I’ve been listening to Aloe Blacc’s “I Need A Dollar” for a while and thought it was okay, but THIS? This is cover magic. My only objection is that I only just became aware of its existence.

I’ve been playing this Pinker Tones song off and on all day. Its name translates to “lying in the sun,” and the video is pretty darn slick. Appropriate for a summer Friday? I think yes.  

It’s summer. It’s Friday. Remember this? Yep.  

This here is a pretty accurate depiction of what I would wish to be the sonic wallpaper on the inside of my brain. What more could you ask, really? Seu browser não suporta iframes. Download it at Amazon* → *Amazon Associates link. If you buy, you support the artist, and you support me too!

Another summer song. I don’t know Portuguese, but a friend told me the title translates as “on the road,” and I do like playing it on the road. Seu browser não suporta iframes. Download it at Amazon* → *Amazon Associates link. If you buy, you support the artist, and you support me too!

How about a song? Now seems a good time for a song. Seu browser não suporta iframes. Buy the album at Amazon* → Also, WordPress wants to give all my posts banner images now, so we’re going to oblige them. Dramatic, yes? *Amazon Associates link. If you buy, you support the artist, and you support [...]

Suddenly, summer. This is one of my favorite summer songs, in spite of the title. Seu browser não suporta iframes. Download the MP3 at Amazon* → *Amazon Associates link. If you buy, you support the artist, and you support me too!

I met up with a group of the most intelligent, engaging landscape designers and garden types from Twitter at Margaret Roach’s garden this past weekend. Margaret and her garden are both truly a class act, and she and I have similar taste (read: we geek out over the same plants), so watch for photos from [...]

“Look at that green, out through the screen, after a quick rain came… The grass is happy, and I think, ‘So am I…’” Seu browser não suporta iframes. Download this album at Amazon* → *Amazon Associates link. If you buy, you support the artist, and you support me too!

Well, folks, our frost date is still a couple of weeks away, but it is SPRING, DAMMIT. I’M CALLING IT. Seu browser não suporta iframes. Josh Ritter is another of my all-time favorite artists, and whaddya know? He has a new album out TODAY! We should all buy it, I can assure you we should. [...]