-TOMS new fall styles are so cute. Love the corduroy and I have worn my wedges all summer. They are more comfortable than flip flops and I didn’t think that was possible. The TOMS blog has a nice September Playlist posted here. My favorite tracks are the ones from Local Natives and Mirah. -NPR posted...
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Some awesome things that were part of my weekend when I wasn’t editing or putting pony tails in Barbie hair… song: Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People – Even my daughter goes into an elaborate dance for this one. drink: Lindemans Belgian Pecheresse {i.e. peach beer} reading: The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda...
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*I heard this old David Bowie song, Sound & Vision on WRFL driving to work on Monday. How have I never heard this song before? It is the soundtrack for the week. May we always live in a college town so that I can enjoy the quiet airspace between tracks as the novice deejays try...
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Today, the pools open around here which I take as a sign that it’s time to bring out the summer records from artists like Buena Vista Social Club, Beck, DMB, Pink Martini, Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, Al Green, Amos Lee, P Funk, Sam Cooke, G. Love, Orchestra Baobab, etcetera. I’m adding to the rotation this...
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Drinking: coffee Listening to: Regina Spektor – On The Radio Regardless of how many cds and mp3s I collect, there’s no replacing the radio. Even Pandora {while very helpful} isn’t the same. During National Public Radio’s pledge season, I start to believe their messages of why I can’t live without radio. But I like more...
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Jen Gray posted about The Bird & The Bee today and I am really {quite surprisingly} into their Hall & Oates cover album. I have never been much of an H&O fan. I mean, Man Eater scared the hell out of me as a kid because I thought it was an actual villain who was...
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Drinking: coffee at home again – two days in a row at home = happiness Listening to: Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai {This album, Traveling Without Moving, would be in my trapped-on-a-desert-island bag.} The snow is finally melting here. I took these at sunrise a few weeks ago from a moving car. No worries, I was...
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Drinking: Fondo Paez Coffee Listening to: Ray Of Light – Madonna Every morning, it’s Olympics hangover. Watching the snowboarders last night, I kept seeing the women put their earbuds in and sometimes sing a few bars before speeding down the half pipe. I kept wanting to see their playlists, so I searched for Olympic snowboarding...
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Drinking: hot chocolate Listening to: the mix below We are exchanging mixes for Valentine’s Day. At first I thought I would keep them private. It felt a little like sharing a love note to post it, but I talked to him about it and he thought it would be okay and added that he would...
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If I make it in to CD Central , it’s usually on my lunch hour so I don’t know that I’ll get to go to this appearance, but it’s cool to know this is coming up so I wanted to pass it on.
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