volbeat

Volbeat . . .  Fargo . . .  April 17 . . . woohoo!

6 of my favorite songs from 3 different albums...

Gentlemen and Shady Ladies (2013)

"Lola Montez"

"The Sinner is You"

Beyond Hell Above Heaven (2010)

"Fallen"

"Heaven Nor Hell"

Guitar Gangsters and Cadillac Blood (2009)

"Mary Ann's Place" (Live!!!!!!)

"Light A Way"

imagine dragons

Sam is hooked on the alternative group, "Imagine Dragons", and now I'm really liking their interesting style.  Their new album was released last Wednesday and it is so much fun!  I like a lot of their songs but there are 3 that stand out.  

When I listen to "Demons" I'm thinking, "yeah, this is my favorite".

Then I listen to "Bleeding Out" and think, "THIS one is my favorite."

                                        

...and then I listen to "Hear Me" and it is declared my favorite!

...Sam just smiles and rolls his eyes:)

songs in my head

Music I've listened to lately...

"Read My Mind" by The Killers

"Blurry" by Puddle of Mudd

"The Resistance" by Muse

"Saving Grace" by Crash Kings

"Days Go By" by The Offspring

                                     

"Bend and Break" by Keane

being busy and piano recitals

I think know I complain too much about being busy.  I also use strikethroughs too much.  I think they are cool and reveal a little about our thinking process. :)  I also think too much about strikethroughs.

This past month has been so so busy.  It's Sunday morning...just said goodbye to Sam who is off to Boys State and the French Open just got postponed because of rain. We FINALLY got rain this morning and now the sun is shining.  A snapping turtle is laying eggs in our driveway and our rain-drenched dog finally gave up barking at it.  Life may be settling down just a bit.  This momma needs life to settle down just a bit.

I'm going to continue and finish a post that I started on May 19...

...Sam had his piano recital on Sunday (May 7). The day after confirmation. Which was a week after prom. goodness. Sam's world has gotten a lot bigger lately. That means that he is very busy and so are mom and dad. But we managed to get through an extremely busy week and nobody starved, nobody had to wear dirty stinky clothing, nobody broke their neck tripping over bags/shoes/you-name-it, and nobody said words to each other that they regret can't live with. We made it.


The piano recital was fantastic. Do you know how happy I am that 2 out of 3 of my boys play the piano? I tried my best to get Isaac to try it but ever since he was little the answer was "no". That's all. just "no". I even made him meet with Kristi LaSalle just to talk to her about it. When he came home from school, his answer was still "no". And that's when I finally gave up.


My boys love Kristi and have never ONCE talked about quitting! How can that be? It can be SO difficult to work in practice time. I've even brought up the 'Q' word a few times because I thought they just had too much on their plates. But they kept on.


And that makes me so happy!


The recital was great. So many talented kids and a wonderful teacher. Sam and his cousins gave super performances. Sam had one 'hiccup' (or maybe a burp) during his performance but recovered like a trooper.

I tried to upload the video of his performance but no luck.  I'll try again later.


It's June.  A little less running and structure.  Just what we all need.

coldplay

One of my new favorites...

 "The Hardest Part" by Coldplay

music

I've been waiting to post these photos of our FMS Jazz Band because I wanted to include an amazing video of our LHS orchestra!  But, uploading photos and videos is a skill that I have not efficiently mastered.  The video needs to be edited and I don't know how.  I'm waiting for someone to help me:) A lot of these photos should be edited but I'm rather impatient and find the whole photo management and editing process stressful.  I'm hoping this changes as I love taking pictures! 

Isaac and the FMS Jazz Band at the Band Burger Dinner...

What would we do without our music program?  I've pushed our kids to be involved in some way with music.  I'm so proud of the wonderful music our kids produce at such a young age!

"Lonely Boy"

My son posted this awesome video by "The Black Keys" on his blog  today!  The video is so funny and the song is amazing!  I had to post it too... I love it!!  

Two Door Cinema Club

This is the cool song I was blogging about a couple of days ago.  Now that my Mumfords, and Crash Kings are properly archived, I will share this group and song!  I love it.

Don't know A THING about these guys but I've listened to a few of their other songs and they are really good.  I created a "Two Door Cinema Club" station on Pandora and the music selection was really interesting.  Lots of groups that I hadn't heard of but I really like their sound.

CRASH KINGS

Just read my son's blog.  He recently wrote about another favorite band of mine (and his!).  CRASH KINGS is an amazing group with so many cool songs.  This one is my favorite ...

Mumford and Sons

I recently heard a really cool song and after many attempts to track it down (thank you, Sam:)), I finally found it!  I was going to link their video here when I realized that I hadn't blogged about THE BEST GROUP EVER!!! That actually crossed my mind...how could I blog about so-and-so when Mumford and Sons had never been featured on my blog?! :)


Mumford and Sons was an obscure band in the US (according to me anyway) when I first heard them on NPR one late winter evening.  I knew there was something special about them but it was only after researching them a little more and listening to more of their music that I realized how special this talented group of men are.  They are much more popular now, of course,  since itunes released their album, "Sigh No More", in the US in Feb. 2010.  I was counting down the days and bought the album the day it became available.  This song is so much fun and the video is great!


There.  My Mumfords are archived forever in my blog.  It's about time. :)