Tequila

Tequila | THE CHAMPS

Music from Nature

Do you remember the dendrochronologist's musical dream? Well, here's another one for you, you nontraditional instrument lover you!

You're Riding High in April, Shot Down in May

That's Life| FRANK SINATRA
"I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king. I've been up and down and over and out, but I know one thing: each time I find myself flat on my face, I pick myself up and get back in the race" "

If It Spins on A Reel, It's Gotta Be Real

Cinemetropolis | BLUE SCHOLARS
"But 'real' in real life just remind you of film/ And now you're saying something's like a movie when it's real"

Symmetry

After work the other day, Giancarlo and I were talking about what it would be like if we had a different world view. What would it be like to have never heard of heaven and hell? What would it be like to have grown up in a world that didn't have such polarizing qualities?

I Was Following the Pack

White Winter Hymnal | FLEET FOXES
"And, Michael, you would fall and turn the white snow red as strawberries in the summertime"

Fear is a Friend Who's Misunderstood

Heart of Life | JOHN MAYER
"No it won't all go the way it should, but I know the heart of life is good"

We Are So Smooth Now

Excuses (Yours Truly Session) | THE MORNING BENDERS
"We'll still be best friends when all turns to dust"

A Dendrochronologist's Musical Dream

The next time you're tempted to reach for your growing vinyl collection--don't! Why not listen to some trees instead?
No, you didn't misread that. listen to a slice of a tree (hipsters eat your heart out)

What is this magic? Characteristics of the tree rings are translated into piano music. That's the extent of my knowledge. Read more about the Years project by  Bartholomäus Traubeck HERE.

On a side note, how awesome would it be to be a dendrochronologist? Being able to date things by studying cross sections sounds like something only a superhuman could do. Peak your interest in dendrochronology HERE.

Don't Be A Fool

Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) | LOUIS PRIMA
"But how far can you travel when you're six feet underground?"

Burn Break

Spotify can only entertain you for long during what seems like endless hours of monotonous plugging and chugging of addresses and mileages. Thanks to Blogilates, Giancarlo and I got to our feet with the squat demon herself. She means serious business when she says "Trust me, you're going to die." That is no joke, folks.

Leg pain--learn how to live with it for the next few hours (or days).