30 Day Song Challenge, Day 14: A song that nobody would expect you to love. Probably “Paper Gangsta” by Lady Gaga. I totally blame Tony Schera for this.

30 Day Song Challenge, Day 13: A song that is a guilty pleasure. “Relator” by Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson. I think that Pete Yorn is pretty much the worst person ever and Scarlett Johansson’s first album was hugely awful, but I really, really love this entire album. I’m always in the mood for it (except when I’m at the gym, which isn’t often, so “always” is a pretty fair classification) and I love it even more when I realize that I’ve forgotten about it and listen to it again.

30 Day Song Challenge, Day #11: A song from your favorite band. My very favorite band is Blind Pilot and the song I would pick is “One Red Thread” (although I love the entire album - except for “Poor Boy.”) I saw them open for Decemberists with my favorite Allie Wallace and am dying to see them again/waiting in agony for their next album.

30 Day Song Challenge, Day 10: (A song that makes you fall asleep. I’m not interpreting this in a negative way). “For Emma Forever Ago” is one of my all time favorite albums, but that being said, I can’t listen to it all the time — i.e. sunny afternoons, while I’m cooking, or really, anytime that I’m doing something that makes me feel good. It’s a beautiful album but it’s so sad and it’s not like I ever get a little teary eyed when I listen to it (I don’t!), but I like to listen to it when I’m alone. Actually, I listen to it every night when I’m going to bed, which is why I pick “The Wolves (Act I and II)” in particular, and the entire album in general. 

30 Day Music Challenge, Day 9: A song that you can dance to. Anything by Robyn (to pick one, “Dancing On My Own” - very creative, I know) - on that note, really bummed that I have to miss her show next week. 

30 Day Song Challenge, Day 8: A song that you know all the words to. “Speak Plainly, Diana” by Joe Pug. I first saw Joe Pug at a bar in Columbus when I was there to see another band with this guy I was kind of/sort of dating (basically we went to a lot of shows for bands with animal names). I really loved this song when I heard it, and I just saw Joe Pug recently at that same bar, and the song was just as excellent as I remembered it being.

30 Day Music Challenge, Day 7: A song that reminds you of a certain event. “The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot” by Brand New. I was listening to this song when I got into a car accident a few years ago. I get a bit freaked out when I think about it now, so I never listen to this song in the car.