"medicate."

autumn.

in celebration of the fall solstice, or mabon to some of you, i've made a playlist of my favorite autumn songs. i love fall. it's my favorite season.

so psyched. from alt press:

EVERY TIME I DIE'S NEW ALBUM TRACK-BY-TRACK WITH KEITH BUCKLEY
Tim Karan on 9/8/09 @ 6:00 AM


Typically when we receive new albums at the AP Skyscraper, the musicians leave it up to us to interpret their lyrics and search for metaphors that we think can apply to real-life scenarios. But most musicians aren't KEITH BUCKLEY. As he and his band EVERY TIME I DIE prepare to release their fifth full-length, New Junk Aesthetic, the literate frontman offers up the stories and meanings behind every song on the album.

Roman Holiday
"This was an exercise in spontaneity. I had just seen Rosemary's Baby for the fifth time and the line about "all of them witches" drove me straight to writing. The song is about sacrifice, using the literal image of murder as a metaphor for the emotional version we all make."

The Marvelous Slut
"I saw an image of a number of men voluntarily being crucified to honor Jesus. I thought it was extremely self-righteous to make yourself comparable to the idea of Jesus. I wondered what went through their heads when they decided to give their lives for such an enormous idea, [for which they] would never be remembered. Then I realize, we all do that every day of our lives."

Who Invited The Russian Soldier?
"I wrote this the day after some idiot 19-year-old girl with a fake ID spilled my drink at a bar while dancing like an asshole to a Rolling Stones song. I snapped. I berated her and her friends. I felt they didn't belong there. Afterwards, I started feeling like maybe it was me who didn't belong there--the old man who hasn't figured out how to make room for change. Russian soldiers are notorious for their defeatism."

Wanderlust
"This song is about touring."

For The Record
"This is about how distracted I get by every stimulus around me. Kind of tongue-in-cheek, as I make it seem like I'm aware of how little I'm aware and there's a nobility to it; When in reality, I'm growing very tired with myself and how little I can focus."

White Smoke
"When they find a new pope, they burn chemicals to produce white smoke from the Vatican chimney. It alerts people the old one is dead and has been replaced. The idea that there is a distant signal to express that you've been forgotten is funny to me. It's so impersonal and untouchable."

Turtles All the Way Down
"This is about me watching myself watching myself watching myself."

Organ Grinder
"The paradigm of the 'Big Brother' sentiment on this record. Everyone is being watched. Thanks, YouTube."

Host Disorder
"I'm a people pleaser and I fucking hate that about myself."

After One Quarter Of A Revolution
"This was written after a very dramatic event that occurred with the band while in the studio. I felt like I had cleaned a slate that had been dirty for way too long and got back to what was important in my life. 'After one quarter of a revolution' is a reference to specific trajectories in which bodies in orbit along different paths will collide."

The Sweet Life
"Based on Federico Fellini's [1960 film] La Dolce Vida and, concurrently, my own life." alt

check it out!!!! some of my very favorite songs here!


vamp love.

okay, okay, i know, we've established that i love the song "just like heaven," but i've just recently started listening to this version by the watson twins, you know, the girls who released an album with jenny lewis a few years back. and it's like...hauntingly beautiful.

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check out where they'll be headed!

i'm going...are you???

love them!

download the jennifer's body soundtrack. it is simply fantastic. and get the one with 18 songs, meaning the "deluxe version," because it's soooo good! it has hole and stuff and the other one doesn't. some of my favorite tracks: "toxic valentine" by all time low, "new in town" by little boots, and of course one of my all time favorite songs, "violet" by hole. here's the complete track listing:


01) Florence and the Machine - Kiss with a Fist
02) Panic! at the Disco - New Perspective
03) Hayley Williams - Teenagers
04) Little Boots - New in Town
05) Dashboard Confessional - Finishing School
06) Low Shoulder - Through the Trees
07) Cute Is What We Aim For - Time
08) Screeching Weasel - I Can See Clearly
09) Cobra Starship - Chew Me Up and Spit Me Out
10) All Time Low - Toxic Valentine
11) Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You
12) White Lies - Death
13) The Sword - Celestial Crown
14) Silversun Pickups - Little Lover's So Polite
15) Lissy Trullie - Ready for the Floor
16) Hole- Violet
17) In the Flesh- Low Shoulder
18) Panic! at the Disco- New Perspective music video

i love superchick. i have for a long time. they're like kind of christian, but they really rock and they're totally grrrl rock. ha. i like this. it's their new song, "cross the line." check it.
http://www.hearitfirst.com/crosstheline

it's kind of weird and embarrassing that i like this band so much. but i do. and i'm pumped for the new album.

Every Time I Die - "Wanderlust"

i really like this song.

they're called attack cat and they're from cleveland heights. i just think their sound is really cool. i'm going to see them tomorrow night at the grog shop for five bucks. you should go, too!

well, believe it or not, they're performing in episode 5, so be sure to watch!

so cute, so cute.

Jenny Lewis "See Fernando" from Team G on Vimeo.