I want to say something. I’m going to put it out there. If you like it, you can take it. If you don’t, send it right back. The chorus of Taylor Swift’s new single, Blank Space, sounds just like Shaggy’s 2000 musical masterpiece It Wasn’t Me. I dare you to listen to Taylor croon “so … Continue reading
One of my favorite things about seeing a new movie is the music. For me, it’s always been interesting to hear what song the director ties to some of the biggest moments, with the intention of making that moment’s impact even larger. I was pleasantly surprised by nearly every song placement in The Fault In Our Stars … Continue reading
Hey! Me again. I’ve stumbled across another song that deserves your attention. Yes, you. Right there. The one procrastinating at your desk right now. Procrastinate for a few more minutes and allow me to introduce you to “Mercury” by Moon Taxi, an indie-progressive rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. I stumbled across these guys when I … Continue reading
A lot of my friends have songs with their dads. Popular among the crowd is Butterfly Kisses by Bob Carlisle, Dance with my Father by Luther Vandross, Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison and the like. These are the songs that come on over the loudspeaker of a department store and elicit a cock of the … Continue reading
How’s this for out of left field? Picture yourself 10 years ago (you know, a decade), tending to your typical ‘your age today minus 10’ kind of day. At that point in time I was probably sitting in a minivan, getting dropped off at the movie theater by my parents to catch the latest teen … Continue reading
Redhead rule of life: Never fail to celebrate the success of a fellow redhead. Celebrating: Ed Sheeran. This fellow redhead gained my affections when he performed at the Grammys with none other than Sir Elton John himself (talk about a stage full of my talented brethren). Ed Sheeran’s name came to mind the other day … Continue reading
Oh, you wonderful Civil Wars. You’ve up and done it again. You’ve made an album that I look forward to listening to, even if I had it on repeat the day before. I can’t say that I’m surprised. The duo’s songwriting ability and lyrics in their debut album, Barton Hollow, hardly earned me the name … Continue reading
Based off of the sheer amount of love I’ve shown for One Republic and Sara Bareilles over the past few years (it’s a little excessive, I know), it should come as no surprise to you that one of my all-time favorite songs is a collaboration between the two. What should come as a surprise is … Continue reading
I’m very proud of my iPod’s ability to switch from Carrie Underwood to Linkin Park to Josh Groban to The Beach Boys to a choir piece to an embarrassingly high amount of Christmas music…all within a 6 song shuffle. Granted, it doesn’t help me in terms of being able to plug in and serve as … Continue reading
Hello, there. Remember me? Probably not. I haven’t seen you for 3 months some time now. (Time? What is time, really?) And for that, I apologize. It has been impeccably poor timing in terms of being a missing person, since I’ve done more musical things in the past 3 months than I had in the year … Continue reading
