Convinced, my way - SotW [Week of 7-18-10]

Everything comes from something, and most everything comes from the same thing. Facing newness means I won't look back and regret not going. Try and convince me. Howlin' Wolf to the Stones... My mind's not changing.

SotW 7/18:

Smokestack Lightning Howlin' Wolf

Ah, oh, smokestack lightning
Shinin', just like gold
Why don't ya hear me cryin'?
Ah, whoo hoo, ooh...
Whoo...

Whoa, oh, tell me, baby
What's the, matter with you?
Why don't ya hear me cryin'?
Whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo...

Whoa, oh, tell me, baby
Where did ya, stay last night?
A-why don't ya hear me cryin'?
Whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo...

Whoa, oh, stop your train
Let her, go for a ride
Why don't ya hear me cryin'?
Whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo...

Whoa, oh, fare ya well
Never see, ah, you no more
Ah, why don't ya hear me cryin'?
Ooh, whoo hoo, whoo hoo
Whoo...

Whoa, oh, who been here baby since
I, I been gone, a little, bitty boy?
Girl, be on
Ah, whoo hoo, whoo hoo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1FK620bS7A

A little bit clashy clashy - SotW [Week of 7-11-10]

Ready to be ready. Ready? Phones have always terrified me slightly, but I'm rarely without one. Call for me, por favor. One thing to be learned: don't be waiting for a call. One thing to be learned: don't be the one always calling. Ready?

SotW 7/11:

My Phone's on Vibrate for You Rufus Wainwright

My phone's on vibrate for you
Electroclash is karioke too
I try to dance Britney Spears
I guess I'm getting on in years

My phone's on vibrate for you
God knows what all these new drugs do
I guess to have no more fears
But still I always end up in tears

My phone's on vibrate for you
But still I never ever feel from you
Pinocchio's now a boy
Who wants to turn back into a toy

So call me
Call me in the morning
Call me in the night
So call me
Call me anytime you like

My phone's on vibrate for you
For you 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBpYllqdIMc

Not now, but maybe later - SotW [Week of 7-4-10]

When only meets seemingly hardest, only rules. What hurts is not what happens but what is not told. And the people you forget about might not forget about you. We are all fine. Which in itself is not.

SotW 7/4:

Colorblind Counting Crows

I am colorblind
Coffee black and egg white
Pull me out from inside
I am ready
I am ready
I am ready
I am 

Taffy stuck, tongue tied
Stutter, shook and uptight
Pull me out from inside
I am ready
I am ready
I am ready
I am... fine 

I am covered in skin
No one gets to come in
Pull me out from inside
I am folded, and unfolded, and unfolding
I am... colorblind 

Coffee black and egg white
Pull me out from inside
I am ready
I am ready
I am ready
I am... fine
I am... fine
I am fine 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwXPjMb7_Mk

Always there, even if underneath - SotW [Week of 6-27-10]

There is nothing I can say about this song or the day I came home. That's what listening's for.


SotW 6/27:

Blackbird The Beatles

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Black bird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
all your life
you were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise,
You were only waiting for this moment to arise,
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5CUHHGlQg0

Soon, yes. - SotW [Week of 6-20-10]

People don't do what you tell them to. And then you learn to stop telling them. Pretty soon when someone wants something told to them, you're fresh out. Stop and listen to the man on the street with an open guitar case. You might find something.

SotW 6/20:

I'm Comin' Home Matt Angell

I walk the streets tonight
In the shadows of the light
To scatter pieces of my life

On the road there's a snake
My heart digs a grave
In the corner of my eye, I see your face

And I know that now's the time
What I want to be mine
I will never see this place again

So I go on out alone
Through the wind, rain, and cold
Darlin', oh darlin', I'm comin' home

Darlin', oh darlin', I'm comin' home

From the tempest in my mind
To [...]
I will soon be by your side once again

And all the screams shall fade
And only dreams remain
A tombstone and a grave, next to you

Darlin', oh darlin', I'm comin' home

Darlin', oh darlin', I'm comin' home
Darlin', oh darlin', I'm comin' home

http://www.mattangell.com

It's back. - SotW [Week of 6-13-10]

all CAPS. and that's all i have to say.

SotW 6/13:

Bring That Beat Back Public Enemy

PLAYED IN CINCINATTI WIT MY WHOLE HEAD NAPPY MADE A RALLY IN THE STREET WIT NOTHIN BUT A BEAT GOTTA GRUDGE AGAINST A JUDGE KICK EM OUT THAT SEAT YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT SO WHAT YOU EATIN SAME MESSAGE TO YOUR MIND BE SELF DEFEATIN SICK N TIRED OF BEIN SICK AND TIRED OF BEIN BEATEN SAW EM DROP IT LIKE IT WAS WAY TOO HOT AND TOO FAST FOR HIP HOP DOO WOP ROCK OR BOP AINT HERE TO HURT YOU DONT HANG IN THEM CIRCLES GOVERNMENT AINT GOT ME YET SO YALL DONT STOP ME SEE A STAMPEDE OF FAKE CATS RUNNIN FROM BILL COSBY WHAT DOES HE GOTTA DO WIT YOU DOIN YOU? YALL KNOW WHAT? DJ LORD GIMME THAT CUT BRING THAT BEAT BACK THATS WHATS UP FEEDBACK FROM TRULY FREEDBLACKS GOTTA THINK OUTTA THIS BOX OF HARD KNOCKS LINED EM UP AT FORT KNOX TO DIE IN IRAQ YOU DONT KNOW I ROCK? WHAT YOU UNDER A ROCK? OLD CATS BEGGIN US TO BRING THAT BEAT BACK EACH GENERATION THINKS THE NEXT ONE IS WACK JUMPSTARTED IN THE DAZE OF CRACK R&B REAGAN, DADDY BUSH WAY THE HELL ON BACK PRAY TO GOD FEEL LIKE I GOT A CHURCH IN MYSELF , good god uhCANT GET NO HELP I SAY AGAIN HEALTHCARE CUTBACK SHT IS WACK BRING THAT BEAT BACK THEY SAY THE YOUTH DONT MATTER AND THE OLD DONT MIND IT TAKES A LOTTA SPINE TO BUILD ALL THEM YOUNG MINDS SOME OF US GET GHETTO AT THE WRONG DAMN TIME ALBUM WHAT? WE just MAKIN ONE AT A TIME TO SAVE ANOTHER BROTHER WHOSE LIFE ON THE LINE A BIG SHOT TO CLAIM SOME ROCKS AND SHINE SIGNS OF A SOUL GONE SOLO ROBBED BLIND A VERY SMALL PART OF HALF THE WORLDS CRIME RUNAWAY CHILD BLOWN BY AN OLD LAND MINE LITTLE ONES WORKIN IN DIAMOND MINES SO CATS CAN SAY WHATS HERS AND WHATS MINE DIAMONDS IS GIRLS BEST FRIEND SO WHYS HE CRYIN SEE WHEN YALL HEAR IT GET NEAR IT AND YOU RECOGNIZE THE LYRICS YOU TRAINED TO REFRAIN AND YOU START TO FEAR IT ESCAPISM LIKE TODAY THERE AINT RACISM OBVIOUSLY YALL AINT SEE BLACK FOLKS ON TV JUDGEMENT CALLS MADE ON BEHALF OF YOU AND ME OR YOU AND I DO OR DIE I SAY AN I FOR AN I DIVIDIN LINE GOT THE POOR PEOPLE PAYIN FOR CRIME CORPORATIONS GETTIN PAID OFF OUR JAILTIME NOW YALL CAN TELL RUSSELL YES I KNOCK THE HUSTLE CAUSE 2 MILLION IN LOCKDOWN UNDER FEDERAL MUSCLE BEYOND THE STREETS THESE KIDS IS ALWAYS WATCHIN WATCHING SOME OF THESE JERKS WHEN THEY GO BERSERK SO I WORK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1gFH--Y1Xs

It's aight, don't you worry. - SotW [Week of 6-6-10]

Yes, true, life is basically opposites and changing the definition of irony. Take a little anger sometimes. All the medals in the world are not going to solve the deep breaks.

SotW 6/6:

Hand in my Pocket Alanis Morissette

I'm broke but I'm happy
I'm poor but I'm kind
I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah
I'm high but I'm grounded
I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed
I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby

What it all comes down to
Is that everything's gonna be fine fine fine
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving a high five

I feel drunk but I'm sober
I'm young and I'm underpaid
I'm tired but I'm working, yeah
I care but I'm worthless
I'm here but I'm really gone
I'm wrong and I'm sorry baby

What it all comes down to
Is that everything's gonna be quite alright
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is flicking a cigarette

What it all comes down to
Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving the peace sign

I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm shy but I'm friendly baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing
I'm brave but I'm chicken shit
I'm sick but I'm pretty baby

And what it all boils down to
Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is playing the piano

What it all comes down to my friends
Is that everything's just fine fine fine
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is hailing a taxicab... 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGjaaQAvSTA

To Crave - SotW [Week of 5-30-10]

Whether it's food, air, your love, or a song, we all crave something sometime. What happens if cravings can't be satisfied? Nothing. Hurt is relative and you're not the worst off. Eat a burrito. Unless of course you're in Australia...

SotW 6/30:

Volare Gipsy Kings

Pienso que un sueno parecido no volvera mas
Y me pintaba las manos y la cara de azul
Y me improviso el viento rapido me llevo
Y me hizo a volar en el cielo infinito

Volare, oh oh
Cantare, oh oh oh oh
Nel blu dipinto di blu
Felice di stare lassu

Y volando, volando feliz
Yo me encuentro mas alto
Mas alto que el sol
Y mientras que el mundo
Se aleja despacio de mi
Una musica dulce
Se ha tocada solo para mi

Volare, oh oh
Cantare, oh oh oh oh
Nel blu dipinto di blu
Felice di stare lassu

Pienso que un sueno parecido no volvera mas
Y me pintaba las manos y la cara de azul
Y me improviso el viento rapido me llevo
Y me hizo a volar en el cielo infinito

Volare, oh oh
Cantare, oh oh oh oh
Nel blu dipinto di blu
Felice di stare lassu

Volare, oh oh
Cantare, oh oh oh oh
Nel blu dipinto di blu
Felice di stare lassu
Pienso que un sueno parecido no volvera mas
Y me pintaba las manos y la cara de azul
Y me improviso el viento rapido me llevo
Y me hizo a volar en el cielo infinito

Volare, oh oh
Cantare, oh oh oh oh
Nel blu dipinto di blu
Felice di stare lassu

Volare, oh oh
Cantare, oh oh oh oh
Nel blu dipinto di blu
Felice di stare lassu


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNgSeJzLJFc

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The truth is... there are many warning signs - SotW [Week of 5-23-10]

Writing late is losing what was only possible on time. And if I keep this up, it'll only get heaps worse. I don't remember what was going through my mind in the week of May 23, and now that now is now, it's better that May 23 is too far to remember.

SotW 5/23:

Warning Sign Coldplay

A warning sign,
I missed the good part then I realized,
I started looking and the bubble burst.
I started looking for excuses.

Come on in,
I've gotta tell you what a state I'm in,
I've gotta tell you in my loudest tones,
That I started looking for a warning sign.

When the truth is,
I miss you.
Yeah the truth is,
That I miss you so.

A warning sign,
You came back to haunt me and I realized
you were an island and I passed you by,
You were an island to discover.

Come on in,
I've gotta tell you what state I'm in,
I've gotta tell you in my loudest tones,
That I started looking for a warning sign.

When the truth is,
I miss you.
Yeah the truth is,
That I miss you so.

And I'm tired,
I should not have let you go.

So I crawl back into your open arms.
Yes, I crawl back into your open arms.
And I crawl back into your open arms.
Yes, I crawl back into your open arms...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8oTT9r9978