this song.

ain’t no sunshine // bill withers

Song of the day. Such a classic.

And I know, I know, I know, I know
I oughtta leave the young thing alone
But ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone

song of the day

Because 1) it’s tied with All I Ever Wanted as my favorite track on their fabulous new album and 2) I’m seeing them live in about 12 hours.

Changing // The Airborne Toxic Event

no regrets: the life of édith piaf

I have spent this weekend pretending it’s the 30’s-40’s… and by that I mean watching Public Enemies, shopping for hats à la Lilly Dache, and devouring this biography of Édith Piaf:

I don’t read nonfiction for leisure very often but I saw this while searching for livres en français and picked it up on a lark. I had heard Piaf’s name in French classes, collected a compilation of her songs for my iPod over the years, and watched La Vie en Rose, but that was as much as I knew. In No Regrets, Burke paints a stimulating, insightful portrait of the French chanteuse. I haven’t been able to put it down.

Maybe it’s how Burke opens by comparing Piaf’s early life to Les Misérables (arguably my favorite novel of all time). Or maybe it’s the vivid descriptions and the way she infuses quotes from various sources with her eloquent storytelling. Either way, I’m turning pages as if I were re-reading The Three Musketeers yet learning a lot about the musical genius that was France’s “little sparrow.”

Read the New York Times review here. Buy it on Amazon here.

“crazy in the deep” (adele vs. gnarls barkley mash-up)

I’m normally not big on mash-ups, but I am beyond obsessed with Adele’s new album, 21, and especially with “Rolling in the Deep.” This combines that song with Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy.”

I just think there’s something fantastic about Adele’s stellar vocals against the backdrop of Crazy’s eerie melody.

Crazy in the Deep (Adele vs. Gnarls Barkley) // Divide&Kreate

it’s friday…

…but this week, I’m not in love.

– Not in Love // Crystal Castles ft. Robert Smith

i was thinking we could pull another weekender

It’s not gonna be like in romantic comedies. In the end, I bet no one learns a lesson.

– The Weekenders // The Hold Steady