Send you a card.

So today is the day. The day of chocolates and last minute scrambles and roses and kisses and for many a, "What the hell I am lonely and have no valentine...".

Oh well. Here are some (miserable?) love songs.

The Beach Boys-I Was Made to Love Her

From one of their more overlooked post-Pet Sounds albums. Brian Wilson as a croonin' soul singer? It's a keeper.

Beats for Beginners-Summer Lovers
It was fun while it lasted but now it's over. Just like this sunny little pop gem. "I smoked all your cigarettes/ And played with your hair."

Grizzly Bear-Owner of a Lonely Heart
This Yes classic gets redone in a way that will sound very good when you are lying on your floor and not wanting to move after eating that whole box of chocolates that you bought for yourself.

That makes them crazy.

I am still reeling from shock over the Dixie Chicks beating Gnarls Barkley for album of the year at the Grammys last night.

Oh well, time will tell I guess.


The Raconteurs-Crazy (Live)

Superband?

So, like many others, when I heard that Johnny Marr was the new official member of Modest Mouse I thought my head would explode. Instantly a sense of hopeful expectation came over me for the time when I would actually hear what on earth We Were Dead before the Ship Even Sank would actually sound like.

"Dashboard" is quite a danceable little number that has an excellent horn section in the backround that compliments Marr's quirky guitar lines well. I've heard that this song has been getting a lot of radio play, but heaven knows I don't listen to that anymore.

Modest Mouse-Dashboard

Let's all say "no" together.

Hi everyone.

I think i will start this blog off with a track from Softlightes upcoming debut "Say No to Being Cool, Say Yes to Being Happy" slated for a February 13th release. Rumor has it that the band is formed of members of The Incredible Moses Leroy. Whether or not that's true, one thing is for sure: they write some tasty pop songs that make you want to run in fields of daisys and live forever. Almost every track on this album is OC worthy. I would not at all be surprised if they turned out to be the "it" band for 2007.




Softlightes-Leanor and Me