make your way up to the stars...

july through september was so crazy!  something seemed to happen each month that made me feel like i just couldn’t catch a break.  in july, my uncle, who had been diagnosed with cancer three months prior, passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack; in august, i suffered from a bout of minor depression (nothing crazy but there were a few days where waking up just kind of sucked and i’m not by any means a dark soul); and then the coup de grace in september when i came home to a burglarized apartment!  they say that the powers that be will never give you anything that you’re not strong enough to handle and then months like these come and you’re not sure that’s true.  but looking back now, almost a month after the end of that third quarter of this not-so-stellar year, and i think that saying is true for me: i never gave up, i never said i was going to end it all and i never took it out on anyone.  of course, this is all easier to endure with loving family and friends.

now as i embark on the last part of this year, i cross my fingers and knock on wood that i won’t have anymore traumas to deal with and that pending new year is kinder. until then, i shall impart on thee my musical likings during this rough patch ;)

JULY

• “the a team” - ed sheeran
• “jealous guy” (beatles cover) - elizabeth gillies
• “somebody that i used to know” (gotye cover) - glee cast (feat. matt bomer)
• “somebody that i used to know” - gotye (feat. kimbra) *yes, 2 versions of this song as i was obsessed with it (again) this month
• “tongue tied” - grouplove
• “all it seems” - jamie cullum
• “dreaming with a broken heart” - john mayer
• “half of my heart” - john mayer (feat. taylor swift)
• “love will tear us apart” -joy division
• “brokenhearted” - karmin
• “eyes” (2 versions - alvin risk remix & radio edit) - kaskade (feat. mindy gledhill)
• “wide awake” - katy perry
• “chariots rise” - lizzie west
• “goodnight goodnight” - maroon 5
• “release” - pearl jam
• “1901” - phoenix

AUGUST

• “i cut like a buffalo” - the dead weather
• “be ready when i say go” - emperors
• “take a bow” (rihanna cover) - glee cast
• “promises, promises” - incubus
• “love is blindness” - jack white
• “shadow of the day” - linkin park
• “right where it belongs (v2)” - nine inch nails
• “don’t go away” - oasis
• “home” - phillip phillips
• “navajo” - ponderosa
• “steady as she goes” - the racounteurs
• “you da one” - rihanna
• “staralfur (staring elf) [live]” - sigur ros
• “good intentions” - toad the wet sprocket
• “seven nation army”, “the hardest button to button” & “hotel yorba” - the white stripes
• “where is my mind?” (pixies cover) - yoav
• “changes” - 2pac

SEPTEMBER

• “secret garden” - bruce springsteen
• “the lovecats” - the cure
• “over your shoulder” - echo & the bunnymen
• “fireheads” - emiliana torrini
• “it’s time” - imagine dragons
• “these boots are made for walking” & “bang bang (my baby shot me dead)” - nancy sinatra
• “yellow ledbetter” - pearl jam
• “waterfall” - the stone roses
• “soft” - washed out
• “dance my pain away” (rod lee cover) - wye oak
• “dance with me” - 112