Oct 10 2008
Tegan and Sara! I wasn’t a fan of their earlier music (at least what I’d heard) but many of the songs off of The Con have really grown on me. And in their recent Letterman appearance they were just so cute – the singing was cute (and this song is just beautiful anyway), they were [...]
Oct 09 2008
Well my husband and I got to see Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band at Cain’s recently and enjoyed the laid-back show that Conor and the new band put on. Since it was him and his new band, we didn’t get to hear all those classic Bright Eyes songs like “Let’s Not Shit Ourselves [...]
Sep 22 2008
I got the promo Fasciinatiion CD in the mail last month and I’ve had a few listens and it’s been entertaining. It’s the kind of CD you’ll want to turn up in the car and your drive will be really great, but then a week later you may forget you ever had it. My favorite songs [...]
Sep 20 2008
(That title was so Sufjan). (Let me preface this by saying that this blog post is written with a a few glasses of red wine… I feel so chatty but I’ll pare things down!) I finally got around to watching The Go-Getter (starring the lovely, dryly humorous, and interesting Zooey Deschanel) and while I haven’t had the time [...]
May 13 2008
…practice, practice, practice! The old joke couldn’t be more true, though. Since I started taking piano lessons again last Thursday, I’ve realized that as much as I love to play, despite that love I can still fall into the pitfalls that only self-discipline can cure. I hear all these beautiful songs and I want to [...]
May 04 2008
Several years ago I tuned into Austin City Limits on my local PBS channel to see Bright Eyes; that was when I discovered and fell in love with M Ward (who was also playing on the show). Since then, I’ve bought everything of M Ward’s that I could get my hands on – and have [...]
May 04 2008
The Van Cliburn Foundation recently introduced a YouTube Competition for Amateurs in which the winner will win an automatic entry into the sixth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs in 2011. You see, I have a keen interest in the competition because I have a fantasy of entering it. And that’s why it was unsettling when I realized that [...]