three the hard way

anyone who knows me, knows how much a role music plays in my life. it always has and always will. even at my ripe old age, last week i went to three live shows, in three nights, in two cities. first up was tom russell at the all good cafe in dallas. his songs have been covered by the likes of joe ely, jerry jeff walker, johnny cash among others. here's a couple of videos








next up is my favorite band son volt i've been following them since their first record trace and as driving miss dallas knows the lead singer jay farrar is my personal god. they played the granada in dallas as well. here's a couple of you tube videos from the actual show i went to although the sound is not great.








the next night driving miss dallas was supposed to drive down with me and see them in helotes, texas at floores country store which is near san antonio. i stayed with a friend of ours and he went to the show as well. it is my absolute favorite place to see a show. this was the second time i've got to see them there. here's a couple of more random videos of them.





both times i've got to meet jay farrar after the show. i was as nervous as a school girl. i'm such a fanboy. but hey it could be worse right?

visually awesome!

the new grizzly bear video

people do love lists

with the baseball season officially over with the new york yankees winning their 27th world series title, i can get back to some serious blogging. with the first decade of this millennium coming to a close, i present to you a series of my best of the best. starting with movies. in order by the year they hit the theatre. my top twenty-five best movies from 2000-2009.

1. memento (2000)





2. ghost dog (2000)




3. high fidelity (2000)



4. o brother, where art thou (2000)



5. donnie darko (2001)



6. the royal tenenbaums (2001)



7. kill bill vol. one and two (2003, 2004)





8. lost in translation (2003)



9. city of god (2003)



10. eteranl sunshine of the spotless mind (2004)



11. hotel rwanda (2004)



12. cache (2005)



13. history of violence (2005)



14. the squid and the whale (2005)



15. the departed (2006)



16. the last king of scotland (2006)



17. half nelson (2006)



18. no country for old men (2007)



19. juno (2007)



20. once (2007)



21. there will be blood (2007)



22. the dark knight (2008)



23. where the wild things are (2009)



24. the hurt locker (2009)



25. wendy and lucy (2009)




bonus:
26. old joy (2006)



your thoughts?