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September 8, 2013 By myjrny Leave a Comment

There’s a lot of stuff I share on the Internet every day. Here’s a weekly round up of the things I most enjoyed last week by category.

Inspiration

Sarah Silverman says goodbye to her best friend. “14 years. My longest relationship.”
Numerology: 2. If you know me and have communicated with me since Thursday, then you know the significance of the two. I’m soooo very behind on blogging but one of the things I want to post about is The Two. Hold me to it — it’s mind blowing.
Baz Luhrmann – Everybody’s Free To Wear Sunscreen A blast from the past, but the words are timeless.

Nifty

An interview with The Oatmeal. “My eating habits are that of a circus animal. Every time I do a trick, I get a reward. Ran 20 miles? Heck yes it’s time for meatloaf and gummy bears. The best advice I can give other runners is to not eat like I do.”

Songs

A Song for Zulu by Phosphorescent I love him. Just….so much. Their set at Gentlemen of the Road was spectacular and captivating.
Hold On by Alabama Shakes Her voice rolled low and descended alongside the lyric “….hooooold on”, powerful and in perfect unison with a bead of well-earned sweat as it descended the length my spine. If her intention on Saturday night in Guthrie was to submit me to the soul of Alabama Shakes, she succeeded. I’ll remember that moment for the rest of my life.
Agape by Bear’s Den So far, I can’t find the song that brought cold chills over my body whilst smoldering in the 100 degrees and pure sun. (Pompeii) But this song, it had my heart in it’s grip. This is an actual performance from Gentlemen of the Road on Saturday.
Pompeii by Bear’s Den You know what? I’m the editor-in-chief around here. Here’s the song from a different stopover on the tour. Just pretend I’m standing to the left covered in goosebumps, singing along and choking back tears. And melting.

August 31, 2013 By myjrny Leave a Comment

There’s a lot of stuff I share on the Internet every day. Here’s a weekly round up of the things I most enjoyed last week by category.

Inspiration

Forget Miley: How to talk to your children about their shitty taste in music.
15 things you absolutely must know about social media or your face will melt off and get eaten by goats. “5. Write vicious posts about popular bloggers and then email them to tell them what you did. Inside the post write about how you just know that the popular blogger is going to send all of their minions to attack you for saying it. But before you do this? See if that blogger has ANY HISTORY AT ALL OF EVER DOING THIS because most likely the only comment is going to be from the blogger telling you that you misspelled ‘punctilious’.”

Nifty

9 questions about Syria you were too embarrassed to ask. Really great piece that explains it all in an entertaining (all relative, of course) way that actually educated me. Because I don’t read the news very often. ::shame::
The very worst website I’ve ever seen. No, really. I’m not kidding. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
96-Year-Old Writes Heartwarming/Heartbreaking Love Song For His Lost Love.
Inside the world’s most dangerous amusement park: Action Park “Let’s put it this way: The park had a waterslide that went in a complete loop. One more time: A waterslide. That. Went. In. A. Complete. Loop.”

Songs

John Fullbright – When You’re Here Saw him perform this at The Blue Door several months ago. It slipped into my DNA. Can’t wait to hear it live again.
Neutral Milk Hotel – In an Aeroplane Over the Sea I started my guitar again this week. I began with this song.
Gin and Juice – The High Def Howlers (in the style of The Gourds) Look closely, that’s me on rhythm guitar. I use the word ‘rhythm’ and ‘guitar’ quite loosely, but look at my smile. That counts for something.

August 17, 2013 By myjrny 1 Comment

There’s a lot of stuff I share on the Internet every day. Here’s a weekly round up of the things I most enjoyed last week by category.

Inspiration

A guy lost his phone. Some very cool kids found it and posted this video on his Instagram feed to let him know.
How Generation X has a midlife crisis. “So Xers tend to create sanctuaries that cannot be pierced by fluctuations in the marketplace… Xers tend to seek out experiences rather than status symbols. Acquiring flashy cars is for older generations.”
14 Writers Handwrite Their Writing Advice on Their Hands

Nifty

Walrus Colony. Dude. I feel ya.
Guys with fancy lady hair. Desperately vintage.
Rocky Mountain Folks Fest river scene with Seryn playing in the background. Just. Perfect.
Steve Martin + Kermit the Frog dueling banjos.
Ballet dancers in random situations.

Songs

Foy Vance – Guiding Light
Nathaniel Rateliff – Shroud
Shane Koyczan – Promise A poem, not a song. And only a representative of his genius. Get ready, he’s getting a whole blog post soon. ::sigh:: So. Good.
Wintersleep – Welcome to the Night Sky This is a whole album. I listened to it and another whole Wintersleep on repeat at least three times as I drove along the endless, dark I-70.