love lost

Thanks Google Chrome - as if I'm not well aware I'm logging some extra hours these days.  Each time I open a new tab, here's the sobering reminder of my most frequented websites:

1) test.salesforce.com 
2) login.salesforce.com
3) salesforce.com
4) gmail.com
5) facebook.com

Facebook is only #5?  This project is totally inflicting upon my work/stalk balance.

Fortunately, I'm sick at creating playlists.  These days - when I'm staring at my computer screen for upwards of 14 hours - I've filled Config Zone Out* with The Temper Trap.
(insert obligatory [500] Days of Summer soundtrack shout-out here)

The entire album is magical, but Love Lost is a clear front runner - maybe that's why it's the first track!  I recommend first listening to Love Lost while driving - hopefully you're alone, it's dark and you're not hitting a lot of lights.  Oh, let's add the backdrop of rain too.  Now you're ready to love this song!

At first I didn't like the video, but when the little girls ran out (around 2:50) I felt nostalgic for the years when me and Maggie would stay up late singing Mariah Carey in the reflection of our living room window, pretending to serenade our little 4th grade crushes.
4th grade crush = Steven Wood

Ok time for me to get back to work GET A BLOODY MOVE ON!  Don't mind that I'm going to tag this Australian band with British Invasion ... hot accents ... all the same.



*My Config Zone Out playlist features
The National
Arcade Fire
Annie Lenox
Angels & Airwaves
Marc Cohen
Freelance Whales
Friendly Fires
Mumford & Sons
Sia
Stars
The Temper Trap
Tori Amos
One Republic
The Postal Service
Muse
Florence + the Machine
Fiona Apple
Ellie Goulding
Bloc Party

everything. kate. nash.

Remember in Clueless, when Cher has an epiphany that she’s “totally butt-crazy in love with Josh”?  That’s how I feel about Kate Nash - minus the creepy incest factor.

Joel Mitchell introduced me to Kate the morning after our first January New Years party while I was stationed on the boys' couch, nursing a well deserved January hangover.  I believe Joel pulled up her video in hopes to raise my spirits to the point that I'd get off their couch and go home; instead he sent me into a month long "I LOVE THIS SONG!" tailspin.
ok it's lasted well over a month..

Sure, Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen have had more international attention, but I have a sneaking suspicion that most will find Kate more original, relatable and sustainable than her fellow British songstresses (and that staying power isn't because she'll probably outlast the coke-captains of England's next train wreck).

The best introduction to Kate Nash is via the video for her #2 UK hit, Foundations:


Did you hear what she said??

You said I must eat so many lemons, cause I am so bitter
I said I'd rather be with your friends mate, cause they are much fitter

Unbelievably sassy.  In one little song she called out her boyfriend, tugged at your "should I stay with him" heart strings and made red heads slightly more appealing.  I bet my mom even said "Oh snap Kate Nash!"

Not only do I love her lyrics - she's amazing in concert.  We were lucky enough to see her at the 9:30 club and in that intimate atmosphere, you could completely imagine Kate as a little girl, locked away in her room angrily banging on her piano because she was forced to wear pink and pearls.

The entire album Made of Bricks can be played on repeat (except for Birds - it's an acquired taste). We haven't heard a peep from Kate since 2008, mainly because she left her budding career to get married (at 22? I hope this turns into some nice break-up songs). But worry not - she's about to come out of her two year hiatus with a new album at the end of April. You should completely treat yourself.

Speaking of treats, check out this little video I found for Nicest Thing. You'll be totally butt-crazy in love with Kate Nash too.



For the record, when I say I when I said two sugars, actually I meant four Splendas.