I had some store credit to use at Green Light Music, a local independent music/record store here in town on Western Michigan University's campus, so I bought the following CD's today (click on the images for the standout track from each album). I know The Spaghetti Incident? is kind of crap, but I actually dig a couple of the songs and I need it to ( Read more... )

I feel like sharing, so here's a beautiful and haunting song that really connects with me right now, lyrically and musically. It's a little somber, but the lyrics are beautiful, meaningful and poetic in my opinion. And the lyrics are below the download link. (I uploaded a vid originally and the copyright police nabbed it within an hour - lame!) ( Read more... )

The Sam Roberts story, short as it is (only a couple paragraphs), is a fascinating and touching one that's well worth a quick read ( Read more... )

After getting about three hours of sleep last night, I've got a solid eight hours ahead of me tonight and I'm pretty excited about it. Work went surprisingly well, considering the lack of sleep, but I've been pretty worthless since. I'm looking forward to having energy when I leave work tomorrow and I've intentionally left the evening open because ( Read more... )