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red hair envy

On Saturday I bought tickets to see Jenny Lewis at the Sokol Auditorium in June. I’ve been a huge Rilo Kiley fan for years and am really enjoying her latest solo album. Besides her music, what I love about Jenny is her hair. I love the length, the bangs and the color. If I didn’t want to go blond so badly, I’d ask my hair stylist to make me a red head. Or is she auburn? Strawberry blond? However you’d describe Jenny’s hair (how would you describe her hair color?), it’s beautiful.

Actually, although my personal style is a bit more conservative than hers, I’d really love to just BE Jenny Lewis.

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PJ 8 April 2009 extracurricular activities 2 Comments

“the luckiest” of the irish

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! How will you be celebrating the national holiday of Ireland? By eating corned beef and cabbage? Drinking pints of Guinness? Participating in a bar crawl?

J and I will be enjoying some homemade corned beef and cabbage before heading down to the Omaha Music Hall to see Ben Folds. I’ve never been to a Ben Folds concert, but his music holds a special place in my heart. At our rehearsal dinner (which we called a “celebration dinner”), with his brother playing guitar, J serenaded me with Ben Folds’s “The Luckiest.” My husband has the most beautiful voice, and hearing him sing such a heartwrenching song put me over the edge. I was bawling. He was bawling. Our guests were bawling. It was the most beautiful moment, one that we don’t even have on video but that will live in my memory forever.

And while it wasn’t our official first dance song at the reception, we did enjoy a private moment on the dance floor while it was playing.

I’m sure that if Ben Folds plays “The Luckiest” tonight, the tears will be falling. I hope he does.

PJ 17 March 2009 extracurricular activities 1 Comment

letter to jason mraz

Dear Jason,

I just looked at your tour schedule and was disappointed to learn that you won’t be coming to Omaha this Fall.  However, you’ll be going to BOISE, ID???  Seriously?  Not that I have anything against Boise or Idaho, but BOISE, ID?

Omaha is very upset by this news.

Love,

PJ

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PJ 30 September 2008 extracurricular activities No Comments

i’m yours

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I love J, of course, but I’ve always had a sweet spot for Jason Mraz. They’re starting to play his new single, “I’m Yours,” on 98.5 FM, and every time I hear it I melt a little bit.

Imagine if I got J to sing it to me… I’d be a puddle.

I took this photo at a 2005 concert at Lincoln Center in NYC. His shirt said GEEK.

I heart geeks. And singer/songwriters.

PJ 16 July 2008 extracurricular activities No Comments

viva la song i didn’t write

Every so often Omaha’s “Modern Hit Music” radio station will actually play something modern instead of Pink’s “Who Knew” or something terrible by Buckcherry or Three Days Grace. The past couple of days I’ve been lucky enough to catch something new while driving around running errands: “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay. At first I didn’t get it (I still don’t really understand what Chris Martin is mumbling), but it’s grown on me. I think it’s quite catchy.

I used to be a pretty big Coldplay fan; I’ve seen them in concert a couple of times and would buy their albums the day they came out (or shortly thereafter). They’ve been on the backburner for so long that I kind of got over them. Now I’m debating whether to buy the new album. Does anybody have it and like it? Hate it?

Have you heard about this, though? A Brooklyn band called The Creaky Boards has accused Chris Martin of plagarizing a song, which is ironically called “The Songs I Didn’t Write.” Take a listen for yourselves. The similarities are definitely there…

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And in a 2005 Rolling Stone interview, Martin actually said, “We’re definitely good, but I don’t think you can say we’re that original. I regard us as being incredibly good plagiarists.”

Yes.

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