Feb 27, 2008
Posted by Kelly on Feb 27, 2008 in Mp3, The Avett Brothers | 0 comments
I am in a FAFSA fog today. So, I thought that I would just post this wonderful song by The Avett Brothers:
Don’t say it’s over
Cause that’s the worst news I could hear I swear that I will
Do my best to be here just the way you like it
Even though its hard to hide
Push my feelings all aside
I will rearrange my plans and change for you
If I could go back
That’s the first thing I would do I swear that I would
Do my best to follow through
Come up with a master plan
A home run hit, a winning stand
A guarantee and not a promise
That I’d never let your love slip from my hands
If it’s the beaches
If it’s the beaches’ sands you want
Then you will have them
If it’s the mountains’ bending rivers
Then you will have them
If it’s the wish to run away
Then I will grant it
Take whatever what you think of
While I go gas up the truck
Pack the old love letters up
We will read them when we forget why we left here
“If It’s The Beaches” – The Avett Brothers
Hmm, second chances…we don’t always get them.
Feb 26, 2008
Posted by Kelly on Feb 26, 2008 in Amy Rigby, Mp3 | 0 comments
Recently, we have had another layer (actually more than one…) of tragedy added to the layers of pain that we are currently experiencing. I never expected life to keep adding blow after blow like this. It is too much. It’s just too painful.
I keep reaching for hope, reaching for love, reaching for healing…only to get slapped back down. I am left with hoping for hope.
For years and years, I have had daily suicidal thoughts. Physical pain. How to live through the next minute, the next hour? Day? Knowing that it doesn’t stop. It never stops. How do you keep going…and why?
Starr. Family. Hope. Art. Love. Spirituality. Music. Oh my God, Starr.
These things have been my lifeline.
In the face of these additional continued unrelenting agonizing life events…well, the line is thinning. Not broken, but oh so very thin.
I am not giving up. I promise.
I spent some time looking through my music files, looking for the “perfect” song to add to this post. In the absence of that song, I have chosen to go with….completely irrelevant.
“Are We Ever Gonna Have Sex Again?” – Amy Rigby
Feb 24, 2008
Posted by Kelly on Feb 24, 2008 in David Fridlund, Mp3, Sarah Culler | 0 comments
David Fridlund is offering a new EP “I Saw My Reflection and Didn’t Recognize Myself” (download the Zip file with this link) as a free download from his band David & the Citizens‘ website.
Thanks to Sixeyes MP3 Blog for the heads up. I was moved by David’s words about the first song on the EP “With Every New Day”:
“With Every New Day” was written early 2007 in a period of my life when everything was really fucked up. I was in a place that felt like hell. Everything was falling apart and people who I thought were my friends were showing sides of themselves that scared me and brought me to my knees over and over again.. I won’t say I was suicidal, because that’s not my style, but I was so sad and broken that I thought it would never pass. This song was an attempt to tell myself that there were still sparks inside of me. All I had to do was to get through whatever shit I was in and I would come out stronger on the other side, ’cause what doesn’t kill you… All this time the phone was so quiet and I slowly realized nobody would call and ask how I was.”
I am still trying to find those sparks within myself.
Check David and his band out, listen to some of their songs, as well as listen to David’s girlfriend Sarah Culler’s music. They all have several mp3′s available for downloading on MySpace and their individual websites.
Here is the first song that I ever heard of David’s, it is still highly rated around here:
“April & May” – David Fridlund
Thanks to David for sharing, and to Alan Williamson at Sixeyes for the moving post.
David Fridlund is offering a new EP “I Saw My Reflection and Didn’t Recognize Myself” (download the Zip file with this link) as a free download from his band David & the Citizens‘ website.
Thanks to Sixeyes MP3 Blog for the heads up. I was moved by David’s words about the first song on the EP “With Every New Day”:
“With Every New Day” was written early 2007 in a period of my life when everything was really fucked up. I was in a place that felt like hell. Everything was falling apart and people who I thought were my friends were showing sides of themselves that scared me and brought me to my knees over and over again.. I won’t say I was suicidal, because that’s not my style, but I was so sad and broken that I thought it would never pass. This song was an attempt to tell myself that there were still sparks inside of me. All I had to do was to get through whatever shit I was in and I would come out stronger on the other side, ’cause what doesn’t kill you… All this time the phone was so quiet and I slowly realized nobody would call and ask how I was.”
I am still trying to find those sparks within myself.
Check David and his band out, listen to some of their songs, as well as listen to David’s girlfriend Sarah Culler’s music. They all have several mp3′s available for downloading on MySpace and their individual websites.
Here is the first song that I ever heard of David’s, it is still highly rated around here:
“April & May” – David Fridlund
Thanks to David for sharing, and to Alan Williamson at Sixeyes for the moving post.
Feb 19, 2008
Posted by Kelly on Feb 19, 2008 in Innocence Mission, Mp3 | 0 comments
<a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0F9wXlHzfuo/R7stzKzcccI/AAAAAAAAAKg/50v4URaaqDk/s1600-h/100_0990.jpg”><img style=”margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0F9wXlHzfuo/R7stzKzcccI/AAAAAAAAAKg/50v4URaaqDk/s200/100_0990.jpg” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168775354434482626″ border=”0″ /></a>That seemingly impassable wall that currently separates me from healing and the future. I was told today that I need to start poking holes in that wall. Start making a plan to LIVE again.<br /><br />Today: Make a call that I’ve been avoiding. Write a letter. Look outside and take a walk…it is a beautiful day. Breathe.<br /><br /><a href=”http://www.badmanrecordingco.com/audio/befriended/Innocence_Mission-Tomorrow_on_the_Runway.mp3″>”Tomorrow on the Runway” – Innocence Mission</a><br /><br />**Edit- I am actually really sad that this song is no longer available to listen to. However, there is a brief sample available on <a href=”http://www.myspace.com/theinnocencemissionPA”>MySpace</a>.
Feb 18, 2008
Posted by Kelly on Feb 18, 2008 in Beirut | 0 comments
Said the Gramophone had a Wonderful Video Contest. I wasn’t interested, I didn’t really care. Today they posted a few of their favorites. I almost closed the link without reading the post. I almost missed the very best part of this Monday. Almost. I liked each and every one of the videos and I look forward to next week when I can see more.
Here is another Beirut song….the one that grabbed me nearly two years ago and still hasn’t let go:
“Postcards From Italy” – Beirut
Feb 16, 2008
Posted by Kelly on Feb 16, 2008 in Basia Bulat, Bowerbirds, Jill Barber, Mp3, Nicole Atkins | 0 comments
Starr is still feeling poorly, and is camped on the sofa, and I am tired of watching TV with her, so I just spent a few minutes perusing the SXSW Showcasing Artists. I like to take time to listen and find new artists that I would have missed otherwise, as well as find new music from artists I already know and love. There are so many, it will take much more than a few minutes to listen to all that I want to, but here are just a few mp3s that are available there.
“Maybe Tonight” – Nicole Atkins
“In the Night” – Basia Bulat
“Hard Line” – Jill Barber
“In Our Talons” – Bowerbirds
Feb 14, 2008
Posted by Kelly on Feb 14, 2008 in Mp3, Raise High the Roof Beam | 0 comments
…and we are celebrating with Puffs Plus tissues, Tamiflu, orange juice and warm blankets. Starr and I are sharing the “love”. Fun.
This is the PostSecret postcard from this past week that I connected with….”I am here.”
“Break My Heart in Two” – Raise the High Roof Beam
