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It’s no Friday Mixtape… but it’ll getcha through the last few minutes of this Friday!
(Source: Spotify)
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FRIDAY MIXTAAAAPE!
Sorry I’ve been absent from the mixtape scene as of late. Life comes atcha fast sometimes. But even when it’s fast, it’s nice to have a soundtrack.Enjoy these tunes and have a rockin’ Friday!
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I have always had an affinity for breakfast foods. I believe this stems from my Mom’s philosophy when eating in restaurants: she’d always look at the dessert menu first to see what she wanted, and choose her meal in accordance with the amount of room she wanted to save for the treat. And breakfast is basically a free pass to eat dessert for an entire meal and have it be legit. Cake for breakfast? Insanity. But here. Have a donut.
Late in high school, I remember coming across a quote that resonated so deeply with me that it became my own sort of food philosophy:
“Dinner parties are mere formalities; but you invite a man to breakfast because you want to see him.” - Thomas Babington Macaulay
In college, I interviewed musician, artist, and fellow UGAer Allison Weiss (who shares a similar love for breakfast and pancakes that I do (in fact, it was her album art of pancakes that originally drew me to wanting to interview her)) and one thing she said about breakfast (because of course I asked!) that has stuck with me was something similar to the Macaulay quote:
Breakfast is really special and delicious because you wake up and the first thing you want to do is see this other person and share a stack of pancakes with them. You really only do that with people you love.
(Allison also got me onto Tumblr many moons ago AND she’s the famous one whose tunes you hear on the Customize Your Theme page. Go Dawgs.)
BREAKFAST! I mean just think about it! It’s early, you’re not always in a pleasant mood or lookin’ great and you think Hey, yes. Let’s share something yummy even before these bags under my eyes go away. It’s the first thing you do in the morning and you’re inviting this other person to share in that moment with you. That’s intense!
So, anyways, today’s my last day at work. As a Going Away Celebration, the office organized a breakfast because they know how much I love it. Sure, it’s really just donuts and cinnamon rolls and coffee… but. It’s love. I feel very loved today and that makes me excited about the future. In the words of my girl Leslie Knope, Why Would Anybody Eat Anything Besides Breakfast Food?
I sure don’t know, Leslie. I sure don’t know.
With that…. ENJOY this Friday’s Mixtape. And go eat breakfast with someone you love. Go on. Go on.
As always, all the Friday Mixtape Tunes are here—-> ++ Friday Mix!
PS. That super sweet Tolkien print up there was created by my dear friend Karla who is wicked talented and awesome and just basically the best.
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Another Friday!
I’m over here… workin’ workin’ workin’… one week left at this job. I hope your Friday involves something equally as exciting. (But, not as busy, let’s be honest.)
Enjoy these tunes as you work/play/drive in preparation for your weekend plans! As we were reminded sadly and horrifically earlier this week with Boston… there’s no telling what the day will hold. I pray you’ll all be safe, happy, and loved this weekend. The pictures above are some of my favorites from the trip my Dad and I took to Boston back in November. Truly an awesome place.
As always, all the Friday Mixtape Tunes are here—-> ++ Friday Mix! Huzzah!
And this Friday’s Mix is below! Have a great weekend!
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Hello? Hello? Is this thing on?
I have been MIA from the blogscene lately for several reasons. Firstly… because I had too many secrets brewing and knew I would spill the beans before it was time and secondly… laziness? It’s always in there somewhere.
Secrets you say? Yes. I quit my job last Friday. More on that later.
Other things include: Liked a boy. Planted some flowers. Baked some pies. Typical things.
The boy is gone, the flowers are sort of alive and the pies were good, so all in all we can call it a somewhat successful two weeks. Somewhat.
In the summer of 2008 I studied abroad in France and went to the Cannes Film Festival with UGA. I had never done anything like that: Europe, or attempt to speak French. It was one of those experiences that gets tucked away in your soul and folded into your memory in a shiny gold box. I learned a lot about myself whilst lounging on the rock piers of the Riviera, and anytime I see or hear a reference to that Festival or to Southern France, I get a little nostalgic for the time in my life when I believed so much to be possible about life.
I saw the new poster for this summer’s Festival last Friday… on the morning that I quit my job. Not only do I love this photo of Paul Newman and his wife Joanne Woodward, but I love the story behind it. It was taken during production of their 1963 film A New Kind of Love and was remastered for the poster. (Side note: if any of you out there know someone who’s going to the Festival this summer… I would love to get a poster…)
Staring at this image gave me all kinds of hope… the kind of hope that was fostered in the French sunshine many summers ago as I was nearing the end of my collegiate career and unsure of what I was going to do in the future. The kind of hope I needed to walk in there and quit. The kind of hope that endless crepes and bottles of cheap French wine can bring.
A New Kind of Love.
My life looks very different right now than what my 21-year-old self would have thought… but I think that’s OK. I’m learning how to believe it’s OK.
More details on the job front as I have some, but can’t really share at the moment. Soon! Until then… enjoy these tunes. Some killer tracks by Elle King and Chic Gamine, to name a few ballers. But the whole thing is ballin’.
Happiest of Fridays to you.
++All the Fridayiest Tunes here!
Seriously though… any UGA kids out there going to the festival and wanna bring me back a poster :) ?
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This is Monday afternoon music at it’s finest. Especially when the sun is out, the trees are blooming and the pollen is swirling… and I can be thankful that my hair looks nothing like this album cover.
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Chambaland does it again. “Wild Con” (Tegan and Sara vs. Flo Rida Feat. Sia)
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Friday Friday, gotta get down on Friday Mixtape!
This week’s mix is very folk-inspired, as that’s pretty much all we listened to on the beach last week.
Minus the Justin Timberlake. He was our one anomaly, and what a good one it is. JAM ON, Jammers. Happy Friday!
Special note: Second Child, Restless Child is my new favorite song so you better get on board. K thanks.
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Ya’ll.
This is about to be the best day of your life. That band I was telling you about earlier this week? The Oh Hellos? Well, OH HELLO! Their album is for free on NoiseTrade.
Am I secretly a NoiseTrade employee? No. But maybe they read Morgangster? :) Why are you still reading this? GO DOWNLOAD THIS ALBUM AND ENJOY YOUR DAY! New personal fav tune is “Second Child, Restless Child” because it might as well be called “Morgan.”
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It’s March. It’s Madness! I can’t believe it.
Here’s another Friday Mixtape to get us through our shared unbelief that it is indeed the 3rd month of 2013.
Also… there are two songs on here by The Crane Wives (I’ve put another one of their songs on a previous mix… if you’re paying attention.) But. They are MY JAM right now. MAH JAAAAM. So. Look into that…
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It’s been a busy but great week and I hope you can say the same! In a few hours, I’m headed to our church’s Women’s Retreat where one of my favorite people in the whole world is speaking. I’m packing Girl Scout cookies and my weekend sweats and a blank journal to write all of her godly wisdom down.
Gonna. Be. Legit.
Until departure, I’ll just be sitting here, listening to the tunes of this week’s Friday Mixtape, trying to get work done. FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY.
Listen below or subscribe to Friday mix for all the Friday Mixtapes. Enjoy the music, enjoy the weekend!
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Friday Mixtape Friday Mixtape Friday Friday Friday!
In honor of yesterday’s holla-day, I starting compiling all of my favorite love songs for this week’s mix. I dug deep into the archives of my mind for this one, and while the mix is long, it’s also rockin’ and full-o-love.This mix could also consequently double as my karaoke playlist, but I can’t seem to harness my second-hand embarrassment long enough to actually ever be OK with doing karaoke. But. It’s out there just in case my judgment lapses and I find myself locked inside Shokitini or Walkers with a microphone.
This week’s mix includes tracks from Fyfe Dangerfield, Pixies, Hanson, Whitney Houston, Fun., The Avett Brothers, Fruit Bats, The Rumble Strips, Jaymay, Queen, The Temptations, Ray LaMontagne, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Rosie Thomas and Sufjan, City and Colour, 98 Degrees, The Kooks, Ronettes, Jessica Andrews, Natalie Cole, Tanya Tucker, Ingrid Michaelson, Death Cab for Cutie, Dashboard Confessional, Jackson Browne, Mariah Carey, A Fine Frenzy, Noah and the Whale.
It’s also a scary peek inside my brain. So. Be forewarned. You can also subscribe to the Mega Friday Mix if you want or need to listen to hours and hours of good music at random.
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The thing about having something you’re supposed to do every week (grocery shopping, laundry, exercising) is that sometimes, you just don’t do it. (I think that’s why they call that “supposed to do.”) The Friday Mixtape is a little less dire than those other 3 (I see you, piles and piles of laundry I have been stepping over for days on end. I see you. I see you.) but sometimes, more important things call your name. Like going to get one of your best friends all married-up and stuff.
A & D have a particularly lovely story, having met as a bridesmaid and groomsman at another of our friends’ wedding a year and a half ago. SO CUTE am I right?
This group of friends that gathered this weekend to celebrate is a particular kind of wonderful: we met at camp as strange little children and somehow, despite time and changing and not living in the same cities or going to the same schools… we grew up and we did it together. There is a rare quality amongst us that only comes from having seen how far we’ve all come: from our summers of braided hair and sunburned skin in the North Carolina mountains to being grown-ups with college degrees and jobs and houses and now, husbands.
So even though it’s late… it was for a good reason. Here’s the mix!
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I’ve kind of been avoiding the internet today because I didn’t get a chance to watch the series finale of 30 Rock yet (I know I know I know I KNOW) and didn’t want to risk any spoilers! But, I couldn’t keep you from the Friday Mix. So, here we are. I HOPE IT WAS WORTH IT.
Listen and enjoy and subscribe to the Mega Friday Mix if you want to keep up with it all.
ENJOY and have a great Friday!
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Chambaland - “Irresecreble” (Beyonce vs. Passion Pit)
I love Beyonce. I love Passion Pit. I love mashups. I love trying to restrain dancing at my desk whilst at work. THIS IS EVERYTHING. Chambaland is a genius.
