1. .GOTH DONE RIGHT.
[By Mary Ellen Matthews]
2. .HAUNTED HIDEAWAYS.
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3. .TREATS.
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4. .TRICKS.
5. .THE WOODS.
6. .MASKS.
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7. .PUMPKINS.
Especially white ones disguised as orange ones.
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8. .CANDLES.
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9. .MOONLIGHT.
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10. .BLACK LACE.
[Michelangelo Di Battista for InStyle, November 2010]
[Alexi Lubomirski for Bazaar UK, October 2010]
Halloween snuck up on me; it’s costume crunch time.
Peace,
1. .MERMAID BRAIDS.
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2. .PUMPKIN EVERYTHING.
Pie, beer, coffee, muffins.
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3. .BOSTON MOVIES.
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4. .TYPEWRITING.
If I haven’t made it clear that I adore Courier New (example a. my blog is literally drowning in the font and example b. it’s even tattooed on my body), then let it officially be known.
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5. .THIS NOTE.
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6. .HER STYLE.
One of my favorite bloggers, Danielle Barbe, shares both my name and my passion for all things bohemian. She also just so happens to be ridiculously stylish, stunning, and musically talented.
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7. .BULB LIGHTS.
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8. .DREAM-CATCHING.
This hotel in Marseille is called “attrap’ reves” which translates as “catching your dream.”
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9. .ROOMS WITHOUT COLOR SCHEMES.
10. .THE FLIP SIDE.
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What do you love this Tuesday?
Peace,
1. “9669” by The Joy Formidable
2. “The Hair Song” by Black Mountain
3. “Readers & Writers” by Idlewild
4. “Wishing Well” by The Airborne Toxic Event
5. “You Got What I Need” by Joshua Radin
6. “Blue Eyes of a Millionaire” by Belle & Sebastian
7. “Flashing Red Light Means Go” by The Boxer Rebellion
8. “Dog Days are Over (Yeasayer Remix)” by Florence + the Machine
9. “What a Pity” by Right Away, Great Captain!
10. “I Can’t Hear You” by The Dead Weather
What songs have you been putting on repeat recently?
Peace,
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If you like: Blitzen Trapper, Modest Mouse, CCR, Tom Petty, Dawes
Then let me introduce: Deer Tick
“Half of the crowd is here for Dr. Dog, but the other half is only here for Deer Tick,” said my guy friend/music twin at a show last spring. Though unconvinced to start with, by the end of Deer Tick’s opening performance, I was more excited to go home and download their full discography then to listen to the set of Dr. Dog–my actual favorite band. Fast forward and as reflected by the obscene play count numbers, Deer Tick has been the soundtrack of the past couple of months.
John McCauley’s voice is by no standards beautiful. But it’s the only voice I want to hear rasping through the lyrics of the bands’ three albums. Reviews of Deer Tick have thrown around the vague term “alt-country,” which confuses me. (If it simply means that this is the alternative to Brad Paisley then by all means I’ll use it.) But Deer Tick is a self-proclaimed rock and roll band, and I believe it. To have been 21-years-old when making War Elephant, McCauley proves himself to be a writer and a poet, not a “young fool” with too good of a life to be singing about such angst (as Pitchfork suggests). Good thing Pitchfork wasn’t blogging in 1962: Bob Dylan wrote and recorded his first album at 21, too.
Checking out Deer Tick’s purposefully outdated website makes me like them all the more. On the site, McCauley wittily explains their name, “It’s not like we’re advocates or parasitic arachnids, I just thought it sounded cool. I’d also like to note that I had never heard of Deerhoof or Deer Hunter until it was too late. Sorry guys.”
So, as I look forward to Deer Tick’s November date in Boston, it makes me wonder if maybe I should look up the opener before I get there.
Starter Kit:
“Ashamed“
“Easy“
“Mange“
Check out the rest of The Future-Favorite-band Series:
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Peace,
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Please share links that have been entertaining to you!
Peace,
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Things that sweater weather finally permits: Drinking hot coffee by morning and hot tea by night, wearing double socks under boots and throwing on unsummer scarves, baking pies, pumpkin-picking, crunching leaves, blanket stealing, and everything else not under the sun.
Peace,
Title from “Autumn Sweater” by Yo La Tengo
