A PACKAGE ON MY PORCH!!!!

Two posts in one day...weird I know.

But I had to post about this. The Kidlet came running to me and said, "Whooozat Door?!?". I hadn't even heard a knock. I ran to the front door and said "Who is it!?!?" No answer. "WHO IS IT!?!?!?" Nothing. I checked the peep hole, no one. So I tentatively opened the door and TADA!!!!

WHAT'S THIS!!?!?!?

EEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

The autoharp I used to play in the band was only 12 chords and acoustic and had broken strings (it costs a fortune to get them restrung), then we upped to a 15 chord that someone lent to us for a while but then recently had to take it back.....

We have been saving and researching and TADA! We found a 21 chords, ELECTRIC, with a built in tuner and an ability to fine tune that neither of the other Autoharps had. Siiiiggghh, it's like going from driving a Yugo and then getting a Lexus with seat warmers and a moon roof and a radio!!! Sigh!

Now, to re-learn the darn chords before our show on the 30th!!!! For some reason they rearranged all the chords. When going from a 12 to a 15 I only had to learn where the new chords were, just added on to the end of what was already there, this one is just completely different so all the chords I used to know are all hinky, I'm skeeered.

Practice, practice, practice!

Amelie, Yann Tiersan, Typhoon and my 100th post!

I love this version of the movie poster!!! Sigh for Red Rooms!

Le sigh.

Bekkah, Annie, Me

Typhoon...AMAZING!

Oh Yann, our hearts are full.

The gent on the right, next to me, was the bass player and an extremely handsome fellow (think French Clive Owen) though this pic just makes he looks super goofy. I think he was proud of himself for saying "say cheese". ;-)

Night before last I had the immense pleasure of getting to see Yann Tiersen at a very small venue on his way to Coachella. It was only $18 (which is a lot for someone that mostly attends small local shows but well worth it for the man responsible for the music of Amelie, Goodbye Lenin and many other lovelinesses...let's pretend that's a word) and worth every penny. His music is magical and beyond! We played parts of the Amelie soundtrack at our wedding and it will always hold a special place in my heart for all the wonderful memories it conjures up for us.

As you can see, so beautiful, sadly my camera ran out of memory literally 10 seconds before the song ended. Sorry!

A lovely band called Typhoon opened for them, they had two violinists, two drummers (with full sets of drums each) two guitarists, a bassist two trumpet players, a percussionist and an accordionist (or maybe it a was concertina...I'm not sure) they were delightful and super nice. I bought their CD (they had it available for early release for those at shows). It comes out in May I believe so be sure to check them out!!!

Yann played all manner of loveliness and we all stood in awe and rapture...sigh...le sigh.

For those attending Coachella right now, I hope you have half as nice of a time as we did.

When the show was over everyone dispersed fairly quickly. Due to a mix up and some drama involving someone's e-cigarette and alcohol consumption (neither of which I consume) we ended up hanging around for a while after the show was over.....lucky for us, the drama kept us there long enough to find Yann Tiersen making his way outside and we were actually able to meet him, and get a few pictures with him. I died. It was amazing. Of course, every bit (which isn't much to begin with) of French I happened to know flew out of my brain, with the exception of being able to tell him he was 'my lovely cabbage". Somehow that didn't seem appropriate. So I kept my mouth shut.

Siiigh.

Lovies and Larkspur,

-K

Busy Bee Me!

Apparently, when I run...I look like I have chicken wings. Bah-gaaawk!

I want to bite their faces I love them so much!

These are my end-of-winter-white legs, they are my favorite accessory of the moment.

Thank heaven for BooBoo Records!

So the last month has been super busy with many random things. Easter, spring break, finishing the CD, getting asked to be in more music projects, shows....on and on.

So there you have it, pitiful excuses but they're all I've got and all I've been doing.

I am now singing in 2 other projects besides Sing the Body and I'm supposed to sing for yet another one in the next month or so. Yikes! Our town must be really scarce on female vocalists if I'm what people are having to use. Oh well, I feel bad, like these other bands deserve better but at the same time I'm so excited to get to work on these amazing projects with such talented friends.
This last Sunday a friend stopped by and said that he had an emergency and needed me to sing with him for a show on Tuesday, we practiced a bit then and there, again on Monday with the other guitarist/singer and then again on Tuesday right before the show....all things considered, I think it turned out really well and although I was nervous it was still fun. The friend's name is Matt Bedrosian check his stuff out, it's lovely! (and no, even though I took the camera I didn't get a single shot!!!)

We are trying to finish up the packaging for the CD, it's just an EP but our release show is at the end of the month, Matt Bedrosian, Garage Voice, and Stereo Substance are playing with us and at least one member from Sing the Body will be doing at least one song with each of the other bands so it will be a night of collaboration!!!

Oh, and the pics I posted are from our trip to the coast again for The Mr.'s spring break. It was only a day trip, all we had time for, but still lovely. The morning we left it said it was supposed to rain, but by the time we got there it was pure blue skies and loveliness the rest of the day.

I promise to try to post more soon.

(For instance.....photos from the Yann Teirsen show....you may think you don't know who he is, but if you ever saw Amelie then you are familiar with his work...he composed the score!!!)

Lovies and lagging blogger,

-K

NO INTERNET!!!

One of the many members of Efterklang.

Heavens to Betsy! I've been without Internet for almost 2 weeks!!! Sorry, I've been MIA but that is the reason. We kept calling AT&T and they just kept giving us the run around. Argh!!! But finally everything is fixed and hopefully I can get back into the routine of blogging again.

New developments:
1. We finished recording and are in the middle of getting packaging and stuff together for the CD. YEAAAA!

2. I am now singing for another friends project, we are going to be recording and having our first show in the next 2 months. I'm excited, it's very different from Sing the Body but it's fun to do different things! I hope I don't choke. I'm skeered! It's electronic and just the two of us so I'm not hiding in a sea of family like I do in Sing the Body. Very vulnerable. :-/

3. We got to drive up to SF and see a band we adooooore on Monday. Still recovering from the sleep deprivation. We drove there to see them and back in one night (although it was 5am by the time we got back...ick) Ify ou've never heard Efterklang I reccomend you go and listen to them immediately!

Other stuff happened whilst we were web-less but I'll have to plan out an actual blog and get that written.

Hope you all find yourselves blessed and joyful!

Lovies and Late Nights,

-K

Shades of Red, Lost Things and A Fine Frenzy

Elsa...beautiful! her blog is linked to her pic.

From an old Lula issue I believe, I don't remember which one.

Totally blanking on this boy...but he, his hair and his collar are all lovely!
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The Mr. and Me before there was a Kidlet.

Us at an Eisley concert 4 or so years ago.

Big Sis and me at a wedding.

Me, Big, and Little Sis'.

I MISS MY RED HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!



Every time I see someone with this flaming red hue it drives me mad because I miss mine so much! I stopped dyeing it when I found out I was pregnant and figured I would go back to it once I had The Kidlet and he was weaned. Fast forward almost 3 years later and I find myself with a thyroid disease and all manner of health issues that make it irresponsible of me to go back to that particular hue of red. I know, I know, some of you might point me toward henna (which is what I started with in my late teens...I've always had an affinity for redheadedness!!!) but it's just not a good enough red, plus, my hair has darkened considerably since high school and henna doesn't lighten hair. I'd have to do some serious damage to my hair (and body) to lighten it up and get the shade I want. Sighhhhh, and so I must share the awesome video that I found from Lara at From Lara!!! It's by Ithyle and music by A Fine Frenzy....I also shared some other pics of people that taunt me with red tresses. When I had the link I posted it, if I didn't post a link and you know it, please rest assured I meant no offense and please do tell where it is from, I don't want to take credit for anything other than the pics when I, myself had a crimson mane.

Lovies and Long Red Locks,

-K

Leisurely day...

The Mr. got a hair cut!
Shirt:H&M
Pants Old Navy
Shoes: (the $10 walmart ones)
Red Sweater: Thrifted

Kidlet
Shirt:Thrifted
Pants: Old Navy
Shoes: Thrifted (NEVER WORN!!!)

I told The Kidlet to "go stand like Daddy" and he totally mirrored him. Hee hee!

Hat: U.O. Clearance
Sweater:Handmedown (JCrew)
Shirt: U.O. clearance
Pants: U.O. Clearance (yet another of my lucky birthday finds in S.L.O)
Shoes: Thrifted

So the other night The Mr. said his eye was bothering him...upon closer inspection we discovered it was swelling. We waited a couple more hours and it got worse. We did hot compresses and it started to bring the swelling down but he had to call a sub for work the next day. It ends up that the school policy makes him have to take a certain amount of time off when there is an eye issue so, although he was basically fine I got to have him off for TWO WHOLE DAYS! We spent time, napping, reading, writing and biking to Echo Street Coffee where my lovely friend from The Cat and the Cow works with her family! Aahhh, it was a lovely couple of days and it was hard to let him go back to work.

I hope you have been having an awesome week....what have some of you lovely people been doing? Spring break is coming too....what are your plans?!?!?!?

Lovies and Lackadaisical Days,

-K

So I woke this morning to blue skies, white puffy clouds, shining bright sun...Big Sis, The Kidlet, and The Kidlet's Cousin and I went for a bike ride. It looked like the perfect spring day. We biked to our parents to check on the garden and such... as we were leaving for our ride puffy whiteness started to turn gray and spread across the sky. "It's fine", we though, "now we don't have to worry about getting burned". It was a nice tepid ride and we stopped by the nursery to see if they had spring garden plants in yet...it started getting darker....we made it to our parents and started doing some weeding and picking (the plants are STILL going crazy!!!) and then it started...the first couple drops...so small they were more "droplets"
"It's fine, we'll make it home in a soft little drizzle"

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I really wish I'd taken pictures of us when we got back home....looking like a drowned rat (the kidlet was snug and warm wrapped in towels everywhere but his kissable little face)
The rest of the day continued in a major downpour.


So much for a nice blue sky day! ;-)

Dress: UO. clearance (one of the other finds on my b'day trip)
Leggings: Target
Shoes: Thrift store
Sunglass: Some random cheap sunglasses hut in SF.

The Kidlet
Jeans: Thrift Store
Shirt: Thrift Store
(it looks gray but is actually navy and white stripes...I'm so on a nautical kick right now)
Hat: U.O. Clearance