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Andrew Bird
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This American Life
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THE AWESOME.

backseat ukulele

Ukulélé Sessions with Born Ruffians

today needs more ukuleles

Just like every other day in that respect.

Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele - "Oh, Paris!"


Phosphorescent - “Too Sick To Pray” & “At Death”

Katie Dill - "When The Sunshine Sings"

love at first listen

I heard this song for the first time today and I love it.

"Natural" by Okay.

It's a creaky, beautiful song in two parts with a fantastic build.

I want you, I want you to be happy.

bats, birds and fur

Some days need theme songs; this is especially true of Saturdays. Recently, my weekend theme songs have featured bats, birds and fur.

The Saturday before last: "Fangs on Bats" by Tullycraft
Fangs on bats. Heavy metal heartbreak. Taking over the world.

Last Saturday: "I Saw the Light" by State Bird
I saw the light, yeah, it shined in my eyes, now I cannot look away. Clouds opened up and the sun came through, it was a glorious day.

This Saturday: "Furr" by Blizten Trapper
So I drove into the woods and wandering aimlessly about, till I heard my mother shouting through the fog. It turned out to be the howling of a dog. Or a wolf to be exact.

best songs to listen to on headphones while walking to work

1. "By Night into Paradise" by Chet
[download]

Horns: Yes
Tambourine: Yes
Falsetto: Yes

"In the spring, it's a drive; in the fall there is a mist that will just cover you in awe."

. . .

2. "Inside the Cinema" by Culture Reject
[download]

Horns: Yes
Hand claps: Yes
Xylophone: Yes

"I love that Bill Murray, man."

. . .

3. "Olive Hearts" by Bowerbirds
[download]

Hand claps: Yes
Tambourine: Yes
Accordion: Yes

"Our glasses clink, and our plastic swords stab our olive hearts."

. . .

4. "Forks And Knives (La Fête)" by Beirut
[video]

Horns: Yes
Violins: Yes
Accordion: Yes

"And of course my childhood, forks and knives and a hospital bed, where I turned my life over and over again."

. . .

P.S. The drawing's of one of the guys in Beirut, holding up his trumpet above his head and belting out the chorus to "Forks And Knives". Such a good show.