The Sweet Unspiteful

The past couple of days I've been listening to Ivy in the mornings to shake the sleep out of my eyes and mind. If you're unfamiliar with the band, they're a trio based out of New York, I think, with two gents and a sweet parisian vocalist named Dominique. Their soft melodies and romantic lyrics always put me in a state of relaxation that only Stars have managed to achieve previously. Today was a little different because I woke up to the soundtrack album for Veronica Mars while driving the wife to work (although perhaps not completely different since Ivy does feature prominently on the album). I started with their "Ocean City Girl" but let it play on afterwards, moving into The Delays then back up to the beginning of the disc with Teegan & Sara, Mike Doughty and others, and it flicked some switch in my head or something because I am now in a very cool musical place. It could just be the fact that I don't have to go into work today, but I'm going to credit my buzzy vibe to the tunes, anyway.

Speaking of buzzy tunes, I ran into this while doing up this post and I really dig this song, again, by Mike Doughty. It's called "27 Jennifers" and it amuses me because a) I married one b) My best friend married one c) I'm friends with several more and, finally, d) I think it's a really sweet song for those of us who love Jennifers around the world:



I think for the rest of the day I'll take it pretty easy. I have some yard work to do, which will probably mean I have to go into work to pick a few things up, but that will work out well anyways because I have some stuff I wanted to drop off there.

Later!