From all of the things that I used be
Rewrite my history
Who says I can’t be free
Who Says by John Mayer
Words to live by.
I’m On Fire by John Mayer (originally by Bruce Springsteen)
I remember seeing John Mayer play this live a few years back and thinking it was one of the sexiest things I’d ever seen, but the covers he’s recorded are usually limited to Jimi Hendrix songs, so I was pleasantly surprised to find this on Mayer’s latest album, Battle Studies. Also, I’ve been a John Mayer fan for years and years now, and I’m glad that people seem to finally be coming around to realize that he’s so much more than a pretty face. He really, really, really knows what he’s doing when it comes to making music.
This Year by the Mountain Goats
I’m sure I’ve posted this before, but I’m posting it now because it always makes me feel better when I’m down. Bonus pick me up: I saw it live on Sunday night and am thinking about that feeling now, which multiplies the cheering up power by ten.
Going to Bristol
The show last night was so utterly amazing that I don’t even know where to begin describing it. There’s something so incredible about seeing John Darnielle live, because he gets so into what he’s singing, but in different ways for different songs (some really quiet, others feverish, all intense). Plus I always love hearing his intros for songs, because they can be funny and heartbreaking all at once.
Anyway, the setlist is below, and the pictures above were taken from my cell phone.
1 Samuel 15:23
Old College Try
Romans 10:9
Letter From Belgium
Isaiah 45:23
Deuteronomy 2:10
Genesis 3:23
Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle
Genesis 30:3
Cobscook Bay (featuring Owen Pallett)
The River Song (featuring Owen Pallett)
Going to Bristol (featuring Owen Pallett)
Hebrews 11:40
Song for Dennis Brown
Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod
Psalms 40:2
This Year
Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace
First encore
Palmcorder Yajna
Wild Sage
Second encore
No Children
John Darnielle with Owen Pallett
Final Fantasy was a great opener
John Darnielle with Owen Pallett
Jen (WindyCityGirl) in the lobby
Due to my abhorrence of crowds, I don’t go to a lot of concerts. I make exceptions when the cost (creeping claustrophobia) : reward (fun fun fun!) ratio swings far enough in the right direction, which means I always make exceptions for The Mountain Goats and I’ve yet to be disappointed.
The show was absolutely PHENOMENAL. I’ll post my pictures later as I’m currently too tired to retrieve them from my phone.
Reblogged from Incline
Album: Relished by the Wisest Men
Release Date: 11/10/09
via uprightcitizens:
Create Your Band and Their Debut Album
1 - Go to “wikipedia.” Hit “random”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2 - Go to “Random quotations”
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4 - Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.
A history of pop music, performed with only four chords.
via sassywater
—-This is an awesome way to start Tuesday. Check it.
I love stuff like this!
Reblogged from walpaper
1 John 4:16 by the Mountain Goats
I’m an extremely happy camper today because I finally have a recording of this song! I’ve been looking for a decent recording of it since I first heard the song the last time I saw the Mountain Goats live. It’s one of those rare songs that just knocked the wind out of me upon hearing it the first time because of how beautiful it is.
We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed by Los Campesinos!
This song has a rare quality in that it was the first thing I heard by this band and after hearing it only once, it immediately made me want to listen to all of their other music.
Everything You Want by Vertical Horizon
“He’s everything you want, he’s everything you need
He’s everything inside of you that you wish you could be
He says all the right things at exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you and you don’t know why”
Covered in Rain by John Mayer
I’ve never heard a studio version of this song. As much as I love the warmth of the live recording, I’m curious what this particular tune would sound like done in studio for an album.
The Mountain Goats - 02-75 (Daytrotter Session)
“This is a song I wrote for my wife… before she was my wife.”
I’m not confident I’ll ever feel like this about someone again, which makes me sad.
Reblogged from Fuck Yeah The Mountain Goats!
This Year by the Mountain Goats
This is one of my favorite songs of all time, largely because it always makes me feel better when I listen to it. It doesn’t matter if I’m questioning choices I’ve made, fighting with someone, hating Los Angeles, realizing I’ve been lied to, missing Chicago (and its weather!), struggling with a creative endeavor, or experiencing something somewhere in between those things; listening to this song always makes me smile and remember to have faith in myself. It reminds me that things could always be worse, and that all it takes for me to have the strength to get past something is to tell myself that I’ll make it through this year if it kills me.
