- Been obsessing over Sam Cooke lately. I guess it's the release of Dream Boogie, which I haven't picked up yet but plan to. "I'll Come Running Back To You" is truly perfect. His voice is beautiful and smooth, but it has this tiny tiny tiny bit of strain that isn't present with some other trained vocalists. It feels like I can hear the words ( Read more... )

YES!

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( but it's a boring wednesday morning... )

quagmire
villainous
guant
parenthetically
odious (geneiveve's suggestion)
fervor
fecundity (jimmy's suggestion)
pithy
acquiesce
let (as in "blood let")
apropos
pigeon, puddin', or darling (as pet/nick names)
humunculus (sam's suggestion)
defenestrate (sam's suggestion, inspiration for my brother's old band's name)
zoftig (also sam's)
bulbous ( ( Read more... )

Last night I tested out my fancy sheep halloween makeup and totally creeped myself out. I looked completely bizarre no matter what I did and I felt sort of like a super-goth superhero with face tattoos ( Read more... )

you wanna go to any of these shows with me, austinharts? hit me up! obv. i will be surrounded by all of the loved ones i can wrange at the okkervil show, but the other ones are wide open for company ( Read more... )

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Nothing puts me in a better mood than the cold weather. Today I am wearing tights and legwarmers and boots and a scarf and a long coat and a little blue hat! Too much? I don't think so ( Read more... )

i've seen a couple different versions of this music survey, ( i'm doin' the better one now... )