Falling.

archery is super big right now.

Track On Through...

Here is some music to keep your moods high to finish this week off strong. There has been a bundle of good tunes lately and here are my favorite for this week. 

I have been a huge fan of the band HAIM for quite some time now and they just released a track off their forthcoming LP. The track is called "Falling" and it is the kind of song to play with the windows down, shades on, driving past the California state line. I also like to envision myself on a sun drenched porch clapping and singing to the end. 

The next track is a music video for Local Native's "Heavy Feet." Since Hummingbird came out, I have not listened to much other music. The album puts me in a dreamlike state where I have the privilege to feel absolutely everything. "Heavy Feet" has proven to be the most stand out track and now it has an unforgettable and weird video to go along with it. In the video, three blind men make airplanes and have their sandwiches sing to them.

Kisses is a duo that I am quickly falling in love with. Although their debut album came out in 2010, they have come back with some tweaks for kind of an old British band (see: New Order). "the Hardest Part is the first track of their new LP called Kids in LA. 

Last is Kurt Vile's, "Walkin' On A Pretty Day." Pitchfork said it best: 

""Wakin On A Pretty Day" embodies Kurt Vile's ability to make songs that sound like they could've been written in two minutes and could also go on for twenty, with no complaints from our end."

Happy Wednesday! Track on through to the weekend. 

Are Food Bloggers the New Master Chefs?

This morning on the Today Show there was a segment on the adorable weblog, Smitten Kitchen.In the segment, they went inside Deb's tiny apartment, introduced her family, and  talked about the mom's new fame of being a food blogger. In the interview, Deb mentioned that no matter what anyone says she is: "not a chef." This comment got me thinking, are food bloggers becoming the new big time chefs?

I remember one season on America's Next Top Model, one of the judges criticized actresses for pretending to be models and that this was putting models out of jobs. So, could food bloggers who present themselves as moms rather than chefs, soon put the people qualified as chefs out of popularity?

In my opinion, I do not think that chefs will entirely be put away -- we all love Food Network too much. What I think is going on here, is that moms love the idea of reading blogs written by a mother, shopping at the local grocery store, and juggling kids and a gourmet-home-made dinner all at the same time. It gives a sense of realness to the whole concept of cooking breakfast, lunch, dinner, and everything in between.

(But it is also about how freakin' adorable Smitten Kitchen and other food blogs are.)

Any thoughts?

View the segment here.

What the Mountains Said to the City.

This is about being 21 years old and having absolutely no idea what is going to happen to me in the next years. But no matter what I have the simplicity of being raised around mountains mixing with the desire to make a name for myself in a big city. And so, on this ride that many of us are on, these are the things that keep me sane, motivated, smart, and creative.

This is the simple side of the big, complex, successful picture.

This is What the Mountains Said to the City.

Rebrand.

Happy Tuesday, everyone! So, as you may have noticed this blog has not been updated in a while. This is because I have been planning a kind of rebranding of sorts. While my blog now is a synergy of music, movies and random thoughts, I want to update it to have a more clear structure that really taps into what I am interested in. (It is also being changed to fit a requirement for a course.)

So, what will I be talking about now? Glad you asked!

What The Mountains Said To The City will soon have talk about advertising, marketing, social media marketing, public relations, and media focused conversations. Now, I will still have my rants about relationships and film reviews, but I find a better way to incorporate these posts to news articles or commercials or campaigns.

Hope you will enjoy it! Hopefully, this will go better than the Gap rebrand.