O my love is light as a dove
Her skin is fair and dark is her hair
And her eyes dart 'round and fall on the ground
And her lips move along to an old country song

Down south you will find among the high pines
An old liquor store where we danced on the floor
O the light on the wall, it brightens the hall
But the room in the back is quiet and black

What keeps me alive is the green in your eyes
And the sweet distant drone of your voice on the phone
Could I hear, in death, your voice and your breath?
Could I hear them sounds in life underground?

O how likely she walks among the white stalks
And, crane in her neck, she steps 'round the deck
Could I bow in the sand to your lily white hand?
Can my head gently rest in your lily white breast?

O my love is light as a dove
Her skin is fair and dark is her hair
And her eyes dart 'round and fall on the ground
And her lips move along to an old country song

oh, brother.

i've been going to see two of my friends play in their numerous bands. same people for the most part, slightly different sound, and different names. they do bluegrass covers on tuesdays, creedence clearwater revival revival, and tonight they did bluegrass but one of them wrote all the songs. really good, but one song especially i wish i could post up here but i think it was the first time he'd played it to more then 1 person before. it breaks your heart, this song. i've been really getting into that kind of music recently. they introduced me to this band called the felice brothers. really really incredible.

perfect.

some of my etchings.

sympathetic sounds of detroit

my older sister never liked the norm when it came to music, she would buy cds that i had never heard of, which was cool because i had a great taste in music by the time i was 11. One cd she brought home was the sympathetic sounds of detroit, which was actually produced by jack white of the white stripes. funny that... if you listen to this album, the white stripes song (red death at 6:14) is one of my least favorite songs on the album. i guess they were the most poppy so thats why they got famous and no one else did.

don't get me wrong, jack white is a talented guy but he could have been so much better. shes terrible, lets just say it out loud. i don't have much rhythm and i could easily drum better then her. i digress.
Through this cd, which features music from the hentchmen, soledad brothers, detroit cobras, buzzards etc, we found a whole genre of music that really didn't exist anywhere else. I came to call it detroit rock and roll, because its dirty rock/blues. amazing.
this is one from the soledad brothers called teenage heart attack. keep in mind that none of these bands made any money through there music. like i believe one of the soledad brothers is a doctor by day.
the soledad brothers are no longer together, which is kind of sad really.
i found our theres a documentary called it came from detroit but you cannot get it anywhere. it's my mission to watch it now.
i'll write more on this later. I leave you with one of my favorite songs, love by the hentchment.

bill clinton owns life

so the DNC was last week, I didn't think I would watch any of it, but i ended up watching the majority of the speechs. hands down the best one was bill clinton. sorry obama. bill is one of the best public speakers i have ever seen. the reason he had so many votes from the younger population in america was because of is laid back attitude and how he speaks to people. he doesn't sound like a politician, he sounds like a person who knows what they are talking about and wants other people to understand as well. it's rare that i get so excited about political things, but heres one that gave me shivers..


this week has been a little rough on the political front, esp with conversations amongst my peers. one good friend informed me, very seriously, that if obama doesn't win, he's leaving the country. it doesn't suprise me too much. when i went to barcelona i met quite a few americans that left after bush got elected for a second term. it's hard to allow myself to think how badly america is actually doing right now. almost in devistation really. everyone is always saying oh but obama is too idealistic to be president, not enough practice blah blah blah. don't we need someone with such amazing ideals for our country? we need such a radical change, and i see obama as the only solution. i just really really hope he wins. i won't even get into how rediculous the republicans choice in VP is. i had no idea that drama in politicians lives are more important then what they stand for. the fact that a possible next vp is on the cover of celebrity gossip magazines sickens me. but shes a toy that is getting played by the republicans.
i fear for america if mccain wins. any glimpse of the good america will be gone and there will be riots in the street. well i hope so...or will the fact our country is ruined just be accepted?