Sometimes, you just need to hear something that is going to make your foot tap, your blood flow, make you pretend to play the drums no matter your lack of actual experience in the endeavor. This weekend, with the sunshine and warmth presumably dwindling, seems like a perfect time to get out and go for [...]
Four + One Blog
Where the search for a well-rounded existence can stretch its legs.
If you’re new to the blog, here are a few things to get you started. The game behind the name tells the tale of where the name 4+1 originated. You can listen to my appearance on The Quasi-Glamourous Life podcast to hear me talk about work. This blog is constantly in flux. Some of the early posts will give you an idea of what I'm into, my latest posts have tended to showcase my work. Shout at me if you want more of some and less of the other. Enjoy.
Three Songs You Should Hear (Again?): French Edition
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of France. For one reason or another that great country has been on my mind lately and today I’ve gone with the French theme.
To start off, we’ve got the First Lady of France herself, Mrs. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. The title song off her album from back when she [...]
Three Songs You Should Hear (Again?): On the Road
Summertime is synonymous with vacation. Even for those of us who are no longer in school, the sun comes out and the road calls to us.
In that spirit, I present your three songs you should hear. To get you in the mood to make it happen: Get to the beach, the pool, the lake (any [...]
Three Songs You Should Hear (Again?): The Stones
We’re going to try something new. I just started using imeem, and it seems like this might be a simpler way to do this. So we’re going to try embedding the three songs you should hear (agian?). If it works, we’ll keep it up.
Classics may grow old, but they’ll never die. Enjoy the music and [...]
Three Songs You Should Hear (Again?): VU
Nothing better than a little Velvet Underground for a rainy, muggy Friday. Going to start you off with Temptation Inside of Your Heart. I love how they’re talking throughout the song. Evidently Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison were in the booth to do the dooo-do-do’s, talked up a storm during the recording. When the went [...]
Three songs you should hear (again?): CASH
I thought you all might need a little Johnny Cash to take you into the weekend. Here are my three selections:
1. My all-time favorite Cash song. As the fellow says about telling a story, give the audience what they didn’t know they wanted. With apologies to the parents of the character in Swingers, this is [...]
Three songs you should hear (again?), international edition
Enjoy.
Jens Lekman–Friday Night at the Drive in Bingo
Cafe Tacuba–Las Flores Unplugged
Powderfinger–These Days