The Curse

"After thousands of years what a face to wake up to.

Josh Ritter

This song made my heart fall apart. And then I found the video. And it was too much.

I Forgot

I forgot to tell y'all about Garth. He was amazing. I think that his talent lies in his ability to make you believe that he loves doing what he's doing as much as you love watching him do it. Three nights into a week and half of shows, and this almost fifty-year-old man is running around the stage, sweating buckets of water, singing his voice out just for you. That's how I felt anyway.
At the end of the show, for the second encore, he did what he called "house-keeping" and played some of the songs that people were holding up signs for. Most of these were either older or more obscure songs. He didn't really play any of my secret favorites, but I saw signs for two or three of my favorite songs. So even though he didn't play any of the unexpected ones that I was hoping to hear, there was something just as special about seeing signs for "When There's No One Around," and "Learning To Live Again," and "You Move Me." Cheesy as it may be, just knowing that one other person loved that song as much as I do, that that is the one song they would choose if they were asked, it made the night almost as moving as if he had played them.

All Garth, All The Time

Have I ever told you that I love Garth Brooks? Because I do. I grew up on that guy. And I'm going to see him live in concert on Sunday night. For only the second time in my life. That last time I was in sixth grade and I wore a fringed western shirt. This year, I don't know what I'll wear. But I could not be more excited.

Down The Way

Angus & Julia Stone: my musical crush of the moment. A brother/sister duo from Australia. I was recently introduced to their sophomore album, and I really can't stop playing it. It's gorgeous, mellow, sultry winter music. Makes you (and by you I mean me) want to settle in around a table with good friends, some sort of dark liquor in hand, fireside, with stories and board games.
I don't think I've ever said this before, but I'm sort of ready for the winter.
I'm working on a winter mix tape. I'll be sure to share it on here once it's complete. In the meantime, this song is sure to be featured:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFTvbcNhEgc

(Sorry, y'all, my internet savvy is relatively lacking, and the embed code was disabled, so link it is).