{adele : turning tables}

I love, love, love Adele and love, love, love her new CD. Especially this song. I can't stop listening to it! Not only do I listen to it non-stop, but when I'm not listening to it, I'm usually singing it ... and no, I don't sound anything like Adele so be thankful you're not around me right now.

{hold my hand}

live on michael. live on.

{last leaf : by OK Go}

Another amazing video from the boys of the band OK Go. Seriously, all of their videos leave me in awe, and this one is no exception. A stop action film made from images burned in toast. Yes, I did say toast. Crazy, right? You just have to watch and see how incredible this is ...


Last Leaf

OK Go | Myspace Music Videos

{brooke fraser - something in the water}

just stumbled across this music video,
by new zealand-based singer/songwriter brooke fraser.
i love the muted colors,
and whimsical animations.
oh, and of course the song is great too.

h a p p y
m o n d a y !

sara bareilles : king of anything.

can't stop singing.
this song is much too great.
love the video too.
she has a new cd.
listen to it if you have time.
you will love it.
i promise.

ok go : this too shall pass.

This music video is absolutely amazing! They made a ginormous Rube Goldberg Machine that is timed perfectly with the music. I watched the behind-the-scenes of the video, and the people that created this are absolute geniuses. I hope you enjoy watching it just as much as I did:

can't help but sing along: thieves

She & Him - Thieves from Merge Records on Vimeo.


i LOVE her music videos, and they always make me smile.

my place.

awesome music video for the band 'the navigators'. it's all matchbooks that were designed by Pavel Fuksa. love it.

always wear sunscreen.

heard this song on the radio today, and i had forgotten how much i liked it back when it was on the radio. it's a good message, and thought it was post-worthy. enjoy...

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '99: Wear sunscreen.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.

I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded.

But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.

You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself. Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how...

Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th weddinganniversary.

Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room. Read the directions, even if you don't follow them. Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on.

Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85. Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

jonsi.

last friday mykell and i went to the jonsi concert. for those of you that don't know (since i didn't know until a couple days before the concert), jonsi is from the band sigur ros, and this is his first tour on his own, promoting his new album 'go'. i'm really bad at describing music, so i won't even try, i'll just say that it's really good, and a type of music that i think most people would like. the show was amazing. especially the visuals. 59 productions, a stage production company, teamed up with jonsi to create a performance that was a mix of film, art installation, theatre performance, animation, and live concert. it was one of the most amazing things i've seen in a long time, and i wish i could have captured it all to show you. i do, however, have a little video of the making of the concert, which gives you a taste of what it was like...

wait till you see my smile.

jyl sent me this song yesterday. she thought i would like it. i do, so now i'm sharing it with you. enjoy.