The Ugly Truth

From the cradle to the grave You will always be a slave To the quiet darkness of your memories

Cheerleader

Dog Eat Dog

Lyrics Here

All About It

Something I can smile about.

A little music

New Music

To me anyway...

Music for the Weekend

Christmas Music Sampler 2013

New Music

NEKO: Coming Soon

Neko Case album comes out September 2013. She's announced her touring schedule and will be in St. Louis on October 20th. Yee-Haw! Check out a conversation with Sherman Alexie and Neko Case from The Believer and two teaser videos for her new album.


 

Wrapping The Week

 Eugene Delacoix, The Unmade Bed, 1828

Painting tonight and all day tomorrow. Decided on Lamb (a soft white) for bedroom. A nice addition to Heavy Goose in the living room. An entire menagerie of paint colors. After all these decisions about paint, I want a peaceful respite in our room. Nothing. Still. White. Looking forward to my first nap in the new house...probably sometime in April. Happy Weekend to you.

Always a fan of Sultan's lemons.

Jack Donaghy Insult Generator.

I'd share a drink with anyone at this place.

These green chairs!

Can't explain how much I love this redition of Don't Explain.

Sprinkle cookies I'm making for Valentine's Day.

xoa

Landfill Harmonic

Isn't this so great? Apparently there is a feature-length documentary in the works.

Rickie Lee Jones

Rickie Lee Jones always amazes me. Whatever she does. The Devil You Know came out last month and I gave it a listen over the weekend. Love.

NPR Interview (September 2012) and NYTimes Article (2007)

Wedding Excitement

Getting so excited about the big wedding this weekend of my cousin Jessica to Josh - an outdoor affair at Cedar Creek Lodge. Jess is a crafter and cute as a button. We've rented a cabin and I've rented a special lens for my camera. Audrey is going to be a flower girl. Here are some wedding songs I love. Not all are happy - but good music is good music.

Don't Let Me Down

Three women cover The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down. Each stellar.

John O'Donahue

Yesterday, on the long drive to my parent's, I listened to an excellent NPR On Being interview with John O'Donahue, an Irish poet and philosopher who died in 2008 at only 52.

"Music is what language would love to be if it could." 
Isn't that beautiful?



Thanks to Dana Smith for the heads up on this Wes Montgomery clip. Lovely!

Softlightes

I've said it before. I can't get enough of Ron Fountenberry and the Softlightes. And yesterday they released Captain Brokenheart Fights the Infinite Summer up in its entirety on Soundcloud. Free. Because their former label didn't want the album. What the what?

Just about the best Christmas present this Cindy Lou Who could ask for.

I Found You

So glad I found the Alabama Shakes tonight. Followed by one of my all time favorites. Watching a 45 spin...is just funny. Great day at work. I'm feeling good.

Nancy

Laughing at Life