stuff i love 7

today, i am sharing my love for guster with y'all. not only do i looooove their music but i love THEM. i've been lucky enough to meet the gusters a few times and it's always been a blast. they are genuinely nice and hilarious. i would love to be a fly on the wall of their tour bus for a couple of hours. i know that it's not all fun all the time but i'd like to witness some of the ridiculousness. fortunately, they've embraced technology and have shared this video with their fans. it gives us a small idea of what life is like on the gus-bus.

this is an excerpt from the road journal, penned by brian (thundergod!):

What happened next is hard to explain, but you can only watch Rothbury wookies dance naked for so long before you finally listen to Paula Abdul on another level. D.F. Yonkman is the man behind the iPhone.

Untitled from Guster on Vimeo.

i am so annoyed!

i wrote about this yesterday but decided to delete it. well, now i'm more annoyed than ever so i'm back.

dear lainey melnick,

STOP WITH THE FUCKING EMAILS. i don't even know how you got my email address because i damn sure never signed up for your list in the first place. i've gotten at least 8 "subscription verification" emails from you, along with 3 emails that are completely blank. i am really sick of this crap. and, of course, your stupid emails don't include a way for me to contact the sender to be removed from your stupid fucking list. all it says is, "if you do not wish to subscribe, do nothing!" or some shit. well, i've done nothing and my inbox is being attacked with your crap. it would be one thing if i had ever signed up to receive your stupid ass updates, but i haven't. for the love of god, provide me with a way to get my email off your list!!!!!!!!

watermelon baby

after dinner tonight nels became enthralled with this watermelon. i took many pictures but these are my absolute favorites.

top five 6/28-7/4

artists:

badly drawn boy (14)

the postal service (11)

jenny lewis with the watson twins (11)

stars of track and field (9)

bon iver (8)

songs:

gomez-ain't no sunshine (3)

jenny lewis with the watson twins-born secular (2)

elton john-tiny dancer (2)

peter gabriel-solsbury hill (2)

m. ward-never had nobody like you (2)

happy 4th, y'all

i hope you guys had a lovely 4th of july. i think most of us use today as an excuse to eat and drink a lot (just like any other holiday here in america). so, i hope you ate and/or drank a lot today and enjoyed yourselves while doing so. i spent the evening covered in sweat, hanging out with family and good friends. it was really lovely, minus the sweat part.

a summer mix

today i made this mix of stuff i'm really into right now. mostly upbeat stuff because i need happy music to help me forget about the weather.

matt & kim-daylight

phoenix-lisztomania

spoon-got nuffin'

grizzly bear-two weeks

conor oberst and the mystic valley band-big black nothing

gomez-engine

yeah yeah yeahs-heads will roll

m. ward-never had nobody like you

animal collective-summertime clothes

holly conlan-ok

wilco-sonny feeling

operation aloha-failure

andrew bird-oh no

these are some random images

these are just some pictures from this week. none of them having anything to do with each other but i just felt like sharing them.

this is one of my favorite beverages these days. they also just started making a raspberry lemonade that is to die for!

this might look like kool aid or something but it's actually hummingbird juice! i just thought it looked pretty.

my new antibiotics for my infected tooth. i've always liked pink and gray together so i was excited when i saw these pills. i'm so weird.

my free tito's belt buckle! isn't it cool?

today feels like a friday but it's only thursday. i thought about going out tonight but i have the next 4 days off work and i figured one night at home would be nice. plus, i'm a little whacked out on these pain pills so i probably shouldn't go anywhere. so i'm in bed watching gilmore girls. this is what i like to do.

an epic performance!

in case you haven't already seen this, you need to watch it ASAP. it might be 8:24 long but it's worth every second.

stuff i love 6

this is going to be short and boring. no graphics or anything. i am suffering from a really, really awful toothache and have been since sunday. it comes and goes but when it's on, it's REALLY on. sunday night was the worst pain i think i have ever experienced. so right now, i love vicodin. it's the only thing offering any sort of relief from this stupid toothache. don't worry, i'm going to the dentist on thursday.

i'm sorry this is so lame but i just don't have it in me to put much more effort into this tonight.

top five 6/21-27

artists:

grizzly bear (44)

jenny lewis and the watson twins (12)

spoon (12)

gomez (11)

jenny lewis (9)

songs:

grizzly bear-lullabye (4)

grizzly bear-fine for now (4)

jenny lewis and the watson twins-melt your heart (3)

grizzly bear-cheerleader (3)

grizzly bear-ready, able (3)