tuneyards - fiya

I still can't believe i saw this song performed live! Merrill Garbus was amazing!! You can tell that she is passionate about what she does and doesn't hold back when it comes to entertaining an audience. Her performance made me feel like i was part of an experience rather than just viewing a performance. It was totally worth skipping midterm study time! It was what a concert should be like. Filled with people that truly enjoy good music and dance without the mental constraints of looking ridiculous. Sweet!!

The two opening acts were also really cool! --> In One Wind & Big Tree

I thought i should post up this poem because I believe it's what loving someone should feel like. Love is not supposed to be something that you can hold over another as if saying "Look what i have and you don't," like a child showing off his cool new toy and parading it in front of another child that wants to play with the toy just as much. If it is real love than it doesn't have to be shown off because it will be clearly evident in your jubilant smile when it stretches from ear to ear when you are next to that person or in your wandering eyes when you aren't with that person because then everyone around you will know that you are thinking of that person and how happy that one individual makes you. That's what i feel the line "I love you as certain things are to be loved,/In secret, between the shadow and the soul." means, but if i am wrong it is a beautifully written line either way.

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose or topaz, or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off. I love you as certain things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul. I love you as the plant that never blooms, but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers. Thanks to your love a certain fragrance, risen darkly from the earth, lives darkly in my body. I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where, I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride, so I love you because I know no other way than this: where "I" does not exist, nor "you," So close that your hand on my chest is my hand, So close that your eyes close and I fall asleep. -Pablo Neruda I

Hold Tight - Dave Dee, Dosy, Beaky, Mick and Tich

I personally love this song. Loved it from the first moment i heard it in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof while the female leads were rocking out to it in the car. This is one part of the double feature called Grindhouse that Quentin Tarantino did with Robert Rodriguez. It is just a feel good song and i really recommend the double feature it is amazing! If you like blood, gore, and semi-ridiculous but fun plot lines you will love Grindhouse!

You're a Wolf - Sea Wolf (Soundtrack Zombieland)

Second Year

I have been anxiously waiting to finally move in to my new college dorm and see my friends again, but now i am conflicted because I am going to miss home even though i made it very obvious that i didn't want to be here during this interim i had between the end of summer school and the beginning of the annual school year. I will not be able to come back home for a while because i have work on the weekends and my job is located on campus. I don't particularly feel eager to come home anyway. I am going to miss the dear friends that i do leave behind because i have made memories with them and they are one of the few people that i actively try to keep in contact with. I know they are friends that i will keep because i am completely indebted to them for their kindness and empathy. The reason i don't want to come back is because home harbors the memories of difficult times and so acts as a constant reminder of the person i used to be...naive, destructive, unappreciative. That person is so different from who i am now and the friends that i have, i keep because they are growing and maturing with me. Home is like high school, you experience highs and lows and you are eager to leave and expand your horizons, but when you leave you miss it and idealize it in your mind. I am not at that last step yet, but may be if i stay away long enough i will be able to appreciate what waits for me here. So now that i am embarking on the adventure that will be my second year of college i want to share my goals and dreams. I want to make more friends and maybe find some more people that are dear to me. I want to go out on a date or two. I want to be more spontaneous, happy, and fun and even if i am not truly happy i hope i can put on a brave face and force myself to smile enough until i actually feel happy. I really hope i can control my spending. I really really hope that i focus on my academics because i owe so much to those individuals who act so selflessly in paying for my education. I hope i can exercise more patience and learn not to judge people so quickly. I especially hope that i become effervescent enough to make others happy and make them laugh. I hope i learn to keep my fears and doubts to myself and instead share my hopes and dreams.

Finally! The Forgotten

I am sure that many music lovers have gone through music phases in which their lives, even for just a moment, was defined by a certain song or genre. For example, in middle school (specifically 8th grade) i went through and ill-conceived and half-assed punk phase based on the childish desire to fit in with the cool kids who at the time seemed like the ultimate rebels. Luckily, i now realize that just wearing eyeliner, having a studded belt, and a plaid skirt does not qualify someone as punk. Ok so back to the main point. Around the end of 9th grade i started getting into the band Cute Is What We Aim For and during the summer i listened to their song titled "Moan" and i thought it was the one of the best songs because it was so catchy and fast-paced. (sidenote: I found the song on myspace in 2007, i know right that was such a long time ago! lol when myspace was cool!). I was obsessed with the song for days and after finishing that phase i forgot to write down the name of the song and i even went back on myspace to check what the title was but to no avail ( sidenote: i didn't know the song title because it wasn't on the band page, it was instead on the Alternative Press page and i couldn't download it on my ipod because it was a song they had recorded specifically for AP). I am glad to say that today i finally remembered to just search for it instead of sitting around hoping for the title to just pop in my head and the song is still super awesome and it makes me want to get off the seat and dance and sing. There is also another song that i found recently by the Violent Femmes called "Blister in the Sun" and it is an awesome pervy and catchy song that you can sing in the car and have lots of fun singing to. Please do check out these songs! Today is awesome! Two forgotten songs in one day!!

Supergrass - Alright

I thought this might be helpful for some people who keep hearing this song in commercials but can't identify it. It also helps that it is pretty damn catchy.