Stupid.

A day or so ago, Jason was talking about Sherree Chamberlain (one of my most favorite artists) and said that one of her songs was "a song that I can sympathize with so completely that I'm almost ashamed to admit it." I heard a one this weekend that made me think of that sentiment- one that I can sympathize with very completely. Enjoy, y'alls. :)


Stupid - The Long Winters

Sherree Chamberlain

I am forever indebted to Jason (of Eyes Made Ready fame) for sending this to his sister (Rümmi) so she could send it to me. It is so wonderfulness....

This is an artist that if you EVER get the chance to hear her, DO IT. I got her album a while back and I absolutely love it. I went to Pandora her and when I couldn't find her I was confused. After some checking, I found out that she's local, and that's why she wasn't on there. I went to this amazing show the other night with Robert Deeble, New Plains, and Sherree Chamberlain. It was the most flawless live show I have ever attended.


Birdsong - Sherree Chamberlain



Quick, running up the stairs, do you see what I see
out through the window pane, past the leaves into the trees
Birds fly, birds fly, two, three, four, five
one stays, one stays there

And my sisters laugh at him, "Do you see what he is doing?
It looks like he's talking to the branches."
"Oh come down, right now, don't dilly dally," mother's calling
"Children, it's time for supper."

But I stay up to it, I lock myself inside my bedroom
Thinking about what I was seeing.
Nobody watching, so I pressed my ear up to the glass
To see if I could hear what he was saying.

He said,
It's concrete and stone,
and this old skin's just a bag of bones,
all life is is a simple breath
blood through veins air to our heads,

We have something more than this.

Oh he is an old one with feathers falling, colors greying
Voice is tired from his song
and look in his black eyes, and your proudest stories are worth telling
I know I'll never get to hear them.

'Cause days pass, weeks pass, nights are long and days get shorter
Cold wind blows from the east
And my brothers speculate that he's lost his marbles, he's gone crazy
I heard a much different story

He said,

I lost my mother when I was much younger
to a cat with big paws and big claws.
And my daddy left me when I was a baby
for worms, and caterpillars and warmer places.

We have something more than this.

So snow falls, snow falls, fingers curling, noses icy
we all go out to fetch him
and snow falls, snow falls, a cardboard casket, kerchief on it
Now I know, I know, I know

Snow falls, snow falls, I am crying, mother's calling
I know I must go
And snow falls, snow falls, I am crying, mother's calling
I go, I go, I go

Springs comes, children play, babies born and flowers blooming
I will never forget him

Concrete and stone,
and this old skin's just a bag of bones,
all life is is a simple breath
blood through veins air to our heads,


We had something more than this.



The song sounds fantastic, but I find that the words actually make a huge difference. I just transcribed them as best as I could; it's hard to hear some of it, but you'll get the gist with what I have here, I hope. If you find any errors, please let me know! Enjoy!

Wicked cool song

The lyrics are neither nor there, but the vibe of this song is way cool. Kinda hot if you ask me...

Boy With A Coin - Iron & Wine



Thanks to Rümmi's brother for the Iron & Wine

Rümmi's thoughts

She told me that she's sad her boyfriend (lead singer of Eyes Made Ready fame) isn't with her in New York. She said: It sucks because I think, "ohhh! He would love this! He would so want to be here!"


And me? She said this:

And then when I go to some places to eat I think, "Oh man, Courtney would HATE this food!"


Haha! Love you, Rümmi! Have a blast in NYC!!

Wheels keep on spinning 'round and 'round

So tonight, I am going to finish this paper. No other goals or To-do's.


focus



Paper.




Huge THANK YOU to Rümmi's brother Jason (of Eyes Made Ready fame) for giving me all of the Cake he had. It's more Cake than I've ever had at one time and it's all fabulous. In fact, it may be all the Cake in the world. Nom nom... Cake. :)

2 completely unrelated thoughts

Thought #1:

Eyes Made Ready is sounding sublime these days! For those of you who don't know, my Rümmi's brother is part of a band called Eyes Made Ready. Coincidentally, so is her boyfriend. He's the lead singer. So dreamy.... ;-) Anywho, I have been partaking of the fruits of their recording labors, and let me just say, they are delicious. Tasty, tasty labors to be feasted upon as loudly as can be personally tolerated. I'll check with them and see if they'd mind me linking their songs on this, my little corner of the internet. During the interim, I'll point you here to their Myspace page. The old recordings are good, but the newest ones I have been listening to are SO excellent. You'll love it.

**Edit: The new songs ARE on their Myspace page! Go and listen!!**

Thought #2:

What is wrong with people? I hear about the stupid crap that people do to each other and it just totally confuses me. I am speaking specifically of people who are "in a relationship" with each other. Even if it's not a "we are officially dating each other" kind of relationship, I just can't see how people who are supposed to care about each other are so dang hateful.

Example: Person A and Person B have been dating for a while; living together, I think. Person A is being very strongly considered for a job that will employ them for a good portion of the summer. Person B doesn't think it's a good idea and thinks their relationship won't survive the time apart. So what does Person B do? Person B BREAKS INTO PERSON A'S EMAIL and emails the company to tell them that "No, I won't be able to work for you this summer."

Who does that?!? I mean, trying to badger, guilt or manipulate your significant other into doing what you want them to is one thing (not good, mind you, but at least reasonably acceptable), but to email a prospective employer?! Am I just too nice that I would NEVER in a million, Brazillion years even THINK of that, let alone execute it?

Don't misunderstand me; I feel like I have a reasonable expectation for what a relationship should be able to take in the way of disagreement. As in, I wouldn't expect sunshine and sparkles and rainbows all the time, but seriously. Being nice. This seems like such a no brainer to me, I can't even think of anything else to say about it; in jest or otherwise.


Ok, people, let's get back to the good old days, shall we? Days when you do nice things for people you care about and think about what effects your idiot actions may have on people outside your own dumb self.


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