Thirty One

I met up with my friend, Hannah, the other day and shot pt.2 of my Sweet Summer Glow series! (Isn't she stunning!?)

There were quite a few photos to choose from, so here are some of my favorites:

( I'll be posting more on my FLICKR. )

P.S.- Thank you to all those who are now following the blog!

Thirty

There was something bewitching about the clouds today. 

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I caught my brother on the roof looking over at our neighbors bright red, 30's hot rod. Crazy kid. 

(photos by me)

Twenty Nine

Shout-out to my little sis, who was my beautiful (and patient) model!

This is part one of a photo series I am working on this Summer. . . I'll have part two posted next week, so stay tuned. You can see more on my FLICKR.

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Dead Flowers : Rolling Stones

Twelve

(photo by me)

Ten

The Velvet Underground & Nico (full album)

Nico- Desertshore (full album)

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River (full album)

Cheap Trick - In Color (full album), Surrender (song)

Psychedelic Furs - Talk,Talk,Talk (album) , Pretty In Pink

Steely Dan - Aja (full album) , My Old School (∆ song)

∆ This song is about Bard College, the school I attended my first semester.∆

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 Lots of folk playing this week . . .

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Crosby, Stills, & Nash:  Crosby, Stills, & Nash (Full Album)

Joni Mitchell: Blue (Full Album)

Ten Years After: A Space In Time (Full Album)

Neil Young: Harvest (Full Album)

Nick Drake: Fives Leaves Left (Full Album)

Joan Baez: One Day At A Time (Full Album)

The Band: The Last Waltz & Music From Big Pink (Full Album)

I also re-discovered this song, which I used to listen to all the time as a kid.

Doc Watson: Sitting On Top Of The World

(photo by me)

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Playing this week . . .

Beck: Mutations and Modern Guilt (full album)

Anne Briggs (w/ Bert Jansch) (full album)

Bert Jansch: Nicola (full album)

Jeff Buckley: Grace and Sketches for my Sweetheart The Drunk DISC 1 & 2 (full album)

Patsy Cline: Strange

Link Wray: Rumble

∆ New Music∆

1)FOXYGEN - A great and fairly new band with a kind of 60's Rolling Stones / psychedelic rock sound. Sort of like Lou Reed, Mick Jagger, and Bob Dylan had a baby.

Here are some of my favorite tracks:

∆ No Destruction

∆ Make It Known

∆ On Blue Mountain

2)TAME IMPALA - Innerspeaker (full album)

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a slice of florals from

the over-abundance of roses in my neighborhood.

smells like springtime. 

Two

On repeat this week:

Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures (full album)

Memphis Minnie: "Hoodoo Lady Blues"

Grateful Dead: American Beauty (full album)

Pink Floyd: Obscured by Clouds (full album)

Fleetwood Mac: Penguin (full album)

Wes Montgomery: Full House (full album)

Jeff Beck: Blow By Blow (full album)

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I also recently discovered a great finger-style guitarist on youtube who definitely deserves a listen. . .

One of my favorites of his . . .

Robin Payne: Black Mountain Side  

(his cover of Jimmy Page's take on Bert Jansch's Black Waterside")

*Feel free to comment on what you've been listening to!*

(photo by me)