We made it to the first day of Spring! In honor of the warming weather, here's a little playlist of songs I've been listening to over and over in the last few weeks. It includes some old standbys, plus the just-released first single off of Fleet Foxes' forthcoming album - a record I'm so excited about I could…
Tag: music
Imagine!
[Driving to Valentine's Day dinner at Applebee's (our best tradition) and singing along with the SiriusXM Love station] "Bryan, what if I had a terrible singing voice, but I just kept singing all the time?" "You do sing all the time." "Yeah, but what if I had a terrible voice?" "...it's not that hard to imagine."
The thing about Nashville
The thing about Nashville is that everyone looks like they could be in a band. That's probably because most people are in a band. They walk around with their long hair and their cool clothes, and I never know at any given moment if I'm standing next to someone whose song I might have just listened to…
The thing about Nashville
The thing about Nashville is that everyone is a musician. Stopped at a light next to someone with their car windows down? Voice like an angel. Next door neighbor’s garage band? Effing amazing. At church on Sunday morning? Don’t need a choir. The congregation harmonizes before they even realize what they’re doing. Meanwhile, I’ll just…
Last Night’s Show [Extended Version]: Saves the Day
A few weeks ago, Bryan and I spent a couple of days in Boulder, CO visiting our friends, Brad and Meg. While there, we attended a 15-year-reunion show of one of Bryan's favorite bands from back in the day: Saves the Day. They reunited to play their 1999 album, Through Being Cool. If you're not familiar, you can catch up…
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Road trips and the sound of my soul
One thing about being married is that sometimes you get to take road trips together. Another thing about being married is that sometimes you have to take road trips together. I'd say the sentiment depends on which hour of the road trip you're in. Bryan and I are both passionate about music, which seems great. How…