wishfulclicking: man in black and white pulling back a curtain to show moving sky (northern downpour)
needs to up my sock game ([personal profile] wishfulclicking) wrote2009-04-12 09:32 pm
Entry tags:

Things that Make Me Happy (1/8)

I'm ALIVE!!!!

Three days even isn't one of my longest breaks but it definitely felt longer. It was needed though. Amanda Palmer's twitter linked me to the Lefsetz blog and then I was just hooked.

Onward to other things--

Things that Make Me Happy (1/8)


1.  For the next eight days, post about at least one thing that makes you happy.
2.  Tag eight other people to spread the positivity.


One thing that has always been a constant source of joy for me is finding new music. Usually this happens when I'm not even expecting it, I'll have an album for over a year and never play it and then by chance I play it and I find music that I love (FOB), a friend burns me a CD (Jagged Little Pill), or a I catch part of a music video and I commit minor acts of accidental theft (Chevelle). No matter how I find the music, I'm always thankful for it.

A more concrete example of my happiness: Gaslight Anthem.

I first heard about them via jason tate from AP.net. Know what, how I heard about them is not the important part; the important part is that I did hear about them. 

Why I love this right now: Gaslight excels at telling great stories with simple lyrics. The music sounds present too; and they used chains in part of their song. I'm kind of sucking at description at the moment, so let me share the goods.

Great Expectations --  Everybody leaves and I'd expect as much from you
The '59 Sound -- I was playing a show down the road when your spirit left your body...but I still know the song and the words
Miles Davis & the Cool -- watch me show my restraint by not posting so many lyrics from this one song; it's my favorite off the entire album  I never had a good thing, and I always had the blues


So those are my three favorite tracks off of the album, which I can actually listen all the way through without getting frustrated.
P.S. On a tangent, know what else makes me happy? Getting Gaslight Anthem tickets for $20 for May 3rd!


I tag EVERYBODY (but especially [livejournal.com profile] awkwardlurker because I know she doesn't mind memes) \o/

[identity profile] trippypeas.livejournal.com 2009-04-13 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
\o/

I'm sure they will be awesome!

(heck yes we do!)