did you know that those pine tree air fresheners are made in watertown, ny?

now you know…

californiaaaaaaaaaaaaah

3am: bed time

630am: wake up time

8am: meet and greet time

830am: roll out time

1045am: finish group ride time

1120am: solo bonus lap around santa monica time

12pm: eat like a ravenous idiot time

1pm: go to work time

430pm: still at work but i want to take nap time

“Sometimes you want to hear the big rock gesture, the effort and the angst of anthems addressing the era’s recession, depression and fear. And sometimes you just want a hug. Not a double-backslap bro’ hug, but something warm and sincere. That’s when it’s time for the Weepies.”

couldn’t have said it better!  check out the review and get the album on over at emusic.com

[something corporate @ club nokia 08.28.2010]

i can’t even begin the discuss the gamut of emotions experienced from seeing this band saturday night.
happy, comes to mind.

note that i stand in the back now, because i’m old.

***

i won’t let this get me,
i will fight, you live the life you’re given with the storms outside,
somedays all I do is watch the sky…

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[totally awesome wedding favors...]

[pretttttyyyyy]

i feel so honored to have been a part of such a special day

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do yourself a favor and head on over to npr.org and stream the new record from ra ra riot.  no sophomore slump for them!

i also find it fitting that the title of this album is “the orchard.”  central NY (syracuse) represent!

the arcade fire’s “sprawl II (mountains beyond mountains)”
is one of the most brilliant songs i’ve heard in a while.

• • •

on the black river, the city lights shine
they’re screaming at us, we don’t need your kind
sometimes I wonder if the world’s so small
that we can never get away from the sprawl
living in the sprawl
dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains…

[@malibu bluffs park]