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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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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

13 March 12

empires - spit the dark & hello lover(acoustic, live at pianos nyc)

god, this band.  they are ridiculous and i adore them.

i also love the acoustic version of spit the dark so, so much.

23 January 12
holidaygolightly: “he’s just trying to impress you.”

holidaygolightly:

“he’s just trying to impress you.”

(Source: holidaygolightly)

Reblogged: holidaygolightly

10 January 12
“ Then I started thinking maybe we actually represent something to people, maybe when they hear the name “Foo Fighters” they just think rock’n’roll, and I thought, “Wow, that’s cool.” Then over the years playing shows I’d look out at the audience and see kids with Nirvana shirts and their parents with Foo Fighters shirts — which seems upside down — and I’d see moustaches and kids at their first rock concert. Our audience became so diverse I thought, “Man, they just want to see a rock show.” Go see Bruce Springsteen. Go see Tom Petty, AC/DC, Roger Waters, any of these people. Go see Pearl Jam or Soundgarden. I went to see Soundgarden four or five months ago; I didn’t stand in the VIP section, I ran down and got crushed in front of the stage and danced around sweaty with a bunch of people I didn’t know for an hour and 45 minutes.
—

- dave grohl, billboard magazine

seriously, how is he so awesome? 

9 January 12
virginiabythedrop: tongue-tied-skinned-alive: Joe Strummer’s letter of recommendation for Bruce Springsteen  Bruce is great … if you don’t agree with that then you’re a pretentious Martian from Venus.  Can I please marry this letter? Please? Seriously, I think I might print it out and frame it. one of my heroes singing my words about another one of my heroes.  love, love, love this.  (virginia - meet you in jersey for the boss this summer/fall, yes?)

virginiabythedrop:

tongue-tied-skinned-alive:

Joe Strummer’s letter of recommendation for Bruce Springsteen 

Bruce is great … if you don’t agree with that then you’re a pretentious Martian from Venus. 

Can I please marry this letter? Please? Seriously, I think I might print it out and frame it.

one of my heroes singing my words about another one of my heroes.  love, love, love this.  (virginia - meet you in jersey for the boss this summer/fall, yes?)

(Source: fire-without-a-spark)

Reblogged: virginiabythedrop

8 January 12
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

life on mars - david bowie.

in honor of ziggy’s birthday, one of my favorites.

themed by hunson. originally by josh