music

9 crimes

In life, music, song of the day on 23 April 2010 tagged 9 crimes, damien rice with 2 comments

every now and then, i’ll come across a song that stops me in my tracks.  9 crimes, by damien rice, is such a song.  i include the lyrics here because, on their own, they say so much.  paired with the music, though, this song says so much more. absolutely achingly beautiful.  (many thanks to a.j.b. [...]

thousand word thursday

In images, life, music, quotes on 18 March 2010 tagged the cure, thursday with 3 comments

even if we drink i don’t think we would kiss in the way that we did, when the woman was only a girl. (the cure)

fourteen | year two

In family, life, music, nablopomo on 14 December 2009 tagged december, fourteen with 7 comments

two plus feet of snow back in 2000, my sister and i took advantage of a promotional offer from cdnow.com (a now defunct online music retailer).  for the cost of shipping, we were able to create a six-song holiday album, complete with our own title and liner notes.  we couldn’t resist. after searching the available [...]

a one girl army

In charlotte martin, entertainment, images, life, music on 9 October 2009 tagged jammin java with 1 comment

last week, my sister and i drove out to a little coffee house in vienna, virginia to catch a night of music with charlotte martin.  it was our third time seeing her perform, so we knew we wouldn’t be disappointed, and, we were right:  charlotte martin is a powerhouse of musical genius. the night started [...]

take a trip on a rocket ship

In life, music, tori amos on 16 August 2009 tagged tower theater with 2 comments

with maizy under the watchful eye of the emergency veterinarian, my sister, brother-in-law and i headed north to philadelphia to catch our second and final tori amos concert of the tour. it was an equally magic, though distinctly different, concert experience.  the hands-down — did i really hear that? — shining moment of the night [...]