Happy 2023! I hope that you are enjoying your new year thus far and are looking forward to what is to come. Here is the first list of the year. Just a small collection of music, commercials, and beauty.
Enjoy!
I have accumulated a number of records that increases every time I go to a vintage store. For Christmas I received this book for Christmas and have been enjoying inputting my record information. The book also tells you how to best store your records (standing up), and how to clean them (not with Windex 😊), and how to look up their catalog numbers (discogs.com) to find out all of their relevant information. I have been accustomed to CDs and streaming services who always date their music, what I have found on records though is they aren’t often dated. This piece right here is from my favorite album that I own, Blue Hawaii - YouTube.
Niagara Falls: Ice from US storms turns iconic falls into winter spectacle - BBC News, ice though considerably dangerous can be equally stunning in beauty. I remember one time my mother dragged us to go to the lighthouse in St. Joseph MI to see the lake In Winter. While incredibly cold and unimpressed with said cold, the frozen waves that had splashed up on the railings was incredible to see.
Holiday | Share the Joy | AirPods Pro | Apple - YouTube, when I first saw this commercial in December I literally stopped speaking and just stared at the screen. I am not sure if it’s the music, the dancing, how the dancing hits the beat, or everything “puffing” into snow…but I find it mesmerizing.
Hunger Games - The Hanging Tree // Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Andrea Lykke (Live) - YouTube, this song is perhaps one of my favorite pieces from film soundtrack and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra is always a joy to listen to and watch.
Carol of the Bells x Game of Thrones (Carol of Thrones) – Cello Cover - YouTube, such a great mashup Nicholas weaves the songs together effortlessly. And who would have thought to mix the two pieces!
And since the above piece reminded me of it, here is my favorite performance of the GOT theme song. I would pay good money to see these guys perform this live, if only. The Game Of Thrones Theme Song | Fender Custom Shop | Fender - YouTube
“The things that mean the most to us are never ours alone. We walk always in the footsteps of the souls who went before. Our joy is the joy they felt. Our tears, the tears they cried. Thus, lost hands clasp living ones, and their touch is holy. Honour the things that are not new. Cherish the treasures we inherit. And listen for the ghosts of our shared and precious past. We have not always been as we are now. And one day, we will be the people in the shadows. Beyond all else, we are the magic we pass down, the beats of love that repeat and echo beyond us, into a future that we cannot always see.” Call the Midwife
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