Sometimes I lay under the moon

I miss Israel. It's so beautiful there.

 

My Body Moves In Time

Boy & Bear, enjoy:

Ok. I love these guys.
I found them randomly this summer. And I'm so thankful I did.
I find they have really fresh sounding songs. Their sound is familiar, but at the same time, a lot of their melodies are so interesting and catchy and new and different.
I love it.
They are a staple in all my playlists, all my mix CDs, in my life.

Go ahead.
Dance.

I know you want to.

Dreaming

"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams"

-Willy Wonka

The poets down here don't write nothing at all, they just stand back and let it all be.

As promised here, the last photos of my summer. These are from August.

Man, there's an opera out on the turnpike

There's a ballet being fought out in the alley

Until the local cops, cherry top, rips this holy night

The streets alive as secret debts are paid

Contacts made, they vanished unseen

Kids flash guitars just like switch-blades

Hustling for the record machine

The hungry and the hunted explode into rock and roll bands 

that face off against each other out in the street

Down in Jungleland

-Jungleland, Bruce Springsteen

Carpe Noctem

Hey.
I also have a tumblr:
http://seizethedayseizethenight.tumblr.com/

It's a little bare.
The whole concept of reblogging is a bit foreign to me.
But it's there.

It's pretty similar to this blog.
Pictures, music, thoughts.
So if you're on Tumblr, feel free to follow :)

True Colors

This whole city's black and white.

Tell me what is your color,

could it be the same as mine?

City of Black and White-Mat Kearney

Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways

The Head and the Heart.
I've had their self titled album since February.
And as I ease (slowly, I might add) out of my Ceremonials stage, I have rediscovered this folky little gem. Particularly one song that has lulled me to sleep for the past couple nights. In a good way:

And so good live right?

A quick story:

I traveled to Israel this summer throughout the end of June and all of July (see previous post).

Two negatives about this amazing, life changing experience (that I am so grateful for):

1. I missed the Friday Night Lights series finale

2. I couldn't be in Newport, RI for the last weekend of July for the folk festival

Some things you should know:

Though I do not live in Rhode Island, I spend many summer days every year on my grandfather's sailboat in Newport, RI.

Very close to Fort Adams, the site of the Newport Folk Festival.

Observe:

Fort Adams right behind my brother's knee.

My brother, who is jumping of my grandfather's sailboat. 

So close!

Take a guess at the 2011 lineup.

That's right, among others (Tegan and Sara, the Decemberists, Freelance Whales, Delta Spirit!) I missed an almost perfect opportunity to see The Head and the Heart.

Now don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade my Israel trip for anything in the world, but you should know that I plan on not only attending the Newport Folk Festival next summer, but seeing the Head and the Heart live at some point.

Because they are so good. And as I listen to their recently released itunes session album, I can't help but gush about how much I am enjoying their music right now.