Joey Ryan's Light On

Joey Ryan's Light On. I could listen to this all day. :)


~ Discovered Joey Ryan from watching Bella.
~ Discovered Bella from visiting IMDB site.
~ Visited IMDB site for Anchorman Quotes.
~ Looked for Anchorman Quotes after watching said film.
~ Watched said film as a way to pass time on plane.
~ Was on plane en route to Manila after visiting relatives.
~ Was visiting relatives for a big Mother-side reunion a few Christmases ago.
~ Ok, I'll stop.

~ But before I forget, go watch Bella! That movie gave me goosebumps.

Bella Official Trailer

American Idol

My 3 all-time AI faves.


(1) Elliott Yamin (Season 5)---> finished 3rd.




(2) Michael Johns (Season 7)---> finished 8th.




(3) Matt Giraud (Season 8)





I always like the raspy-voiced ones!

Laura Izibor's Shine

Wake up one morning you realize

Your life is one big compromise

Stuck in the job you swore was only temporary

Feel like the world is passin' you by

Never done all the things you wanted to try

Stuck in one place, got a pain in your face

From all your stressin' out

You ask yourself there's got to be more than what I'm livin for

You ask yourself there's got to be somethin else

Somethin' more, more, more

CHORUS

Well let the sun shine on your face

And don't let your life go to waste

Now is the time, got to make up your mind

Let it shine on you, let it shine on you

Feel like theres nothin', nowhere to go

You try and fight but you can't let go

Of all the pain, got so much to gain

Now is the time

You ask yourself there's got to be somethin else

Somethin' more, more, more

CHORUS

Let the sun shine on your face

And don't let your life go to waste

Now is the time, got to make up your mind

Let it shine on you, let it shine on you

You ask yourself there's got to be more than what I'm livin for

You ask yourself there's got to be somethin else

Somethin' more, more, more...

CHORUS

Well let the sun shine on your face

And don't let your life go to waste

Now is the time, got to make up your mind

Let it shine on you, let it shine on you

Well let the sun shine on your face

And don't let your life go to waste

Now is the time, got to make up your mind

Let it shine on you, let it shine on you

Let the sun shine on your face

And don't let your life go to waste

Now is the time, got to make up your mind

Let it shine on you, let it shine on you

For the audio clip, please visit http://www.lauraizibor.com/music/shine/

David Gray's Shine

I can see it in your eyes

What I know in my heart is true

That our love it has faded

Like the summer run through

So we'll walk down the shoreline

One last time together

Feel the wind blow our wanderin' hearts

Like a feather

But who knows what's waiting

In the wings of time

Dry your eyes

We gotta go where we can shine

Don't be hiding in sorrow

Or clinging to the past

With your beauty so precious

And the season so fast

No matter how cold the horizon appear

Or how far the first night

When I held you near

You gotta rise from these ashes

Like a bird of flame

Take my hand

We've gotta go where we can shine

For all that we struggle

For all we pretend

It don't come down to nothing

Except love in the end

And ours is a road

That is strewn with goodbyes

But as it unfolds

As it all unwinds

Remember your soul is the one thing

You just can't compromise

Step out of the shadow

We're gonna go where we can shine

We're gonna go where we can shine

We're gonna go where we can shine

(and look, and look)

Through the windows of midnight

Moonfoam and silver

Stereophonics' It Means Nothing

Did we lose ourselves again?
Do we take in what's been said?
Do we take the time to be
All the things we said we'd be
And we bury heads in sand
But my future's in my hands
It means nothing
It means nothing

You can find yourself a God
Believe in which one you want
'Coz they love you all the same
They just go by different names
When we fly our flag today
Are you proud or just ashamed?
It means nothing
It means nothing

It means nothing
It means nothing
It means nothing
If I haven't got you
If I haven't got you
If I haven't got you
If I haven't got you

And the sun sets in the sky
You're the apple of my eye
If the bomb goes off again
In my brain or on the train
I hope that I'm with you
'Cos I wouldn't know what to do
It means nothing
It means nothing

It means nothing
It means nothing
It means nothing
If I haven't got you
If I haven't got you
If I haven't got you
If I haven't got you

Rainy Days

Frankly, I don't understand why rain is so hated. I, for one, love it. I long for it.

I always hear people complain at the sight of cloudy skies and rant about how they make them sad, or worse, depressed.

I mean, I get why people would consider it gloomy. But what I don't get is how they don't see the beauty in it.

Maybe part of its negative connotation is brought about by its resemblance to tears/crying? I don't know. Or the people's dislike for getting wet and getting mud on their shoes? Or maybe it's the idea of being stuck at home and being bored out of their wits. (Which isn't a problem for me at all since I'm such a homebody.)

I guess Science is also somewhat responsible for rain's bad reputation because our eyes associate happiness with bright, lively colors. I agree that with the dullness of gray skies, I'm pretty sure I won't suddenly be doing any song-and-dance number anytime soon. Still, it doesn't make me sad.

David Gray's January Rain. Your perfect background

music as you stare at the rain by your window. Haha.

But rain can be so beautiful if you look past its gloominess.

If you give it a chance, you'll see how relaxing, pure, and serene it actually is. Even therapeutic.

And frankly, rain isn't depressing. At all. It's just misunderstood.

Alexi Murdoch

I think of a reason why I should buy a pair of Noise Cancelling headphones and I immediately think of Alexi Murdoch.
Even on his MySpace page, he wrote under Sounds Like:
listen with headphones
And that's exactly how I would describe him as well.


I love everything about his music. His voice, his strums, his melody, and his lyrics.
His songs are perfect to listen to whenever you're feeling a little introspective or are in the mood to escape.


Alexi Murdoch's All My Days

Just a guy and his guitar.
Nothing beats pure, infabricated music.

I Think My iTunes Is Psychic

You open your iTunes.
You hit play while thinking of a certain song, hoping your Music Library, which is permanently set on shuffle, is feeling a little psychic at that time.
After a 1 or 2 second delay, it begins to play your song.

Has this ever happened to you?

Oddly enough, it has happened to me more times than it probably should.


And this time is no different.

Earlier today I was feeling a little pensive so I automatically clicked on a playlist I created in my iPod for times I want to escape. It started to play Rachael Yamagata's Be Be Your Love but I had to cut it short since I had already arrived at the office.

And then a few minutes ago, after turning on my computer, I opened my iTunes first, as I always do, and right before I pressed play, I was thinking of that same Rachael Yamagata song and wishing it's the first song I'd hear tonight. And it was.

I'm starting to think my iTunes is the one who has ESP and not me.

Either way, as long as I have my music, I'll be fine. :)

Snow Patrol's You Could Be Happy

You could be happy and I won't know
But you weren't happy the day I watched you go
And all the things that I wished I had not said
Are played in loops 'til it's MADNESS in my head

Is it too late to remind you how we were
But not our last days of SILENCE, screaming, blur
Most of what I remember makes me sure
I should have stopped you from walking out the door

You could be happy, I hope you are
You made me happier than I'd been by far
Somehow everything I own smells of YOU
And for the tiniest moment it's all not TRUE

Do the things that you always wanted to
Without ME there to hold you back, don't THINK, just do
More than anything I want to see you girl
Take a glorious bite out of the WHOLE world

:*(

Jack Johnson's No Other Way

Is it just me or does listening to this particular JJ song make you wish you were with someone special and you're slowdancing while watching the sun set by the beach?

I think I've seen way too many movies.

I especially love the first 40 seconds of the song. =)

I Heart Paris

I don't really know what's in Paris that draws us in. Could be the mystery. Or the sensuality. I don't know.
I have only been there once and was probably too young to really care about all the historical information the tour guide was feeding our brains with. I was in a country foreign to me and I was interested in absorbing the aesthetics more than the facts. I would rather have roamed around the city, sat by the cafe, took pictures, and people watched.

Before I've stepped foot in Paris, the only thing I associated it with is probably the Eiffel Tower. If you asked me then, I would have probably described the French as beret-and-striped-shirt-wearing people who prefer their wine red. But ask me again and I will tell you that the best thing about this deemed romantic city is not the famous tower nor the people's fashion sense.

It's that little cafe just around the corner. It's the aroma of that cup of strong espresso you can smell blocks away. And it's that French music being played in the background by an accordionist, sans the beret and striped shirt.

This is what will make you fall in love with Paris.
This is how I will always remember Paris.



Of all the places I've been to, it will always be the city I fell in love with. And even though I don't get to experience Paris everyday, I'm glad to know that it only takes one song to take me back down memory lane.

I recently bought the CD Paris, one of the the numerous titles of Putumayo's, whose vast collection features practically every city famously known for its music (New Orleans Jazz, Mississippi Blues, Samba Bossa Nova, et cetera).

Putumayo CD's transport you to other worlds. Hit play and surely you would feel like you have travelled thousands of miles and you're basking in another man's culture. Only cheaper.

Whenever I listen to Paris and French Cafe (my first Putumayo purchase), it's as if I'm back in France and I'm imagining myself sipping my cup of cafe au lait.
It really is true what they say about the nostalgic effect of music.

So do what I do on those days you long for the mystery and excitement of a foreign country: Pour yourself a hot cup of coffee. Insert that Putumayo disc in your player. Sit back and relax.
It may not be as good as the real thing, but it sure does come close. :)