Sorry I've Been So...

Things I will Miss by Going Home for the Summer

1. Jenny Lewis

2. A KILLER Newport Folk Festival.

That's right. The same festival where Dylan first went electric will enjoy its 50th anniversary this year. Heading the line-up is:

Joan Baez and Pete Seeger, who both played at the inaugural folk festival way back in 1959. Seeger famously stalked around looking for an ax to cut the electrical chords when Dylan started playing "Maggie's Farm" in 1965.

Other acts include:

The Decemberists
Arlo Guthrie
Fleet Foxes
Neko Case
Campbell Brothers
The Avett Brothers
Josh Ritter
Gillian Welch
Iron & Wine
Tao Rodriguez Seeger
Tim Eriksen & Shape Note Singers
Langhorne Slim
Ben Kweller
For the whole line-up and more details, check out Rolling Stone.

In the Summer Time

So today while perusing Facebook, I found this YouTube video of my fellow Carlsbadians Summer and Ruby Spiro whilst on a fashion shoot. The sisters are a musical duo  with a pretty rad fashion sense. They're also really sweet, nice girls. Ch-ch-ch-check it out.

Hello, Hello

Happy Easter Sunday, everybody!

I basically had the weirdest Friday night ever - although nothing about it was actually all that weird. I just felt weird I guess - and a super lazy Saturday. 

I'm planning to spend today doing some spring cleaning to clear my head out a little bit.

On the playlist:  Devendra Banhart's "Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon".  It's a great record to listen to and it reminds me of home a little bit.

P.S. The photo is of me at the ICA. Very contemplative, huh?

I Left my Heart in San Francisco

Well, apparently these guys didn't. This video is pretty rad. And, I mean, as much as I love my home state, it's not like I haven't ever said "Fuck California" too. 

 Via Dani

Steal All My Records

Last week, instead of doing actual homework, I made DC a CD. Here is the playlist:

1. "Let it out" - Los Hombres

2. "To Save Me" - M. Ward

3. "Just Like Heaven" - Watson Twins

4. "Do I Have to Come Right Out and Say it?" - Buffalo Springfield

5. "Baby it's You" - Smith

6. "Jesus was a Crossmaker" - The Hollies

7. "Friend of the Devil" - Counting Crows

8. "Barrier Reef" - Old 97's

9. "Come Pick Me Up" - Ryan Adams

10. "The Weight" - Aretha Franklin

11. "Acid Tongue" - Jenny Lewis

12. "The Love You Save" - Joe Tex

13. "Ballad of a Thin Man" - Bob Dylan

14. "Buick City Complex" - Old 97's

15. "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" - She & Him

I don't need anyone

Something else to cheer anyone up.

I don't blame you, I'd do the same thing, I get lonely, too

Here's the thing about me:  I really, really love Jenny Lewis. Like, passionately.

She's funny and smart and pretty and makes pretty fucking fantastic music. And despite meh reviews of "Acid Tongue," I think it's a great record with some pretty sweet tunes that embody Jenny's solo sound:  late 60's California alt-country, ah la Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris.

So it's with a very heavy heart that I saw the listings for Jenny's summer tour - not one stop will be anywhere near my scatter plot summer destinations.

Get the listings here.

So I'm sorry, I suck

Readers,

Sorry I've been totally MIA (pirate skulls and bones) the last week - I've hit the exact point in the semester when everything is due at once.

I do have some great things to post (cupcakes and indie mimosas, anyone?), and will do as soon as I get a minute.

In the meantime, I STRONGLY urge everyone to check out M.Ward's new album "Hold Time."  Of She & Him fame (?), M.Ward hits the ground running with sweet, melodic sounds that jive perfectly with a spring spent prancing through seas of daffodils. 

He does Jenny and Zooey proud.