Vacationing People

I'm going to the lake for a few days with family. It's a much needed break from work and blogging. It's just a long weekend, but hopefully enough to recharge and refocus me :)

I will resume blogging and commenting (I've been bad about that - sorry) no later than Tuesday. I leave you with some more summery, summery tunes. They remind me of the beach, riding bikes and driving your car with the windows rolled down - stereotypical of summer music, right? We normally would be going to the beach, but because of the oil, we decided to go to the lake, where the oil can't even get to even if it tried. These Diana F+ pictures are from back in March in Charleston when my friends and I went to the beach one day when it felt like June outside. And yes, that is me in the hat ;)

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1. Skinny Genes – Eliza Doolittle

2. Rill Rill – Sleigh Bells

3. Vacationing People – Foreign Born

4. Holiday – Vampire Weekend

5. New in Town – Little Boots

6. Heaven’s On Fire - The Radio Dept.

7. Melancholy Astronautic Man – Allie Moss

8. Gonna Get Along Without You Now – She & Him

9. Stay Close - Delorean

10. Don You Want To Share the Guilt? – Kate Nash

Workout Mix #2

Below are some songs that I love working out to. I am always looking for new fast paced workout music, so tell me what you like to work out to!

1. Bulletproof – La Roux

2. Up Up & Away – Kid Cudi

3. Good Morning – Rogue Wave

4. Kids Don’t Stand A Chance – Vampire Weekend vs. Miike Snow

5. Ampling Alp - Yeasayer

6. Cousins – Vampire Weekend

7. SexyBack – Justin Timberlake

8. The Fame – Lady Gaga

9. Summertime Clothes – Animal Collective

10. You’ve Changed - Sia

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These songs are superfantastik - get a hold of them asap!

1. Verigo – Anya Marina

2. Mango Tree – Angus and Julia Stone

3. Giving Up the Gun – Vampire Weekend

4. All The Pretty Girls – fun.

5. Love Lost – The Temper Trap

6. It’s Gonna Be A Long Walk - Apparat

7. I Still Care For You – Ray LaMontagne

8. Norway – Beach House

9. Excuses – The Morning Benders

10. Symphonies – Dan Black

The Charging Sky

{these pictures are from last 4th of July because this year's kinda sucked...i guess its the recession?}

I meant to post yesterday, but I just got finished transferring all my photos, itunes and documents into my new computer, which is time-consuming to say the least. Any who here is my 4th of July playlist. Its very Americana, borderline country music - in an indie sort of way. Happy Day July 5th lol!

1. The Box – Johnny Flynn

2. Long Way Home – Mates of State

3. A Burden – Horse Feathers

4. The Charging Sky – Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins

5. Just Traveling Though – The Thrills

6. Easy – Deer Tick

7. Got Me – She & Him

8. Leap – The Cave Singers

9. Lonely Goat - Angus and Julia Stone

10. Flame - Buxton

What did y'all do for the 4th - American readers? I celebrated with my best friends and our families :)

Show Me Your Teeth

Yes, that is Mother Monster (aka Lady Gaga) sporting vampire grillz. She would.

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As the whole world knows, Twilight Saga: Eclipse is coming out, and with a new movie comes a new fabulous soundtrack. I was disappointed with the teenypunkness on the first Twilight soundtrack, but after they hired a new music supervisor the music on these past two installments has been just splendid. New Moon was fantastic and Eclipse is even better. Vampire weekend, Florence + the Machine and Sia are all on the same CD AND singing all new songs. It makes me so happy.

Still, it's fun to make up my own soundtrack to the movie, so here is the Modern Marie Eclipse Soundtrack:

1. Teeth – Lady Gaga
2. Howl – Florence + The Machine
3. Bella – Angus and Julia Stone
4. Wicked Blood – Sea Wolf
5. Mt. Washington – Emily Wells
6. Blood On the Snow – Horse Feathers
7. My Boy Builds Coffins – Florence + The Machine
8. Bleeding – Animal Collective
9. Warm Blood - Seabear
10. Monster – Lady Gaga

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E Salsa!

I love Latin/salsa/tango Spanish sounding music! In fact, my love for that kind of music even inspired my fiesta themed birthday party last year. If I were ever to throw a fiesta themed party again (which I'm positive I will), then I would play these songs:

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1. Mas Que Nada – Sergio Mendes
2. Waters of March – Anya Marina
3. Habanera – Kate Nash
4. Tropicalia - Beck
5. Heart it All Before – Emiliana Torrini
6. Purple Skivvy – Angus and Julia Stone
7. Sexi Plexi – Jack Johnson
8. Hey Mama – Black Eyed Peas
9. Gorrion – Juan Serrano
10. Say Hey (I Love You) – Michael Franti and Spearhead

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Fairytale Ending

{a cake i made for a friend's daughter's 2nd b'day - princess themed}

This week's playlist is inspired by something I love - Fairy tales! Harps, chimes, harpsichord, etc make all these songs Princess ready:

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1. Running – No Doubt
2. I’m Not Calling You A Liar - Florence + the Machine
3. Candyland - CocoRosie
4. Golden Brown – Alexi Murdoch
5. Walking On A Dream - Gary Go
6. Loch Raven – Animal Collective
7. Night Swimmer – Beth Jeans Houghton
8. Jynweythek Ylow – Aphex Twin
9. Cuddle Fuddle – Passion Pit
10. Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) (ACOUSTIC) – Florence + the Machine

Lily White

It's time for another color coded playlist! This time all the songs, artists and items refer to the color white. (Here's the green, red, blue, yellow, grey and pink ones)

1. A White Demon Love Song – The Killers

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2. White Winter Hymnal – Fleet Foxes

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3. White Shadows - Coldplay

dress, Alice by Temperly @ net-a-porter

4. Entering White Cecilia – The New Pornographers

shoes, Church's @net-a-porter

5. Snow White – Jaymay

necklace, Modcloth.com

6. White Sky – Vampire Weekend

dress, Stella McCartney @net-a-porter

7. Percussion Gun – White Rabbits

gloves, Modcloth.com

8. Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes

nixon watch @net-a-porter

9. White Hat – The Choir Practice

vest, DAY Birger et Mikkelsen

10. Meg White - Ray LaMontagne

top, Jason Wu @net-a-porter

C is for Chorus

A playlist of artists that start with the letter "C":

1. Coconut Records - Microphone
2. Carla Bruni - Quelqu'un m'a dit
3. Cary Brothers - Ride
4. Charlotte Martin - Veins
5. Cocorosie – Not For Sale
6. Coeur de pirate – Comme des infants
7. Cold War Kids - Audience
8. Coldplay – The Scientist
9. Cat Power - Song to Bobby
10. Christina Aguleria – Mother

West Coast

{these pictures are from flickr - they're not mine. they were taken with a diana f+, which i have and am bringing on my trip - hopefully they come out as good as these}

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I'm heading off to California today for a week! I will be going to San Francisco, Napa Valley and Yosemite. Its my 21st birthday present from my parents (since now I can legally enjoy the wine in Napa) :) I'm very excited - cant wait to share all my pictures with you! A San Francisco, California themed playlist:

1. San Francisco – Vanessa Carlton
2. California – Phantom Planet
3. San Francisco – Brett Dennen
4. West Coast – Coconut Records
5. San Francisco – Ingrid Michaelson
6. Over My Head (Cable Car) – The Fray
7. San Francisco Song – Camera Obscura
8. California English, Pt. 2 – Vampire Weekend
9. California – Rufus Wainwright
10. Come Back from San Francisco – Magnetic Fields

Out in the club, sippin' that bubb'

(some cupcakes from my birthday)

It's my birthday week of turning 21 - so here is my playlist of songs perfect for girls getting ready to go out and have a good time (notice all the Lady Gaga, I can't help but love her):

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1. Love Today - Mika
2. Hurricane Drunk – Florence + The Machine
3. Party in the USA – Miley Cyrus
4. Cheap Champagne – Georgie James
5. Telephone – Lady Gaga
6. I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas
7. Boys Boys Boys – Lady Gaga
8. Drinking Song – Jenny Owen Youngs
9. Dancing With Myself – The Donnas
10. Just Dance – Lady Gaga

^LOTS of guilty pleasures!

It's always Summer, back in Alabama

In the last 3 days I have taken a final, packed my dorm room, driven home 6 hours, unpacked and worked a full 8 hour day at work! My hands are stained with food coloring, so that means one thing: it's summer!

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This summer I will be working to same job I had last summer - decorating cakes, garnishing desserts, helping out with kid's parties. I love what I do and I love the people I work for. It truly is a dream job.

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All my best friends will be home, which makes me merry happy. This means sleepovers, Starbucks hangouts and just frolicking around random fields (I swear we are in college lol).

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I also turn the big 2-1 in just a few days! I am quite excited about this. It kind of stinks that I'm the oldest though, so no one can go out with me to the bars. Though come to think of it, I'm not a bar-hopping type of girl. However, I can buy us wine for themed dinner parties! As a birthday gift my parents are taking me to Napa Valley and San Francisco for a week, because now I can legally taste the wine at the vineyards.

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Also, for the summer I have already bought tickets to see Greg Laswell and the IMOGEN HEAP! I am ecstatic about this purchases :)
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I'm only one day into my summer, and I think its shaping up to be a good one!

Here is my sunny summer playlist:

1. My Boys – Taken by Trees
2. The Summer – Coconut Records
3. Swing – Zero 7
4. Sweet Road – Animal Collective
5. Travel – Thao
6. I Sing I Swim - Seabear
7. Better Together – Jack Johnson
8. The Strums – The Dodos
9. Caterpillar Playground - Nurses
10. Summerboy – Lady Gaga

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What are your plans for the summer?

I put a camera to my eye

Songs about cameras, pictures and photos:

1. Pictures – Sia
2. Kamera - Wilco
3. Moving Pictures, Silent Films – Great Lake Swimmers
4. I Hate Camera – The Bird and The Bee
5. I Turn My Camera On - Spoon
6. Your Picture – Camera Obscura
7. Photocopier - Fujiya & Miyagi
8. The Sun On His Back - Camera Obscura
9. Pictures of You – The Last Goodnight
10. Anti- Western - Camera Obscura

Rando

Hit the random button on my itunes and here is what I got:

1. Heads Up – Karen O and the Kids
2. Love’s Not A Competition, But I’m Winning – Kaiser Chiefs
3. No Sound But The Wind - Editors
4. Complaint Department – Lykke Li
5. Mayor of Your Town – Leona Naess
6. The Information - Beck
7. Du Og Meg – Of Montreal
8. Come Back Margaret – Camera Obscura
9. Into The Fire – Thirteen Senses
10. Count to Ten – Tina Dico

PrettyLights

I took this picture of the Chihuli fountain at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. For some reason I thought it went well with the "lights" theme lol.

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Songs containing the word "light(s)":

1. Shoot the Lights Out – The Watson Twins
2. Red Lights - Vib Gyor
3. Leave the Lights On – Priscilla Ahn
4. Keys Out Lights On - Jenny Owen Youngs
5. There is a Light That Never Goes Out – The Smiths
6. Blue Light – Bloc Party
7. Baby You’re My Light – Richard Hawley
8. Lights and Music – Cut Copy
9. Traffic Light – The Ting Tings
10. Lights On – The Pierces

WORKOUT Mix #1

As much as I love my sweets, believe it or not I love working out just as much. But my workouts are only enjoyable if I have an amazing playlist to go with. My workouts start out intense, then slow down some, then the last few minutes I step it up again. I rotate between the elliptical, treadmill and weights. Here are some songs that really get my heart going:

1. Embers – Just Jack
2. Radio - Beyonce
3. Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z and Alicia Keys
4. Womanizer – Britney Spears
5. Calabria 2007 - Enur
6. Piece of Me – Britney Spears
7. XR2 – M.I.A.
8. Pump It – Black Eyed Peas
9. Jungle Drum – Emiliana Torrini
10. Starstruck – Lady Gaga

What songs do you like working out to?

The Pianist

I love the sound pianos make! Here are some songs that are purely piano - no other instruments accompany them, except for maybe a voice or two:

1. Dawn – Pride and Prejudice Soundtrack
2. Ballerina – Leona Naess
3. Postcards from Far Away - Coldplay
4. Many Rivers – Charlotte Martin
5. Avril 14th – Aphex Twin
6. Typical – Laura Marling
7. Bones – Charlotte Martin
8. The Beacon – A Fine Frenzy
9. Hero – Regina Spektor
10. Internalize This – Charlotte Martin

Le Printemps

{screen shots from Marie Antoinette}

This week marked the start of spring, so to celebrate here is my list of spring-y songs. They are very beautiful songs- just like the season itself:
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1. The First Days of Spring – Noah and the Whale
2. Printemps - Coeur de pirate
3. Honey Bee – Zee Avi
4. Red Berries – Angus and Julia Stone
5. Between Two Lungs – Florence + The Machine
6. Colors – Kira Willey
7. Lille – Lisa Hannigan
8. There Are Too Many Birds – Arthur & Yu
9. Effigy – Andrew Bird
10. Heartbroken – Meaghan Smith

It's Hard Being Green

Because of St. Patty's Day being this past week and all the spring weather and re-growth that I'm seeing, here is a GREEN playlist - green songs and artists with items to go with. I also have a red, blue, yellow, gray, and pink one!

1. See Green, See Blue - Jaymay

shoes, Kate Spade

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2. Green Eyes – Coldplay

cupcake liners, layercakeshop.com

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3. Green Light – John Legend

watch, Timex

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4. Green Fields – The Good, The Bad, and the Queen

cardigan, anthropologie

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5. Secret Tongues – Adam Green

floss, fredflare.com

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6. Come On – Green River Ordinance

top, Maharishi (at net-a-porter)

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7. Green Grass – Matt Pond PA

print, Rifle Paper Company

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8. Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day

cardigan, See by Chloe

Purchase Now:

These songs are fantastic, you must get a hold of them!

1. It's Not My Fault (It's My Fault) - Discovery
2. Knocked Up (Rodeo Mash Up) - Kings Of Leon Vs. Lykke Li
3. Armistice - Phoenix
4. Skeleton Boy – Friendly Fires
5. 15 Step - Radiohead
6. Colors – Amos Lee
7. O.N.E. - Yeasayer
8. Jerusalem - Mirah
9. Song For No One – Miike Snow
10. Now – Mates of State