"Myth"- Beach House
One of my all time music obsessions is the lovely Beach House, they can do no wrong in my mind, and this song from their new album Bloom, is spectacular.
non-stop
I can't stop, won't stop. I write about music that I enjoy, hopefully you enjoy it as well.
Loren Pilcher and Jeremy Perry (The Deloreans)- “Come On Let’s Go”
A wonderful and charming cover of a perfectly sweet song by one of my favorite bands, Broadcast.
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With Just One Glance- Nicolas Jaar (feat. Scout Larue)
I have been quite silent recently, this summer I had an internship which took all of my creative attention, and I sort of stopped consuming music for a while, when I wasn’t listening to things needed for my work I retreated to pop music like Lady GaGa and Katy Perry… I was rejecting everything I knew, and cleared my mind for a while, but now the real work begins, I get very claustrophobic when I am not listening to new music, something that I may not be used to or some new sound. So as a restart to my dead blog, I give you Nicolas Jaar with Bruce Willis’ 20 year old daughter Scout. The age is important to note here because her voice sounds like someone much older. The background is full of jazz and African references, I don’t know anything about Nicolas Jaar, but what I gathered from this song is that he likes the art of the remix. I really enjoy Scout’s vocals on this track and I hope this is not a one time thing for her, she should find a band or just start one with Jaar (my opinion).
Ed W. sent in these great photos of the Oxmoor Apple Store in Louisville, Kentucky. I really appreciate the closeups so we can read some of those messages, very cool that the Apple Store employees set out those shirts for people to write on. One of my favorites. Thanks, Ed.
That’s me, I wrote “thanks for giving me a new start.” with out steve so many great things would simply not be in my life. p.s. Ed is my dad.
From The Archives: Steve Jobs delivers Stanford University’s 114th Commencement Address on June 12, 2005. Topic: How to live before you die.
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
(Full transcript here.)
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
Steve Jobs (via thenumberxiv)
I love this man, I am so happy that his dream helped make me a better person, and effect my life in so many positive ways. Thanks steve for being the best boss any human could ask for.
R.I.P. Papa Steve.
(Source: -redux, via thenumberxiv)
this is what I learned about today…pretty rad stuff.
The story of Jake…
I was 10, my parents had divorced when I was 7 and my mom and I had just moved in to a tiny apartment from our huge house in the highlands. My cat (Rajah) that I loved had ran away during the move and I was very upset. One day my dad called me and said I have a surprise, I had always wanted a dog and my parents got me cats instead. So, my Dad said, “I am getting a puppy, it’s a Jack Russell!” we then talked about names and he decided he would be named Jake, which I wanted it to be “checkers”, (I think his was better, now.) We had to wait to pick him up from the breeders because he was still so little, but when we finally picked Jake up, my dad took me with him. Jake was so little and cute, possibly the cutest little thing I had ever seen at this point in my life. I loved him so much, I would beg my mom to let me go over to my dad’s house to play with him. One time I even put ace bandages around his little legs because I was 10, and thought the way he wobbled was funny, my dad made me take them off pretty quickly. Jake was a feisty puppy, he would run out the door with lightning speed, and my dad would have to chase him down from playing with the neighborhood dogs. We built a fence for our back yard so he could run around, and he loved it. I remember coming home from school and playing catch with him, he loved life and was so great. As Jake and I got older we spent less time together, but he was always loyal to me, never bit me and would always get so excited when I would come over, he was my love. I’m so grateful to my Dad for giving me Jake. I never thought about having to say goodbye to him, but it has turned out to be very hard, he was a very happy part of my childhood.
I know this is typically a music blog, but this is me.
-Camille
J.D. McPherson- North Side Gal
(my dad sent me this, i dig it.)
