August 2009
Awenydd: “Gun” by Emiliana Torrini →
Not a fan of guns personally, but this video/song is amazing.
New Video by Christine: “Be Happy” →
Be Happy from Christine Mahler on Vimeo.
Awenydd: “Landmines” by St. Vincent →
And tonight’s song:
Landmines – St. Vincent
July 2009
No. →
I’m setting a personal goal for this blog, for as long as we continue to post on it: We will not put up any ad-space, and we will not plug any particular products because a company has asked us to…
Couples Blog →
I had the thought after I posted “Mommy Blog” that Eric and I are however guilty of doing the couples blog thing that seems to be very popular these days. Judging from the amount of material each…
“Mommy Blog” →
Listened to a story about “mommy blogs” today on NPR (listen to it here), thinking to myself as I was listening to it, “I’m a ‘mommy’, and I write on a blog. But I don’t feel like writing…
Short Story: “Pilot” →
A truck pulls up to the gate as I’m sitting outside smoking a cigarette and enjoying a fresh cup of coffee, its engine rumbling in idle as it waits for the gate to open and grant passage into the…
A Note About the Short Stories →
All of the short stories that I have put up here in the past week or so are just first drafts. I wrote them in a matter of hours, not editing them too much before putting them up. I seem to be able…
Seen on the drive home →
While driving home from work today and listening to Pandora on my iPhone(Jon Brion radio station, a great one that “trip home from work reflect on the day” feeling) I spied with my little eye…
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Awenydd: “Ecstasy” by jj →
Today’s song is a song off this new album by a band called jj. I only just heard about them, so I don’t even know much about them yet and I’m too lazy to do any research right now. Awesome song…
Awenydd: “Outside the Box” by Joseph Pelling →
And today’s video is a video I saw on one of my Google Reader feeds (Vimeo Staff Picks) which I though was pretty hilarious. I initially put the effort into trying to understand which theories of…
Short Short Story: “____biography” →
People will say about me that I’m damaged. That I’m melancholy and despondent because I’ve come from a broken home. But what people don’t understand is that all this baggage is rather liberating….
Awenydd: “Snookered” by Dan Deacon →
And today’s song. A song off Dan Deacon’s new album “Bromst”. Listened to the entire album on Pitchfork’s web page last night. It is AMAZING. Much, much better than his last album for certain….
Awenydd: “All of You” by Cathy Davey →
Meteor-winning (2008), Irish musician Cathy Davey performs this beautiful song in a silly setting. I think it’s quirky.
Short Story: “A Moment” →
I had a moment the other day, when I was driving up my grandmother’s street, turning slowly into her driveway. When I laid my eyes on my sister’s boyfriend and his dad standing in the street…
Awenydd: “Naked as We Came” by Iron & Wine →
A very simple video by an artist I’ve been enjoying quite a bit lately. I really like how the video pans over a random collection of items on a table and then pans back to the starting point. It…
Awenydd: “Damn Shame” by Jolie Holland →
And tonight’s song (the video was made by a fan):
The Impact of Awenydds →
We started posting the Awenydds awhile ago (though we have become quite lazy about it) because we thought it would be a great way to motivate ourselves to listen to new and interesting music and…
Awenydd: “Piano Song” by Meiko →
Tonight’s song is “Piano Song” by Meiko off of her recently released (2007), self-titled album. When I think about pianos, I think about Beethoven, particularly something dark and dreary, but…
Awenydd: “Wraith Pined to the Mist” by Of Montreal →
Sticking w/ silly tonight. It’s time to be happy. By watching/listening to Of Montreal. This song reminds me of The Beatles. Probably why I like it so much.
