The Year We Got Christmas for Halloween

Usually, when I'm blogging it's pouring down rain, but today we are having a weather event: it is snowing in October. Now, depending on where you live, this may not be a big deal (here's looking at you, Nova Scotia!) but for the east coast of the U.S., this is pretty unusual.

Fittingly enough, She & Him released their much anticipated Christmas album, "A Very She & Him Christmas" this past Monday.



I dropped everything I was doing to download it, and I listened to it all day. In fact, I am listening to it now as this wonderful snowfall is occurring. Zooey & M. Ward, you make my life beautiful.











I could honestly just listen to this, watch the Polar Express, drink hot chocolate/ good coffee, and snuggle right now. My life would be complete.

Happy Early Holidays from KSG!
Stay warm!
--L.V.

Live from Philadelphia... An Horse

     Hey there fellow music lovers & concert attendees! It has been an obscenely long time since I've posted last, for which I do apologize.
     Last weekend I had the ultimate pleasure of seeing An Horse perform at the North Star bar in Philly. The duo always put on a great show. I even got to shake hands and introduce myself to Harrison Hudson, who you might recall from KC & DC's last tour with Manchester Orchestra  .
I think the crowning moment though was when I was at An Horse's merch table. Damon was running it, and I got a chance to talk to him, and tell him that I saw them perform at Lollapalooza over the summer, and  that I thought their show that night was fantastic. I tried really hard not to fangirl. I may or may not have succeeded. However, if Kate was out there, I probably would've fangirled, haha.
Check out some of the pictures from that night:

Outside the North Star

Damon Cox setting up for An Horse's set.

Kate Cooper tuning her guitar.

KC & DC

Kate Cooper

An Horse

There was a mustache painted on the wall just above one of the drum sets. I am definitely returning to the North Star to see another show.

Bye, Philly. I'll see you again soon!

Thanks for reading!
--L.V. 

P.E.M.F.G. (Please Excuse My Fan-Girling)

Yesterday was my last day at school before fall break. I'm pretty confident that I did really well on my algebra II quiz (haters gonna hate; yes: I am STILL taking algebra. Anyone who says that stuff goes away after high school definitely lied.)
So instead of "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally" when working through the order of operations, I'd like you to "Please Excuse My Fan-Girling" as you listen to Elizaveta, who I'm pretty sure is going fill your life with joy (unlike math, which usually only fills my life with despair.)

Have a listen:


IS THIS NOT THE MOST MAGICAL SONG THAT HAS EVER GRACED YOUR AUDITORY NERVE ENDINGS?! (Please excuse my fan-girling. So sorry for that outburst. You were warned. Scientific facts may or may not be correct. Over it.)


Seriously, she should musically narrate my life. I could easily see this being played in the background as I walk from the coffee shop back to campus. Magic.

Born in New York City, raised in Russia, and now building her career in the United States out of raw talent and sheer bliss for artistic expression, Elizaveta is turning heads in the music industry. She studied flower alchemy and minored in music while in university, and studied opera when she came to the States (hence those absolutely incredible, jaw-dropping operatic notes in her songs.)
Of her music, Elizaveta notes on her blog, "I seek to sing in a manner which would create within your chest a safe, magical, truthful place of power beyond the slow burn of stars."
She used the word "magical." Several lines up, I used the term "magical", all before I even knew she had a blog, or used the word "magical". I would say mission 100% accomplished.

For more music, magic, and information on Elizaveta, check out her blog here .

Thank you for excusing my fan-girling.

Carry on.
--L.N.V.