livin' the dream.

so, i'm not way obvious about it.. but i'm a closet music snob. college has made my new band finding time take a hit, but i'm still a sucker for a good acoustic track and that band that no one else has heard of. MLK jr weekend rach and i took off to vegas to see five (yes FIVE!) bands play at the hard rock cafe on the strip. so worth the measly fifteen!! dollars we paid.

it all started when i was looking at my friends from sd's tour schedule. yep that's right. a boy band from south dakota is touring! (check out the boys of pf) they've been very successful lately, touring with bands i love.. even all time low! i had to see them. and guess what? they were coming out west, to vegas to be exact. it was the perfect weekend for it (byu had monday off) and i would probably be going to st. george anyways. i decided i'd go. then it got better.. i saw who they were touring with..
days difference
he is we
the summer set
the cab.
um.. yes please? other than days difference these were some of my favorite bands.. all in one place. i was so excited to take my friends, madison five's soundtrack is basically he is we. long story short all that this group ended up being was just me and rach.. but that was perfect :)

summer set top left//bottom + cab pianist in top right (aka my new love)

the drive was long and the concert started pretty early, so we barely got to see paradise fears finish up. it was a long concert because of all the set changes, but it was soooo good! rachel is now converted to my weird bands, especially the cab. we were most looking forward to hearing he is we, but rachel (the lead singer and voice of he is we) was having throat problems and wasn't actually supposed to be performing. they were short on stage but still so good to see live.

in between set changes i met up with marcus from paradise fears, who conveniently is a best friend from high school's boyfriend. it was so funny to see these random girls come up and just paparazzi'd him and started taking pictures of him as we were midconversation. after i got to see all of the pf boys. they were so cute and i was thrilled. (its been a couple years since i've seen them, and we we're that close so i didn't know who would remember me.) i'm so proud of all they're accomplishing!

 

clockwise from top: jordan, me, rach, and lucas (pf)//rach and i with he is we//marcus and i

it was good to have some more south dakotans in the west.. + i got a picture with he is we, + i saw he is we, the summer set, and the cab live = perfect night

after the concert we made a quick in n out stop (duh) and traveled safely back to st geezy in grandma j's van. yummm.

don't judge me..

i think a night in the library is making me crazy! haha. i'm lonely and this lack of social interaction is killing me!

..so much that i have a really large urging to go to a random table of boys behind me and be like "what the heck are we doing at the library on a friday night? let's be friends and leave for something more exciting."

but that sounds dumb, i'd look dumb, and they'd probably be like uh we'll pass you don't look like much fun. haha kidding, but kinda not. i don't blame them, i don't even have friends with me.

see! i am kinda going crazy. anyways. i'll leave you with a song that has been popping up on pandora a lot lately and i enjoy.

ps- happy seventh birthday my cutest little brother samuel john :)

i forgot my love for carrie underwood.

but its remembered now.

"Some hearts
They just get all the right breaks
Some hearts have the stars on their side
Some hearts
They just have it so easy
Some hearts just get lucky sometime"

hope your heart's lucky today.
happy monday!

i like this.

enjoy. happy weekend!

i like.

i like this song, kinda repetitive, but when i want to celebrate a good mood- it does it.
..i'm not sure if there is anything dirty in it, hidden that i'm too naive to notice but i'll just assume there's not. :)

what made me happy today.

i had to say goodbye to my family today
and
i was stuck waiting for three hours to board my plane
so
while i was hangin' in the terminal
this song..

came on when i was looking on this blog.

and for some reason it put me in a really good mood.

weiiiird.
almost time to fly to salt lake!

i have issues.

..an issues paper that is.
i'm working on my issues paper for my writing class right now.
i'm writing on music pirating and its effects on the music industry, specifically positive effect.
this reminded me of earlier this year when i was so excited that angels and airwaves was letting fans download their cd for free off their website.
i thought this was way cool but didn't really understand why.
so right now i'm trying to figure out why, possibly they understand that when your music gets out, no matter how people download it (legally or illegally), if they like it they tell their friends, they play it in their car when their friends are around, they post it to their facebook, or put it on their blog. its free advertising, and it all starts with when downloading the song.
however, i'm not saying the music pirating/file- sharing should be legal, its illegal for a reason, but it does have positive effects.
so i decided the least i could do for AVA (angels and airwaves) was to promote their free album, in hopes that you'll pass it along, maybe pay for a concert or a sweet t? who knows.

please enjoy.

is it just me or is she saying fried eggs instead of friday?

"its very educational, this is the greatest song ever."
"she gotta eat cereal, what kind?"
"didn't your mama tell you to get on the bus? ima tell."
"no i ain't really.. i don't have nothing. you have a viral hit. no i ain't got this."
"are you a kardashian?"
"ok i guess she thinks we all stupid"
"oh here goes my cousin!"
"gotta have a elderly rapper in the little white person video.. yeah!"
"angry white people! the kids"
"this is foolishness put to music"
"but if you need a token black person to be in your video.. i am available!"

i ♥ glozell.

quick.

can i just quickly say-
glee was amazing this week?!
i know there are a lot of haters, and i understand, sometimes i don't watch the episodes because they like to include the nasties and that distracts from the good stuff, but i loved this week's episode!
i even started watching it again, which is way rare!
two thumbs up to glee this week, but not necessarily glee in general.

let me leave you with this.

hey, i like this chorus.

i'm not a big country fan, but check out these lyrics from lee brice's love like crazy-

"
Be your best friend, tell the truth, and overuse I love you
Go to work, do your best, don't outsmart your common sense
Never let your prayin' knees get lazy
And love like crazy.
"

erin and i just listed to it a couple times in a row.
it just makes me happy :)

lyrics and music.

do you know all the lyrics to your favorite song on the radio? 

click here.

do you to the fullest

i discovered this remix to a song that i already liked and i can't stop listening to the first verse!

 First rule, never let em change you

Rule two, do you to the fullest

And never be ashamed to

Your just good at what they can't do

And they hate that, they wanna paint you

In they color, put you on another

But what they don't accept, and what they don't see

The best thing is what you already be

 

see bottom.

please note new playlist- with the best of the best holiday music.

enjoy!

good luck with your last week of school (at least fellow byu students)

stressful time for sure, but i can't wait to be in my room and bed in a week and a half!

love-ash.

new music

good- getting a macbook

good- getting a new ipod

bad- losing all my music.. for the most part. 

therefore i've been searching for what are 100% necessities i am missing.. and new bands- 

i like to just go from page to page on myspace, blogs, and itunes. 

today i found this band on itunes.. 

SCHOOL BOY HUMOR

and i'm liking their stuff, especially "camera shy" and "don't look back". 

some of my favorite bands include the maine, rocket to the moon, dashboard, we the kings.. that kinda stuff. any suggestions for my next downloads? 

easily excited when..

i'm a fan of new music

not new to the world, newly recorded, new on the radio,

but new to me. or at least my ipod.

today was a new music day.

a typical new music day consists of about 10-15 new songs,

which happened today.

today i downloaded the complete "the cab" cd and various others.

new music favorites?

on the cab i've always enjoyed "that 70's song", but never owned it.

crawl- chris brown

stupid love letter- friday night boys

live like we're dying- kris allen

come around- sing it loud

forever and almost always- kate voegele *love her.

songs like this- carrie underwood

..just to name a few.

stay beautiful- ashley ann.

ps- "we" need a heart to heart soon. i have a lot of emotions ready to be spilt.