Seedy Bar

American Spirit butts on the floor. A sexy half sleeve walks by. I sip my Green Flash. And this song playing live. Shuffle my moccasins, to match the 60's throwback of this song playing live.

Truth

Anyone else think the "c" in "unicorns" should obviously have been an "h"?--Claire Niblett

Standing Cat

It's a good day for funny cats.

Unicorn Cat

Hannah and Mumford and Sons

Conversation is as follows:

“we are just vehicles… thanks be to God”

Yesterday afternoon, my friend/co-worker/room mate decided to send a facebook message to Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons. She didn’t expect a response.

Hannah Jones September 19 at 4:27pm
Ben,

I expect you get 4 billion emails from fans, so here’s another to add to the collection.

On July 11 2010, my friend, Nate Henn, was killed by a terrorist bomb attack in Kampala, Uganda. He was the only American casualty. I’d just spent the last 5 months of my life touring around the USA with him, spreading the story of Africa’s longest running conflict. We both were full time volunteers with Invisible Children http://www.invisiblechildren.com/ and he was in Uganda with our friend, Innocent.

I just wanted you to know that your music has been incredibly healing, and his tribute video uses ‘Timshel’.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-c4G2bIcxU

I wish you could have some understanding of how much your music has healed our hearts after this loss. Mumford and Sons have helped us through this heartache, and for that I will be ever grateful. In fact, a bunch of us are coming up to see you all play in LA next month. I saw you play at the Eden Project and it was wonderful. I can’t wait to see you again.

This is just an email to encourage, so I hope if you read it, it did just that. You’re doing incredible things through your music.

Thank you over and over. Please take 5 minutes to watch the video if you want… it’s very, very well made. And it’s incredible.

Thank you again.










Benjamin Lovett September 19 at 4:48pm
Dear Hannah,

I will be praying for Nate tonight, and for you.

I cannot imagine what you have gone through and watching this video as I sit in my kitchen in the still of night has blindsided me. I wish I’d met this man. The initiative looks incredible and I hope it continues in Nate’s spirit.

As for our music, we our just vehicles, as Nate was with his work, and thanking us I feel is misplaced.

Thanks be to God.

And Peace be with you.

Love,

Ben

A Masters Degree in Communication?

Oh. My. Gosh. Hilarious

New Tagline

Invisible Children: Help End Africa.
Whoops.


**the rest of the box reads "Help End Africa's Longest Running War."

Searsucker

I'm obsessed with searsucker these days. How about this wedding dress? Hmmmm.

Also, argyle. I will always love argyle

Color Another State In

New goal. Get to all 50 states between 2005 and 2015. From 2005 to date, I've visited 35 states and DC. Later this month Jojo promised to add Mississippi to that roster when I head off to New Orleans.


Dale and I have a New England plan to knock out six states up there.

Kelsey and I are threatening a Minnesota due west trip which would knock out another 5.

Now onto the remaining randoms: West Virgina, Delaware, and Alaska. These ones are going to take a consorted effort to make that happen in the next 4.5 years.

Tour Launch

66 articulate, attractive, fun roadies left our office this past Wednesday to tackle America with the Invisible Children message. Informal parades organized everywhere we go. That's how we roll.

Top 40

Current favorite top 40 song. So flowy. So happy.

Keeps Me Running

This movie makes me cry my face off.

PF Changs Marathon

Ok. I'm going to do this. Ack! Come cheer me on. I'll need it.

Rock and Roll Marathon 26.2 Miles, January 16, Phoenix/Tempe/Scottsdale

Don Chedle and John Predergast

Hung out with these boys in LA this past weekend. Good times. As you can see in all our cheesy faces.


They just co-authored a new book called The Enough Moment. Since I love Better World Books, you should buy it here: Better World Books