What's Up? (14/365)

What's Up? - 4 Non Blonds


Have you ever been in a foreign country and seen any unforgettable TV? Well i have, I was nine years old and in France. My parents went out to a fancy romantic dinner, and the three kids were on the own with some Francs, don't worry we went to Mc-ie-D's. However, at one point during that night we were watching this French show were young kids get dressed up as their favorite artist of the time and lip sync to their song, which is popular. Well What’s up by 4 non blonds was one of the songs, and for some reason i still consider this to be one of the funniest things that i have seen in my life. The dyed green hair, piercing, and kooky song, along with the audience that was totally over the top excited; all mixed into the giddiness of junk food and the feeling of independence. I will leave you with this:

and so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in my bed
just to get it all out what's in my head then I
I am feeling a little peculiar
and so I wake in the morning and I step outside
and I take a deep breath then I get real high
then I scream from the top of my lungs
what's goin' on

and I say hey... hey...
I say hey, what's goin' on
and I say hey... hey...
I said hey, what's goin' on

I've Got nothing to do today, but smile. (13/365)

Only Living Boy in New York - Simon and Garfunkel

"Hey let your honesty shine, shine, shine". Have you ever heard anything so brilliant? I think it may be the prettiest thing i have heard, that you can still live by. This song it the best when i am riding my bike, the only down side is you can't sing along then. Bugs.

Anywho, when i was at Planned Parenthood volunteering yesterday this song kept on popping into my head. It was a hard day, lots of young girls, like 13 young, with their moms, boyfriend in jail for statutory rape, ‘cause guess what? he is over 18 and now she is pregnant. Mom wanted her to get rid of the baby, she wouldn't do it, so there was a fight. But she got to keep it. Please Pray, meditate, think about these babies having babies. I wish that this was all of the drama that we had yesterday but it wasn't. It truly can be heart breaking some days, and not just because of abortions, but because of the opportunities these women have missed out on, but even worse the opportunities they don't know about. I am being pushed toward Socialism more and more everyday. I think that sometimes though, if these women were able to let their own honesty shine, they would be able to live happier lives.

Please do not think i am judging, its quite the opposite. I am judging all the rest, the ones that just look down and don't take the time to learn the story the history, the struggle. Strife that i am pretty sure most of us have never faced before. I know that I haven't, I am the luckiest girl in the world, and that is a hard cross to bare. The guilt that comes from that is huge. It is days like this that i am just a certain amount of money away from being on a plane to Mozambique to help those who are helpless. But until then, I have nothing to do but smile, and try to give back.

Jesus, Etc. (12/365)

Jesus, Etc.- Wilco

Okay this is finally starting to become part of my day, even though it is time for finals and i am so over whelmed. Sorry that i haven't been writing back to your beautiful comments, but once May 2 comes around you will not be able to get me to stop commenting.

I think this goes for everyone who loves Wilcom, but this song dose something special for me. The whole concept of "turning your orbit around" Is so brilliant to me. Like a reminder to constantly better yourself and change with the new day. Or that something can be so great, horrible, devistating that is that it can turn you around, but when put this way it makes you understand that you are not alone. Even skyscrapers knock into each other once in a while.

This song also reminds me of the puff of smoke that i lived under for the first part of my summer last year. Everyone smoke sins Me, and everytime someone ran out of ciggs, i would sing this to myself. three people have now since stopped smoking, i would like to think that i could be a reason for that.

Voices whine
Skyscrapers are scraping together
Your voice is smoking
Last cigarettes are all you can get
Turning your orbit around

Last cigarettes are all you can get
Turning your orbit around

Just an interesting fact. I plan on naming my first dog Wilco, after the band. I just think it is so cute and whenever i see a dog, like the one i plan to ge,t on the street, i think that could be Wilco's Grandma/pa, because Wilco isn't born yet, and wont be for a while.

lease, remember me, happily (11/365)

The Trapese Swinger - Iron & Wine

But please remember me, fondly,
i heard from someone you're still pretty
and then they went on to say that the Pearly Gates
have such eloquent graffiti
like: “we'll meet again” and “fuck the Man”
and “tell my mother not to worry”
and angels with their great handshakes
but always done in such a hurry


This is a song about remembering a loved one after they die. But for me it is about remembering old relationships after there time is up. Its sad but sweet and so optimistic, that they will meet again. My friend Sam, also once a year long crush, put this on a mix for me before i went back to school last summer. And it said it all. That is how Sam and i talk, through music. We never were ready for the other person at the same time. Always missing each other by a second. But I don't only think of Sam when this song comes on I think of beautiful dream like days in La Jolla, or the sweet reunions with the people that had faded, or are far away. This song brings me out of any slump, calms me, and excites me. Although its 9.35sec i never get sick of it while listening. Maybe that is because my favorite part comes at the 9min mark. listen to it live by clicking on the "remember me".

Janet 10/365

Janet - The Format

This is my song, it tells the story of my life. I played it on repeat i feel my first semester in college.

I lost my memory
In a cab back in the city Off
It's somewhere off of Lexington
Just something that the east coast does to me
Makes me forget who I am

Well so c'mon and hold me
Don't put out the lights
I wanna see that look in your eyes
I know that lately
I've been out of your sight
Being here has never felt so right

I'm falling in love with you
Balloons or no balloons
So it's time I forget the past
And just learn to love what I have
'Cause I love waking up to your laugh

Something about the midwest sun
It makes me miss you more than life

All of this while being an upbeat goodie! And the first time my roommate and i had a party last year this was on the mix we made.

Sha na na na - Sha na na naaa (9/365)

Diamonds on the Soul of her Shoes - paul Simon
Wonderful/fun footage of this live when clicked on above.

My father maybe one of the best men in the world. He is caring, loving, generous, and thoughtful . . . oh yeah he likes music too. I just so happen to be his little girl, unfortunately i did not realize the perks this could bring until much later in my life. However, my dad has always had the wonderful talent of making all of his children feel loved and special in completely different ways. Harping no jealousy between my siblings and i, wow.

One of these special moments that i was able to share with my dad was a when i was eight years old. After dinner one sat. night he asked me if i would be interested in going on a date with him, i said yes, and he told me i had to dress up a bit more, so i did. Nice Mary Jane shoes, white tights, a skirt that had a great spin to it, and nice girly shirt.
We were going dancing.
As my father escorted me down to our basement. I still to this day do not remember ever feeling more special, or lucky. As we danced, rocked out, and spun around the pool table all the way through the whole album of "Graceland". This song especially sticks out to me, because this is the one that we goofily acted out to once another, and i just remember quizzing him on why someone would be so impractical as to wear diamonds on their shoes, didn't they know that shoes get worn down? But still the image in my head made for lasting enjoyment, and laughs, and to this day it still does. Between songs dad would point out different things about the choir and the melodies that they were singing, which is just one more foreshadow into my life and how i am going to end up in Africa at some point.

Not only is this an amazing song, but with it comes an amazing memory, and feeling of comfort and love.

Mad Tom of Bedlam (8/365)

Mad Tom of Bedlam - Jolie Holland


I love this Jazzie old Blues sound of this raw recording, and she has such a fun voice. It really it the soft drum beat that really gets me in this song i could listen to it on repeat fot quite a while. I also love sing along to it in the car.

This you tube recording of the song is really good but is different then the one on the album.

Waking up and Walking Out (7/365)

Waking up and Walking Out - Margot and the Nuclear So and So's



The most inventive, poetic, and real lyrics, i personally have heard and felt in a long time. I have introduced my boyfriend to this song, and we had our first dance to this song. It was slow, awakward, unsure, and comforting. It is something i think that i will always remember. It was the first time that i really let myself start to like him as a girlfriend should. It showed me a playful and romantic side that i have never known or understood as a couple before.


slip out when my love is fast asleep
She's not my lover
She's sharing a floor with me
And we talked about her grandmother

You touch my leg
On that slow moving train
You shake like a leaf
In that cool autumn breeze

I walk in and Jolene is half undressed
She's just chewing her gum and winking at me
I'll fight her wars
And she'll smite my enemies

You bitch like a child
A spoiled only child
You smoke cigarettes
Drink wine from a flask

You whisper I'm tired
Of living this life
But I'm feeling insane
Lying here in one place

Okay so i couldn't find Margot playing waking up and walking out on youtue thus i am giving you their myspace so you can get to know them a little bit better, just click on my title and you will get there. Please look in to them they are wonderful and and the only music that i can not get sick of nor can i get disipointed when i go see them live . . . . the count now is 5. Best show: Nov. 2006 New York City @ the Knitting Factory with the Elected (blake of Rilo Keliy) and Whispertown 2000. My roommate and i got approched by the band after and got to party with them. It was an awesome night.

Marching Bands Of Manhattan (6/365)

Marching Bands Of Manhattan - Death Cab For Cutie

I cannot express what this song does to/for me. I love Death Cab so much, there lyrics and music is wonderful, there socially aware, and indie hipster dorks. I just don't think it gets any better. This is my good mood, bad mood, unsure, indiepentdent, I'm in NYC!, everything is going to be alright song. And again this song feeds into my introvert side.


And it is true what you said
That I live like a hermit in my own head
But when the sun shines again
I'll pull the curtains and blinds to let the light in.


I hope you will enjoy this song half as much as i do. The video is not bad either

Woops. (5/365)

You will. You? will. You? Will. You? Will.- Bright Eyes
*#* Click on the title if you want to see Bright Eyes play it.


Sorry i have been Busier then i could ever imagin the past week. My mother came to visit me a week from today and it was wonderful, but i didn't have any time, and then after she left i had to make up/do all the work i wasn't able to do while she was here. But anyway i am a huge bright eyes fan and you will see him more, don't worry. I just love this song, it is one of his more upbeat songs. It is really cute, about falling in love and trying to let your last guard down, and pray it works.

'Cause you're the reoccurring kind
You are the reoccurring kind
You never really leave my mind
Are you the love of my lifetime?
Cause there have been times I've had my doubts
We were just kids when I first kissed you in the attic of my parents house, and I wish we were there now
It took so long to figure out
What this book has been about



Not saying that Wyatt Angelo is the love of my life in any way, but the line "we were just kids when I first kissed you in the attic of my parents house" always reminds me of him, and how we had lose inocent 4 year old kisses around his house while waiting for lunch to be ready. Damn, we were so funny when we were together, I wonder how he is?


** Oh, Connor you are so cute **

Whatever Happened - The Strokes (4/365)

LOVE LOVE LOVE this song. Its so catchy, I find it in my head all day, but it is always welcome. i also think that it is so neat that they reference Tennessee Williams, one of my favorite writers. Its kind of like a Gilmore girls thing . . . You have to be smart enough to get the jokes. I can also really relate to this song the lines : I want to be forgotten,
and I don't want to be reminded.
You say "please don't make this harder."
No, I won't yet.

I don't know if i will be able to say this and make it sound right but i will try. I can not be around people for too long of a period of time. If i am I get a little testy, just because I am an introvert, yes, outgoing introverts exist. I take the "please don't make this harder" part to be said in a sarcastic voice like, " oh, okay like you really give yourself way too much credit" that’s how i get sometimes. the Please get away i need my space, but i like to play it off like i will miss the people or its hard, so they don't get offended, because it has happened in the past. They just don't understand that it is not them it is me i just need to be along, recharge, think, read, or listen to my music

Mushaboom - Feist (3/365)

SO . . . I suppose bad days are in the air today. I hate Tuesday's, they are my worst/ busiest day of the week, and I always stay up too late on Monday nights, last night was no exception. This song sums up my day perfectly, while making me feel better. Reminding me that it will be over soon and I will be able to retreat and fly away to my dreams and hopes of the days to come, but they will, and when that comes i won't be in debt from going to college.

Helping the kids out of their coats
Oh wait the babies haven't been born oh
Unpacking the bags and setting up
And planting lilacs and buttercups oh

But in the meantime we've got it hard
Second floor living without a yard
It may be years until the day
My dreams will match up with my pay

I begin my day at 8:30 babysitting until 12. As my mother says . . . babysitting is the best birth control. I will not be having kids any time soon. I am sure your kids are great, Hell I have probably babysat for them. Drive back to campus, run up the three flights of stairs to get my stuff for class run down the stairs, run across campus, (when i say run, i don't mean walk, i mean run) jump two by two up the four flights of stairs to my first class at 12:30. Class 12:30-1:45, Pro-test Lit, go down the stairs to grab a Fresca and whatever food is on sale. Walk back up the four flights then have class from 2-4:30, Birth, Death, and Migration, normally i would have a break. Not today. I get to go to the other house of the people i baby-sit for and help out with the Seven year old, Jack, baseball birthday party. It should be although it is chill out. After that I am off to my Students for Social Justice meeting. I think we are going to talk more about the Cathy Henderson,( http://www.savecathyhenderson.org/ ) case and how her execution date has been pushed back, as well as our trip to lobby in DC that is coming up. After that i get some dinner and crash.

Big Yellow Taxi - (2/365)

Big Yellow Taxi- Joni Mitchell

A warm summer evening, the windows down and the sun roof open, getting as much "natural" air as possible before we get on the express way, and are forced to turn the air on, because of its deafening volume. My big brother, Bobby and I are sitting above the others in the kids car, a green SUV, while we wait for the train on 47th to pass. We are listening to XRT, when Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi comes streaming out of the speakers. Now i am speaking for the both of us which is always risky, but i am going to do it anyway, my brother had a moment. We both experienced first handedly the magical effect that music, but more specifically a good song, can have over people. We were both captives under Joni's fun voice, addictive laugh, and politically charged lyrics. I will forever think of this as our song, and remember one of the first moments that i thought of my big brother, as some one who could also be my friend.

To this day I still want this song at my funeral.

** Sorry for spelling errors, this one was done in a hurry.

Harold and Maude.

If you want to sing out, sing out. Cat Stevens (AKA Yusuf Islam).

Not only is this Song the name that I named the Blog, but it is also a happy, hopeful song that I never knew about until I watched Harold and Maude for the first time and fell in love. I remember being really disappointed in myself for not knowing this one since I consider myself a Cat Stevens fan.

Asides from the uplifing, empowering feeling you get once done listening to the song, it reminds me of a time that I needed to hear and feel the lyrics, and believe, that I believed the message. You follow me? I guess You could say I was kind of in a slump, a Harold-esc slump. Through this song and the events shortly after the movie/song was introduced to me, I started to rise from the shadows I was hiding behind and learn and live, "You can do what you want/ The opportunity's on/ And if you find a new way/ You can do it today/ You can make it all true".