Yours Truly, Jens Lekman. // April 2, 2010

Yesterday, I spent three minutes speaking with one of the greatest people in the world.

I’m going to relay the events that unfolded prior to, during and after the Kings of Convenience/Jens Lekman show last night, March 31st, in Manila. See, I took down notes on old receipts I found in my wallet, because I was suffering from Twitter separation anxiety, I guess. I suspect it’s just really one of those times when everything that happened seemed to be particularly important or poignant.

I’m going to out myself and say that I’m not really much of a Kings of Convenience fan. I only know a handful of songs, but I liked them enough to decide to watch them, but what really, really excited me was when I learned that Jens Lekman was going to be playing with them. Petra introduced me to Jens a couple of years ago, and I never really got over him.

So there. Here is an account of what happened last night. There’ll be pictures because those are pretty cool. The videos will follow, but just know that it was an amazing night, and they are amazing people.

Jens Lekman.

Kings of Convenience.

Under the cut are pictures with captions & a somewhat comprehensive timeline, sans setlist. Continue reading Yours Truly, Jens Lekman….

 

You Are a Light: A Mix for Summer // March 21, 2010

A Summer Mix! It started out happy, and then, well… Things happened. Haha.

1. The Next Time Around • Little Joy
2. Jogging Gorgeous Summer • Islands
3. Glue Girls • Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
   (this was in my last mix, but I love this song a lot.)
4. Walk in the Park (Acoustic) • Oh No! Oh My!
5. This Time Tomorrow • The Kinks
6. Honey Bee • Voxtrot
7. My Hands Are Shaking • Sondre Lerche
8. It’s Been Another Day • Ciudad
9. What Can I Do For You? • Illinois
10. Fine Day • Fairways
11. Let’s Get Known • The Unicorns
12. You Are a Light • Pavement
13. Thank You Mario But our Princess is in Another Castle • The Mountain Goats and Kaki King
14. Patintero/Habulan/Larong-Kalye • Ang Bandang Shirley
15. I Thought You Said Summer Is Going To Take The Pain Away • Hello Saferide
16. We are Not a Football Team • Minus the Bear

Download Here: .zip file

Bonus Track: “Having a Coke With You” by Frank O’Hara. Read poem under the cut:
Continue reading You Are a Light: A Mix for Summer…

 

Some Things You Need to Tell Yourself Sometimes. // March 21, 2010

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