I make mini mixtapes in my head. Sometimes it's a word, or a line, or the general feel of the song. Usually it's a person, who is either the subject matter or the singer. Most of the time it happens completely by accident; shuffle will put two songs in succession and I'll pick out a similar line, or word, something that connects the two songs, and ( Read more... )

Oh god, Rilo Kiley, badly pronounced Spanish is NOT NECESSARY in any of your songs. Honestly. If you can't speak it correctly, don't speak it AT ALL. It's NOT NECESSARY for the song. AT ALL.

That is all.

BUT NOW SHE'S A WILL OF HER OWN.

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