summer rain cat dance

the playlist I made today - home alone with my kitten, during a warm summer rain.

1. Sunset Soon Forgotten - Iron & Wine
2. Each Coming Night - Iron & Wine
3. Moon River - The Innocence Mission
4. Russia - Ramona Falls
5. Thrift Shop - Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox
6. The Honeymoon - Langhorne Slim
7. You Don’t Know Me Yet - Sexy Kids
8. Animal - Karen O and the Kids (Where the Wild Thing Are soundtrack)
9. Our Nature - José González
10. Get Enough - Ivy
11. Box of Rain - Grateful Dead
12. Antics - Grand General
13. Backstreet Girl - Golden Smog
14. O Sacred Dandruff - Gobble Gobble
15. Art of Dying - George Harrison
16. One Morning - Gillian Welch
17. Strange - Galaxie 500
18. Oh Daddy - Fleetwood Mac
19. Blue - First Aid Kit
20. Sin Gulá, No - Juana Molina
21. Since I Left You - The Avalanches 

E.

fox

It's official in my mind: Fleet Foxes has the best poster designs.

end

musical gentlemen

 Josh T Pearson's Last of the Country Gentlemen
Possibly the best album I've listened to all year. Maggie stubbled upon the vinyl a few weeks ago. I recommend listening, but while sitting down and while doing nothing else. This is simply a listening experience, not for background music in the car.  Although, it is beautiful in the car as well, especially at night. But your first time should be just you and the record. It's all raw emotion. It makes me want to cry every time I hear it.
I can't explain it very well, but bears eat beats did a fantastic job. I recommend reading this.

Maggie and I also just saw Ryan Adams in concert in St. Louis yesterday night.
Ryan Adams. I saw Ryan Adams in person.
And he put his hair in a pony tail half way through. It was about the cutest and worst pony tail I've ever seen. He was quite funny in fact. At one point he mentioned music that was perfect for going to the bathroom in Lord of the Rings.

The opening act (Jason Isbell) was also rather amazing. It was also his birthday, which Ryan made a point to bring up a few times. In the end Ryan had him come back on stage so that everyone could sing happy birthday and so they could play a song together.
It was quite possibly to best concert I've ever been to. and I'm fairly certain I failed both my tests today.

oh well

fancy foxes

A note on Fleet Foxes: I love them and want to invite them to dinner.

Last week, Maggie and I attended the Fleet Foxes concert in St. Louis. It was most blissful and dazzling. Despite Robin's cold and desperate calls for Claritin, the singing was as clear as clean mountain air.

Afterwards, upon the request of Bob (fellow attendee who is a very tall ginger), we waited near the back of the building. I felt like a horrible person among those crazed fans waiting for autographs. I did receive one blessing from the event: I met J. Tillman, drums, and Casey Wescott, keyboard and mandolin. joys!

Again by the request of the ginger, we asked J. Tillman what they were drinking on stage (always a curiosity). He said Robin drinks tea (which we already knew because of the mug and tag), some drink Coke, some drink whiskey, all drink some water, and he was drinking pomegranate juice with vodka (not the norm) in a plastic red cup.

All in all, I had myself a wonderful time listening to some Fleet Foxes.

leather

this is one of etsy's best featured videos. it's about two brothers who enjoy leather work. the music is beautiful. I hope you like it...

Billykirk from The Scout on Vimeo.

also, today I've decided I want to be a shepherd. and I want to play the harmonica, fiddle, guitar, and make jam. these are my summer goals.

hot and heavy pumpkin pie

A little song to begin the week, which I chose for its good feelings and for all the long hair, dancing, and vans, which is like 1960s America and everything I love: