quote and playlist 10/08/13

"Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy." -Max Ehrmann

The Oh Hello's- I Have Made Mistakes
Mindy Gledhill- All About Your Heart
Wild Nothing- Chinatown
Stephen Stills- Love the One You're With
Paula Cole- I Don't Want to Wait
Passion Pit- All These Trees
Outkast- The Way You Move
Katy Perry- Hummingbird Heartbeat
Selena Gomez and the Scene- Love You Like a Love Song
Dexy's Midnight Runners- Come On Eileen
Daylights- I Hope This Gets to You
Alpine- Hands
Mike Snow- Sans Soleil
Taken by Trees- Sweet Child O' Mine
Ben Howard- Cloud Nine
Sleeping at Last- Turning Page

quote and playlist 10/01/13

"Do your thing. Do it unapologetically. Don't be discouraged by criticism. You probably already know what they're going to say. Pay no mind to the dear failure. It's far more valuable than success. Take ownership, take chances, and have fun. And no matter what, don't ever stop doing your thing."
-Asher Roth

The Oh Hello's- I Have Made Mistakes
Mindy Gledhill- All About Your Heart
Wild Nothing- Chinatown
Stephen Stills- Love the One You're With
Paula Cole- I Don't Want to Wait
Passion Pit- All These Trees
Outkast- The Way You Move
Katy Perry- Hummingbird Heartbeat
Selena Gomez and the Scene- Love You Like a Love Song
Dexy's Midnight Runners- Come On Eileen
Daylights- I Hope This Gets to You
Alpine- Hands
Mike Snow- Sans Soleil
Taken by Trees- Sweet Child O' Mine
Ben Howard- Cloud Nine
Sleeping at Last- Turning Page

quote and playlist 09/23/13

"When you are tempted to give up, your breakthrough is probably just around the corner."
-Joyce Meyer

Beach House- Wild
The Polyphonic Spree- Light and Day
Katie Herzig- Fools Gold
Feist- I Feel it All
The Rescues- Break Me Out
Ra Ra Riot- Beta Love
Katy Perry- Roar
The Killers- When You Were Young
Maxine Nightingale- Get Right Back Where We Started From
Goo Goo Dolls- Give a Little Bit
Our Lady Peace- Innocent
Sarah MacLachlan- Sweet Surrender
Mat Kearney- Sooner or Later
Sophie Zelmani- Always You
Peter Bradley Adams- Queen of Hearts
Radical Face- The Moon is Down
Ben Howard feat Monica Heidal- Burgh Island
Sara Bareilles- The Light

Ben Howard - Burgh Island - featuring Monica Heldal

playlist 09/19/13

no quote- my phone wasn't working! Katie Herzig- Jack and Jill Crash Test Dummies- Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm The Gospel Whiskey Runners- Hold On Volcano Choir- Byegone Yeasayer- Fingers Never Bleed Future Islands- Find Love Alt-J- Dissolve Me Passion Pit- Carried Away Ellie Goulding- Burn The Killers- Spaceman NONONO- Pumpin Blood PAPA- I am the Lion King Lana Del Ray- Summertime Sadness (remix) Charli XCX- Valentine Wildcat! Wildcat!- End of the World Everyday Radical Face- The Moon is Down Cameron Mitchell- Holocene

quote and playlist 09/16/13

"You're imperfect and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging."
-Brenee Brown

Beach House- Lazuli
Dan Mangan- Basket
The Naked and the Famous-  Young Blood (Renholder remix)
Marie Miller- You're Not Alone
Eliza Doolittle- Rollerblades
The Rocket Summer- Do You Feel
Among Savages- Terrified
The Killers- Spaceman
Annie Lennox- Walking on Broken Glass
The Temple Trap- Love Lost
Lucius- Until We Get There
The Fray- Ungodly Hour
Amy Stroup- Quiet Hearts
Cameron Mitchell- Holocene

quote and playlist 09/12/13

"We cannot cure the world of sorrows but we can choose to live in joy."
-Joseph Campbell

The National- Slow Show
Imogen Heap- Wait it Out
Miley Cyrus- Wrecking Ball
Mates of State- Lullaby Haze
Alanis Morisette- Hands Clean
Vedera- Forgive You
Katy Perry- Roar
Mariah Carey- Always Be My Baby
Ellie Goulding- Burn
I Blame Coco- Selfmachine
Lana Del Ray- Summertime Sadness (Remix)
Robyn- Be Mine!
The Lighthouse and the Whale- Pioneers
Gomez- See the World
Imogen Heap- Hallelujah
Balmorrhea- Pilgrim

quote and playlist 09/09/13

"People universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather if you're fortunate enough. But that's now how happiness works. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it.You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it, you must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it."
-Elizabeth Gilbert

The Jezabels- A Little Piece
Beach House- Lazuli
Volcano Choir- Byegone
Mr. Little Jeans- Runaway
French Kicks- Abandon
Charli XCX- I'll Never Know
Mr. Little Jeans- Oh Sailor
Alex Gaudino- What a Feeling
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hr.- If You Didn't See Me
Florence + The Machine- Shake it Out
Eels- Fresh Feeling
Frou Frou- Holding Out for a Hero
Active Child- Hanging On
Radical Face- The Moon is Down
Birdy- Skinny Love

quote and playlist 09/03/13

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts."
-Unknown

The National- Slow Show
Imogen Heap- Wait it Out
Miley Cyrus- Wrecking Ball
Mates of State- Lullaby Haze
Alanis Morisette- Hands Clean
Vedera- Forgive You
Katy Perry- Roar
Mariah Carey- Always Be My Baby
Ellie Goulding- Burn
I Blame Coco- Selfmachine
Lana Del Ray- Summertime Sadness (Remix)
Robyn- Be Mine!
The Lighthouse and the Whale- Pioneers
Gomez- See the World
Imogen Heap- Hallelujah
Balmorrhea- Pilgrim

quote and playlist 08/26/13

"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place."
-Kurt Vonnegut

The National- About Today
Brooke Waggoner- Fresh Pair of Eyes
The Shivers- Beauty
Tristan Prettyman- I Was Gonna Marry You
Marina and the Diamonds- Buy the Stars
Katie Herzig- Jack and Jill
Wildcat! Wildcat!- End of the World Everyday
Regina Spektor- Better
NONONO- Pumpin Blood
Brandi Carlile- Heart's Consent
Julia Stone- Let's Forget (Oliver Tank Remix)
Jose Gonzalez- Hand on Your Heart
City and Colour- Sensible Heart
Sleeping at Last- Turning Page
Mates of State- Nature and the Wreck
Mum- green grass of tunnel

quote and playlist 08/19/13

"The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed."
-Ernest Hemingway

Radiohead- Bulletproof...I Wish I Was
Beirut- Santa Fe
Atlas Sound- Mona Lisa
Beyonce- Halo
Bob Marley- Everything's Gonna be Alright
Ash Koley- Don't Let Your Feet Touch the Ground
Blitzen Trapper- Love the Way You Walk Away
Temper Trap- Love Lost
Band of Horses- Dilly
Third Eye Blind- Motorcycle Drive By
Devotchka- The Clockwise Witness
Album Leaf- Twenty Two Fourteen
Album Leaf- Window
The Beatles- Lady Madonna
Balmorhea- Track 17
Balmorhea- Masollan
Laura Veirs- Ocean Night Song

quote and playlist 08/13/13

"You're imperfect and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging."
-Brenee Brown

Mason Jennings- Raindrops on the Kitchen Floor
Eddie Vedder- You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Iron and Wine- In My Lady's House
Tin Sparrow- The Boat
The Feeling- Sewn
Deas Vail- The Things You Were
Sea Wolf- The Violet Hour
Milo Greene- Don't You Give Up On Me
Mason Jennings- Bitter Heart
Release the Sunbird- Always Like the Son
Florence + the Machine- Never Let Me Go
Milo Greene- 1957
B-52's- Topaz
Sea Wolf- Orion & Dog
Milo Greene- Perfectly Aligned
This Will Destroy You- They Move on Tracks of Never-Ending
Wes Swing- In a Station of the Metro

quote and playlist 8/5/13

"The greatest battle is not physical but psychological. The demons telling us to give up when we push ourselves to the limit can never been silenced for good. They must always be answered by the quiet, the steady dignity that simply refuses to give in. Courage. We all suffer. Keep going."
-Graeme Fife

Coldyplay- Your Love Means Everything
Catherine Feeny- Leave You on the Pavement
Crash Test Mummies- Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Graham Nash- Better days
Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson- Shampoo
Half Moon Run- Full Circle
Jack Johnson- Better Together
Donora- Photograph
Fanarlo- The Walls are Coming Down
Anya Marina- Move You
Future Islands- Tin Man
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros- Better Days
Fanfarlo- Sand & Ice
Hem- Half Acre
Sharon Van Etten- Love More
Sleeping at Last- Turning Page

quote and playlist 7/30/13

"If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always looks lovely."
-Roald Dahl

Benjamin Francis Leftwich- Atlas Hands
Mates of State- Desire
Mark Duplass- Big Machine
Milo Greene- Son My Son
Bombay Bicycle Club- Your Eyes
Damien Jurado- Museum of Flight
Radical Face- Always Gold
Dire Straits- Walk of Life
Benjamin Gibbard- Bigger Than Love
Muse- Madness
Phantogram- Don't Move
Grouplove- Itchin on a Photograph
Thao- Big Kid Table
Junip- Your Life, Your Call
Bon Iver- Holocene
Bon Iver- Beth/Rest (Solo Piano Version)
Andy McKee- Building a Memory
Sigur Ros- Hoppipolla

quote and playlist 7/22/13

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."
-Marcus Aurelius

The Avett Brothers- Heart Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise
Coldplay- Beautiful World
Graham Colton Band- Best Thing
Mason Jennings- Tourist
The Gospel Whiskey Runners- Hold On
Iron & Wine- Communion Cups and Someone's Coat
Alyssa Bonagura- I Make My Own Sunshine
Sophie B. Hawkins- As I Lay Me Down
Melee- Rhythm of the Rain
The Flaming Lips- Do You Realize??
Sharon Van Etten- Consolation Prize
Sufjan Stevens- Opie's Funeral Song
The National- Fake Empire
Imogen Heap- Half Life
Sophie Zelmani- Oh Dear

this week's quote and playlist 7/15/13

"Two things define you. Your patience when you have nothing, and your attitude when you have everything."
-Unknown

The Fray- Where the Store Ends (Piano Version)
Bare Naked Ladies- Call and Answer
Noah and the Whale- Blue Skies
The District- Open Arms and Broken Hearts
Aimee Mann- I Will Follow You Into the Dark
Loquat- Swingset Chain
Seabear- Libraries
The Rocket Summer- 200,000
Laura Jansen- Use Somebody
Allred- With or Without You
Lily Allen- Chinese
The Cardigans- Live and Learn
Maroon 5- Just a Feeling
Bell X1- Eve, the Apple of My Eye

this week's quote and playlist 7/8/13

"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting."
-Joyce Meyer

Laura Veirs- Wide-Eyed, Legless
Delta Spirit- Devil Knows You're Dead
Angus and Julia Stone- Old Friend
Joshua James- Daniel
Fruit Bats- A Bit of Wind
Josh Ritter- Change of Time
Orba Squara- Sky Cloud
Stars- My Favourite Book
Ingrid Michaelson- This is War
Washed Out- It All Feels Right
Lily Allen- Absolutely Nothing
Princeton- Calypso Gold
Feist- We're All in the Dance
William Fitzsimmons- Beautiful Girl
Regina Spektor- Raindrops
The Album Leaf- Streamside
The Album Leaf- Brennivin

this week's quote and playlist 7/1/13

"Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway."
-Emory Austin

John Mayer- A Face to Call Home

Bahamas- Okay Alright I'm Alive

Feist- Cicadas and Gulls

Band of Horses- Dilly

The Paper Kites- Featherstone

Magic Man- Daughter

Flight Facilities- Crave You

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.- If You Didn't See Me

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.- God Only Knows

The Vaccines- The Winner Takes it All

Dustin O'Halloran- We Move Lightly

Andy Mckee- When She Cries

Will Hanson- Home

this week's quote and playlist 6/25/13

"Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and the discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns."

-Anne Lamott

John Mayer- A Face to Call Home

Feist- Cicadas and Gulls

The Paper Kites- Featherstone

Magic Man- Daughter

Flight Facilities- Crave You

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.- If You Didn't See Me

Band of Horses- Dilly

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.- God Only Knows

Edie Brickell- He Said

Beach House- The Hours

The Paper Kites- Woodland

The Vaccines- The Winner Takes it All

Dustin O'Halloran- We Move Lightly

Andy Mckee- When She Cries

Will Hanson- Home

this week's quote and playlist 6/17/13

"I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never one before, and more importantly, you're doing something. Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry that it isn't good enough, or it isn't perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life. Whatever it is you're scared of doing, do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever."
-Neil Gaiman

Radiohead- Bulletproof...I Wish I Was
Beirut- Santa Fe
Atlas Sound- Mona Lisa
Beyonce- Halo
Bob Marley- Everything's Gonna be Alright
Ash Koley- Don't Let Your Feet Touch the Ground
Blitzen Trapper- Love the Way You Walk Away
Temper Trap- Love Lost
Band of Horses- Dilly
Third Eye Blind- Motorcycle Drive By
Devotchka- The Clockwise Witness
Album Leaf- Twenty Two Fourteen
Album Leaf- Window
The Beatles- Lady Madonna
Balmorhea- Track 17
Balmorhea- Masollan
Laura Veirs- Ocean Night Song

this week's quote and playlist 6/10/13

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggles, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."
-Elizabeth Kubler Ross

Josh Garrels- Farther Alone
Regina Spektor- Laughing With
Coldplay- Trouble
Mates of State- Blue and Gold Print
Lanterns on the Lake- Lungs Quicken
Beach House- Walk in the Park
Josh Rouse- Wonderful
Magic Man- Darling
Alt-J- Bloodflood
The Oh Hello's- Like the Dawn
Norah Jones- Young Blood
Daft Punk- Instant Crush
Grand Archives- Torn Blue Foam Couch
Lykke Li- Everybody but Me
Kate Bush- Snowflake
Mogwai- take me somewhere nice

last week's quote and playlist 6/4/13

"There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty."
-Steve Maraboli

Laura Veirs- I Can See Your Tracks
Mason Jennings- If You Ain't Got Love
Noah and the Whale- L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
Milo Greene- Perfectly Aligned
Radiohead- High and Dry
Faded Paper Figures- I Fell Off My Name
Florence and the Machine- Never Let Me Go
Joshua James- Pitchfork
Band of Horses- For Annabelle
India.Arie- Just for Today
Bishop Allen- Click Click Click Click
Blind Melon- No Rain
Bishop Allen- The Same Fire
Oh Land- White Nights
Mindy Gledhill- All About Your Heart
This Will Destroy You- They Move on Tracks of Never-Ending
Wes Swing- In a Station of the Metro

this week's quote and playlist 5/20/13

"It's difficult to grasp anything new when your hands are full of the past."
-PJ McClure

The Oh Hello's- I Have Made Mistakes
Lissie- Everywhere I Go
Greg Laswell- And Then You
Felix- Death to Everyone but Us
The Oh Hello's- The Truth is a Cave
Lord Huron- Lonesome Dreams
Vampire Weekend- Everlasting Arms
Local Natives- Heavy Feet
alt-J- Dissolve
PAPA- I am the Lion King
M. Ward- Chinese Translation
Feist- Mushaboom
Jonatha Brooke- I'll Try
Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack- Latika's Theme
Balmorhea- Track 09
Maria Mena- Calm Under the Waves
Sigur Ros- Hippipolla

this week's quote and playlist 5/13/13

"Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again."
-Sarah Ban Breathnach

Dale Ernhardt Jr. Jr.- Nothing But Out Love
Sara Watkins- You & Me
The Weepies- Be My Thrill
The Tallest Man on Earth- Criminals
Alt J- Maltida
The Fray- Ungodly Hour
Lucius- Until We Get There
Benjamin Francis Leftwich- Pictures
South- Tell Me
Vampire Weekend- Hannah Hunt
Jessica Lea Mayfield- Our Heart are Wrong
Rosi Golan- Paper Tiger
Thao & the Get Down Stay Downs- Kindness Be Conceived
Alexander- In the Twilight
Death Cab for Cutie- Tiny Vessels
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Scar Tissue
Frightened Rabbit- Old Old Fashioned
Bon Iver- Towers
Bon Iver- Wash.
Vitamin String Quartet- Where is my Mind?

this week's quote and playlist 5/6/13

"You surrender to a lot of things which are not worth of you. I wish you would surrender to your radiance...your integrity...your beautiful human grace."
-Yogi Bhajan

Benjamin Francis Leftwich- Atlas Hands
Mates of State- Desire
Mark Duplass- Big Machine
Milo Greene- Son My Son
Bombay Bicycle Club- Your Eyes
Damien Jurado- Museum of Flight
Radical Face- Always Gold
Dire Straits- Walk of Life
Benjamin Gibbard- Bigger Than Love
Muse- Madness
Phantogram- Don't Move
Grouplove- Itchin on a Photograph
Thao- Big Kid Table
Junip- Your Life, Your Call
Bon Iver- Holocene
Bon Iver- Beth/Rest (Solo Piano Version)
Andy McKee- Building a Memory
Sigur Ros- Hoppipolla
Vitamin String Quartet- Where is My Mind?
Bon Iver- Blindsided

this week's quote and playlist 4/22/13

"There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world, because you realize there is so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on."
-Zayn Malik

Mason Jennings- Raindrops on the Kitchen Floor
Eddie Vedder- You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Iron and Wine- In My Lady's House
Tin Sparrow- The Boat
The Feeling- Sewn
Deas Vail- The Things You Were
Sea Wolf- The Violet Hour
Milo Greene- Don't You Give Up On Me
Mason Jennings- Bitter Heart
Release the Sunbird- Always Like the Son
Florence + the Machine- Never Let Me Go
Milo Greene- 1957
B-52's- Topaz
Sea Wolf- Orion & Dog
Milo Greene- Perfectly Aligned
This Will Destroy You- They Move on Tracks of Never-Ending
Wes Swing- In a Station of the Metro

this week's quote and playlist 04/15/13

"You will get there when you are meant to get there and not one moment sooner...so relax, breathe, and be patient."
-Mandy Hale

Ben Rector- When a Heart Breaks

Mindy Gledhill- Anchor

Noosa- Walk on By

Thao with the Get Down Stay Down- Know Better Learn Faster

Katie Herzig- Make a Noise

The Oh Hello's- Hello My Old Heart

Devotchka- Till the End of Time

The Lighthouse and the Whale- Venice

Macy Gray- Beauty in the World

Eyes Lips Eyes- Tickle

Noah and the Whale- 2 Atoms in a Molecule

Phantogram- Mouthful of Diamonds

The Inlaws- Walls

Bronze Radio Return- Worth Wondering

Bronze Radio Return- Eyes Wider than Before

This Will Destroy You- They Move on Tracks of Never-Ending Light

Wes Swing- In a Station of the Metro

Jonsi- Tornado