songs for sunday!

this week has been interesting! I have so much to say! well first let me start with the dance music I promised from last week. I had my whole bit about crying and now I'm taking it to the other end of the spectrum. so this is it: La roux. Totally over the top but can't help liking it kinda music. Throwing us back to the 80's in such an amazing way. HA.

Tap Tap Song of the Week 1-7-10 from Taptap Songs on Vimeo.

this video inspires me to get some zebra print in my life. I have been wanting that fake zebra head from anthropology.
zebras!






I moved last week and it was more random and unexpected than I would have ever imagined. I had been living in a condo downtown for 4 years and not looking to move. Well randomly it all came together in a week and I was out of there into a new space with 2 friends that I completely love! It's crazy, but great!

We had our first dinner party to thank all the boys who helped me out- thank you guys--

we have been "partying" ever since, breakfast with the ladies (bethany, jess & eleanor) yesterday was fabulous, just talking about new creative ventures we are creating over lemon poppy seed pancakes. they are awesome!
Also my friend Justin fixed my record player! omy!!!! I am so excited he took this old school tape reel that I bought at the thrift store, because I thought it was so cool, and made it into an amp for my record player! I was so excited jumping around and amazed. He also fixed my ultra cool 1960's lamp. THANK YOU!!!!



cheers to new beginnings and lots of laughs!


also...I've been meaning to share this song for a while, but haven't been able to find it on lala... so there you go more music to listen to....

Little Lion Man - Mumford & So...

i'm falling. maybe i'm floating, let's hope

sometimes I feel misunderstood. do you know that feeling? when I get like that I have the need to write music because it's the only way to express things that are weighing on me. Right now I wish I could be floating and/or flying. feels like it would make my life lighter.

I'm writing this blog while listening to:

Some Velvet Morning - Lee Hazl...

"everybody needs you and you need a way out, out, out, put on your parachute, chute chute"








well ladies and gents. we're all moved into my house, that's why I haven't blogged much this week! but I'll be right back at it here. I'll have to post a video of our new house and our new adventure, primarily george!

xo,
andrea

ya this happened, and we're embarrassed

do you remember how, back in the day, people would walk down the street with boom boxes on their shoulders playing the loudest music they could? It seems so archaic that I almost don't believe it ever happened! I can remember seeing this when I was a kid and thinking back on it makes me want to cry from laughter. I mean, really, think about it, this is what the hippest people did in 1985. wow, look how far we've come. I mean we'll be telling our kids this one day, and they won't believe us. Tonight since I can't sleep and it's 3:32 Am. I've decided that I need to buy a boom box, some high tops and recreate this magic. so which one should I buy?








should I get a sweat suit too? ha just kidding


I'm going to get this white one, what do you think?

and before you know it I'll look just like this. ha


OK well good night, or should I say good morning, it's almost 4 am now, still can't fall asleep. yikes. well happy Monday!!!!!!!

songs for sunday

can't stop listening to these songs this week...

oh beautiful just wait till the chorus... OMG. i'm in love with this song! WOW!

Everywhere I Go - Lissie

oh and this just came out, wow i'm really impressed.

I Could Be With Anyone - Manch...

Spirited - Laura Gibson

have i ever talked about how I want fur to come back into style? fur and teddy bears. i want the 60's back, no one dresses like we could...









Well have a fabulous day!!! i'm moving some more stuff and getting breakfast, I'll have to make a video for you of my new place...BYE!

I'm moving here!

i'm moving randomly. I love where i live now, but I couldn't pass up this amazing opportunity. yea!!! we have a roof top!!! we can see the entire city and the mountains!
yea and yea! I'll share more when we move in! plus I get to share it with my beautiful friends eleanor and beathany!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

I stole this from this BLOG. that I love.

songs! for sunday!

I'm going to start this post by saying I had a really truly crazy week. So many amazingly positive things have happened and I'm blown away by how many beautiful things are happening in my life right now. I'm extremely grateful!!!!

in contradiction to those statements I thought I'd post songs that unexpectedly made me cry. Not just cry, ball my eyes out! Of course I'm talking about the first time I heard these songs. Music is such an amazing way of connecting with other people. I'm shocked when I find myself with such a strong reaction to something seemingly so small. I love that it can do that!

This first song I heard on the radio. I never listen to the radio so I never know what's "popular" these days. But I was driving to Boulder when this song came on and I couldn't stop crying... I was so shocked, I wasn't expecting to have this reaction to a song on the radio!

I Will - Brandi Carlile

this is jeremy larson. I worked for the label He was signed to. When I first started working there I had to listen to all the artists, and well they were all terrible (except jeremy of course). So I had just finished listening to the worst music of my life for at least and hour, when this song came on... cried.

Today - Jeremy Larson

well maybe those two songs didn't make you cry, but this one might do the trick. I think I listened to this 5 or 6 times the first time I heard this.

Sad Eyes - Bat For Lashes

the end! I hope you could enjoy this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! next week I'll put up dance songs of something a little less deep! HA ha ha.

hello there

It's almost my birthday. woo.



This is a preview from the photo shoot we did last week. I'll share more with you in the next few days...and send you to my lovely friend Jenn's website so you can check it out.

This week has been incredibly strange, but I'm really excited because tomorrow is my birthday and my CD's are being shipped to me! yes. woot woot.

Also I would like you all to know that I just started another musical project yesterday. It's called....



it's me and three of my friends... Bethany Johnson, Jessica Sonner, and Elanor Perry-Smith, more introductions to come!!!!

Also! I'm still dreaming of my cupcake store- how bout this (tour bus/part time cupcake shop????) yes!

Well I just thought i'd stop in this morning.... I'll be back with songs for sunday sooooooon.

PRE ORDER DIAL TONE

This is the story of how the album {dial tone} all began, it strange but you need to know how very funny/true it is...
I spent a lot of time writing these songs. Initially I wanted this to be an album of love letters, something I wrote about other people's experiences. I would gather letters and try to understand how exactly other people were seeing the world and then write a song about it. I started by reading letter after letter and asking people to see their letters. I then began reading handwritten letters I had found online until one day a funny thing happened... I was on an airplane going to California and this odd man wrote me a love letter while we were flying and gave it to me when we got the the airport. I found it coincidental that the very thing I was looking for was handed to me by a stranger and wrapped in toilet paper (NOT KIDDING)! I saved the letter because I thought this was such and hilarious experience. I mean this very strange guy sat behind me on a two hour flight writing this, then he proceeded to follow me. He followed me from the plane to the bathroom to the baggage claim, to the customer service line, then outside to the bus stop. This is where he walked up to me- didn't say a word- and handed me this-

Obviously he was little off- people don't really go around doing this sort of thing. But I had to admit there was something I couldn't help but love! and that's the fact that someone was strange enough to do this! So I began to re-think the album. Why was I reading love letters from other people when I had been given plenty of my own. So I began writing songs, personal songs about love. One of my favorite songs on the album is called plane crash, and it's partly born out of this experience on the plane. Yet, obviously not about this strange airport man. But it's about how sometimes Love is better from the ground. "Dial Tone" is tied into this idea with the line "put on your parachute" foreshadowing the theme of the rest of the album, as it ends with "Plane Crash" and a song called "Blind"

Every song is personal, and every story is hard to tell, unless of course it's sung. I hope you buy the album and that you enjoy it!

If you want one please pay pal me 10 bucks at A_L_BALL@hotmail.com with your mailing address in an email and this CD will arrive on your doorstep by March 23rd (official release date)


about these guys: I recorded this in John Macy's studio (amazing place). Nathan Johnson produced this album find him HERE or HERE
or here... (I stole this from his facebook page, but isn't it beautiful? and this is Katie Chastain, his fiancee)





here are the lyrics to my song Dial Tone

Put on your Parachute chute chute chute

you got a busy tone
when you called emergency
I called heard you on the phone
cause that's when you started calling me

There's no escape plan B
is out of question
so stay or keep on walking
stay or keep on walking

Dial Tone you've got your doubts doubts
Dial Tone you've got your doubts doubts
Everybody needs you
and you need a way out out out.

Take a look at my eyes
take a look at me now
i've been holding you back
and you've been holding me down

I know it's harsh
but It's the truth,
everybody's packing
so put on your parachute.

Dial Tone you've got your doubts doubts
Dial Tone you've got your doubts doubts
Everybody needs you
and you need a way out out out.

songs for sunday

This is extremely beautiful, I had to share... striking....


This is soap and skin.


I don't have much else to say, this is striking enough for one sunday! love it!
if you'd like to check out her music click HERE

sorry but they didn't have this on lala.... so myspace is the answer, enjoy!

TEMPTED!

i can't help it i just want to get on a plane or in a car and drive! i need summer and funny carnivals, old tapes amazing beaches and Billie holiday playing in the back ground. I feel like putting on a vintage dress and driving until I don't feel like driving anymore. ha! maybe i should leave now, cancel all my weekend plans and come back next week sometime. TEMPTED!
If you don't hear from me this weekend that's what i did.

source






well i can't really do that right now, because well I made too many plans. But I am participating in a craft mailing, which I am so excited about. I should get 36 little packages in the mail if all goes right! But today I'm making something for someone I don't know and mailing it to them.... fun I'll let you know what i come up with...
bye!

love this song

i'm dreaming

i'm dreaming of summer! while listening to billie holiday, can't get enough...

I'll Be Seeing You - Billie Ho...

summer rain....


source


source



but alas it's winter time


source

anyway enough of what i can't have...today I was standing in the grocery store wearing this suit i bought at the thrift store when a regular guy walked by looked at me and said "I'm in love" HA. cracked me up wow, crazy people. (ya i bought this and ya I wore it! ha....here we are at the thrift store, as i was proclaiming "gem of the century, this thrift store never fails me").


next this outfit (if only people really dressed like this):

songs for sunday brought to you by Bobby Erskine

this playlist is brought to you by my friend Bobby! Bobby and Missi are fabulous people and bobby has great taste in music, if you'd like to follow his musical choices on twitter you can find him HERE

bobby's list

Lightning Dust - Antonia Jane
Lightning Dust is two members of Canadian band, Black Mountain. That sounds a bit grammatically awkward, but I think it's correct. Anyway, I love the warbled female vocals combined with the sparse instrumentation. At anytime it feels like her voice might disappear all together. They have a few upbeat songs, but Antonia Jane is indicative of the funeral dirge feel that pervades this band. Beautifully haunting.

The Antlers - Bear
In this era of the single, the Antlers made an album. Not only an album, but an album with a storyline. I was a little late onto the Antlers bandwagon, but I'm glad I got on. Hospice is an incredible album and while this track doesn't do it complete justice, it should stand as a teaser to the grandeur. It left me with the same feeling I had when I first heard Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over the Sea. It's a fantastic feeling.

Volcano Choir - Seeplymouth
Like most people, last year I became enamored with Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago. The woodsy music, the back story of jaded love and isolation, Justin Vernon's lumberjack mystique. I bought the Blood Bank EP when it was released and quickly realized that he had much more potential. Which brings us to Volcano Choir, a collaboration of Mr. Vernon and Collections of Colonies of Bees (which includes former members of Pele for any math rock geeks). The result are gorgeous soundscapes and instrumentation to which Vernon's vocals can soar amongst. At first it reminded me of bands such as American Football and Unwed Sailor, but where those bands had trouble transcending their sound, Volcano Choir with the help of Vernon, have created something unique with room to grow. Hopefully this wasn't a one shot deal.

Delta Spirit - Ode To Sunshine
I would love to have Delta Spirit around for those occasions where you are hanging out with friends late into the light and everyone's a bit tired, a bit warm with drink, and perfectly relaxed. I imagine one of them wondering over to a piano, another picking up a guitar, while a few other folks grab any sort of impromptu percussion devices and just launching into a jangly group singalong. It's hard to believe these guys are from San Diego when you hear the backwoods, authentic sound they produce.

Houses - We'll See The Sun
I thought I should at least recognize one local act in this list. Houses is one of the best new Denver bands I've heard in the past few years. They aren't necessarily breaking any new sonic ground, but they do what they do really well. It's great to see a group of musicians come together, write and play quality music, and seem to enjoy it the entire time. I don't get that impression from many bands these days and it's very refreshing.

this is guthrie!

little laughter for you.

I'm about to post songs for sunday, but while you're waiting, this is amazing. I laughed loudly to myself. I saw it on someone's blog and i had to share.
this is an actual ad that really played at one point in time on t.v.! ha

I'm just sitting here thinking about 2010... I'm excited and I'm writing out my personal goals. While I'd love to share with you my thoughts, I'm not going to. Instead I'm going to tell you 10 random things I want to do this year, none of which are on my serious list, these are my funny goals for 2010.

1. own a Davey Crockett hat.


2. start my very own tradition.... any suggestions???? I'll have to think about this.

3. celebrate my half birthday. I say this because my birthday is January 25, and it's way too cold to do anything exciting. so this year I celebrate in July... party!

4.go on an Edward Norton film binge starting with "Freida" and ending with "the son" but not including "fight club" cause I can't stand that movie.

5. get a fake zebra head. ha!


6. drive from LA to Portland on the coast in a convertible playing old music on tapes and stopping at every beach, until I eventually end up at these tree houses:


7. buy an airline trailer and start a cupcake shop... (ok maybe this is too lofty, but I really want to do it!)





8. use these!



9. go roller skating...


10. buy a 60's swim suit.

my favorite albums of 2009-songs for sunday!

today I bring you my favorite releases of 2009! (you can listen to the playlist at the bottom of this post)

BAT FOR LASHES: two suns


Lisa Hannigan: sea sew


Asobi Seksu: Hush


Fruit Bats: The Ruminant Band


Mumford and Sons: Sigh no More


The xx: xx


Necko Case: Middle Cyclone


Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest


Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion


St. Vincent: Actor


Fever Ray: Fever Ray


Doves: Kingdom of Rust




Favorite band to see Live: Edward Sharpe and the Magentic Zeros!

The number one song played in my itunes library this year: Joe Pug- Dodging the Wind

2009!

wow.

so last night we played this gig for the city. they hired us to come and then mid way through we got kicked out. HA! i found this both annoying and hilarious and the same time.

Well I hope your new years was fantastic. I had a great time... i didn't take any pictures, but I wish i had now because there were so many hilarious moments I can't even count them. All I know is that the night ended with going to a doughnut shop, where at 4 in the morning we were in the company of the crazy! one lady was twitching and the rest of the men looked like they escaped from prison! We decided to leave- even though for me the joy of eating a doughnut is all about eating it at the doughnut shop. HA! ok well i'm going to another new years party this evening, i'm tired of partying. Tomorrow, i will list my favorite albums of 2009! o yeah see you then!

I love you endlessly.

let's talk about how much i love fyfe dangerfield. I put up the only track i own of his, and I love it- I love the line that says "I can't help it if I'm happy I can't help it if I'm happy not to be sad." can't stop listening to the song, been listening for months... it may never end.

has anyone out there ever heard Feist's first album? it's call Monarch, and it's out of print. I found it kind of funny that they nixed her first album, but sometimes it's nice to hear where people have come from. so I searched high and low to bring you this funny track!!!! "it's cool to love your family" oh my so funny because it's so different, ha ha, i don't know how she changed her songwriting so much, wow.

this playlist might take a second to load....

bill withers i heart you.

merry christmas happy new year! ya! today i made you a playlist that starts and ends with the best music in the world, soul. Bill withers i heart you. In between him and sharon jones I've brought you all love songs. Why not right? All of this songs have a happy i love you feeling. it's sunday, why not spread the love....

I love these songs. happy day.

december 27

here are some of the lyrics from the inara george song. I thought they were funny at first... ha ha!!!
Fools in love, are there any creatures more pathetic?
Fools in love, never knowing when they lost the game.

Everything you do, everywhere you go now
Everything you touch, everything you feel
Everything you see, everything you know now
Everything you do, you do it for your baby love,
your baby love, your baby love, your baby love

Fools in love they think they're heroes,
cos they get to feel no pain
I say fools in love are zeroes
I should know, I should know
Because this fool's in love again


i'm not in love by the way. HA! betchya all thought i was...... going to go play my yellow guitar now... bye!

roasting chestnuts over an open fire.

this photographer has inspired me today... thought I'd leave you with the same sense of love! I love this! find him HERE














MERRY CHRISTMAS, see you tomorrow!

guest dj, songs for sunday!

This week I asked my friend Niki to put together a playlist. She has great taste in music so I'm proud to bring you her choices. I do have to mention that one of the songs I could not find anywhere online- Marc Bolan and T.Rex "knight" so if you find it you should let me know, it wasn't on itunes!

There was another on her list that I only found on elbo.ws it's Bosque Brown and you can listen to "So Loud" HERE It's worth it, I purchased the cd-so definitely check her out. Here are the other songs she listed!

december 20th

Niki is a stylist at Bang! the salon, check out her amazing styles for Donna Baldwin HERE and her profile on Bang's web site HERE. She first cut my hair 6 or 7 years ago!! she's excellent!

Hi out there! I'm so excited about 2010, I just want all of you to know that I think it's going to be the best year so far!
here's why:
*dial tone is coming out!
*We are playing fantastic shows... yes! i updated some of them on the side bar.
*I don't work for crazy insane people anymore! ya! so thankful!!!!!!!
*and overall I just have a great feeling that good things are coming...
so I can't wait to make new goals for 2010! ya.

anyway some of you know that I love posters... I really want to own these in the new year:
(buy these here)











it's been a lovely day so far... (joe we missed you)! just eating breakfast with the guys and hanging out. carl rang my door at 7:30, hence the blankets on the couch, that's way too early....


oh and i got new hair...

10 things I would like to blame other people for....

1. first and foremost, I need to blame the government for administering aids and hiv, actually I blame Kanye for making me suspect that. ha ha ha!

2. I would like to blame the fact that I occasionally buy a fountain soda drink on Angie Oatley, before I met her I never drank soda. YOU!!!!!


3. I blame you CARL for making me sing "NEW YORK!" for days! and for causing me go listen to Alicia Key's new album. YOUR FAULT! oh and Joe I blame you for the phrase "fair enough" and I blame you that carl is saying it just as much as you are now. ALL YOUR FAULT!!!! : )

4. I would like to blame Michael Jackson for the ring tone that is on my phone right now. if he was still alive it wouldn't be there, I also blame him for it being 1.99.

5. Patrick Ball, I would like to blame you for making me say "yo" all the time. Clearly that is your fault. I blame your wife too, somehow she plays a part.

6. I blame Beyonce for the word "Boo" or "my boo" yuck!!!! yuck yuck!

7. I blame chris Kuehl for my addiction to bat for lashes!! LOVE HER!!! Chris is an amazing photographer, he took this picture of me at the top of this page. see his photography HERE.

8. Susanna, i blame you for the fact that i watched a david grey video. And for (terrible terrible) "the yes men fix the world" this is her, she is to blame.


9. I blame Frederic Chopin for sometimes crying when i hear this:

Nocturne in D flat major, Op. ...

10. and finally i blame 2012 on SARAH PALIN. I don't know why but she needs to be blamed for something, and why not for this? thanks to everyone who thinks we're all going to die. Life is so much better that way.

goodbye, I'm going to go play music now. LET ME KNOW WHO YOU'D LIKE TO BLAME. i think this is a great topic.

ahhhhh!

HELLO WORLD!

i just want to say that I loved this painting when I saw it at sputnik and I randomly found out who painted it by stumbling upon their website HERE.

love this:


do you see the painting behind us? I want to buy it now. if you are reading this and you bought this painting I think you should re-gift it to me!!!! : ) does anyone know who painted this? is it kinsey too? I know someone out there knows!



anyway I have to run off, but more about this artwork later.

xo,
aball

december 13th

free download just for you

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

i'm really getting into the holiday season this year. I designed these cards for my own christmas cards, but I've decided to make them a free download for all of you. Below each preview is a link where you can download a PDF file. This will be on 8x11's and you can print them. i outlined them in grey on the PDF so you know where to cut them. They are 4x6 cards so you can buy envelopes or I also added a link to envelopes you can make yourself. (these cards fold in half, obviously)...ENJOY!!!





DOWNLOAD HERE:


This is the first of my many art projects to give away/sell. I'm working on tee shirts and hoodies. And my company...


YA MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

beautiful

In the last two days I had two very old old men come up to me (separate occasions) and tell me I had a beautiful face. One of the gentlemen told me my people (czech's) were the most beautiful people in the world. This week has just been lovely, people have been so nice to me. I'm not sure why but I'm liking it.

the botanical gardens are amazing this year.
me and sue went by ourselves because no one else would brave the cold with us and it was totally worth it!!!!
Go there!

i want you to be happy.

baby it's cold outside.

"I love your glasses"

hello! Last night was fun, if you came thanks!!! Everyone was so chummy last night, I must have hugged 25 different people. Strangers would come over and say hello and then they would say "oh let me give you a hug" it was really funny! I don't think I've experienced that before! I thought it was great, really.

Today for songs this sunday I put one band on the list, basically because I LOVE THIS!
She is Russian Red. And o my goodness this is my favorite music right now. i LOVE IT. LOVE IT LOVE IT. can i tell you that I LOVE IT! ya and I only put 4 of her songs from "I love your glasses"

december 7

beautiful... i want to take pictures this fantastic...

photoshop.

I admit, i'm a photoshop junkie. I think I have an addiction. I hope carl doesn't mind me posting these pics, but I really do need to take new pictures of someone so i can plaster them on this blog, ha ha.

here is the after then before...





ok i'm going back to photoshopping.... see you later.

OH come to our show at the meadowlark tonight!

I'm just inspired!!!!

I am going to record a song tonight. I'm embarking on another recording, just can't stop myself. I think I'm going to put together an ep of solo guitar songs that you can get with Dial Tone when it comes out. I'm just inspired!!!!

The song I wrote this afternoon is called HEAVEN to HELL. Here are the lyrics

you were an angel, falling from heaven
because paper and glue taught me not to trust you.
Rain fell from the skies, Like tears from your eyes
and we floated down so softly

How much will you pay? how much will you pay?

You wear your darkness like it was all you intended to be
Somewhere between heaven and hell is where you fell in love with me

hell is somewhere you always knew you were going
and you left me with every single debt you owed
maybe one day you'll hit the ground and I'll hear
you say, I'm sorry for every single thing I stole

how much will you pay? how much will you pay?

you wear your darkness like it was all you intended to be
somewhere between heaven and hell is where you fell in love with me

how much will you pay? how much?
cause I know this is gonna cost me.

these songs sound old maybe one of these cowboy and indian pics will have to be the cover.


what is this song about? Two lovers falling from heaven to hell of course. ha ha ha. I don't know you come ask me on a day where I feel like telling you.

the last few days have been strange. As I sit here thinking back on it, I'm in awe... I have to say if another person calls saying they've been arrested I may need to take a vacation. o my. If I told you the last 10 interactions I've had with people you'd think I was a counselor at some mental hospital. wow.

well on a completely different note. I love this photographer. everything is insanely beautiful... larajade.co.uk

songs for sunday. on monday. ha ha.

sorry for a day late but hey. all of these i love. steve earle, well, that's more for fun... "colorado girl" funny.... and cute.

sunday nov 28

love this...

Last night I was a part of a really cool program brought to you by the city of denver. "piano's around denver" They painted piano's and put them around the city for people to play, so fun! So they hired me to play for a while last night, I'll have to post pictures later but here are two of the pianos they had on the streets:



I've also been trying to find the website where you can sponsor Boulder Acoustic Society's mustaches. I unfortunately can't find the page, but for now they are passing out fake stache's for everyone at their shows. Love it! Let's start a mustache graffiti gang? you in?



This little "missed connection" goes out to my friend daylene. I read this blog a while back from sophie blackall, and well she illustrates the missed connections section of craigslist. I'm glad i wasn't the only one who found it entertaining to read that section on occasion!


see her other illustrations HERE

On another note i want to let Tom's know that I really hope the kids I buy my toms for get a sparkly par of shoes. I have the gold ones and sometimes I just wish the kid in Africa had the gold pair too! I'm just going to pretend that they do. And for Christmas i'm going to buy myself the sparkly black pair and pretend the kid in Africa or Thailand is sporting his sparkly pair too. One day I'd love to take tom's to kids, i just love it.












BYE!

songs for sunday!

hello out there.


today i'm going to go write new music in my secret music writing place.


i have songs this week. ya for some really great music....

I added this song by coconut records because I love the line where he says "i wish you'd put yourself in my suitcase" so cute! Then this song with bon iver and st. vincent is just beautiful and the combo of there voices make me melt. Anya marina sounds exactly like metric's emily haines which i love because she's like the accoustic version of a great band. ha ha, funny but it's true, maybe they should make a band together since i'm starting to wonder if it is emily trying to release her music in another name, but i love the song: satelite heart.

sunday november22

DIAL TONE

so i have a date for our cd release. mark your calendars for march 19th here in denver! and Dial tone will come out on the 16th of march on itunes.



i'll let you guys know when it's up for pre-order....


come see us at the meadowlark on december 5th we have a new bass player which is really exciting!
come see carl play some awesome beats....




see you there!!!

UM i almost fell over with laughter, again.

so I just got asked out by a teenager. yes. What is this? my life is hilarious, strange things are constantly happening to me. I mean do I look so young that a teenager would feel comfortable asking me out? ahhhhhhhhhh! this is so ridiculous. Yeah he asked me for my number and I laughed so hard I almost fell over. geez. you know who has great gene's that I think could be mistaken for a teenager?
bjork.
Look at that face-

well I just stopped in to tell you that story. I'm going to play a show tonight... I will check in here soon.

oh and go HERE and download this beautiful holiday music by my beautiful friends:

austin...

i like this city! although i haven't seen too many people my age, i feel like most people who live here are 38 with kids. but overall a lovely place...

some dude came up to me at this coffee shop and told me i had great legs. While I'd like to take that as a compliment it was so SO STRANGE.

this was a free glass blowing shop/class.

hotel. so great. I want to own a home that looks like this...

o my:


magical forest...

celebrities and me hanging out.

so i'm in austin! it's fun, I came to see my brother and well just wonder around. it's funny I saw jim from the office at the coffee shop this morning.
he did this awesome pose for me when i snapped a photo:

then he looked at me and said "hey let's hang out" so we did, we drank coffee and talked about how he was cast in the show. good times!
ha ha. ha. ha ha. jk.

well i'll write you a real blog with austin photo's when i come home but for now i'm going to see peter bjorn and john! wooooo.

songs for.. ummmm. monday?

ok i'll admit i'm all over the place right now, i didn't do songs for sunday because instead I went to the Dirty Projectors at the bluebird last night... so let this be an alternative to that,

with bjork:


I have to say this band was crazy. They had some amazing moments- mostly when one of the girls were singing. Dave Longstreth (the lead singer) was too much for me! They did do 2 accoustic songs which were amazing! The electric stuff all started to sound the same and the details of every song were so over the top. so there you have it- I like their song two doves, and stillness on the move, and I can appreciate how out of the box they are... but it was an intense show and so out there that i'm not sure i would go and see them again. I take that back, if Dave would stop singing and turn his electric guitar down a notch or two I would return to see them again. ha ha!

photo shoot

i'm finally using my sweet camera. And my skills are improving....

this is Jessica Sonner she is a singer/songwriter here in denver and one of my good friends. You can hear her music HERE






well i have more to show you but i'm late!!! so i'll have to post again later, plus put up some music to listen to!

helllllo out there.

paper heart

i want to see this movie. looks cute!!!

i love the girl who says "take somebody to applebee's and get them hot wings" ha ha!!!

2nd day of total freedom

Today is day 2 of not working for somebody else. Today I worked for myself, woo hoo. And yes it's quite strange when you don't go to an office and sit in a dark hole anymore. Amazing.

well I designed someone's blog today, here is a bit of it:
click HERE to see his blog

well I'll have to share with you what i get to do next another time, because i'm about to go for a bike ride to my favorite yogurt shop...
ya!

songs for this sunday

can i say that i love lykke li! this first song chills me, LOVE IT!

nov 1

what songs are you listening to this week???????

halloween

i had a really fun halloween weekend. o man. this is some of it (working backwards saturday to friday)...




party brawl!

bob ross, ha ha!


trick or treat! I loved this... went with some of the greatest kids!




pocahontas!







and friday we went to the bug theater and saw night of the living dead. o my such a cute place and so entertaining! loved it! go there!


and ending the night we tried to watch a scary movie (the exorcist) but fell asleep, waking up at the scary parts, ha ha!

alright well i'll post my sunday songs later.... hope you had a fun weekend!

ha ha ha!!

ok, if you watch this clip you have to promise to watch it all the way to the end. the end is the best part, in fact when i saw this i almost fell off the couch. ha ha ha ha !!!!
ok, and i don't recommend this show it can be vulgar, but i watch it anyway. this clip cuts out a lot of the vulgar parts of this episode. If you don't care about that then i'd watch the entire episode because it is so funny, I couldn't stop laughing.

snow day!

today it is snowing. i left my house for 1 minute to get something out of my car. oh yes the only thing i'm missing is a fire place!

i love love love making art, and being creative.
well kids if you are in greely or fort collins I will be playing in both cities next week. can't wait!

well i'll check you soon...............