mentality than they did when, well, we were kids. their most recent record, 'the walk' featured a lot more songs by the youngest brother, zac, than ever before, and it was so good. hanson grew up. they are all married, they all have children, and they are ready to change the world. hanson teamed up with toms shoes three years ago when 'the walk' came out and decided that before every show they would go for a barefoot one mile walk with their fans to raise poverty awareness in africa, you can learn more about it here.

in closing, these guys are the reason i love music with the intensity i do. they helped me out of my shell and i love them for it forever. hanson has an every three years pattern for new records, so, this being the third year, i am more than excited to see them next month in tucson. they're even letting you vote for which rare hanson song you want to them to play at the show you are attending. i'm really, really excited. i'm having dreams about it.

plus the band opening for them are pretty good dudes.

barney's new york!!!

barney's is opening in scottsdale on thursday. i hate to say it, but i am so so so excited about it. i've had dreams about it every night this week...

sherwood: qu

i feel like it's likely that it's unfair for me to say how great an album is that is indeed my friends album. but really, this is a great album and it can be purchased here for a mere $2.99 on tuesday and wednesday, [october 13 and 14] i obviously recommend it.

i wish this guy would have been my music teacher

i'm not going to lie about it. every time i see one of these videos of these kids at ps22, i cry. i don't know what it is. i guess i just really love music and i hope these kids are inspired by their teacher to love music as well...







ps i seriously cried so hard looking for my favorites...

me and t swift both

i have an excellent father
his strength is making me stronger
god smiles on my little brother
inside and out he's better than i am

friends

this is my precious friend dan's band sherwood. they have finished recording and are about to release their third record and i can honestly say this song is my favorite they have ever done. they are touring this fall with steel train, hello goodbye, and hanson [!!!!!!!] i really proud of this band and these friends.

my best friend is the best
i can't wait until we live near one another again!