musical theme of the day: motown.
watching the sun rise is an interesting and challenging exercise in self restraint. on one hand you kinda wanna just go to bed and say "screw this!" while on the other hand you can't wait to see the sky go *bling*. you'd think it'll be a gradual process, but here's where you're wrong. it's usually like someone had suddenly flipped a switch.
so the sun's out, and i'd just broken into a motown medley. what do i do now? ah, a square of dark chocolate hits the tip of my tongue barely 30 seconds into this meandering thought process. problem solved. the remedy.
hello you, thursday. i love thursdays.
+listening to: just a few motown numbers
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Thursday, June 10
| untitled |  |
Sunday, April 11
| hello derek trucks, warren haynes, duane allman | |
today i played slide guitar for the first time, live, outside of my room to a room full of people. i am SO stoked! it's always been a dream of mine to play a little slide guitar, just as an homage to my heroes, the likes of derek trucks, warren haynes, duane allman and so many countless magicians who have wielded the power of the humble apparatus, the slide.
just the sweet sweet sound of the variation in pitch without having to take your hands off the fretboard. it's pure joy in a bottle (literally, because the slide i used is called a blues bottle which is actually a medicine bottle, but that's another story for another day).
=)
+listening to: crow jane by the derek trucks band
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Thursday, February 25
| the absconded sessions | |
take a listen. but be warned: it's very raw.
you'll need flash player.
driving through the desert i met a man
who told me of his crazy plan
he’d been walking there for 20 days
he was gonna walk on for 20 more
i said, “how ‘bout a drink or a bite to eat”
he said, “no, my faith is all i need”
so then, save me, save me
mister walking man, if you can
you don’t need to prove a thing to me
just give me faith make me believe
c’mon save me, save me
mister walking man, if you can
c’mon save me, save me
i said, “stranger if you please”
save me, save me
stranger if you please
or am i too far gone?
i said, “to get back home”
+listening to: nothing
Sunday, February 21
| new music | |
dave matthews and tim reynolds live in las vegas. been waiting on that one for a while. i can't get enough of the duo. there's something about the chemistry of those two, and the earnestness of relying solely on acoustic instruments without any embellishments. it's... down to earth. in its rawest form.
sat down to finally learn some new music today. and i found out that playing guitar calms me down. when i feel the anxiety, i just need to pick up the guitar and pluck a tune or two. almost an instant sense of peace.
i present to you: justin king. this is a real piece or work. it's gonna take me a WHILE to learn this.
+listening to: kashmir by dave matthews & tim reynolds
Monday, February 8
| ... | |
listen:
this is exactly how i'm feeling at this instant. it's like i'm digging myself further and further into the deep end. when that last drop of forget-it-all from the glass empties, then what?
Where all these worries
wear down on me will rise,
Where all these habits
pull heavy at my heart will die...+listening to: digging a ditch by dave matthews band
Tuesday, January 19
| music for a cause | |
Linkin Park, Dave Matthews Band, Peter Gabriel, Alanis Morissette, Slash, The All-American Rejects, Hoobastank, Kenna, Enrique Iglesias and Lupe Fiasco team up with Music For Relief to aid earthquake victims.
Please go download this album full of previously unreleased and awesome music (it's free) and then donate (even if it's just a dollar) to help the people of haiti. SPREAD THE WORD.
http://www.musicforrelief.org/
+listening to: typical situation by dave matthews band
Saturday, December 12
| miles of aisles | |
late night with joni mitchell. she might just be my beacon of light on a cold, cold night. it's hard to put it into words. i wish i could describe it to you now. i really do.
dark and twisted you need to leave me alone. my time has come.
+listening to: real good for free by joni mitchell
Wednesday, December 9
| discovery | |
for the longest time i've been wondering, why can't i get a grip on dream theater's new album. i mean i thought people said it was pretty amazing. some even said that the good ol' dream theater might be back. and today i finally realized why.
so here's what you have to do to get to that good stuff: buy the 3 cd special edition of dark clouds and silver linings (read: NOT the single disc version of album itself), then proceed to throw away the actual album disc, which is disc 1 in the 3 cd edition, and pop the other 2 bonus discs into your media player. voila! instant audio nirvana.
what an ingenius idea! it means only die-hard fans would even bother to get the 3 cd special edition and get to hear the real dream theater and the awesome awesome music that they can churn out. while all those new school wannabe prog metal kids who jumped on the band wagon in the past couple of years can go eat shit and die.
on a slightly different note, i've realized that i haven't bought a record in AGES. can't even remember when was the last time i bought one, probably before summer. the thing about this town is that there's no accessible record shops that you could delve in and just have hours and hours of browsing fun like i used to do at the gramophone shop at peninsula plaza. and no, don't even start with barnes and noble or best buy. the times when i'd skip lunch/recess just to buy a cd by one of my favorite artistes are gone, but those memories are sure as hell sweet as can be.
+listening to: odyssey by dream theater
Saturday, November 7
| trying to keep a straight face in the shadows of tragedy | |
i listened intently to the lyrics of this particular song for the first time. and it really struck me. it speaks a lot of our collective lives in general.
Lying in the park on a beautiful day
Sunshine in the grass, and the children play
Siren’s passing, fire engine red
Someone’s house is burning down on a day like this
The evening comes and we’re hanging out
On the front step and a car rolls by with the windows rolled down
And that war song is playing, “why can’t we be friends?”
Someone is screaming and crying in the apartment upstairs
Funny the way it is, if you think about it
Somebody’s going hungry and someone else is eating out
Funny the way it is, not right or wrong
Somebody’s heart is broken and it becomes your favorite song
The way your mouth feels in your lovers kiss
Like a pretty bird on a breeze or water to a fish
A bomb blast brings a building crashing to the floor
You hear the laughter while the children play war
Funny the way it is, if you think about it
One kid walks 10 miles to school, another’s dropping out
Funny the way it is, not right or wrong
On a soldier’s last breath his baby’s being born
Standing on a bridge, watch the water passing under me
It must’ve been much harder when there was no bridge just water
Now the world is small, remember how it used to be
With mountains and oceans and winters and rivers and stars
Watch the sky, the jet planes, so far out of my reach
Is there someone up there looking down on me?
Boy chase a bird, so close but every time
He’ll never catch her, but he can’t stop trying
+listening to: funny the way it is by dave matthews band
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Friday, October 30
| friday | |
friday night and i'm still sober. the night is long, yet i'm here, playing my sweet sweet guitar. listening to the notes ring out. discovering the joy in those little half-steps of mis-intonations.
have i told you how amazing the f chord sound? wait till you hear it right after a g. and there's this strange thing. i have no idea what it is. it's just a mish mash of unrelated notes, tangled fingers. yet the sound it makes... insatiably savory. it sounds like... it wants to go somewhere, yet lingers for a moment to think.
oh they all taste like fine wines. one more drink and i'll move on.
+listening to: my sweet guitar
Friday, September 25
| day 10 - the last | |
song for friday: #41
the words:
"i will go in this way
and i'll find my own way out
i won't tell you to stay
but i'm coming to much more"
me:
i hold nothing but gratitude. it's really a feeling of appreciation that one cannot describe. thank you thank you thank you thank you... i wished i could go on for the rest of my life, but i'm afraid you'll leave this world without hearing that last one.
+listening to: #41 by dave matthews band
Thursday, September 24
| day 9 | |
song for thursday: stay
the words:
"and it began to rain
oh we were dancing mouths open
splashing tongue taste
for a moment this good time would never end"
me:
doing nothing for the fun of it, a little taste of the good life? i guess it would be oh so sweet like honey. or maybe not. would you stay just a little while longer? so i could scribble in my mind the notes of your hair and have a perfume made. it'll be like wearing you all day.
+listening to: stay by dave matthews band
Wednesday, September 23
| day 8 | |
song for wednesday: so much to say
the words:
"i find sometimes its easy to be myself
sometimes i find better to be somebody else"
me:
talk about the weather? yep it's relevant. how about the food? i might have been bragging a little. you said you're gonna try. i said i am gonna buy. the spark in your eye rekindled my spirits. i'm sorry i wasn't kinder. can i ask you out?
+listening to: so much to say by dave matthews band
Tuesday, September 22
| day 7 | |
song for tuesday: jimi thing
the words:
"lately i've been feeling low
a remedy is what i'm seeking
i take a taste of whats below
come away to something better"
me:
human nature? i see it clear as day. thank god for true friends. water under the bridge, don't mention it and thank you very much. the freedom oh the freedom. i ride and i ride on. you could keep me floating. it's like flying but better. it's like drowning, but the aches feel so surreal.
+listening to: jimi thing by dave matthews band
Monday, September 21
| day 6 | |
song for monday: lie in our graves
the words:
"when i step into the light
my arms are open wide
when i step into the light
my eyes searching wildly"
me:
sometimes when i'm walking by the water, i dream about things that i might have been. but then those words would come seeping into the subconscious. the way you spell them, it makes me smile. those punctuations, they make my day.
+listening to: lie in our graves by dave matthews band
Sunday, September 20
| day 5 | |
song for sunday: sister
the words:
"i hope you always know it’s true
i would never make it through
you could make the heavens fall
just by walking away"
me:
sometimes i cry, knowing that i was wrong, thinking that i was right. you won't be there forever. i know. when you ache i can feel your tears running down my face. i will make up for lost time, i will. i remember, your endless sacrifice.
+listening to: sister by dave matthews and tim reynolds
Saturday, September 19
| day 4 | |
song for saturday: bartender
the words:
"when i was young, i didnt dream about it
now i think about it all the time"
me:
why do i feel guilty to live in the moment and savor that every last drop of it? society, will you be lonely without me? i'm glad my friend that you understand, we both know that life is too damn precious to waste on the pursuit of anything other than true happiness.
+listening to: bartender by dave matthews band
Friday, September 18
| day 3 | |
song for friday: crash into me
the words:
"in you my friend
into your heart i'll beat again
lost for you i'm so lost for you
you come crash into me"
me:
i'd never thought we'd ever meet. but you and i are worlds apart, the pain. the pain. if only this life was perfect, you'd be the saving grace to my soul. i only stare from a distance, because i'm afraid of losing even that ephemeral moment.
+listening to: crash into me by dave matthews band
Thursday, September 17
| day 2 | |
song for thursday: all along the watchtower
the words:
"all along the watchtower
princes kept the view
while all the women came and went
bare-foot servants too"
me:
as i drowned in the early morning self-pity. the subject of you never ceases to fade away. this ivory tower that we've shut ourselves in, how i wish that i was someone else and that you were too.
+listening to: all along the watchtower (feat. david ryan harris) by dave matthews band
Wednesday, September 16
| day 1 | |
song for wednesday: the maker
the words:
"from across the great divide
in the distance i saw a light
john baptist
walking to me with the maker"
me:
a month since that fateful night. what have i done? nothing. comfortably numb, letting the days slip away. where is the calling i thought i heard. give me another chance?
+listening to: the maker by dave matthews band
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