with lantern dreams

everyone grows old on the gold coast
it takes a lot of hope to grieve
everyone gets dark and the worst part
is the way those thoughts can please you
personality like a split screen
see yourself down on your knees

hold out your hand, darling
say please

everyone gives up down on hard luck
on hope aint enough it seems
everyone gets lost in their own fog
have to wonder on with lantern dreams
say please, please
just say something
speak up, please
if its what youre looking for

hold out your hand, darling
say please

hatching from the seed of your thin mind

the door slammed loud and rose up a cloud of dust on us

footsteps follow, down through the hollow sound, torn up. . .

and you will go to mykonos
with a vision of a gentle coast
and a sun to maybe dissipate
shadows of the mess you made

. . .you go
wherever you go today
you go today


mykonos, may 2008.

mean everything to nothing

"i try to write through a lens rather than on top of a soapbox. "
- andy hull, manchester orchestra

so true. here are the three videos ive posted from this album so far (again)... i know the links are dead in the old posts, but this should work for all of them. i can't wait for the other eight :)

lessons learned

tape holds things that cannot stick
and keep leftovers in the fridge
while lessons learned go down the drain
i can't believe in everything
all the bad names gone
and the good ones were all wrong

and so i stayed up all night
slept in all day
this is my sound
thinking about tomorrow won't change how i feel today

never let your mark erase
'cause broken legs can be replaced
two steps to the finish line
three sips till i finish mine
a straw will always suck it out
close your eyes and use your mouth
and tell me about your song

and so i stayed up night
slept in all day
this is my sound
thinking about tomorrow won't change how I feel today


Lessons Learned

GOOD NEWS

that's right, i used all caps. for those of you who know me or read this regularly, you should already know that i don't capitalize anything (including things that should be capitalized...such as god, i, chris, sam, etc.), so if something is worthy of all caps, it must be pretty damn exciting. AND IT IS!

the jackson rescue event had been canceled, but have no fear! there are people putting together an event at mississippi college and guess what - YOU SHOULD ALL BE THERE. they are meeting tonight to get together more details, but i am going and so should you. it is this saturday and it will be amazing! for those of you who don't know what the rescue is, it is the big invisible children event for the year and it is a great way for your voice to be heard in the community. if you remember the displace me event, this is the equivalent for 2009!

if you are going, or if not, do this! contact people, get individuals motivated and be a part of the change. get up, enact the ideals you stand for, and make a difference! this is such a huge deal, and even if there aren't a lot of people at the event (which you can change by coming, too!) you are still a part of this simultaneous event that is happening all over the country and all over the world! don't believe me? go to facebook, search the rescue and filter by events. there are hundreds of people rsvped to events (561 in melbourne, australia...617 in salt lake city....1496 in chicago...1134 in boston...and countless others. austin has 825! and these are just the people with facebooks you guys!) and YOU can be a part of it!

here is an instructional video, and be sure to check back here for more information about the event once i hear back from the wonderful individuals at MC. also, if you want to see some fun examples of the youtube shout out videos, i have one a couple of entries back. get excited people :) make a difference, enact change in yourself, your peers, and the world. fight apathy and get out for this.

The Rescue Instructional Video from Jason Russell on Vimeo.

and, as a last thought, i will leave you with some parting words from a man i love dearly, bryce avary, the singer of this great band the rocket summer.

i'm thinking 'bout other things i heard about today
all this week and tomorrow
and how these hands can create some better things for bettering. . .
do you feel
the weight of the world singing sorrow
or to you is it just not real
cause you got your own things
yeah we all have our things i guess

i guess my mind wanders off
from time to time
sometimes i convince myself
that all is fine in the world
it's not mine
why should i
have to try
to fix things i didn't create or contrive
. . . can you feel the souls behind what's going on

and for good measure, since i love TRS so much, here is a cool in-studio version of so much love

the more i run the more i am convinced

i'm really digging passion pit. i've made everyone who has ventured near me while i was at a computer watch the video for sleepyhead, so of course when this new video for the reeling came out, it is time to share with the masses again. the reeling has received a lot of criticism for not living up to the expectations that sleepyhead set forth, but i disagree. passion pit is the next wet dream for the crowd who are over the cliches that mgmt presented but are still too caught up in them, regardless, to actually let go. i love mgmt, but all of their material is opposite ends of the spectrum - either really great or something i can live without. i think passion pit falls in the middle for me, and their lyrical content is a bit more engaging, in my opinion. that being said, enjoy this sweet ass video (and get a feel for what they are like live - because they are so high energy and so so so much fun)

we dug these holes we crawled into
now they're my home
now here i cannot feel the wind, can't feel the rain
and i believe in gentle harmony
how i loathe all this obscenity
is the way my life has got to be
by a single opportunity

look at me, oh look at me, is this the way i've always been
oh no, oh no
now i'm dreaming somebody would simply come and kidnap me
oh no, oh no
cause everyday i lie awake and pray to god today's the day
oh no, oh no
here i am, here i am, when will someone understand
oh no, oh no

and all at once i feel this, oh how it clings to me
it reels and calls me towards it, confounding destiny
and I can feel the magnets pinch my hands
the more i run the more i am convinced
a girl who loves
just like we settle in the foggy mist

look at me, oh look at me, is this the way i've always been
oh no, oh no
now i'm dreaming somebody would simply come and kidnap me
oh no, oh no
cause everyday i lie awake and pray to god today's the day
oh no, oh no
here i am, here i am, when will someone understand
oh no, oh no



want to listen again? here is a link to the mp3 -
http://iguessimfloating.net/assets/mp3s/The%20Reeling.mp3

passion pit, south by southwest 2009.
brooklyn vegan/paste magazine showcase at the radio room.

you have no choice, you must not fail

i. can't. wait. so stoked.

so this is the new year

so this is the new year, originally uploaded by some idealistic future.

and i dont feel any different

'cause you are not alive when i need you

dirt in the ground is what i need
i got another one to tell you
and another one to make you believe
pity in the grass tried to be
the one you needed when i told you
that you wanted something bigger than me

i've got friends in all the right places
i know what they want
and i know they don't want me to stay
isaid that i've got friends in all the right places
i know what they want
and i know they don't want me to stay

'cause you are not alive
when i need you
ineed it quickly
in case you never know

i can't play where i'm not supposed to anyway

dirt in the ground is what I see
i need another reason why
i need another reason, tell me to breathe
the dirtier the sound, the best I breathe
I tried to do it all for you
it didn't do anything for me

i've got friends in all the right places
i know what they want
and i know they don't want me to stay
isaid that i've got friends in all the right places
i know what they want
and i know they don't want me to stay

and you and i will find
that when i need you
i need it quickly
in fact, you'll never know

i've got friends in all the right places
i know what they want
and i know they don't want me to stay
isaid that i've got friends in all the right places
i know what they want
and i know they don't want me to stay

but do i have friends when i need them, or here with me? that is really the problem. be here now...right?

Manchester Orchestra - "I've Got Friends"


this whole album leaked last week, and it was the best thing that has happened to me in a long time. i love it and i wish i had time to sit down with this record and enjoy its company the way that i should. maybe this weekend - i'll be spending easter all alone, so why not?

flicking fire like saltwater into my eyes

on a random note, whoever told hipsters that having trash-staches and porn star facial hair was cute and cool, you should take it back.

tell me what you thought about

so, i have posted this video or lyrics from this song at least two or three times...but i still can't get over it. you have to watch this particular performance though...it is so perfect. kenneth vasoli, will you marry me?

The Starting Line - The Best of Me Live
Uploaded by s_tancredi

traded my skin for cheap sex and tattoos

shaking in my sleep with me broken and bruised, do do do-do

so, this providence has a new album out...and i still haven't listened to it, even though i have it. that is really saying something, considering this used to be my favorite band, end of story. now, they are just horribly, manufactured fueled by ramen pop, that i can barely stand. this video is awful, and i really miss the old this providence. back when they still have (at least some of) the original members...when their music was interesting, dynamic, complex. now it is simple, cheesy radio pop with horribly cliche high school-setting videos. dan, you are married and old - you were way past this high school stuff when you put out your first full-length...three releases ago. come on now. ironically, this song is titled 'letdown.' at least that much is accurate.

----

this is the this providence i love, and miss.

if you'd just trust in me
you know i trust you
we'll do all the things that you've dreamed to do
if you'd just let go
if you'd let your heart go

take me past the color of your eyes
take me from the past of all my mistakes to where the future lies
i know that my moods were changing like the weather
do you ever dream of us together?
now i just want to show you who i am

holding on to dreams we collide
we had our futures
our reasons
our fingers on the trigger
when we base our joy on the things that we see
we lose the trust in it all and the faith we believe

if you'd just trust in me
you know i trust you
we'll do all the things that you've dreamed to do
if you'd just let go
if you'd let your heart go

remember when i used to be your everything?
now i'm nothing at all
trust me i've tried to let you go
but i can't move on
i can't move on

what i do now will affect what comes next
and this life that i lead will be everything you need
ipray to be all that you dream
and i'll die trying to be

shake it out, shake it out

these videos are so beautiful, i love them. manchester orchestra is going to a whole other level for this next album, and i cannot wait.

are you the living ghost of what i need?...i guess we'll see.
are you tired of being alone, are you tired of being alone?

. . .i've never seen a thing so complete
i am the living ghost of what you need
i am everything eternally

View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

every time i make a point she makes a counterpoint

this reminds me of the good ol' days SO much.

but if it was you, i dont think that it would matter

i finally knew that i simply couldnt matter
you finally knew that you simply couldnt matter
i guess that its true that you never knew the passive power of the truth,
so cut me lose
if i could write another phrase
i would be better off this way
but theres no use, theres no use

Manchester Orchestra - The Only One

over and over

Untitled from tom on Vimeo.

wanted to be haunted

my friend sara made this video, and it is so, so, so cool. and you already know that i love this song, too. well done, dear.
with my friends, friends to the end, is where I wanna be from sara strick on Vimeo.

made to measure

please excuse this,

i know its rude, but i was just trying to satisfy someone who requested mine.

you're hard to please, and no one knows just what you need.

if you wont ever ask for help then how am i to tell?

uncomfortable, you wear it well, the sooner that you come around,

the offer's waited to be found

anytime you need it, i am already there and waiting

what's yours is mine but your recline to hesitate to try

don't get me wrong herei just want to make my intentions clear

there's no room for reading into deep, if things aren't written down.

as soon as i've been told

that you will not be sold then we could all move forward here,

and find our endings well

you need a break

its hard to take the time

when things will just move faster and we're never ever slowing down

anytime you need it, i'm already there and waiting

what's yours is mine but your recline to hesitate to try

and after all the bullshit shuffled, piles up inside,

there's only room for you and me and what we've left to try

i'm not looking for forgiveness.

Jack's Mannequin - New Music - More Music Videos

now that we've made it this far

i love this kind of music. i want music like this all day, every day.