ATP Playlist: Pt. 2

Shut Your Eyes - Snow Patrol
Simple Things - Db Clifford
Temporary Title - Butch Walker
The Tide is High - Atomic Kitten
Whatever Life - Haylie Duff
We Used to Wait - Arcade Fire
You Said Something - PJ Harvey
Young Aren't Young - Hundred in the Hands
7 Stars - The Apples In Stereo
Breathe - Ryan Star
Sonho Meu - Maria Bethania & Gal Costa
Santo Domingo - Rodrigo y Gabriela
Can't Stop - MoZella

ATP (Alternative Travel Project) Playlist: Pt. 1

Bicycle - Memory Tapes
Brand New Day - Joshua Radin
Butch - Saint Motel
Butterflies & Hurricanes - Muse
C'est L'amour - Rosi Golan
Anything's Possible - Jonny Lang
Revolution Song - Fefe Dobson
Running - Eliane Elias
Full Moon - The Black Ghosts
Move You - Anya Marina
My My Metrocard - Le Tigre
One Girl Revolution - Superchick
Run - Benton Paul

The Forgotten Copper

Disbanding the production of copper currency is a smart financial and economical decision for the Canadian government. A decision that the United States should soon follow suit. By not producing the penny, millions of dollars can be saved. Millions of dollars that could be used more productively elsewhere. Say, I don’t know, paying down the National Debt!

The penny really has lost its value and respect. Every day thousands, even millions, are trampled on and forgotten about. Very few people really see them for who they are. They have been around and seen a lot since their creation. The myriad of stories they could each tell. Each one of them used to bring a simple smile to child’s face with just a piece of candy. 

My keen sense of observation and I refuse to leave them abandoned on roadsides and floors, dizzied in washing machines or drowned in fountains. We will continue to rescue them. While their careers as a national currency may be over, these coppers still have a lot to live for. For instance, being tossed into cans for general merriment and amusement, (which is actually quite addicting and so much fun!)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/03/30/f-penny-faq.html

Whatever anyone does,
anyone says, in the
past, now, everything, let
it bounce off the rock

of yr gladness (yr mirror)

Guys talking you down
about girls
Novelists publishing big
Town & Cities
Writers saying nothing
about your new writings
Really let it bounce off
the rock of yr gladness,
because you are

innocent

(Free)
Let it bounce off the
rock of your gladness the
cold, rub your hands,
drink hot brews of coffee
tea or herb, rush to yr
notebook of MEMORY BABE
with every Memory Tic

— J. Kerouac

The Blue Butterfly

Sitting alone in a crowded bar
Their gazes lock from afar.
Not even once,
Had they ever met.
And yet…

Week after week, in the midst of friends
Many bets he would place
On the bountiful, beautiful butterflies
That dared to enter his sacred space.

But she is unlike any other.
Her will brave,
Yet fragile.
Her wings strong,
Yet delicate;
The rare hue of deep,
Crystal blue.
Her aura of suspense surrounds him.

Fluttering suavely,
She draws near.
Her presence deep within him,
For the first time he feels.
On his hand, she gently comes to rest.
And breaths in him a whisper so warm;
So mysterious.

Ignited.
Like a spark in a forest.
Feverish.
Like a love-borne pathogen in the bloodstream.
Refreshed.
Like the dewy air after a steady, summer rain.

Intoxicating passion without reason,
Between two sobering souls.
Explicit trust without doubt,
Between a dyad of suspecting skeptics.
Genuine affection without fear,
Between long awaiting wounded hearts.

Both of them running.
Running from themselves;
Their pasts.
Find safety forever in each other,
At last.

Playlist for the New Year

This Is the New Year - Ian Axel
The New Year - Death Cab for Cutie
New Year's Day - U2
Raise Your Glass - Pink
We're Gonna Be Friends- The White Stripes
Revolution Song - Fefe Dobson
Chances - Five for Fighting
Chariots of Fire - Synthesizer Syndicate
Anything's Possible - Jonny Lang
No Envy, No Fear - Joshua Radin
Running - Eliane Elias
Breathe - Ryan Star
Brand New Day - Ryan Star
Steer - Missy Higgins
Any Day Now - Missy Higgins
Why Not - Hilary Duff
Holding On and Letting Go - Ross Copperman
Shine On - Jet
Lose Yourself
Start Somewhere - Graham Colton
Where Did We Go Wrong - Joe Gillette
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day
Under Control - Cary Brothers
Stay Humble - Tyler James
Soapbox Shakedown - Tyler James
Long Live - Taylor Swift
Uprising - Muse
Thank You - MoZella
O-O-H Child - Nina Simone
Fairytales & Firesides - passEnger
After the Glitter Fades - Stevie Nicks
Never Say Goodbye - Annie Automatic
Kings & Queens - Annie Automatic
Something Sacred - Annie Automatic
Live - Yoav
Yeah, the End - Yoav
New Soul - Yael Naïm
Simple Things - Db Clifford
Options - Gomez
Bigger Than My Body
Good Morning - Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Gene Kelly (Singin' in the Rain Soundtrack)

Have a beautiful New Year!