recently on repeat

These are a few of the songs I’ve been listening to on repeat recently. Some are new and some are older, but they are all pretty wonderful.

 

If I Had a Boat – James Vincent McMorrow

I can’t get enough of the chorus to this song. The rest of this album, Early in the Morning, is great as well.

 

Don’t You Want It – The White Buffalo

His new album comes out September 10, I can’t wait! The entire album is written from the perspective of a war veteran coming home and finding his place once more. Based on this song, it’s going  to be good. Also, here’s a link to an interview he did at the WSJ.

 

Cover Me Up – Jason Isbell

This version is gritty, but I think it captures more of the raw emotion in the song.

 

Summer Girls – Mike Clark and the Sugar Sounds

This. is. the. SONG. OF. THE. SUMMER. I can’t get enough.

 

You Put the Flame on It – Charles Bradley

This guy used to be a James Brown impersonator and you can totally tell in his music.

Happy birthday Brittany!

For Brittany’s birthday (last October!) we celebrated with a good old fashioned weekend. Friday night we went to the Washington Parish Fair for some carny rides, fair food, and prizes. Wahoo!

West 25th Avenue represents!

Christine Diggs joined us for the fun.

Buying some corn meal for future deliciousness.

Cracklin’s

The beginnings of wonderful cane syrup.

Baby pigs!

Brittany choosing her three ducks for a prize.

Post duck call.

Word to the wise, don’t ever tell a carny you plan to give your prize to a puppy. They talk you down to a smaller stuffed animal. Sad day.

This was hands down the sketchiest ride experience I’ve ever had. I really thought we weren’t going to make it and I definitely had a vision of the newspaper headlines the next day: “Five local girls died in a tragic carny ride gone bad when their car disconnected from the ride and sailed into a nearby candy apple display.”

Last ride of the night – so fun!

Day 2: Great Mississippi River Balloon Race

The next day we trekked up to Natchez, MS for the Great Mississippi River Balloon race.

The balloons are all racing to snag a key from a smaller balloon floating over the crowds. If they can get the key, they will win a brand new car, so it was pretty exciting to see the attempts. Sadly, no one won this year, but we did have some close encounters.

   

After the balloons we walked around downtown Natchez and ate dinner at a great little joint called Biscuits and Blues before heading home.