"Georgia Warhorse" by JJ Grey & Mofro

If this doesn't make you feel sexy you don't have a soul.

Instrumental Interiors

Brilliant and stunning print campaign for the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra by photographer Bjoern Ewers.

I think I actually gasped when I saw these the first time. 

"The Wrong Side" by JJ Grey & Mofro

I can't seem to get enough of bluesy southern rock these days. Mmm. Mmm. Mmmmmmmm.

Seven Bridge Road by The Eagles

I love the opening of this song.

Breakeven by The Script

I know most of the world is probably over this song, but I still think its beautiful.

"El Camino" by Amos Lee featuring Willie Nelson

Border Reiver by Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler is the voice of Dire Straits and I grew up listening to them.



I discovered this song on Pandora yesterday and I love it.

"With You" by Nate Stone

ps. I love music videos that are mostly music playing.

"Longer I Run" by Peter Bradley Adams

Into My Arms

When Husband and I were dating, he made me a CD with this song on it and I'd listen to it on my drives home at 2 am midnight when I was able to pry myself away. Goodness but I love that man.



How can you not fall for a guy that plays you a song like that?

Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap

I came across this song on the radio a week ago and I have hardly stopped listening to it since. It has that mellow quality that reminds me of Coldplay but with a quicker tempo and baseline that are definitely channeling U2 off of their Joshua Tree album.

Soooooo good.

Too many sunsets I haven't seen...

There's too many things that I haven't done yet
Too many sunsets
I haven't seen
You can't waste the day wishing it'd slow down
You would've thought by now
I'd have learned something

I made up my mind when I was a young girl
I've been given this one world
I won't worry it away
But now and again i lose sight of the good life
I get stuck in a low light
But then Love comes in
How far do i have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Many the miles
How far do i have to go to get to you
Many the miles
But send me the miles and i'll be happy to follow you Love

I do what I can wherever I end up
To keep giving my good love
And spreading it around
Cause I've had my fair share of take care and goodbyes
I've learned how to cry
And I'm better for that

Sing how far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Many the miles
How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Send me the miles and I'll be happy to
Follow you Love

Red letter day and I'm in a blue mood
Wishing that blue would just carry me away
I've been talking to God don't know
If it's helping or not
But surely something has got to got to got to give
Cause I can't keep waiting to live

How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Many the miles
How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
But send me the miles and I'll be happy to yeah
How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Many the miles
How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Many the miles
Been talking to God don't know if it's helping or not
Many the miles
Many the miles
How far do I have to go to get to you
Many the miles
Many the miles
Oh send me the miles and I'll be happy to
Follow you Love

There's too many things I haven't done yet
Too many sunsets I haven't seen

Let's hear it for New York

Grew up in a town that is famous as the place of movie scenes

Noise was always loud, there are sirens all around and the streets are mean
If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere, that's what they say
Seeing my face in lights or my name on marquees found down on Broadway

Even if it ain’t all it seems, I got a pocketful of dreams
Baby, I'm from New York
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Hear it for New York, New York, New York!
On the avenue, there ain't never a curfew, ladies work so hard
Such a melting pot, on the corner selling rock, preachers pray to God
Hail a gypsy cab, takes me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge
Some will sleep tonight with a hunger far more than an empty fridge

I'm gonna make it by any means, I got a pocketful of dreams
Baby, I'm from New York
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in New York
These street will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Hear it for New York, New York, New York!

One hand in the air for the big city,
Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty
No place in the world that can compare
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

In New York
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Now you're in New York!

Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in New York
These street will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Hear it for New York!

Put Your Records On by Corinne Bailey Rae

Three little birds, sat on my window.

And they told me I don't need to worry.
Summer came like cinnamon
So sweet,
Little girls double-dutch on the concrete.

Maybe sometimes, we've got it wrong, but it's alright
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same
Oh, don't you hesitate.
Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

Blue as the sky, sunburnt and lonely,
Sipping tea in the bar by the roadside,
(just relax, just relax)
Don't you let those other boys fool you,
Got to love that afro hair do.

Maybe sometimes, we feel afraid, but it's alright
The more you stay the same, the more they seem to change.
Don't you think it's strange?

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

'Twas more than I could take, pity for pity's sake
Some nights kept me awake, I thought that I was stronger
When you gonna realise, that you don't even have to try any longer?
Do what you want to.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Oh, you're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow

Refuge (When It's Cold Outside) by John Legend

I pray for better days to come
I pray that I would see the sun
Cuz life is so burdensome
When everyday's a rainy one

But suddenly there's no more clouds
I believe without a doubt
That heaven sent an angel down
And then she turned my life around
You know and I know
Friends come and friends go
Storms rise and winds blow
But one thing I know for sure

When it's cold outside
There's no need to worry cuz
I'm so warm inside
You give me peace
When the storm's outside
Cuz we're in love I know
It'll be alright
Alright it's alright

Oooh...

Now peace is so hard to find
We're terrorized and victimized
But that's when I close my eyes
And think of you to ease my mind

You take me to another place
There's no more war (no more war)
Just love and grace
Baby you restore my faith
I know the struggle's not in vain
You know and I know
Through all the battles
Baghdad to Israel
There's one thing I know for sure
When it's cold outside
There's no need to worry cuz
I'm so warm inside
You give me peace
When the storm's outside
Cuz we're in love I know
It'll be alright
Alright it's alright

Alright it's alright
Alright it's alright
Alright it's alright

Oh...

When it's cold outside
There's no need to worry cuz
I'm so warm inside
You give me peace
When the storm's outside
Cuz we're in love I know
It'll be alright
Alright it's alright

Oh it's gonna be alright

Ooh...

Cuz you give me peace
In the middle of the storm
When it's cold you're keeping me warm
It's alright
It's alright
I'm never gonna leave
You give me what I need

It's alright, alright

Raising Sand

I don't post very very often about music, but that may change. Because I think about it a lot. It's just difficult to get it across on a blog, you know?

In 2007 Robert Plant and Alison Krauss collaborated on an album called Raising Sand, for which they won a Grammy for best album of the year.

It is spectacular. I find myself listening to it over and over again.

This is actually a great video that features brief commentary and interviews interspersed with snipets of the songs.

Bob Dylan

I have a confession. I'm not a Dylan fan. I love his lyrics, I don't care for his voice. But, if he had been a poet instead of a musician, would anyone remember him?

I need new music.

I'm in a rut at work, which means that I need new music. It will kick start my brain again and I'll be able to finish this marketing strategy I've been making dismal progress with. The client has given me very little to work with and I'm not getting any help. I feel like I've been given a stack of toothpicks to build the Golden Gate Bridge. Or lego's to build the Empire State Building. Or a 12-pack of Crayolas to create the Mona Lisa. Or... you get the idea. I need a super boost of creativity and energy and no I'm not talking about Red Bull and yes I've already had five Diet Dr. Pepper's today.

 Accepting ideas for inspiration.... NOW.

It Might Get Loud

IKF is the guy for me. He knew that the one thing I really wanted for my birthday was It Might Get Loud and he scoured the Inland Empire to find one for me. And he found it, and we watched it, and I love it.

Wedding Song?

Dear blogosphere,

I am at a loss.

IKF and I need to pick a song for our first dance, and well... yeah, I'll say it... I'm being really picky.

I want something...

Romantic, but not cheesy.
Fresh, but not informal.
Classic, but not stale.

For example... I like Etta James' At Last, but that has SO been done already. I like Michael Buble's Everything, but I'm worried that its too fast.

No Shania Twain, Bryan Adams, or Lady in Red. (Essentially anything that they played at dance's when I was in high school.)

IKF wants us to dance to David Bowie. You see the difficulty I'm having.

Some of the songs currently in the running are:

To Make You Feel My Love by Mick McAuley & Winifred Horan
Just Like Heaven by Katie Melua
Once Upon A Dream by Steve Tyrell

I think recent covers of classic songs is a good idea, but good covers are sometimes hard to find.

If you all have any suggestions or recommendations, they would be much appreciated.

XOXO