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Road Trip! Jul 10
My wife and I just got back to Seattle from a road trip to southern California, and I'm having a little trouble getting out of the daze that results inevitably from twenty hours on the open road, divided unevenly over two days. The drive, which seemed relatively normal--i...
Recent Songs (VirbTunes) - see all
- Coldplay - Lost!
- Coldplay - Cemeteries of London
- Coldplay - Life In Technicolor
- Coldplay - Lovers In Japan (Acoustic Version)
- Coldplay - Death and all his friends
My Music
Music
lately: the beatles, beck, belle & sebastian, bloomsday, bob dylan, broken social scene, bryn lumsden, the cardigans, coldplay, crystal skulls, damien jurado, daniel lanois, danielson, david crowder, denison witmer, elliott smith, emmylou harris, fiona apple, flaming lips, innocence mission, jens lekman, john coltrane, johnny cash, jon brion, m. ward, mojave 3, neko case, nick drake, paul simon, pedro the lion, radiohead, red house painters, rosie thomas, ron sexsmith, rue royale, ryan adams, sufjan stevens
Televisor
the office, arrested development, seinfeld, 30 rock, the simpsons, newsradio
Movies
about schimdt, amadeus, big lebowski, blazing saddles, eternal sunshine, hunchback, i heart huckabees, kill bill, little miss sunshine, lord of the rings, lost in translation, matchstick men, royal tenenbaums, star wars, stranger than fiction, wall street
Books
blake, byron, coleridge, de quincey, keats, shelley, c.s. lewis (especially his space trilogy), homer, virgil, george steiner, milton, yancey, n.t. wright, plato, beowulf, the Bible
Top Artists (VirbTunes) - see all
- Coldplay - 43
- My Brightest Diamond - 43
- Spiritualized - 42
Top Songs (VirbTunes) - see all
- Rejoice, The Lord Is King!/Sing Halleljah!/Bach - Patricia Spedden - 8
- Love Was When/O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go/Bach-Gounod - Patricia Spedden - 7
- Lost! - Coldplay - 5
Top Albums (VirbTunes) - see all
- Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends - 39
- Spiritualized - Songs in A&E - 38
- Rufus Wainwright - Release The Stars - 35
Comments - see all 14
Hey Traynor, doesn't look like we're going to make it out there this year. We're writing for our next record which we are hoping tour with next spring/summer. Good to hear from you, Best, Brookln
posted Aug 5
i wish i could do a road-trip to/in california.
posted Jul 19
yah, just moved back from LA. working full time at my dad's catering company. it's pretty fun, but totally different than being in school full time.
posted Jun 2
Well he has the entire record up for streaming, so I've listened to all but one song. But I've just streamed it once.
posted May 19
I haven't got a chance to listen to the entire Ringing Bell yet, but from what I've heard I would say that you're right.
posted May 18
:) my boyfriend's band did a video with all cardboard instruments. it was quite fun. how are you!?
posted May 15
Oh I am a huge fan of Long Gone Before Daylight. "For What It's Worth" and "Communication" are really amazing songs. You should really get an account on Mog, it lets you display your entire iTunes library and it syncs to iTunes to tell what you've been playing lately, top plays, top songs of the month, etc. It's really an awesome site. Mine is www.mog.com/justin_newell
posted May 13
You know I'm not particularly opposed to that idea. I'm looking to write for a music publication after school so living in another Northwestern city like Seattle or Portland has crossed my mind, but I know I'll be here in good ol' Idaho for at least a few more years. But... I do want to get up to Seattle at least once this Summer because that would be awesome, maybe go see a Mariner game and of course see the cousins and in your case (cousin's husband/cousin-in-law?). Not sure if I could handle the rain though, ha.
posted May 6
Well that's no fun, but a fateful way to get an awesome guitar.
posted May 5
(Just) Pete just played us on the Bored-Again Christian podcast.. Thanks for your help, Traynor!
posted Apr 23
Well, you found me. Congrats. Maybe I should thicken my disguise.
posted Apr 12
thanks for the song recommendation. love it.
posted Apr 6
Justin N. says:
Ahhh, I know. I really wanted to come and then I foudn out that Katie couldn't go like the afternoon after I posted the comment to you saying I was coming. Grrr. Hopefully there will be another time in the near future. :(
posted Sep 2