KT Tunstall's new CD is good, so far. I'm still listening to it. I pull out the liner notes, expecting to see lyrics and pictures, right. Pictures, indeed-- but like a film noir graphic novel, not unlike, um... art-deco-Frank-Miller, really... It's neat.

And "Funnyman" is a damn good song...

I love Natasha Bedingfield's CD. Love it. Some vocoder, a touch of gravel in the voice... love it. The lyrics are good, too. I mean, seriously, anything that has

Read some Byron, Shelley and Keats
Recited it over a hip-hop beat
I'm having trouble saying what I mean
With dead poets and drum machines

in it... Seriously, you gotta love that.

saw some weird Hellraiser reference online, and the "We'll tear your soul apart" line made me think of "Vow" by Garbage. So now I have that

I came to cut you up
I came to knock you down
I came around to tear your little world apart
I came to shut you up
I came to drag you down
I came around to tear your little world apart
And break your soul apart

stanza running in a loop in my head. There could be worse things, I suppose. I think I need to listen to that on the way back to my apartment today...

And just now, my brain mixed the first two lines of that into "I came to knock you up". and I had to go "wait, no...that's not right..." See, this is what happens in my head sometimes.

(one hour, then it's time to (make like a baby and) head out. wahahaahaaaaa.)

New Year's party was good. It was great to see everyone.

One of the high points came way-early Monday morning, talking to a girl I met at Bonfire and making plans for a couple weekends from now. I love talking on the phone at 2AM, I really do. (Yes, I know I said i was going to stop being awake at 3AM. this weekend killed that, thoroughly. whups.)

you know there's no need to hide away
You know I tell the truth
We are just the same
And I can feel everything you do
Hear everything you say
Even when you're miles away
'Cause I am me, the universe and you..."

KT Tunstall - "The Universe and U"

I LOVE this song... the only word that comes to mind for it is "sweet"

And I' still kicking myself for not seeing her in concert in Houston. I thought about going, but it was before I knew her music very well, and before I LOVED IT like I do now.

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I love listening to music. I distinctly hate online training.

Coming around the turn in the 610 loop this morning, listening to Rammstein, and the sun was rising, right.

And the verse right then was

Hier kommt die Sonne
Hier kommt die Sonne
Sie ist der hellste Stern von allen
und wird nie vom Himmel fallen

(Here comes the Sun)
(Here comes the Sun)
(She is the brightest star of all)
(And will never fall from Heaven)

and it just made me smile. The thing I like best about standard time is being in the sun all morning...

(now, granted, this is the song that has the video of the Rammstein guys as dwarves, mining gold that the super-giant Snow White takes like heroin, but the song is cool... and I actually think the video is neat, but...yeah)

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that twinge in my finger isn't there, and that's good. I think I know how this will play out. And I'll be damned if I'm not going to focus.

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Work's going fine; I'm able to answer most of the questions thrown at me and look as if I know what's going on. it's kinda nice, actually. And coffee is always good.

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didn't really do anything at all yesterday night-- just kinda sat around and watched TV, and worked out a bit. Not bad, really. I've slept pretty well the last couple nights, which is nice. I actually really like waking up at about 3AM and realizing I have time to sleep, yet, and that's happened the last couple days. Makes my whole night better.

Tomorrow afternoon, perhaps. I think we're gonna go to the zoo. Always a good time to talk and walk around.

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I finally got my real computer up and running, so now I can burn CDs-that'll-work-in-my-car again. Wahahaha.

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Blahhh. So tired, but I don't want to sleep just yet...

Night, y'all. And i might actually make it to church in the morning. maybe.

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'Cause you can't jump the track,
we're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass
Glued to the table...

And no one can find the rewind button, girl
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe, just breathe
Oh, breathe... just breathe.......

"Other Side Of The World" - KT Tunstall

Over the sea and far away
She's waiting like an iceberg
Waiting to change
But she's cold inside
She wants to be like the water

( All the muscles tighten in her face )

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This is the song I've had on loop for the last few days at work. Y'ever had one of those songs, that you listen to repeatedly for days? I always have those. And when the song ends, I'm always "well, now let's see what comes on next" and then I start the song over, instead.

And this one is totally different than "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree".

I almost went to see her play in Houston a while back, just because she was playing, somewhere inexpensive. now I think I should have...

Lately I've been listening to my K's Choice mix CD in the car. In the song Quiet Little Place she says:

( And now everything I see, )
Whether it's an airplane or a tree
It makes me wonder
About the things I must have missed
And the chains around my wrists
( They are no longer... )

And every time I hear that i look at my watch. And think of it as a chain, holding me to obligations. It also, though, tells me when desired things are about to happen. And you'd think, on a day in which i have nothing planned, that it would feel good to leave my watch behind-- to just go somewhere and not give a care what time it was. And I'm so used to having my watch on that it makes me uneasy to not have my watch with me, even when I have NO NEED to care what time it is.

I like watches. More than anything, it's because they are elaborate, perfect little machines. I have one watch, and it keeps absolute shit for time, compared to a 12-dollar Timex. But I like it, because it's an automatic, and it's a self-contained little machine.

But I've recently decided that I'm not sure I like being chained to what time it is. And damn near everyone is.

(just thinking, really.)

Here’s the day you hoped would never come
Don’t feed me violence, just run
With me through rows of speeding cars
The paper cuts, the cheating lovers
The coffee’s never strong enough
I know you think it's more than just bad luck

There, there, baby
It's just textbook stuff
It's in the ABC of growing up...
Now, now, darling
Oh, don't lose your head
'Cause none of us were angels
And you know I love you, yeah
( Sleeping pills, no, sleeping dogs lie... )

Streaming windows audio link of this song

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Somehow, the "Now's as bad a time as any..." line resonates with me, somewhere. It's one of those lines I can see being a really biting retort, like a lot of the song lyrics I remember. There's something about hearing something like that sung in a beautiful voice that almost makes it... more harsh.

Staind is good work music. "Please" is a cool song.

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Please

Can't you see that I'm sick of this?
Chances are you're oblivious
To how I feel
Sitting on your throne
And I'm sure that I'm not alone
Not alone
Not alone

Tell me please
Who the fuck did you want me to be?
( Was it something that I couldn't see? )

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HAHAHAH. if you click on that location link, "middle of nowhere" is apparently outside of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. which is, I think, about true. I heard it said once "Bartlesville's not the end of the earth, but if you stand on your tiptoes, you can see it from there."

I have a copy of this song, And I have no idea what the name of it is, or who the artist is. Anyone know? And the lyrics are a little shady in one place... I transcribed 'em, and I have no idea what they say right there. It's sung by a woman. I like the style and her voice, I was curious if there's more music. Thanks.

EDIT. I've tried Google.
the name of the song is "lipstick diaries". the artist is Alice Marie.

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I haven't thought about you in a long time
So why call me now, show up now, steal my peace
I've got a new life, a nice life--

Or so I thought

Then you came back
and changed it all
And now....

I'm opening diaries...
Painting my lips pink
I don't wear that shade
Or so I'd like to ( Read more... )

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[crossposted to thequestionclub and whatwasthatone]

I should be sleeping, 'stead of keeping,
These late hours I've been keeping.
I've been pacing and retracing,
Ev'ry step of ev'ry move.
An' even though I'm feeling so right,
I'm so happy, still I know:
I should be sleeping, 'stead of dreamin' about you....

(yeah, I actually have this song in my head. since, well, i ought to be sleepin'.)

Name six songs that you are currently digging ... it doesn't matter what genre they are from, whether they have words or even if they're any good but they must be songs you're really enjoying right now. Post these instructions and then list the six artists and the songs in your LiveJournal. Then tag six other people to see what they're listening to.

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1. Imogen Heap - Leave me to Love
( Complications, more so i can say... )

2. Krezip - I Would Stay
( If this is true, I thought then, what will I think? )

3. Birgit - I Know
( This wine, your eyes... )

4. Theory of a Deadman - Say I'm Sorry
( As I sit in this coffee shop... )

5. Flogging Molly - Tobacco Island
( All to hell we must sail for the shores of sweet Barbados... )


6. Jessica Beach - Break Away
( Sugar candy makes my tongue swell... )

tagged:

asteres

motherevol

hypereverclear

nise03

smorewhore

aggieanne04

And if any of these songs sound interesting to you, lemme know and we'll figure something out. wow, i'm tired. going to bed. But you should all listen to all of these that you haven't heard. yeah. </soapbox>

And the "pissed at the tyrants who all think they're the bees' knees" part makes me think of plinko, every time. (plinko - if you wanna copy of this, lemme know, too)

I have, tonight, had a combination of Imogen Heap's Hide and Seek, The 88's How Good it Can Be, and Billy Joel's Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) in my head.

Hide and Seek... I listened to that song something like fifteen times (no, seriously.) I put the player on repeat and just drove, last night... that song's intoxicating. I want an album full of that. right now.

( Oily marks appear on walls, Where pleasure moments hung before... )

The rhythm of this song, and the vocoder and her voice. And the instruments. I pretty much love everything about this one.

ps: (i bought 4 real honest-to-god CDs -- willie nelson, Santana, Aerosmith, and another-- the other day...y'all should be proud. Or worried. not sure which. hah!)

i've been listening to this a lot lately. I like the voice. And this is, to me, the very definition of post-apocalyptic. Everything else... so just acting. I'm apparently becoming a fan of prog-rock. I'll be damned. It's great. you should listen to this one...

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Godspeed You Black Emperor! - The Dead Flag Blues

The car is on fire, and there's no driver at the wheel.
And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides. And a dark wind blows...
The guv'ment is corrupt, and we're all so many drunks with the radio on and the curtains drawn.
We are trapped in the belly of this horrible machine, and the machine is bleeding to death.
The sun has fallen down, and the billboards are all leering, and the flags are all dead, at the top of their poles.

it went like this: the buildings toppled in on themselves. Mothers, clutching babies, picked through the rubble, and pulled out their hair.

The skyline was beautiful on fire; all twisted metal stretching upwards, everything washed in a thin orange haze.
I said "kiss me; you're beautiful. These are truly the last days."
you grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream or a fever.

(4 minutes of instrumental. violins, guitar, synth. Beautiful.)

we woke up one morning, and fell a little further down; for sure it's the Valley of Death.
I open up my wallet, and it's full of blood.

*train whistle, bells*
(more guitar; harmonica-- i think; horns; and violin)

*pause*

*bells, xylophone, all peppy and pretty*</b>

-END-

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If you knew (not suspected, KNEW) the apocalypse was coming, what would you do? Load your gun and go outside to meet it, standing up, and with your eyes open? Hide under the bed? Make tea and wait it out?

Would it be beautiful, to you, in its own horrifying way? Would it scare you shitless? I love fires. I think it would be beautiful to me, somehow. And I think that somehow, once a person came to deal with it, that one could accept it and take it at what it was.




I'd go stand in the biggest field i could find and face the sun.

I've been in a real weird mood lately, behind the regular me. I LOVE this song. this song is part of what the weirdness is, somehow. mostly the italicized part...

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Dollskin
the Toadies

In the middle of a house, in the middle of nowhere
Bodies glide from room to room
I hate these walls
They speak to me
Hey skin like a doll
You're no friend of the family...

( catch that light... )

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And i'm not sure what it is. I'm just... in a mood to listen to that song. the concert i went to on the Toadies' last tour before the band broke up, in 2001, was... one of the best concerts i've been to. The sheer "cut-the-hell-loose and scream" vibe of the music, everyone jumping, how peaceful everyone got (comparatively...) when this song came on... it was great. the crescendo when Todd Lewis sings the "yeah" in there... entirely what I'm in the mood about, somehow.

the slow first notes... I love this song. if anyone wants a copy... (you should hear it, really) i can get you a copy.

I'm going to bed. after i listen to this a couple more times...

"So come to me my love,
I'll tap into your strength and drain it dry...
never have enough,
For you i'd burn the length and breadth of sky"

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Scary and sweet at the same time. I love Vienna Teng.

today i was returned a calculator that i lost... something like three years ago. Wow. that's been gone a long time. note to everyone: apparently carving your name on shit that's yours does work.

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I think that it's going to be all awkward and shit now. I hate that. I hope not.

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I've been listening to K's Choice again. That always calms me somehow. good stuff. And this verse applies a lot to the next few months...

bravely i look further than i see
knowing things i know i cannot be, not now
So aware of where i am,
but i don't know where that is
and there's something right in front of me...

K's Choice - Believe

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I'm eating chips and black-bean-and-corn salsa... i just had one that looked like a lil' taco. *crunch*

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Not a hell of a lot going on... yesterday was the big thing i've been looking forward to doing, and ...it was the very essence of anticlimactic, somehow.

Answers to the music post located here

1. Just a gigolo - Louie Prima or David Lee Roth
2. Shasta - Vienna Teng, once i get the lyrics right
3. whiter shade of pale - Procol Harum (or Annie Lennox)
4. Not an Addict - K's Choice
5. Dollskin - Toadies
6. Why I don't believe in God - Everclear
7. Dream on, depeche mode
8. White Flag - Dido
9. I'm stupid - Prime STH
10. 2003 - Nina Gordon
11. Dear God - Sarah McLachlan
12. Eurythmics - Missionary man
13. Escape Club - Wild wild west
14. Fiona Apple - the way things are
15. Merril Bainbridge - Mouth
16. Poe - Not a virgin
17. Sarah McLachlan - Elsewhere
18. Black betty - Ram Jam
19. One toke over the line - Brewer and Shipley
20. One of these days - Pink floyd
21. Inna-gadda-da-vida - Iron Butterfly
22. The Dolphin's Cry - Live
23. Broken Heart - Zwan
24. Captain Crash and the beauty queen from mars - Bon Jovi
25. Everybody loves Jill - Cowboy Mouth

"fear is the brightest of signs
the shape of the boundary you leave behind
so sing all your questions to sleep
the answers are out there, in the drowning deep...

sail your sea,
meet your storm
all I want is to be your harbor
he light in me
will guide you home
all I want is to be your harbor..."

Suddenly I want badly, worse than in a very long time, to be at the ocean, and watch the waves in the dark with the moon on the water and the rushing of water all you can hear. I want to feel very separate from all this, save for maybe a person with me to share it with, just for a few moments. I want that, right now, very badly. I want to sit on a jetty for hours, lay on my back and look at the stars with someone, and just not care that everything is going on around us.

I'm going to try to sleep. good(maybe) night, y'all.

1. and everywhere I go, people know the part I'm playing...
2. coffee mountain coffee diner coffee go on...
3. asked for another drink, the waiter brought a tray...
4. it's not a habit, it's cool, i feel alive
5. I hate these walls, they speak to me...
6. Strange talk about Edgar Cayce...
7. Hey, you pale and sickly child...
8. and when we meet, which i'm sure we will...
9. make it easy on yourself, and don't worry about me...
10. I've got a brilliant plan, I hope you understand...
11. I don't need a big reduction in the price of beer...
12. there'd be a mountain of money piled up to my chin...
13. I love her eyes and her wild, wild hair...
14. keep on calling me names, keep on, keep on...
15. Turn you upside down, don't wanna waste it...
16. I've been opened, I've been closed like a book...
17. I believe, that this is heaven to no one else but me...
18. ... bam-a-lam...
19. if i should choose to make a part of me, would surely strike me dead...
20. i'm going to cut you into little pieces...
21. Adam, take my hat...
22. See the road rise up to meet us...
23. if only i died, just once in my life...
24. dressed up just like Ziggy, but he couldn't play guitar...
25. my favorite red spoon...

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there are specific ones of y'all that i expect will get some of these with NO delay...

This song has been one I have listened to a lot recently, and with a coupleothers, are ones I listen to when i need a dose of resolve, lately.

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Nickelback - Do this Anymore


Left on an eastbound train
Gone first thing this morning
Why's what's best for you
Always the worst thing for me

When am I gonna learn
Why? 'Cause I'm tired of hating
When will it be your turn?
Why? 'Cause I'm tired of waiting
No I don't
No I don't
No I don't

Well no I don't find faith in your forced feelings
Not fooled by your misleadings
Won't buy this line you're selling
Tired of this lie you're telling

I won't, I don't
No I won't do this anymore
I won't, I don't
No I won't do this anymore
She says I'm only telling half of it
That's probably 'cause there's only half worth telling
And everytime I try to laugh it off
That's when you turn around and wind up yelling

When am I gonna learn
Why? 'Cause I'm tired of hating
When will it be your turn?
Why? 'Cause I'm tired of waiting
No I don't
No I don't
No I don't

No I don't find faith in your forced feelings
Not fooled by your misleadings
Won't buy this line you're selling
Tired of this lie you're telling

I won't, I don't
No I won't do this anymore
I won't, I don't
No I won't do this anymore
She says I'm only telling half of it
That's probably 'cause there's only half worth telling
And everytime I try to laugh it off
That's when you turn around and wind up yelling

When am I gonna learn
Why? 'Cause I'm tired of hating
When will it be your turn?
Why? 'Cause I'm tired of waiting
No I don't
No I don't
No I don't

No I don't find faith in your forced feelings
Not fooled by your misleadings
Won't buy this line you're selling
Tired of this lie you're telling

I won't, I don't
No I won't do this anymore
I won't, I don't
No I won't do this anymore

Anna Rose,
Sleep well tonight
The stars are dancing on the carpet of the sky
Time to close your wandering eyes
where i see the sleepiness creeping

Anna Rose
it makes my heart smile
to know you give love so freely
Anna Rose
makes it worthwhile
your love makes me see things so clearly
how it grows, heaven knows,
Anna Rose,
dream well tonight...

Anna Rose
It's time to dream
I see that your imagination knows no bounds
there it flows, like some magical stream
and carries you on its journey...

Anna Rose
it makes my heart smile
to know you give love so freely
Anna Rose
makes it worthwhile
your love makes me see things so clearly
how it grows, heaven knows,
Anna Rose,
dream well tonight....


~Anna Rose, by Vienna Teng

This is one of the most beautiful lullabies that Vienna Teng sang at the concert we went to recently. the sheer beauty of her voice when she sings "Anna Rose..." The o's are so clear.... I love it. *smile* I love her lullabies.

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I have to develop 4 different sets of pictures tomorrow. One camera worth of the K's Choice concert, and I'm not sure what the others are. I can almost bet you one set of those is a 3-year-old set of pictures I took and don't want anymore. *sigh* we'll see, though.

"i was staring at the sky,
just looking for a star,
to pray on or wish on,
or something like that..."

y'ever have one of those days? well.. I am. nothing much going on, and i think i'd like for it to be weekend again, right about now. very tired from the weekend.

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bleh. I think a Dr. Pepper would be really good right about now. you should go get one too. *grin*

So, tonight was my second concert in two days in Houston, which involved (both times) roughly an hour-and-a-half of driving each way.

So anyway. the concert was cool, Vienna was pretty, as always. purplie top, black pants. Tonight's show was her and a violin and a cello. Allen Lin, Eric Cheng (www.echeng.com) and Marika Hughes on either cello or violin. Good stuff. They played a really large set.

This is the set list, and paraphrased comments as best I remember them.

Shasta--about a girl who is pregnant and wonders what to do, she is accosted by activists at a clinic. one of my favorites. I interpreted it correctly, which is always nice to know you understood what she was trying to say.
My Medea--a blatantly non-happy song, subject of backhanded compliments to Vienna
Enough To Go By--Also one of my favorites. Always a good song.
The Tower-- misinterpreted as "a song about 0wning and getting 0wned"
Gravity
Say Uncle--written after her uncle's death, the oldest song of hers she still performs; she wrote it when she was 16. It has parts from an Elvis song, a Simon & Garfunkel Song, and Bette Midler's 'Wind Beneath my Wings' in the piano solo, since those were the songs played at his funeral.
Anna Rose--a lullaby from the second album. The dynamics of her voice when she sang the words "Anna Rose" int he song were beautiful....
Unwritten Letter #1--her attempt at a tango. She said since people were arguing whether it was a rhumba or a tango, she felt good about it.

---------intermission was here------------

Taiwanese Folk Song--beautiful, sounds very much like Enya, but in Pinyin, instead of Gaelic. She was raised in California, so she never actually lived there. She apologized for singing it in an American accent. She told us that, while we wouldn't notice, there are a bunch of others in the audience who would.
Atheist Christmas Carol
"Cannonball" by Damien Rice--"Stones taught me to fly--Love taught me to lie--Life taught me to die--So it's not hard to fall--When you float like a cannonball." Beautifully sung by Vienna.
Boy at the Piano--apparently one she doesn't play often...must find lyrics...
Between--pizzicato violin, pizzicato and bowed cello, backing vocals, and a very small amount of piano. Very acoustic, very unplugged, and very awesome.
Feather Moon--very cool stuff done wtih the violin on this one, lots of improvisation
Leaving Atlanta, by Brian Webb, a friend of Vienna's--good song.
Soon Love Soon--she had the audience sing with her, the "soon, love, soon, mmm-mmm" and "And we will be as one god...and we will be as one people" parts.
Harbor--Very nice. I wanted to hear this one. This is apparently her try at a prog-rock/alt-rock song. Again, the vocal dynamics on this one are great...

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Her hands spring and dance on the keys when she plays. It's very much a sight to see... and she's so graceful when she plays...

again, a very good concert. I met Adrienne's mother tonight; very nice lady. Good to finally meet people you've heard about for 5 years.

ahh... now to bed.

Blah. other crap on my mind, but no good way to put it. anyone else feeling "blah"?

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( this is the song in my mind right now... )

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And man alive, I LOVE full moons. yes, i'm gonna put that in here every month.

well.today was certainly a good day. woke up about 10. Talked to Adrienne about noon, she said to come over about 2 and we'd go to Houston. She drove. good stuff. Got to Houston, we bummed about (bummed about? what was i thinking when i wrote that? anyway...) the Galleria for a few hours. Adrienne got a watch, one of those bracelet type ones, and then we went to Cheesecake Factory to eat. Had spinach artichoke dip(yes, green veggies, me, yeah...) and that was good; a salad each, and then split a piece of cheesecake with strawberries on it.

so. the "Modern Troubadours" (Vienna Teng, Abra Moore, and Ben Arthur) concert at McGonigel's Mucky Duck was awesome; we got there and the venue is indeed tiny. Saw compasslizard again, good stuff. tickets were assigned, somewhat based on when you got your tickets and reserved them. We had great seats; i kicked myself for not bringing a tape recorder, or some way to record this thing. beatiful singing from Vienna, as usual; Ben Arthur, funny, and cool stuff. Abra Moore... well... Abra was, interesting. reminds me of the stereotypical awkward, lanky girl who was more than a little self-conscious in grade school. And she does the Stevie Wonder/Ray Charles thing when she sings sometimes.

Vienna remembered me from the College Station show I went to; the first time i saw her, on September 27, 2003. Wow, it didn't occur to me it had been that long ago, or that I had made that kind of impression. She didn't remember my name, but the look of recognition was nice. She plays so well. She has such a beautiful voice. She played, in no particular order: Lullabye For a Stormy Night, Gravity, My Medea, Homecoming, and Harbor. And one of Teitur's songs, even though he had to go home to... Norway, i think they said.

Ben did several cool songs. He played, again in no particular order, Mary Ann, Tonight, Broken-Hearted Smile, Keep me Around, and End of the Day, and this little spoken word thing about Jesus and a lactose-intolerant guy on a trip through Wisconsin, with Jesus performing minor miracles like turning unpasteurized milk into gasoline, and adolescent girls saying 'hey hunk,' and he and Jesus not knowing whether the girls meant one of them or the cheddar wheel inthe nearby window. The two that stick out in my mind as highlights, though they were all good, are Mary Ann, and Keep me Around.

When an artist (Ben did this) says something like,"the theme of this song is...(insert dramatic pause for effect here) dry-humping. there was a *GASP* from stage right, back behind us. and then he goes "who was that?" and three people point at one woman, who points backwards, at... someone, anyone else. hehehe. that was his song "Mary Ann". "Keep Me Around" was funny, since his wife told him to write a love song, and this one, while kinda sweet, in a weird, macabre way, was... um, not your usual love song. He said he wanted to write something kinda like "When I'm sixty-four", by the beatles, but, like an audience member pointed out, 'it's been done'. So instead there was this song telling his wife to use his body, around the house. lyrics like

"Keep me around, my whole life long
and when i'm gone don't you bury my bones
Keep me around

it's not that i'm jealous,
I just make a lovely stand
for umbrellas

and you can toss your keys
in the caps of my knees,
when you come back from town"

and others... yeah, I laughed the whole time he was singing this one.

Abra Moore wasn't bad, but nothing really spectacular comes to mind. She was nice, but i was there to see Vienna.

Got autgraphs from all three, and I now own three more legal CDs. whattaya know. I do buy CDs from artists I like.

Very good concert. the three of them switched around singing, with each singing one song, in a rotation, and playing on the other's songs. When Vienna played "Lullabye for a Stormy Night" no one sang with. other than that, they all sang/played on all of them.

Great live concert, great venue. I got autographs after the concert, which was the last of the tour, and then we went back to College Station.

( Freak Show -- Stretch Princess )

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yeah, yay for catchy pop crap that takes my mind off of stacking groceries. It is kinda catchy in the refrain, at minimum...

ok, going to bed, now, seriously....

( A crazy, independent, Spanish-speaking, arty, flirty, red-wine-drinking, sexy tomboy with a natural way of thinking carefree and innocent she's slightly sneaky confidently proud from another country has her way, lives for today; by the way, she's far away )
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heheh. that would be a cool girl.

*looks around* (you don't know one like that, do ya?)

This is a cool song, and I like Gwen Stefani's voice, for the range she uses in her songs.

I think the thing that I liek about this song, specifically, is the near-urgency that she sings the song with. The semi-half-breathless way she sings is great.

And the last time I was up all night, the birds are indeed one of the first things you notice. (that, and the sun, but... eh.)

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Dar Williams - Are You Out There
( lyrics here )

( Soon love soon )

I love this song. The part that rings true the most, though, is this line:

Soon love soon,
We will find a black and white in the gray....

That is what I have been lucky enough to find in this year,during all the random crap that's happened. And I think my family and friends are the people I have to credit for what ability I have to find it.

"... a black and white in the gray..."

I have always believed, and still do, that there are no black-and-white choices.
At least not all the time, or in all circumstances.

But there are ends to the spectrum of gray.
And there are choices to make based on that.

And I will continue to try to choose what's best.

*fingers crossed*

I want to write something useful, something eloquent, something that exhibits all the time I really did spend figuring out exploring the English language. I have the capability to do so, and find myself able to use English to express myself quite clearly, if need be. Or if I'm speaking to someone, who I really don't want to sound like an uneducated hick to to whom I don't want to sound like an uneducated hick. I just hate, sometimes, that the first impression someone gets of me, is the Jed Clampett one.

arg.

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On another front, I got cowboy boots for Christmas.

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Irony springs eternal.

I'm at your back door
with the earth of a hundred nations in my skin
you won't recognize me
for the light in my eyes is strange
it was years ago, god knows
when you strained to tell me your whole truth
that you were not mine to save
that you could not change

would it be enough to go by
if we could sail on the wind in the dark
cut those chains in the middle of the night
that had you pulled apart
would it be enough to go by
if there's moonlight pulling the tide
would it be enough to live on
if my love could keep you alive

I've built a lot of castles
built a lot of blazing speed-of-light machines
but it doesn't matter, you know
they all crumble in the winds of change
so I turned back to breathing
I learned a few good reasons to cry
and I finally called home
praying you weren't out of range

carry the weight
I'll carry the weight of you, I swear
carry the weight
I'll carry the weight of you

so will you let me come in
the mosquitoes have found me
and they're crowding 'round my blood
at least offer me a drink
or a breaking of the ice
I'm wanting your anger
I only want to see if I can shake you out of sleep
and bring you out under this flooded sky
at any price

so carry the weight
carry the weight of me in your heart
carry the weight
carry the weight of me


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This song is intoxicating... I've listened to it probably 10 times in a row, just now. I LOVED the piano for this Friday night, at the concert. *smile* I love this song. Good night, in a bit. Have a couple things I need to do yet.

Elsewhere, by Sarah McLachlan

I love the time and in between
the calm inside me
and in this space where i can breathe
I believe there is a distance i have wandered
to touch upon the years
of reaching out and reaching in
holding out, holding in

I believe this is heaven to no one else but me,
and I'll defend it long as I can be
left here to linger in silence
If i choose to would you try to understand?

I know this love is passing time, passing through life
left behind
I'm drunk in my desire
and I love the way you smile at me,
I love the way your hands reach out and hold me near
I believe
I..........
I believe
this is heaven to no one else but me,
and I'll defend it long as i can be left here to linger in silence
If i choose to would you try to understand?

Oh.....
The quiet child awaists the day when she can break free
Of the mold that clings like desperation
"Mother, can't you see I've got to live my life the way that's right for me?"
that might not be right for you but it's right for me, oh......
I belkive this is heaven to no one else but me and I'll defend it long as i can be
left here to linger in silence
if I choose to would you try to understand it
and I would like to linger here in silence if I choose to
would you understand it?
would you try?

would you try?

to understand?

K's Choice - Live for Real

Life has always been a pretty song
And pretty loud
You're so beautiful
Why is it fading out
I don't want to live forever
But as long as I do
I'd love to live for real


Now the boy who dried your tears
Is crying all the time
Now the joy I've had for years
Has left me for a while
I don't want to live forever
But as long as I do
I'd love to live for real

With you I might get there
With you I might start to feel
With you I will get there
With you I will live for real

I will breathe the air, I'll dance
And you will wonder why
It's because you made me see
This chance was moving by
Because I'm not going to live forever
But as long as I do
I'd love to live for real

With you I might get there
With you I might start to feel
With you I will get there
With you I will live for real

When a cloud becomes my head
Play your music loud instead
And we'll dance until
The both of us are dead

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the bold is what counts. I wasn't going to leave a verse out of the song, but it's not applicable.

Innamoramento

Toi qui n'a pas su me reconnaitre
Ignorant ma vie, ce monastère, j'ai
devant moi une porte entrouverte
Sur un peut-être
Même s'il me faut tout recommencer

Toi qui n'a pas cru ma solitude
Ignorant ses cris, ses angles durs, j'ai
Dans le coeur un fil minuscule
Filament de lune
Qui soutient là, un diamant qui s'use...
Mais qui aime

J'ai pas choisi de l'être
Mais c'est là, " INNAMORAMENTO "
L'amour, la mort, peut-être
Mais suspendre le temps pour un mot
Tout se dilate et cède à tout
Et c'est là " INNAMORAMENTO "
Tout son être s'impose à nous
Trouver enfin peut-être un écho

Toi qui n'a pas vu l'autre côté, de
Ma mémoire aux portes condamnées, j'ai
Tout enfoui les trésors du passé
Les années blessées
Comprends-toi qu'il me faudra cesser ...

Moi qui n'a plus regardé le ciel, j'ai
J'ai devant moi cette porte entrouverte, mais
L'inconnu a meurtri plus d'un coeur
Et son âme soeur
On l'espère on l'attend, on la fuit même
Mais on aime



Text: Mylène Farmer, 1999


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Innamoramento

Du, der Du mich nicht anzuerkennen wußtest
Mein Leben, dieses Kloster, ignorierend, Ich habe
Vor mir eine halboffene Tür
Zu einem Kann-Sein/Vielleicht
Selbst wenn ich alles von neuem beginnen muß

Du, der Du meine Einsamkeit nicht geglaubt hast
Ihre Schreie, ihre harten/schweren Winkel ignorierend, Ich habe
Im Herzen einen winzigen Faden
Mond-Faser
Die dort einen Diamanten unterstützt/trägt, der sich aufreibt/erschöpft
Aber der liebt

Ich habe nicht gewählt, es zu sein
Aber es ist da, das Sich-Verlieben/Verliebtsein*
Die Liebe, vielleicht der Tod
Aber die Zeit für ein Wort (lang) aufzuheben/unterbrechen
Alles dehnt sich aus und überträgt sich auf alles [gibt ab an alles]
Und es ist da, das Sich-Verlieben/Verliebtsein*
Sein ganzes Wesen setzt sich bei uns durch/zwingt sich uns auf
Vielleicht endlich ein Echo finden

Du, der Du nicht die andere Seite gesehen hast, von
Meiner Erinnerung bis zu den versperrten/verwunschenen Türen, Ich habe
Alles vergraben, die Schätze/Schatzkammern der Vergangenheit
Die verletzten Jahre
Verstehst Du, daß ich werde aufhören/verstummen müssen

Ich, der ich nicht mehr den Himmel betrachtet habe, Ich habe
Vor mir diese halboffene Tür, Aber
Das/Der Unbekannte hat mehr als ein Herz getötet
Und seine Schwestern-Seele/schwesterliche Seele
Man hofft darauf, man erwartet es/ihn/sie, man flieht sogar vor ihr/ihm
Aber man liebt


Übersetzung: Peter Marwitz, April 2000

Jetzt hör mal zu, du gehst mir auf den Geist,
ich bin mir sicher, daß du das schon lange weißt,
hör mir zu, ich laß dich jetzt allein,
ich glaube, das wird es wohl gewesen sein.

Hör mir doch zu, es hat ja keinen Sinn,
du wolltest immer, daß ich anders bin,
eins und eins sind nicht immer zwei,
versteh' doch endlich, es ist längst vorbei.

Refrain:

Das ist kein Liebeslied,
guck nicht so vorwurfsvoll,
das klingt so traurig,
ist kein Wunder, denn es steht in Moll,
und bei 'nem Liebeslied,
wüßt' ich nicht, was ich dir singen soll.

Hör endlich zu, ich will dich nicht mehr seh'n,
laß mich in Ruhe, ich muss jetzt wirklich gehen...
Hör mir zu, oder nicht, ist auch egal,
du siehst mich sowieso zum letzten Mal.

Refrain

I love music. the way it gets connected with things that you do, and when you hear the song, you can think back...

*smile*

and when it's good just to hear a song again, that's great too....
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and - I listened a song with a good friend the other day, and it finally made sense.
"If you're not Scared" - K's Choice
--that song is, i think, my favorite song. I love that band. I ahve gotten through more shitty dates, more lousy things i should n't have been out driving during, and all that, than i can even count with the CD that song is on. That cd....... I owe those musicians, big time, swear to God.
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so, check out K's Choice. they RULE.

night, yo... i'm tiiiiired.

If i could put you in a frame I'd draw you smiling
With a cigarette in your mouth, and your hands reaching out for something If I could...
if I could wear all your clothes I'd still be different.
and if I had your speaking voice I'd never whisper
I'd talk, and talk, and talk...

we will be winners,
our heads glued together
and all is indefinite in you

whatever you've been told, don't turn to God because you're cold
try the black one, white is nice, if you want blue, you'll pay the price
is there no room for us, i'll make a space for us

we will be winners,
our heads glued together
and all is indefinite in you

meet me in front of the room where we kissed
where you changed me, estranged me, where no one resists,
where i followed you, hollowed by you...

we will be winners,
our heads glued together
and all is indefinite in you

we will be winners.... we will be winners....