Lines, Vines, And Trying Times

I'm sorry I'm not going to apologize again for them. They do what they do --- the pop-rock sugary-sweet but actually written and played by them --- very very well. It makes me feel young and it makes me bounce and sometimes that's more fun than serious and moving music. Sometimes it's enough.

Favorites off the new record:
1) Nick & Miley (Lmao I had to.)
2) Fly With Me
3) Before The Storm
4) Don't Speak

The following are from those last three in order:

"We'll chase the stars to lose our shadow, Peter Pan and Wendy turned out fine so won't you fly with me..."

"They always say a heart is not a home without the one who gets you through the storm..."

"It's a hope for all the hopeless in the worst of trying times..."

- Jonas Brothers

This should have been on here years ago...

This is a song that means the world to me and anyone who knows why. Just like the Ben Lee song, it's a song that I often forget about unless it's, you know, May. But it came back to my attention this week when Sarah Dessen put it on a playlist to accompany her new book Along For The Ride that is about a girl learning to be among girls. So it fits.

"And as long as she's got noise, she's fine. But I could teach her how I learned to dance when the music's ended."
- Dar Williams

That part always sticks out in my head when this song plays and it always elicits my biggest smile. Anything that comments on music does that usually. But thanks to this school and these women who really do teach me every day to dance without music.

Counting all the scars you made...

Okay I'm breaking a rule here. I said a while back that I would not quote this girl on here again because I really do have like --- not better 'cause she's fantastic, but broader shall we say --- taste in music. But that was before I heard this song and fell in love with this one line that is me and hits me and stays in my head all day.

"And you come away with a great little story of a mess of dreamer with the nerve to adore you..."
- Taylor Swift

Hey there, it's been a while.

Sorry I haven't posted on here in forever. It's been a busy summer and it's only the middle of June. A lot of working --- work that I actually love and that makes me feel fulfilled. And lot's of growing up and talking to other people about growing up. But I have been listening a lot of music --- specifically a lot this week and I wanted to post a little bit of it. This is a song from Ben Lee, whom I love but is definitely one of those overlooked artists for me. I kind of forget about him and then whenever I hear something from him, I immediately think "Wow, he's kind of amazing."

"Love me like the world is ending..."
- Ben Lee

So simple, so true. There are really not any second chances. Better to say something than not. Trust me. Love hard and wish well. Yup, stole that from Peter.