Claire | August 17, 2011
“During his 10-year tenure as [Britain's] prime minister, Tony Blair exercised a self-imposed silence on the subject of his faith. However he is now speaking out explaining just how much faith played a role in his life during that time. ‘Precisely because all the fixed points of reference seem unfixed and constantly in flux, today is [...]
Category: Faith/Theology |
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Tags: Christianity, faith, faith in the real world, news, Tony Blair
Claire | August 17, 2011
“Love is intensity, that second in which the doors of time and space open just a crack” -Octavio Paz
Category: Photographs, Quotidian |
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Tags: beautiful, love, love quotes, ocean, octavio paz, octavio paz quotes, photography, quotidian, romantic quotes, sea, the sea
Claire | August 16, 2011
Fozzey & VanC are a two-member up-and-coming band from Queensland well on their way to worldwide fame. They’ve appeared with Flo Rida and were nominated for Cairns #1 Urban Act in the annual timeOUT awards. They were also recognized as Queensland’s #1 Hip Hop act on ReverbNation,. Blending hip-hop with urban, electro, and pop influences, [...]
Category: Music |
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Tags: Australian artists, Australian music, Boy Meets Girl, boy meets girl song, Fozzey, Fozzey & VanC, Fozzey Boy Meets Girl, hip-hop, Introducing, love song, music, Queensland, rising artists, VanC
Claire | August 14, 2011
The current issue of Pedastal Magazine features an absolutely lovely extended poem by Benjamin Myers. Notes from a Time Traveler 1. My dear, I’ve landed back in Paris. The year is 1865, our own. I thought you were to meet me here. It rained all day. I watched the hats of merchants float like barges [...]
Category: Poetry |
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Tags: Benjamin Myers, extraordinary, love poem, Pedestal Magazine, Poetry, read this, time traveler
Claire | August 10, 2011
Recently I’ve grown addicted to Boyceavenue’s incredible covers, featured on their Youtube channel. This duet, a cover of Christina Perri’s “Jar of Hearts” by Boyce Avenue and Tiffany Alvord, is particularly spectacular.
Category: Music |
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Tags: acoustic cover Jar of Hearts, ballads, Boyce Avenue & Tiffany Alvord acoustic cover, boyceavenue, Jar of Hearts, Jar of Hearts cover, music, pop, Tiffany Alvord
Claire | August 8, 2011
What happens when the lead singer of The Calling embarks on a solo career? Soulful, epic pop/rock tunes. Alex Band (his actual last name) released this second single, “Only One,” in 2010. Alex Band – “Only One” Download (not uploaded by me) Just you and I Under one sky One life to live One love [...]
Category: Music, Photographs |
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Tags: Alex Band Only One download, Alex Max, Alex Max Band, dancing in the rain, dancing in the rain photograph, free mp3, music, Only One Alex Band download, photograph, photography, pop, pop/rock, rain, The Calling
Claire | August 7, 2011
“. . . with all of the planets aligned on one side of the solar system, astrophysicists feared the gravitational pull would snap Earth’s axis and send the planet careening into outer space.” —Dr. Hans Craig, NASA When they claimed it’d be like Earth had never been— us catapulted across the blinking map of satellites, [...]
Category: Photographs, Poetry |
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Tags: Ash Bowen, city, Pebble Lake Review, photography, Poetry
Claire | August 6, 2011
Powerhouse vocals and lyrics. Sarah Jaffe performed at the SXSW 2011 and recently toured with Midlake and Norah Jones.
Category: Music |
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Tags: hear this, music, music pick, music video, power ballads, Sarah Jaffe, Sarah Jaffe Clementine, SXSW, SXSW 2011