Minor singing airheads

[allymcole]

#lyf

Current life issue: How does one say “Thanks, but no thanks” to a guy after a) you realised that you probably gave the impression that you were interested when you gave him your number (because you just thought you had a new music friend), and b) you said you’d hang out with him because, as stated, you thought it was a platonic new music friend.

I probably should stop assuming that all guys just want platonic friendships with me hey.

[tastefullyoffensive]

[allymcole]

Moving

The worst part about moving interstate is that you can’t spend time with any of the people who take your mind off all the average things in life. 

[swift-network]

Do you know how many sit downs I got at the label about that? A lot of me making this album was me going in the studio, making something I loved, and showing it to the label and getting a principle’s-office discussion. Like, “Young lady, you know you’re not going to sell as many albums if you’re not labeled as country.” I wasn’t kicking and screaming, but I was very firm about the fact that to call this album a country album would be the biggest mistake. Because when you’re trying to fool people, you insinuating that you think they’re stupid. And insinuating that people aren’t going to see through your transparent motives is the one worst mistake you can make as an artist who is supposed to respect their fans. That was my argument. I got really, really lectured about not putting my name on the title on the front of the album cover―that was fun. And then it was suggested to me that we use a different picture for the album cover because, they kept saying, “We need eyes, lips, hair on an album cover. You know no one’s going to know who that is.” And I was like, “That’s the point. We’re starting over.” Also, the reason I didn’t put my face on the album cover is because I didn’t want people to fully diagnose the emotional DNA of this album before it came out. If I’m smiling, it’s a happy record; if I’m frowning, it’s a sad record. I wanted people to be able to detect no emotion on my face. It was just taken on this ‘80s Polaroid camera that I have. I knew that I was doing something that I fully believed in when I was confronted with these people on my team, who were only going by what they knew―which is that there hasn’t been a successful country-to-pop crossover, really ever, who has sold as well as their country career did. They’d say “You’re not going to sell as much.“ and I would say, “I don’t care. This is the album I made, this is what I’m going to call it, this is how I’m going to label it.” I knew that I’d made songs that my fans would like; I was like, “You guys don’t know them like I do. You sit in an office, I’m out there at shows with them, I’m on tumblr talking to them, I know what they want from me.” Thank God it worked out. If we’d sold one album less than a million in the first week, it would have been two years of “Taylor, we told you.” So glad we sold almost 1.3 [million] in the first week.

Taylor Swift about 1989 (Elle Magazine)

[allymcole]

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I have a second round interview for my dream job tomorrow. With the managing director. HELP.

[allymcole]

Tuesday Drama

Rescheduled work, spent forever fixing computers and Skype, and completely rearranged my room purely for a job interview this afternoon. Interview got rescheduled 20 minutes after it was supposed to start...and now I’ll have to be late to work for it, AND I put makeup on for absolutely nothing. HEY JOB, SURELY YOU OWE ME NOW?! LIKE, CAN I PLEASE HAVE YOU??

[itllmelttheirminds]

Inspired by The National’s cover art. Images by Tom Berninger.

[denberryman]

[kushandwizdom]

[allymcole]

Current life debate:

Continue doing this low income, music job / bar job / musician balance.

VS

Apply for full time music jobs in Sydney and Melbourne, at the risk of actually getting one and having to quit my band (and potentially not have any time to pursue being a musician).

Music is hard.

[allymcole]

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How to know you’re in a bad mood 101: Have your parents bring home hot chips and see if they lure you out of your room or not. If not, theory is confirmed.

[allymcole]

Normal people: I love you

Matt Berninger: you know you have a permanent piece of my medium-sized American heart

Normal people: I'm feeling good

Matt Berninger: I'm a birthday candle in a circle of black girls

Normal people: growing up sucks

Matt Berninger: another uninnocent, elegant fall into the unmagnificent lives of adults

Normal people: do you miss me?

Matt Berninger: am I the one you think about when you're sitting in your fainting chair drinking pink rabbits?

Normal people: I look good

Matt Berninger: I'm a perfect piece of ass

Normal people: my life is falling apart

Matt Berninger: this isn't working, you, my middlebrow fuck-up

Normal people: I'm drunk

Matt Berninger: I'm on a bloodbuzz

Normal people: I'm afraid I'll end up hurting you

Matt Berninger: I was afraid I'd eat your brains 'cause I'm evil

Normal people: you're my dream girl

Matt Berninger: you know I dreamed about you for 29 years before I saw you

Normal people: I was busy

Matt Berninger: I'm sorry I missed you, I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain

Normal people: I'm not very interesting

Matt Berninger: when I walk into a room I do not light it up... fuck

[davidbyrne]

For dessnering. These are my first attempts at gifs so sorry if the quality is bad.

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[linernotesandseasons]

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Hell Yeah!

[allymcole]

To be on the receiving end of one's drunk texting feels like a position of highest honour.

[kimbramusic]

Sometimes I record covers of songs I love and here is a recent one I made for a song by Owen Pallett called ‘The Passions’. It is off his new album ‘In Conflict’. I’ve followed his work for a while now - he used to go by the name Final Fantasy- and felt a connection with this song the first time I heard it… suddenly had the urge to reinterpret the song in a new way - playing with Owen’s string arrangement as a map for different vocal ideas so I locked myself away for a few hours to see what happened.

This came out of my little basement setup one afternoon, just using voices and some guitars. It’s very raw but I figured someone might enjoy discovering this down at The Catacombs. Make sure to listen in headphones :)

And here is the haunting original by the amazing Owen Pallett.

Enjoy x

[allymcole]

My band Allie Falls released our debut single 'Hunger' today. Have a listen?