Month: December 2012
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Music Monday: 2012 Indie Rock Ear Candy
Thanks to Colorado blogger Greeblemonkey, I discovered Rdio in time to come up with my own list of tunes that make 2012 a memorable year in music for me. Some might be familiar to you as they’ve been played in commercials on TV, like for cars or computers. But if you want to know how…
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The Tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary
[View the story “Pray for Newtown” on Storify] Pray for Newtown Friday December 14th 2012 will go down as one of the most tragic days in history when a gunman took the lives of 26 innocents, 20 of them children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. We are a nation in mourning sharing prayers…
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Bright Whites by Kishi Bashi on Music Monday
Surely you’ve heard that catchy song that accompanies that new Windows 8 ad. It’s the kind of song that you like more and more, the more you hear it, and it is by the awesome singer, violinist, composer K Ishi Bashi or Kishi Bashi, who has collaborated and toured with Of Montreal, Regina Spektor, and…
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The Best Writing Advice for Bloggers
Write what you know. This is what they tell you. And so, for the most part, this is what I do. I write about my interests, my passions, events I’ve attended, people I meet, places I visit. This has served me well in my blogging life. I envy fiction writers though because they don’t always…