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A collection of laid-back, chill out music that I’ve been ranting and raving about for your rainy Wednesday afternoon. That is, if you live in Florida, which it rains everyday (Tallahassee, Miami, Pensacola and West Palm Beach are all in the top ten rainiest cities list, and notorious Seattle is #41, so ha!). I’m not quite sure why they call us The Sunshine State. And of course it is raining in Texas right now because Hurricane Dolly is whippin’ the coast.

Songs Scarlett Johansson Has Covered

Scarlett Johansson is writing, er, stealing, uh, singing more songs these days. Paste Magazine reports that she has just covered The Cure’s “Boys Don’t Cry”.

Here are the originals. I’ll spare you the covers.

Listen: Boys Don’t Cry by the Cure
Listen: Fawn by Tom Waits
Listen: Town with No Cheer by Tom Waits
Listen: Green Grass by Tom Waits

Beauty and the Beard

I ranted earlier this morning (”I Heart Natalie and Devendra“) about how Hollywood makes fun of Natalie Portman and Devendra Banhart’s relationship. Since then, I’ve been listening to the dear old Venezuelan folk rocker’s 2004 album, Nino Rojo, all afternoon. Maybe I’ll make shirts that say “I Heart Natalie and Devendra.”

Listen: My Ships
Listen: Noah
Listen: At the Hop
Listen: Owl Eyes

Oh, Jolie

I was raving to my brother’s girlfriend about how great Jolie Holland is. She is similar to Norah Jones, but quite frankly much better and more blunt. She sounds sweet, but listen carefully to her lyrics, they’ll turn your head.

Listen: Old Fashioned Morphine
Listen: Springtime Can Kill You
Listen: Black Stars
Listen: Poor Girl’s Blues

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