Thunder Road

Just heard “Thunder Road” by Bruce Springsteen on the overhead speakers while studying at the Daily Grind. It is still one of my all-time favorite songs.

Music Video Thursday:

This is so, so awesome. I can’t even describe how much I love everything about this.

KT Tunstall – Black Horse And The Cherry Tree:

Vodpod videos no longer available. from www.youtube.com posted with vodpod

I made a cajon

It’s a boxdrum originally used in Peru. Coolness.

How does our brain do it?

“Funny how you can have thousands of tracks on your iPod, but you know every one. INSTANTLY! With all the rest of the stuff crammed in there, with the constant input, how does the brain DO IT?”[via] Lefsetz Letter

“i have to try so hard not to fall in love. i have to concentrate when we kiss.”

—The Hold Steady

“i had my mouth on her nose
when the chaperone said that we were dancing too close.”

–The Hold Steady

Music Video Monday:

Ingrid and Me

I had the opportunity to see her live. Check her out: Ingrid Michaelson.

P.S.-What a sharp sweater I have on.

Music Video Monday:

So honest, so real. Watch until the end of the song when the crowd joins in and she gives a smile. Amazing.

Dido sings White Flag:

Bob Lefsetz » The Joy Of The DMB

“I gave up the herb many moons ago, but when the acrid smell permeated the Hollywood Bowl during the first number, I felt an adrenaline rush. This was the experience. The rock and roll experience.

You work all day to make enough money to go to the show. And when the band hits the stage, no matter if you’re in the very first row or the last, you become elated, you feel privileged just to BE THERE!

We live in a sick society. One in which a pop star is being driven towards suicide by an unrelenting need for the public to know. What do we need to know? That even if you’re rich, life is hard?

Tourists come to Hollywood to go clubbing with the twentysomething famous. They want the allure to rub off on them. But, if you were in attendance last night, you’d forfeit your pass to the freak show just to BE Dave Matthews. To get to play music EVERY NIGHT!

Stardom is the byproduct. At the heart, there’s music.”

Bob Lefsetz » The Joy Of The DMB