the girl does what she wants to do

True story: I’d fly 1.25 hours out of my way just to spend...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:41:24 -0500

True story: I’d fly 1.25 hours out of my way just to spend 40 minutes in the MPLS airport.

In a beautiful twist of fate Caribou and French Meadow were directly across from my gate.

"So wait, lady gaga’s a boy? She’s not a lady?"

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:48:22 -0500

“So wait, lady gaga’s a boy? She’s not a lady?” - My aunt. Thanksgiving...

Tomorrow I will be a few miles closer. Love that and this...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:41:31 -0500

Tomorrow I will be a few miles closer. Love that and this song.

fuzzyjensen:

The Lower 48 - Miles from Minnesota

Thanks, Brad!

52hearts: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (Cover) - Lykke Li

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:03:22 -0500

52hearts:

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (Cover) - Lykke Li

I miss Oslo! tuneage: Beach House - “Norway” The way it starts...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:58:00 -0500

I miss Oslo!

tuneage:

Beach House - “Norway”

The way it starts - mechanical drum machine hits and organ blast - makes you think that it is just another track off of their self-titled debut. “Get out of 2006, Beach Hou…” But before you finish that thought, the track has exploded. Compared to their somnambulatory jams of years past, this track is Babe Ruth calling his shot in the bottom of the ninth. Phrases like “hazy and ambling,” which once seemed so appropriate for their past work have no place alongside Victoria Legrand’s pant-and-yell chorus routine. The woozy guitars are still firmly in place, and the organ is still the backbone of the track, but the drums have sprung to life and the contrast between the verses, which feel like stretched taffy, and the lush, powerful chorus provide a dynamic which Beach House has never achieved before. This is the sound of a band stepping up its game.

Dream kitchen right here folks. (via lovepuppy: hennypotter)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:19:49 -0500

Dream kitchen right here folks.

(via lovepuppy : hennypotter)

Thanks to my obsessive personality disorder, I saw Burn the...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:04:00 -0500

Thanks to my obsessive personality disorder, I saw Burn the Floor three times in one week when it came to Green Bay in 2001. I also bought the soundtrack. Layoff, my options for culture intake were extremely limited.

I was super pumped to relive the magic and see it on Broadway last nite, especially since Pasha, one of my all-time favorite So You Think You Can Dance contestants is guest starring. Unfortunately during curtain call I discovered the guy I thought was Pasha, and who I was watching the entire time, was actually not him. Oops. I blame this on our nosebleed seats in the balcony, but at intermission I spotted a pair of vacant second row centers, and we upgraded. Pretty nice nite for $26. The old lady next to us kept complaining that the dancers’ sweat was landing on her. I was in my glory. I listened to my 22-minute Gloria Estefan Party Megamix the entire subway ride home.

Is it too late for me to take up Latin ballroom dancing? Any professionals out there need to clock in some community service hours? Donation of one sequin-laden, shake your bon bon costume required.

Dr. Fox’s Old Timey String Band, “Kids” (MGMT...

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:18:00 -0500

Dr. Fox’s Old Timey String Band, “Kids” (MGMT cover)

Mom: how do you like Glee? Me: what do you think? Mom: I think...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:41:00 -0500

Mom: how do you like Glee? Me: what do you think? Mom: I think you wrote the show!

Matthew Morrison cut out from a coworker, taped to my computer screen, is taking my obsession to a whole new level.

Already bit by the travel bug again. Need a vacation asap....

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:18:00 -0500

Already bit by the travel bug again. Need a vacation asap. Wisconsin doesn’t count.

david:

Scouting out our drive to Barcelona

(via brieflynoted)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:16:23 -0500

(via brieflynoted)

You’d be surprised how many people would choose this for...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:32:00 -0500

You’d be surprised how many people would choose this for my theme song. It very well could be.

Now in funky remix form. I can dig it.

tuneage:

Feist - “I Feel It All (Britt from Spoon Remix)”

Leslie Feist writes songs that lend themselves to remixing. So much so that there is an entire album of Feist remixes titled Open Season. One remix that does not appear on that album is the one the Britt Daniels of Spoon did of the Feist song “I Feel it All”.

The wonderful thing about this remix is that nothing is added to the song. If anything Daniels breaks the song down into its simplest form and gives us only what we need. He has taken out the signature guitar part that carries us through the original. Also gone are most of the background vocals and harmonies but you’ll barely notice because you’ll be too focused on the bad ass bass and drums.

For more Britt Daniels fun be sure to check out his version of Interpol’s “Slow Hands”.

Apple orchard 09! I love fall! Can’t wait for another...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:29:17 -0500

Apple orchard 09! I love fall!

Can’t wait for another beautiful weekend.

Just hanging out with a cow on the Alps. No big deal. Photo by...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:08:49 -0500

Just hanging out with a cow on the Alps. No big deal.

Photo by Mr. Pat. Must get my photos up asap!

60 degrees out today and there’s a snowbank in soho. I...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:11:00 -0500

60 degrees out today and there’s a snowbank in soho.

I love that my home is the world’s largest movie set.

lovepuppy:24freedinners:sunlightandamocha:victoriaisamess: ...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:34:00 -0500

lovepuppy:24freedinners:sunlightandamocha:victoriaisamess:

Little Girl dressed as Dwight for halloween. See her dad’s flickr here.

Oh YES!

This is the worst song ever and thanks to two little twits I...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:09:00 -0500

This is the worst song ever and thanks to two little twits I can’t stop listening to it.

Ke$ha, “Tik Tok”

There is an incredible, epic story behind this picture. Stay...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:26:46 -0500

There is an incredible, epic story behind this picture.

Stay tuned.

Fourth annual apple orchard trip tomorrow! One of my favorite...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:45:11 -0400

Fourth annual apple orchard trip tomorrow! One of my favorite events of the year.

The forecast is calling for a high near 70. This day will be too perfect.

Fantastic video by Miss Karen.

Spandexhouse.com Oh yeah.

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:17:56 -0400

Spandexhouse.com

Oh yeah.