october music recommendations.

Hi friends! Happy Sunday! Here in Michigan, the air is crisp and cool and I spent the morning baking apple pie...how about that? After such a stressful few weeks, this weekend has been just what I need!

If you're new around here, weekends like this are something that I call "shots of happy". You know, those things that just make you smile for no reason! For me, this playlist is one of those. It's mostly 80s (but not all, I know) and lots of fun. I hope you like it!

 

all good + ready for the weekend. [playlist]

Yesterday was a super busy day! I got up early to have a little modeling shoot with my friend Sophie. And by modeling shoot, I mean I paid her to take pictures of me for my senior portraits. But hey, it's fun to have it all about you for a little! I can't wait to show you some of the pictures she took!

After that, I hung out at the beach with friends and then went to the annual barbecue in our town. It's so old-school--like five hundred people in our town (which is about half of the whole town) all brought folding tables and chairs to the park where the caterers had set up their grills and we all hung out and ate good food. It was a great time!

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What did you do this weekend? Also, one of my goals for this week's Weekly Wishes was to learn something new. Where do you learn new stuff? Or tell me something interesting!

july music recommendations.

Requested by Kelly (:



Wow this mix is super random. I've been listening to this mix everywhere, though. At the beach, laying on a towel, reading a good book. At work as we clean up at the end of the night. On my somewhat sporadic runs. Anyways, have yourself a little listen. If you ever have recommendations, I'd love to hear 'em.

What music have y'all been listening to lately?

Celtic Rock [playlist]

Lately, I've been really interested in branching out my music tastes. Nothing crazy, I still haven't found much straight rap or screamo that I can stand, but I've been feeling a lot of jazz/swing/bluegrass/country. All of which I'm mostly a stranger too, so recommendations are always welcome!



And out of those new listens, I've gotten into the whole Celtic-punk feel particularly of bands like Flogging Molly and The Dropkick Murphys. So if you're new to them, be sure to give them a solid listen.

To get you through whatever you're going through. It grows on you, just trust me on this one.

Siobhan//The Tossers
Heroes From Our Past//The Dropkick Murphys
Follow Me Up To Carlow (2007 Version)//The Young Dubliners
If I Ever Leave This World Alive (Live)//Flogging Molly
The Drunken Sailor//Schooner Fare
Kiss Me, I'm Shitfaced//The Dropkick Murphys
The Paddy Set//Seven Nations
Old Black Rum//Great Big Sea
Laura//Flogging Molly
I'm A Rover//Great Big Sea
The Times, They Are A-Changin'//Flogging Molly
Float (live)//Flogging Molly
Go Home Girl//Gaelic Storm
Loaded Gun//Flatfoot 56
The Lightning Storm//Flogging Molly
The SchoonerLake Set//Gaelic Storm
The Mermaid//Great Big Sea

Listen on Spotify.

Wake Up, Allie [playlist]

So unfortunately, I am not a morning person, as much as I'd like to be. I'm also not a night person. I just like my sleep. Ideally, I'd sleep from ten till ten in the morning. However, getting up that late tends to mean I don't get really going until eleven or so, and then half my day is gone. That's why I made my weekly wish this week to try setting a morning routine. I didn't do so hot this morning, as I got up at about 9:35 when I realized I had work at 10. Such is life. Anyways, I made a little playlist to motivate me to wake up and run in the morning. Listen to it in this order; it starts slow and will get you up and at 'em. Warning though--it is way eclectic. Incubus to Yo-Yo Ma to Led Zeppelin to Needtobreathe. But I think it's awesome! Listen on 8tracks.

1. Aqueous Transmission//Incubus


2. C'est Ma Terre//Christopher Mae


3. Rise to the Sun (Live on KEXP)//Alabama Shakes


4. Separate Ways (One for the Road)//The River and the Road


5. 123 Stop//The Postelles


6. Girl Named Tennessee//Needtobreathe


7. Movin' Right Along//Alkaline Trio


8. Hope the Good Things Never End//Northcote


9. This Too Shall Pass//OK Go


10. Houses of the Holy//Led Zeppelin


11. Attaboy//Yo Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile


12. The Southern Wild//Eliza & the Bear


13. Don't Upset the Rhythm (Go Baby Go)//The Noisettes


14. Dolores//The Mavericks


15. Lemon Parade//Tonic

So we'll see if a good playlist is enough to get me going in the morning! Tune in tomorrow for a new collection of things that are Catching My Eye.

No Worry, Beef Curry [happy folk playlist]

This has been one of my favorite playlists for awhile now--enjoy!

Just a happy folk rock mix to ease you in
featuring artists: Baywood, Said the Whale, Walk off the Earth

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