art

i've fallen in love with the work of hernan marin. wow. check it out asap!

his site       his flickr

gorillaz

if you haven't already heard/bought the new gorillaz album, here's your chance to get a listen to one of my favs:

christmas songs by hem

you will like both of these songs (sorry for the advert in the 2nd but it's kind of a nice advert right?)

rogue wave

i've always loved 'em but it's nice to remind you that i do right?

christmas time isn't christmas time without you

this is one of my favorite non-traditional christmas songs. enjoy!

cannon 7D

you gotta love how 2,000 Frames Per Second allows you to all the tiny details of life and process them in "real time" -- and all of a sudden, dudes on BMX bikes make art...


7D 2000 fps from Oton Bačar on Vimeo.

adela diane

just remembering how great her voice is.

christmas tunes

so i've got LOTS of favorite christmas albums. if you are interested, let me know.

otherwise, here is this -- which is just the newest addition to my library (FREE DOWNLOAD!)
i like it alright :)

Kid History

just goes to show - he who tells the story defines the story.

part 1


part 2

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY

sometimes i know a band is good but it takes me a long time to pay attention to them. usually it takes one balls-awesome song to slap me across the face, get repeated a hundred times, and get me into the album. this is one of those bands and one of those songs. especially around minute 5...it builds up into such power...mmm... ENJOY.

ghosted

the intro to this song will blow you away.

i'm not in love with the vocals that follow (evanescence anyone? ugh) but i could listen to the first 30 seconds on repeat for a looooooong time. (i'm sure i'll be fully enamored soon enough. usually it just takes a little love some time to grow.)




* EDIT *
THANKS TO MY BROTHER WE HAVE THIS:
(a trailer edit with NO VOCALS! yay!)

we are trees

cool band. listen to their ep boyfriend here

THANKS

best moby song EVER

you can't tell me this isn't AMAZING. you just can't.

eleanor put your puts on

GO LISTEN HERE 
i agree with the commentary :)

mewithoutyou

this is one of those songs that inspires lifelong romances with the band. i know a lot of people with drawers full of mewithoutyou t-shirts.

Veda to Vedera

Back in 2005 I heard a band called Veda play a show - they were the opener for someone else (I don't even remember who anymore) and they blew me away. The largeness of the sound and the complex interaction of the vocals with the guitar and drums...wow. I bought the CD (a big deal for poor college me) and fell in love with it. Weight of an Empty Room.

Well, one of their songs popped into my head today. So I did a little research and found out they have changed from Veda to Vedera and from impressive vocal rock to an almost country sounding pop. Tragic.

To honor the old album and old sound, here are a few old performances of songs I still love. (I will dig out the CD when I get home and sing along all afternoon I think)

valerie

Let's just make today a day of guilty pleasures.

hey soul sister

oooooh what a guilty pleasurey pleasure. whoops.




also this acapella cover of it...