February 2012
75 posts
Unfuck Your Habitat: Unfuck All the Things →
girlunlocked:
Do you remember a show called Dead Like Me? I remember Dead Like Me. What I particularly remember, other than Mandy Patinkin and reapers and all that, was a character named Dolores Herbig. As in “her big brown eyes.”
Dolores was an office manager. She was highly organized. And in her off hours she ran a webcam site called Getting Things Done with Dolores. People would watch her...
Only the ocean and you.: JACK JOHNSON ANNOUNCES... →
jacktothesea:
Just in time for Earth Day, Brushfire Records will release Jack Johnson and Friends - Best of Kokua Festival on April 17th. The album features a 13-track compilation of live performances from Jack Johnson’s Kokua Festival benefit concert for the Kokua Hawaii Foundation. In support of the…
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Wait wait wait wait.
It just re-occurred to me that I’ve been listening to Born & Raised material for months - the stuff John demo’d at Hotel Cafe & the like. I have nothing to be worried about! Lesson learned: things always seem worse in the dark, at night, before going to sleep in an empty bed. *relief*
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High Stakes
To post, or not to post… probably an unpopular confession but here it is…
I’m anxious about Born & Raised.
When John released Who Says as the first single for Battle Studies I felt the same, and I think it’s pretty safe to say that turned out better than alright, right? History tells me it’s going to be ok.
Thinking back, in the lead up to Battle Studies...
“I'm not so much a person as a collection of... →
austinkleon:
Brilliant line in this Pregnant In Heels SNL parody. (cf. Zadie Smith)
“Dear Cherry Tomatoes,
We’re cool now.
I know we didn’t get on real well in...”
– —John Mayer (via saywatyouneedtosay)
When the person has the way with words, even cherry tomatoes are poetic. (via 64-colorbox)
jhnmyr:
Here’s a clip of the first single off...
ABC interview, AU, 2009.
John Mayer: My job is to play songs for people, my job is to transport people, my job is to give people 45 minutes on a record and two hours on stage of escapism. And I think for me to take the role of tutor, and trying to explain to people why they should feel sorry for me, or why they should have a little more sensitivity to the fact that I'm not just complaining because I'm a celebrity, this is actually a problem. I don't necessarily want to do that. Because I think in explaining that, whether you were successful at it or not, you've taken that ability to transport somebody away, you know what I mean?
Interviewer: It's not just escapism is it, I think you also have a desire to reinforce our essential humanity and brotherhood.
John: Which you can do with music without having to explain outside of music why somebody--you know somebody could come up to me and go ''Dude, why not just let them have the picture?' Now, I have two choices. I could sit them down and talk to them, and 5 minutes later their head would be on backwards, they would go 'I had no idea.' But the question is, do you really want somebody to carry that load? Isn't it sort of completely antithetical to what you go and see an artist for? To take on his load, you know. That's why I say to people 'It's awesome, it's fine, don't worry about it.' There might be information that I could give people that would exonerate me as being a douchebag as people call me, but I think overall, it's a really bad idea. Because you will in having done that, removed this relationship that's essential in somebody saying 'Just play me a song, and let me just disappear into it.'
Interviewer: Yeah, I don't want you to dump on me, but I love it when you celebrate your humanness and I love it when you celebrate your vulnerability.
John: Oh no no, that's fine, I just mean talking about--trying to explain the vitriolic media, I don't think that should be my narrative. So I'd rather deal with that on my own time, and if it is terrible, then I'll deal with that. But I think to interject that into the stream of communication I have with people with a guitar around my back, and a record coming out, I think if the music is good enough, you can erase all that stuff. And let me deal with the stuff that might be not as fun as I wish it was, but then you at least maintain that ability to communicate with a fan. I don't want anybody worrying about me. I don't want a fan going like 'I had no idea.' That's terrible, and they don't realize that their head is hung low and they're walking away from me and they've realized that I have just taken away everything from them that they believed in.
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>Listen< AirTap! by ErikMongrain
If it didn’t mean missing out on the music of John Mayer I could listen to this man forever I think.
See video in my last post/reblog: http://missxx.tumblr.com/post/17601528654/amberfriedl-watch
I feel like it’s his ‘In Your Atmosphere,’ I’m not a musician, I don’t play an instrument and I can’t read music but something about it took me instantly there....
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I can appreciate good grass.
Currently heading home from work.
Inexplicable urge to get off the bus and go lay on (who am I kidding? - roll about in) some green green grass bordering the footpath I just passed. Yes, I’m actually talking about that 1.5 metre wide strip also bordering the road. Ooh just passed a particularly grassy knoll I could upgrade to. [What am I even saying??]
Either that was some super good...
johntourage:
Okay, now that Adele and John have gone through throat surgery together they should write a song about it and do a collab. Whaddaya think?
Hell to the yeah! M
“John Mayer had it done at the same time as I did, and he really helped me be...”
– Adele talking about vocal surgery in the new Vogue magazine (via mrsmogulsays)
“I guess what I want to say is just be safe, and be happy and go be awesome. And...”
– John Mayer (via cemawe)
Can't wait till John Mayer takes over everything...
I wish John was at the Grammy's!
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cabbagerose:
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