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shutupmenken replied to your post :idk if you’re still on the computer, since you…

i’ve never heard of newcomer’s home, but this first song that came up when i googled them is evoking feelings of sixpence none the richer, but, like, if alanis morissette were lead singer, which i am Very here for.

This is probably my favorite song of theirs. I have a live album that is maybe one of my favorite albums ever. I listened to it a lot when I was college (which was when they already broke up, but it got me through a lot of good and bad times). EDIT: Ohhhh, this is the first song off the live album. It’s a great album. EDIT EDIT: oh man the mandolin on this part I just *cries* and then the dueling violin and mandolin on Texas! So good.

They probably weren’t that popular, tbh, except in the local college circuit, but my mentor while I was in high school (she was in college) really loved them and introduced me to them and, well, I guess she was a good mentor. :p

You should look up Katie Herzig! She was the lead singer and now has a bunch of her own albums. She passes through town on tours occasionally and I always say I’ll go but never remember or realize until it’s too late.

idk if you’re still on the computer, since you posted an hour ago, but if you are (and even if you’re not), I was wondering what some of your favorite musical acts are? In that vein, I remember you mentioned in a post once that you like Sarah Jarosz, so if you need something to kill time in the background, I just wanted to suggest the oh hellos, carolina chocolate drops/rhiannon giddens, and the milk carton kids (who’ve performed with sarah before, actually!)

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These sound like the kind of music I will probably like so I’m answering publicly so I don’t forget later.

Although *sheepish grin* I had to google Sarah because I was like, “ummm I like who?” but I am terrible with names and I can’t tell you how many times I will Shazaam the same song but let’s just say it is A LOT because I will never remember. Sooooo… I apparently can’t remember what I like from her so that’s something for me to explore later.

HOWEVER in high school I was super into what I’ll label as “acoustic folk rock.” It’s still one of my favorite genres and when I’m in a funk, I just need to play some Newcomer’s Home and everything is right with the world (they are still one of my favorite groups even though they no longer exist, boo-hoo, but Katie Herzig is still creating music so that’s good).

Anyway, one of the groups I really loved at that time was Nickel Creek, and it looks like Sarah has worked with/toured with a couple of the members AND she plays the mandolin and that’s just awesome.

Side note, I taught myself how to play mandolin in high school and was getting pretty decent at it but then life happened along with my weak-ass attention span but I still have my mandolin and maybe one day I’ll pick it up again. Maybe. One day.

so i’ve only been following you for about a month, so i don’t have all your nuances/faves/history down yet, so: question time! (for things not covered in the faq) favorite actress? fave kpop groups/artists? when/how/why did you get into dramas? Favorite pieces of media outside of dramaland? how quickly can you do the Vessel With the Pestle bit?

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Hi! And welcome! Tbh I’m not sure I even have all my nuances and faves down myself, so I’d be impressed if you figured that all out in a month.

On to the questions:

  • favorite actress?

I’ve been on an Im Joo Eun kick for Woozily reasons, but she’s definitely a long-term fave and I’m hoping she finds a break-through eventually. (Fun fact: my twitter/DB avatar is Dong Ah from Wild Romance)

  • fave kpop groups/artists? 

Big Bang; Brown Eyed Girls; Wonder Girls; MBLAQ; CNBLUE; FTIsland; Infinite; 2NE1; miss A; f(x); B1A4 (basically anything pre-2012 bc I’m so out of touch)

  • when/how/why did you get into dramas?

I’ll watch just about anything tbh and a friend introduced me to jdramas, where I promptly fell in love with the high-school manga adaptations (HANA KIMI 4LYFE). Then there was this Hana Yori Dango remake that I kept hearing about, and the rest is BoF gateway drug history (no I don’t know why I latched onto kdramas instead of jdramas when normally I seem to prefer the jdrama versions but life is a mystery, y’know?)

  • Favorite pieces of media outside of dramaland?

Like, other tv shows that aren’t dramas?

Veronica Mars; Parks & Rec; Gilmore Girls; Arrested Development; Pushing Daisies; RTD-era Doctor Who; Slings & Arrows; Psych; The OC; Lois & Clark; anything that remotely resembles a cooking competition

  • how quickly can you do the Vessel With the Pestle bit?

Depends on whether or not it’s before or after they broke the chalice from the palace.