i've got the hypochondriac blues

thank you, matt costa, for a sickness related song. makes my job so much easier.

but yeah, guys, i'm just not feeling so swift. i had a song planned for today, but if it's all right with y'all, i'm going to postpone them until kallie's back to business, baby.

currently, i am watching gilmore girls and consuming copious amounts of liquid in both...liquid (cough) & frozen forms. ommmm, popsicles. i have to go buy some more, though. my stash has been depleted. here's to hoping they have the ommy breyer's (PRODUCT PLACEMENT!) ones with real bits of fruit in them. mmm mmm good. (campbell's check is in the mail, too.)

i'm sorry for my fail and any possible finger!fail that may have possibly eluded the ever tipsy firefox spell-checker or my eyes due to a popsicle-induced stupor.

keyboard cat, play me off.

"gimme some motivation" - delta spirit

holy guacamole. if i don't get some ACTUAL cookies for this, i may cry. ):

yes. that is, in fact, their hard to find album art of their ep.
yes, that is, in fact, supposed to be jon, sean, matt, and brandon.
yes, that album art is, in fact, missing kelly winrich because at the time he was not an official member of the band.
yes, jon does, in fact, look just like janice the muppet in my wonderful artwork.
yes, sean does, in fact, look like a picasso painting.
yes, matt does, in fact, look nothing like himself but instead like a generic hipster.
yes, brandon does, in fact, look like drop dead fred when the mega bitch squished his head.
and yes, i am, in fact, still completely proud of this damn thing. SO BOOYAH.

SO. where to start? delta spirit are my favorite band. hands down. matt costa may win overall, but when we get into nitty gritty, delta wins in the band category. (but i do love you harris, james, mitch, and jacob!<--member's of matt's band)

this song is a friday song. it also is a song i DIDN'T HEAR AT THEIR CONCERT IN FEBRUARY. sad times, i tell you. SAD. TIMES. it's easily one of my favorite songs of theirs because...well...

ARE YOU A BELIEVER?
YEAH!

you told me that you loved me but you only knew my middle initial
my name is matthew logan and you spell it L-O-G-A-N
sean, jon, and brandon young aren't just livin' life for the party
we've got important things to do, so this is why we say...

I LOVE THIS SONG! *nods vehemently*
best use of spelling since "B-A-N-A-N-A-S" (because gwen stefani taught me how to spell that word, okay? before i never knew how many nananana's banana had...that shit was banananas............damn.)

plus, there's a bit for all the fangirls out there: hope. if you know matt's middle name (WHICH YOU DO NOW FROM THE SONG ZOMGAH!) then he may possibly believe your confession of love for him. otherwise, you're S. O. L. (sun, that's right. sun. cough.) and it also answers the age old question of "are sean, jon, and brandon young just living life for the party?" WELL, THERE YOU HAVE IT RIGHT UP THERE, FOLKS. NO. THEY. AREN'T. good to know, good to know.

my favorite bit of the song, though?

I always knew you were insecure.
Loneliness is never the cure.
Don't push my love away!

ahhhh. a lesson to all you loners with stalkers out there. BE DESPERATE! you take that stalker & you LOVE him! in all seriousness, i really do love those lyrics, but they can be interpreted in ohsomany ways, and for a girl like me...that's cause for maniacal hand-rubbing....because, yknow...all creative evil-geniuses do that.

if you're wanting to buy this jam-out tune, you're going to have to do a little digging. aka a google search. as far as my limited & only-when-im-bored research has shown, i can't find a legal download of it anywhere, so if you do, share! i'd love to have the ep, but even ebay has SMIDGE. BOOOOO. BOO, I SAY. BOOOO!

this is the end.

"when they fight, they fight" - generationals

i've decided horribly-done renditions of album art via sumopaint is going to be my 'thing.'
i daresay i pretty much pawn at them. look at that pout! i'm pretty damn proud of that tie, gotta say.

This song will NOT leave your head for weeks, I swear. At the zee avi gig, my friend was cracking up because every time we had a quiet moment, I was either humming or singing this song. IT'S JUST THAT CATCHY. The beginning sounds like some goddamn disco/70's song which alone catches my forgotten and lonesome bell-bottoms' attention, and then it goes right into the chorus, and you're already boogying along. it's that good, i pinky swear.

When they fight, they fight
And when they come home at night they say,
"i love you, baby." <-- THIS PART RIGHT HERE.

OHMAN. this is a song you HAVE to listen to in the car, windows down, AT NIGHT, and just sing your little heart out & drum on the steering wheel. it's worth it, i swear. it's the best way to listen to this song, i'm convinced. (granted, i've never heard this live in-concert, but the whole ambience of summer nights, driving down the road is just...in HARMONY with this song.

Was it too much too soon,
Or too little too late?
He got the message she left on his car, in the rain.

the way they sing the words, too...it adds something another group could never replicate.

And when it all comes crashing down,
what can you do,
to find what you're looking for?
And then the words will come to you,
driving through the rain.

But there'll be no one there to say them to anyway.

and i obviously can't speak for the artists themselves, but to me, i see this song as meaning something along the lines of a couple who are struggling in their relationship. they keep fighting, but they're still willing to work it out; however, they continue fighting. finally, it dawns on the guy/girl what to say to their significant other, but it's too late. their other is gone.

kind of sad for such a groovy song, but i still dig it, chyeah. i'm doing the hustle right now. too bad YOU CAN'T SEE ME. MUAHAHA.

these guys did a session over at daytrotter which includes this song, among others.
download it all as it's FREE, AWESOME MUSIC. all you have to do is register.
here's generationals' session.

"songs we sing" - matt costa

(O, I C WUT U DID THAR.)

i made this puppy for a thread where you had to guess the album artwork.
i'm an artist, damn straight. this is a bit like "concept art."
only, i followed through with concept...halfway. let's call it half-full, shall we?

so if you didn't realize, i was obviously influenced by a certain mr. costa (forewarning: if you happen to stumble upon my blog haphazardly, i essentially worship at the altar of costa.)

but anyway, "songs we sing" is the title of Matt Costa's first full-length album release & the song, itself, is worthy of a mention.

i'm not going to post all of the lyrics because that's why God invented google (it was either him or al gore...), but I'll go over some highlights.


these are the songs that we sing (we sing)
these are the songs that i sing
to make the day better

personally, i just really like the simplicity of this song. it's no masterpiece, but it's almost like the lyrics of an old folk song. i feel like it's just a testament to those special songs that you play whenever you're feeling down, and when they come on, they just instantly brighten your day.

and we have got no home at all
travel like gypsies living off any
thing, thing, thing

these are the melodies
with simple harmonies we sing
we sing of the hardship life brings

this also echoes my previous point, but i also like that this is bringing a story into that idea. perhaps it's just a song for all the musicians who are dirt poor, but they continue to do what they do because they love it? maybe.

regardless? i love this song. it's not my favorite costa song by any means, but it's worthy of a mention.

here's a live version matt played at the moonshine festival in 2004:
songs we sing ( live) - matt costa

(feel free to download. just right click, click save as, et voila.)

I'm on a belated blogging craze...

YEP! ya heard it here first, folks.
Kallie's done made another blog. boy-howdy.
as if i'll get any followers. puhshaw.
*spits tobacco*

but i thought i'd take my love for music, and blahg (my use of "blah" is meant to represent the often "blahblahblah" factor of most blogs, for those of you who are unaware of my punny behavior) about a new song every day...actually, that's asking a lot from a girl like me. let's just say every post, and i'll try and make at least 3 posts a week, deal? *shakes hand even if not in agreement* (we'll even pull out the ol' knife-finger-touch fingers contract if we have to.) I say "we." little did you know I have a mouse in my pocket who helps me write my blogs. he's actually the gregarious one. i'm just submissive.

so expect my little darlings soon. i'll try and post a sampling mp3 when available, but otherwise, don't expect miracles or illegal file-sharing. i'm willing to live on the edge...of my seat.