Fever Pitch

The other day I went and saw The Adjustment Bureau with my roommate and some of our friendgirls. Justin showed me the preview a couple of minutes before we left to see it, so I really wasn't sure about the movie. To make matters worse, I lost my temper on the way over and was a sourpuss the rest of the night...that is, until this song came on during the most action-packed scene of the movie and made me feel worlds better.

I love Adam Freeland's remix of Sarah Vaughan's classic Fever. I didn't realize it was a remix until I looked it up online after the movie. About halfway through listening to it, I was struck by the way she sings one of the lines. It reminded me of another song. It hit me that another version of Fever is in Dan in Real Life (which, also stars Emily Blunt). I hope you enjoy it. I think it is a great song to listen to and to exercise to.

Polar Express

I won't bore you with any of my normal reasons why I love a song. Today I just want to share this song because it puts me in the mood for Christmas. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

Merry Christmas. I love you all!

Train's Shake up Christmas:

He Who Sings Brand New Day Gives us Two Brand New Songs

It's been a while. I realize that. I've had a lot going on with work and with the Masquerade Ball I threw last week with some friends...So my apologies, please.

The other night I watched the movie Adam which is about a man with Asperger's Syndrome who begins a relationship with his new neighbor. The movie was good, but the soundtrack was even better. I may be a little biased because they had not one, but two Joshua Radin songs on there. Not to mention the Weepies song I like, Can't Go Back.

The song that I will be sharing today plays during a time of self discovery toward the end of the movie while Adam is walking down the streets of a New York City suburb in the snow. It begins with a series of chilling chords. Joshua perpetuates the mood with a somewhat lugubrious first verse. Josh is joined by Maria Taylor at the chorus where we eventually find a bit of solace from the cold, but even sitting by the flickering warmth of their voices, the cold still seeps through the seams of our coats.

Listen and let me know what you think.



Okay, you may have to check this one out as well...It's from his new album The Rock and the Tide. You're gonna love it.

A Diamond in the Rough

I have three things to say:

1. I have never heard a lullaby more beautiful than this—Jewel's Angel Standing By. She sings of angels and she is an angel singing. This version is from her new album, so appropriately named, Lullaby.

2. I first heard this song on the movie Return to Me. It plays when David Duchovny walks into his house after the fatal car wreck that took his wife from him. His tuxedo is stained with blood, bandages cover his own wounds and the sleeve of his shirt has been torn off. His dog comes over to him and he breaks the news to him that "She's not coming back." He slumps to the floor and cries like a child...My sister introduced it back into my life on the way back from our family reunion earlier this month.

3. Jewel, I want to marry you. I've been in a weird-like funk lately and I think you're helping me pull out of it. I present the evidence:

I drove past a group of "protestors" on Center and University yesterday with picket signs offering "FREE HUGS." I almost stopped.

I also went on a walk yesterday and just walked and walked without direction just so I could think and feel lonely.

Last Friday I went to the library and checked out no less than eight library books.

and, coming into work today I pulled youtube up and listened to this song and almost had to close my office door. It just hit the spot.

Things I've Left Unsaid List #2

On Your Way, Eastmountainsouth

When the Pope Demands, You Listen

Okay, last night I had another reminiscent moment with a song that I have loved for months, but have never mentioned here on my blog. Not only is it a song I love, but it comes from one of my favorite artists. Crap, I may actually have to post two of his songs because both of them are on my top 20.

I discovered Ron Pope several months ago and introduced him to my friends through the medium of Toons and Spoons, which you're all invited to if you ever feel so inclined. A Drop In the Ocean is a a bathtub song while Shoot Out the Lights is a T-shirt song. Let's just forget that I heard A Drop In the Ocean blaring over the speaker system at Pioneer Pool last Monday night and focus on how good the lyrics are. I love Ron's voice and his emotion even more.

In Shoot Out the Lights he does something that makes me cock my ear and listen even more: He unleashes. I don't really know what he is singing about, but I believe him. It's almost like his unadulterated devotion to his song demands your undivided attention—and I'm more than willing to give it to him. Here you go:

A Drop In the Ocean


Shoot Out the Lights

Midnight (45) Musings

Sometimes when I know I need to go to bed, but I don't really want to face the reality of knowing I will feel drugged in the morning if I wait any longer, I will lie in bed and listen to my iPod. I find that in these moments, I get some very productive listening in. My mind is clear and I can truly appreciate a song that I've listened to a hundred times or find one that I never knew I had. Last night I experienced the former of the two. It was about midnight 45 and I thought, "Crap, I need to get some sleep." I got ready for bed and then I laid down and stuck my earphones in. I was listening to some Justin Nozuka, but then I came across something that I haven't listened to in a while and it just hit the spot.

Michael Warren's You Changed Me came on and I had to listen to the whole thing even though I was quickly nearing the one o'clock hour. I would like to dedicate this post to Mike's ability to mix the smooth flow of lyrics and sound with just enough bump to make it interesting.



If you liked that, you should also check out You and Love Has Found Its Way.