hidey ho

i have to admit

currently listening to...

the benny goodman album i got at amoeba for $1

the i heart people tour

these are my frenz!

stay posted for the kickstarter link coming soon & ways you can support.

moonlight serenade

swinging madly across the sun

tonight, i'd love to be harmonica'd to sleep

naima

today i realized i do not have any john coltrane on vinyl.

and that is a tragedy.

hey lady

throw my ticket out the window

it's good to keep lists

-david bowie - ziggy stardust

-carole king - tapestry

-wilco - being there

-side 2 of sgt. pepper

-sam cooke

honest you do

the space between us

yesterday i took a fifteen minute nap and when i woke up, the world had changed. bin laden was dead, obama had addressed the nation and the idea of an end to a ten year war hung in the air.

facebook and twitter had blown up with the announcement and then the subsequent opinions. patriotism. expressions of god blessing america and the encouragement of death, destruction and violence in the name of revenge or justice or something like that.

and there were equally passionate ideas on the other side, stating their disgust of said opinions, declarations of a desire for peace, of a need to mourn all death.

then i texted my brother ryan, who was a soldier in iraq and his opinions on the news were what i really cared about. he said he identified with this: "do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles." proverbs 24:17.

i was overcome by sadness. the debates on the internet themselves represented the two opposing sides of war to me. the rash, the harsh comments, the glorification of death, the sadistic and bleak outlook on war and human life sat heavy on my shoulders.

i poured myself a glass of white zinfandel and sank into the couch listening to joni mitchell's ladies of the canyon and the second sides to both rubber soul and sgt. pepper and was reminded of the importance of artists through times like these and that having enough people to step forward and continue the art of creation with the energies of love and peace might be the one tiny hope we have sometimes.

with our love, we can save the world

quelqu'un m'a dit

my friend leah is sitting here right now.


and in the shower today i had this stuck in my head.

the birth of cool

best coast at the getty

whose comin' with me to see BEST COAST at the Getty FO FREE?! july 9th. save the date.
and omg bobb is wearing a zoot suit shirt? i'minlove.

hatari

thanks to this guy, i've been listening to mind the gap nonstop this week. it affects me differently every time. sometimes its the cheery music i need after a hard day at work, others its blasting badass while lazily driving through sunny LA. today it was romantic and cloudy and inviting. nonetheless, it has left me super obsessed with the tune yards and this song:

and not look back

i.e. a lesson in listening

i have a pretty kickass turntable/stereo that my dad pieced together from garage sales. all it does is play records. i have no ipod connector, tape deck, cd player or radio. but when you have these to choose from, its not so bad.

i've been giving myself a lesson in music listening.

as in, listen to music and only listen to music.

not just while i'm on the computer or doing chores or in the car.

but grabbing tin's big floor cushion pillow and lying down and listening to my dinah washington '62 album and just listening.

do it.

the future

hey kids.

there has been an overwhelming sense come over me to forcibly change the thesis of this blog. bear with me as whoa, jamie goes through some changes and evolution. i'm not sure what it will turn into yet, but the poetry will be (has been) fading out.

these things i can promise you:

-i will not post pictures of me in "cute" outfits.

but if i post a picture and i look awesome, i can't help that.

-it will always be completely and utterly random.

-BLVD (where i live) happenings will start to show up.

kapeesh?

for now:

i don't think you all understand just how happy this makes me.

if you wanna feel more like me, download some BEST COAST and THIS FREE MIXTAPE and drive around town on a hot day with the windows rolled down and yell obscenities when someone cuts you off.

songbird

goodmorning.

the cold.

and rain.

left!

and in came the

sun and the

blue sky.

here is some

eva

for you.