i hope it's gonna make you notice someone like me

i'm back! from my checking in with Courtney. she was reading a Stephen King book when i went down. i told her i was too scared to read Stephen King. she said some of them are more scary because he lets your imagination make up the visuals. i thought that was pretty interesting.

so, i wanted to tell you about this great band i just discovered!!!!

She and Him. or, She & Him. which ever you choose, it takes you to the same website. kind of like a 'choose your destiny' game. but, actually not really. but, i should try and do one of those for you one time. that would be a fun challenge.

ANYWAYS. have you heard of this band?? i found them in quite the roundabout way. let me explain.

- SO. it was last night. and i had the song 'Know it All' stuck in my head. that's a Phantom Planet song. that link takes you to my favorite version of the song. and then i thought, 'hm, wonder who wrote that song.' i wonder if it was Alex. or, Alex and Co. so, i decided to find out.

now, i knew that on the wikipedia page for The Jonas Brothers they give you a complete album listings and then on each of the album pages, they tell you who exactly wrote which song. every song! i don't know how i know this. definitely not from wikipediaing the JoBros one evening. nope, definitely not.

so, i wikipedia'd Phantom Planet. they do not have the same wikipedia luxary as the JoBros. they do not have quite as elaborate information. meaning, they don't have who wrote each song. ah well. i'll assume it was a collab effort.

but then i figured, 'hey, i'm on the Phantom Planet wikipedia, why not connect my way through to J.Schwartz.' it was pretty easy, because his name is in the first paragraph on the PP page.

and i was reading his page and saw that he had co-written a song with Zooey Deschanel called, 'Sweet Darlin' for some band called She & Him.

now i said to myself, "hm, wonder what that's about." so, i went along to the wikipedia for She and Him and discovered it was Zooey Deschanel's band! she's in this band with this other guy called M. Ward.

and then i said, "well, i have to hear that song." so, i went to my friends over at iTunes and gave it a listen. what a great song! very cute. then i listened to more of She and Him and discovered that i really liked it. all their songs sound like they are from the fifties! like, i picture the music videos in black and white and featuring people dancing on a beach with big hair, headbands, and old fashioned bathing costumes.

they're songs are very sweet. why don't you have a listen?!

here's:
- Sweet Darlin' - the one she wrote with J.Schwartz. it's not a music video, it's just pictures of Zooey being a totes glam hipster girl. you don't have to watch it, but you can still listen to it. or, you can watch it. whatever you want! hey, i watched it. i won't judge you.

and

- Change Is Hard - i like this song a lot. it's Zooey and M. performing on Craig Ferguson!!!! oh, craig.

so, take a listen. let me know what you think. or, let them know. i'm sure they have some sort of comment/email section on their website.

so, that's the new band i just learned about. and, if i'm actually the last person on the planet to hear them, so be it. i'm sad it took me this long and that nobody recommended them to me a while ago.

and then after all of this, i decided to wiki Coconut Records. why the heck not, right? and i learned another very interesting thing.

BACKSTORY: so, on Coconut Records first CD, Nighttiming, there is a song called 'Easy Girl.' great song, duh! and, seriously, every time i hear it i think to myself, "wow, Jason sounds so much better in the second verse than in the first!!" and i always simply dismissed this comment to myself and thought nothing of it.

CUT TO THE OTHER NIGHT: in my research of Coconut Records (which apparently, i knew nothing about...), i learned that IT IS NOT Jason singing the second verse in 'Easy Girl.' who is it, you ask? it's his brother Robert.

so THAT'S why it sounds so awesome all of a sudden. because it's Robert. and i think that Robert has a totally beautiful voice. now, i felt kind of bad for thinking this.

AND IF: you click on that Coconut Records link above, you can listen to the song 'Easy Girl,' just scroll down to find it and press play. and listen for Robert singing the second verse. but! the two of them sound so totally similar, that's why i thought it was Jason! only Jason 2.0 instead of Jason 1.9.

what?

and if you want more proof that Robert has a totally beautiful voice, WATCH THIS: a video of him performing with The Jonas Brothers. and, Joe Jonas announces him, and he rises from the stage sitting at this white piano (he's quite angelic looking cause he's also totes gorgeous), and then he starts to play and sing this song called 'Letting You Down'. and, it's quite lovely and amazing. and then Nick Jonas starts to sing and you're like, "ugh, what!? bring back Robert."

but, apparently Robert wrote a lot of the songs on one of the JoBros albums. strange and confusing, yes.

and, i promise i wasn't planning on coming full circle with the Jonas Brothers. it just happened that way. and i can't remember how i found that video of Robert performing with them. i was probably definitely searching for Rooney videos and not Jonas Brothers videos.

but, wow! look at all these great things for you all to experience. links and links galore.

Ruby Tuesday is going on some sort of expedition in the living room. i'm not sure what's she's up to. but, she just knocked down the lamp and a bunch of other stuff.

the past few nights she's been very curious about the cabinets above my fridge. she's just up on the fridge and do the paw thing at the cabinets above her. that makes me nervous for two reasons:

1. because she's up on a high surface and i don't think she's being careful
2. because i think there might be a mouse or something

omg i don't know what i would do if i saw a mouse. probably scream and jump on top of something. actually, that's probably exactly what i would do.

my cheeks are really hott. i think because i was holding Ruby up next to my face. last night my face got really itchy because i was holding Ruby too much. aw, but she's so cute!!!

except when she runs and bites my ankles. that makes me mad because it hurts. and so lately i've been trying to teach her the difference between toys and not-toys. i'm not sure how much she's learning.

OH OH OH!!!!!! this is the most exciting thing you'll read all week!!!!!!

DAVID'S NEW FONT WAS RELEASED!!!!!!!!

it's called Trilby and it totally rocks. um, best font ever? well, duh! it's a totes dave font.

get it? totes dave!!! i am using the 'dave' adjective we made up in Ireland and applying it to my totally awesome friend David! it works in more than one way!

i've had his font link in my tabs all day just waiting to tell you about it!!!!

hm. alright. after the big news about David you can't really say much else.

so! it's about midnight. and i'm going to eat some supper. i've been hungry for a while. it's time.

AND! it's officially my dad's birthday!!! 12:01 to be exact! happy birthday papa! i love you.

have a great sunday :)

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