I was painting my husband's office last night and decided to log on to Pandora on his computer. I was in the mood for one of my favorite band's Red House Painters. So I pulled up the Pandora station. I was enjoying the mellow station for about 6 songs. Then suddenly Thom Yorke's voice was coming out of the speakers, doing a live version of Fake Plastic Trees. I completely understand the ge...
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Posts by Lux Land
My Red House Painter's Pandora station, hold the Radiohead please.
Soundtrack to Evie's Life
I guess until recently, I haven't totally grasped the importance of really well written children's music. My daughter is crazy for music at 2 and a half... We started out with Jason Faulkner's "Bedtime with the Beatles" then got into the jangly upbeat "Catch That Train" album by Dan Zanes. Now that Evie is into movies, we are hooked on the songs sung by Amy Adam's from the movie Enchanted. Soun
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Touching a Legend
I was a little bird, on your window sillTapping at the frozen paneSinging stillSinging to a boy, with a big ol' heartUntil the bullets cameBlew out the softest partBut I remember touching handsand touching finger tipsI remember all your skinOh, I won't forgetTouching a LegendYou were dying thenso I was dying tooThought the only thing to dowas to die with youBut then the tide came inand you were go
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Suicide King
Here's a song from Summer Hours.. I'm pretty darn proud of it.
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Summer Hours
I recently had the privledge of making another record with producer, musician, Tim Bluhm. He is the front man for the California band The Mother Hips and also involved in many other projects, The Ball Point Birds, Skinny Singers etc... I always feel a little undeserving of his contributions to my music career, I have admired his work for many years. I think often being surrounded by other great
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Books, music and random thoughts
I was inspired by my hubby's eloquent blog about the golden days of good radio that I felt like writing a bit myself. I grew up in a fairly "media" free home, we didn't listen to pop radio, or watch t.v... When Brian and I talk about what has influenced us as musicians we are on opposite ends of the spectrum.. One look at his blog post, or his album collection and you can see what has made him th
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Tiny Cities
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I picked up this album after seeing Mark solo in Nashville. He played these songs acoustic as well as some Red House Painter material. He continues to be one of the only songwriters I know who can keep me riveted for a whole album. He is also the only artist whose entire collection I own. I have to say that "Trucker's Atlas" is probably my favorite track of this album right now.. but the whole
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Driving thru Northwestern Idaho
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This album for me reminds me of driving from Northern Utah to Northwestern Idaho. I know the "blue" mountains are in the east but the wildness and grandeur of Idaho's razor peaks and lush forests are complimented perfectly by this band and this album.
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