Gorgeous, intimate songs to make you feel - Kate Evans - Da old blog

RIP, Mitten.

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Mitten: I don't know how your previous owners could have given you up, but their loss was my good fortune.

Until I met you, I never knew how much it is possible to love a lizard. You are a good soul, and I will so miss seeing your strange and expressive face every day.

Wherever you are, I hope there is always sunshine and lots of blackberries.

Canine import from TX...

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Howdy, cats and kittens...

Yikes, has it really been almost 4 months?

I apologize.

I've been up, down, and all around. My latest news is that while I was in Austin doing some work for the new album, I adopted a pit bull puppy.

This only confirms that I have lost my damn mind.

Polly (a good Texan name) is great, although resident dogs Percy and Maggie remain deeply skeptical. They will come around in time. Probably.

Other stuff has happened, but I'll leave it at that for now so that I actually manage to post something on here this month.

More photos of Polly and our road trip back to NJ here...

trying

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

So many of us worry, worry, worry and fear the worst when we try to commit ourselves to something that it becomes hard to truly commit... What if it doesn't work? What if I get hurt? What if I get destroyed?

And then when something bad does happen, it can show us: Hey. Look at this. I'm still here. Arms, legs, hands, fingers, toes... all intact. I'm bruised pretty badly, but I'm still here.

I may regret some things in my life, but I will never regret having opened my heart and tried my best, imperfect though it may have been.

I'll never stop trying. Never.

Hey there, kids...

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

...it's been a little quiet around the blog; I think I just saw a tumbleweed roll by.

So I thought I'd say hi.

Did you listen to that "Wicked Game" cover yet? You really should.

Anyway, here's some of what I've been doing these past weeks:
-Living in the sea in Roatan for 10 days and wishing I could stay. Hopefully I'll tell you more about that at some point. It was so lovely.

-Being thrilled at how things are coming together for the album. I'll definitely be telling you more about this soon. Very exciting stuff happening!

-Trying to help my poor confused brain not be so confused through a variety of kooky and not-as-kooky methods

-Getting substantially more sleep than I'd been getting the past few months. This has helped immeasurably! Huh.

-Ummmm, and some other stuff. That's enough for now.

That doesn't sound so exciting when I read it back, but it's actually been good! Especially the sleep part. Mmmmm, sleep.

Anyway, more more more soon! Especially about the fishes! And the album!

Love,

Kate

This may be the best cover I've ever heard.

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

It is a cover of Chris Isaac's "Wicked Game" by an obscure Swiss band called Les Reines Prochaines.

I do a nice cover of this tune, but it pales--PALES--in comparison to this one.

It is awesome.

I think that by clicking the link, it will automatically start downloading the MP3 so you can hear it. So you have to commit. And you really have to listen all the way through to get the full picture.

Do it. Really.

http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/LG/Les_Reines_Prochaines/Les_Reines_Prochaines_-_Opfer_Dieses_Liedes.mp3

xoxoK

Where ya runnin'...

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

...on that gerbil wheel, girl?

I did it again.

Those who know me well are aware that I go through periods where I take on absolutely ridiculous and impossible tasks and nearly run myself into the ground. I disappear, I don't return calls, I rarely emerge from my office. I hold it together; I continue to do good work, but it isn't a pleasant experience.

Am I running away from something? Running toward something? Just a really bad time manager? Have some deep-seated psychological need to demonstrate?

Eh. Who knows?

All I know is that I do it. Not infrequently. It's a long-standing pattern. And I think I've lost 5 full nights of sleep in the last 2 or 3 weeks just keeping up with deadlines.

I took a break at 3 am the other night to color my hair, because it was 3 different (and bad) colors, and it was the only time I could find to do it.

And as I was looking in the mirror, it occurred to me...

It is 3 in the morning. And I am DYEING MY HAIR. This. Is. Not. Normal.

I mean, who dyes their hair at 3 am? Speed freaks! Lunatics! Crazy people!

The people at the Quik Chek down the street where I get my life blood--err, I mean, coffee--are starting to call me by name, and look at me with something resembling pity when I stumble in bleary-eyed for my caffeine fix.

But the good news is that I'm *this* close to being CAUGHT UP. CAUGHT UP!!!! And I'm going away for 10 whole days to dive in the beautiful waters of Roatan, Honduras. I'm going to dive, eat tropical fruit, drink alcoholic beverages, lie around naked in the sun, and sleep. And that's it.

OK, I might also play with some giant iguanas. And fly through the jungle on a zip line. But that's really it!!

OK, I might also go on a submarine to 2,000 feet below the water's surface. And I might hike up a small mountain.

But seriously! THAT'S ALL!!

Things are still moving forward with the album, and I am so excited. Stay tuned in this space for more details, and if you will, think good thoughts for me on this project. I want to make it great, and your energy will help me do that!

Love and big colorful fishes,

Kate

I have this disc full of new song demos...

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

... that I recorded to prepare for getting the album together. And I'd like to post some of them here, but I must be the least technologically adept person in the world, because I can't seem to convert them to MP3s and then find them again.

While I'm working out that small snag, you can hear a few of 'em on my MySpace page, so go have a listen if you like! I'm at www.myspace.com/kateevans

And don't laugh at me too hard for the no-MP3 thing; it's been a long week! :)

Love,

Kate

Deep fried.

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

I think inside my brain it's something like this today:

Wooooooooaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!

It's finally happening.

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

I don't know whether it's like this for everyone, but sometimes I go through periods where it feels like I'm submerged underwater. Everything requires so much more effort, even just day-to-day things like working and exercising. Communication becomes extra-difficult, and everything feels like it's just a little bit off-kilter.

There have been times when I've had so much trouble working through those periods--I suppose because I had little faith that there would be anything better on the other side.

I had a tough December. Part of January, too. Everything was a struggle. But I kept working, doing my best, telling myself that it would get better if I just kept taking care of my business.

And funny thing: I came out the other side, and it's like bursting into the sunlight again. I can breathe easily. Things are happening organically. I'm still working really hard, but it feels like things have snapped back into place. And I can see how amazing my life really is. (Pretty amazing, really.)

I love these times. I don't expect that it will always feel this way, but I'll ride the wave as long as I can and remember how this felt next time it gets more difficult.

So here's the thing, people: I was running my yap about a year ago about making a new album, and I didn't do anything about it.

But I am now.

First recording session is this coming week; I'll be making pre-production piano demos. There are plans. There is energy. There are songs that I really like. And I'm so excited.

I hope you will be too.

I also hope that life is flowing easily for you, and if it isn't, just remember that it will feel better. Probably soon.

Love,

Kate

...and then there's always...

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

...the ever-popular post on search terms--the ones that led people to my site.

Recent faves:
--funny stress balls
--gorgeous amputee (always popular, who knew?)
--mark bradley the gold around you (NICE)
--rock climbing woman (sweet!)
--we go in hard and come out wet (hmmmmm)
--strangulation (ah, yup)
--lyrics she came home just long time struggle she fluffy her dreams all she wanted was to make you proud (huh)
--i've been growing up creepie lyrics
--kate jello wrasslin (woo hoo)