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i love music. so should you.

this is my (mostly) music blog. i wanted a space where i could wax poetically about all the bands and artists i love. (my heart and my cd collection is v. v. big.) you'll also find a smattering of writing related things, since that's what i'm doing these days, along with other pop culture miscellanea.

things you need to know: i live in chicago, but i used to live in new york city. i go to a lot of shows. i stopped being ashamed of my musical tastes a long time ago. the first time i heard "eleanor rigby" by the beatles, i was nine years old and i still get goosebumps when i hear those opening strings. i sing - trained in opera, musical theater, and everything in between.

i'm not very country, i'm mostly rock and roll.

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16 May 12
chelle: it’s not FAIR.
me: he is ridic and kind of flawless.
chelle:  that jacket is the death of me. my actual death, in jacket form.
me: yessssssssss - that whole shoot is AMAZING.
chelle: WHY IS HE LIKE THAT? I DEMAND ANSWERS.
me: BECAUSE SOMEONE OUT THERE THOUGHT WE NEEDED MORE FEELINGS.
chelle: star of “thor” “war horse” “conspiracy” “midnight in paris” “RUINING MY FUCKING LIFE.”
me: basically, yes.

chelle: it’s not FAIR.

me: he is ridic and kind of flawless.

chelle:  that jacket is the death of me. my actual death, in jacket form.

me: yessssssssss - that whole shoot is AMAZING.

chelle: WHY IS HE LIKE THAT? I DEMAND ANSWERS.

me: BECAUSE SOMEONE OUT THERE THOUGHT WE NEEDED MORE FEELINGS.

chelle: star of “thor” “war horse” “conspiracy” “midnight in paris” “RUINING MY FUCKING LIFE.”

me: basically, yes.

7 May 12
oh. my. god. 
this needs to happen. who do i speak to/pay off to make this happen.

oh. my. god.

this needs to happen. who do i speak to/pay off to make this happen.

(Source: prufrocking)

Reblogged: prufrocking

5 May 12

tom hiddleston performs henry V.

it’s entirely possible that i swooned like a victorian maiden after i watched this.  there’s almost nothing i like better than a man who knows his shakespeare.

23 April 12
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

alan rickman - sonnet 130

in honor of shakespeare’s birthday, i give you my favorite sonnet read by one of my favorite actors in the world.

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.

28 March 12
northerndownpour:

Kaiser Chiefs + Empires - April 19 @ HOB Chicago. Click to buy tickets. See you there.

the venn diagram of people that love empires slavishly, people that love kaiser chiefs obsessively, and people that live in chicago is very small (sarah, chelle. katie, and myself) - it’s quite possible we are going to explode from joy.

northerndownpour:

Kaiser Chiefs + Empires - April 19 @ HOB Chicago. Click to buy tickets. See you there.

the venn diagram of people that love empires slavishly, people that love kaiser chiefs obsessively, and people that live in chicago is very small (sarah, chelle. katie, and myself) - it’s quite possible we are going to explode from joy.

Reblogged: northerndownpour

27 February 12
colin firth & benedict cumberbatch, oscar night 2012
yep, i’m done.

colin firth & benedict cumberbatch, oscar night 2012

yep, i’m done.

24 February 12
it’s late and i am occasionally deeply shallow.

it’s late and i am occasionally deeply shallow.

3 February 12
benedict cumberbatch and gary oldman in tinker, tailor, soldier, spy.
this was one of the best movies i’ve seen in quite sometime.  admittedly, it’s got a lot of elements that i love individually - spies, it’s a period movie, a metric ton of amazing british actors, and john lacarre.  luckily, they all came together in a perfect storm of excellence.

benedict cumberbatch and gary oldman in tinker, tailor, soldier, spy.

this was one of the best movies i’ve seen in quite sometime.  admittedly, it’s got a lot of elements that i love individually - spies, it’s a period movie, a metric ton of amazing british actors, and john lacarre.  luckily, they all came together in a perfect storm of excellence.

14 January 12

(Source: aproclivity)

Reblogged: giganticism

themed by hunson. originally by josh