I'm sorry if you missed me last week.

I know you probably forgot it was even Friday without a CMF in your inbox. I may have started working on last week's CMF real late at night and within a few minutes closed my laptop and felt guilty about it but went to bed anyway. And then I had a nightmare about being robbed and also having a giant crocodile stalk me so don't worry, I clearly paid the price for my choice.

The First: Homemade by Cold Creek County

There's twang. There's talk about hometowns and football games. There are front porch scenes. There's good lookin' men who can sing and play instruments and charm horses (not all at once, mind you... but still). If that's not enough encouragement to hit play, I don't know what is. Though I gotta say, those oddly powerful and unexpected fist pumps are a bit of an odd choice, boys.


The Second: Slow Ride by American Young

Well isn't this just lovely and swoon-worthy?


The Third and Final: Road Trippin' by Dan + Shay

I'm calling this one the soundtrack for my weekend! Definitely on the pop-y side of country but I feel that's just the summertime landscape of this genre. All the pop-y stuff shines during the summer months. If I'm being honest though, I'm always pretty content with any Dan + Shay song that includes a little bit of their fast-paced rap-esque (is it even considered rap? Can someone cooler than me please confirm??) signature style.

First off, a very happy birthday to my friend Tiff! Thanks again for forcing me to be friends with you many years ago. You were right, it needed to happen. I know that now. I hope you have an amazing time celebrating!

While I don't get to spend all of my weekend celebrating Tiff, I do get to spend it relaxing with an equally awesome friend I don't get to see as often and I'm really looking forward to catching up and slowing down over the next few days in her company.

Thanks for listening!
Karla

What Are Your Thoughts On Sushi?

Earlier this week, Jimmy Fallon (who I used to be legitimately in love with because what a cutie) had Blake on his show and makes him eat sushi for the first time. You can enjoy it here.

Since we're all busy people, I've done you a kindness and corralled my personal highlights for you below:
1) "The texture is... playdough." (1:52)
2)  Jimmy makes up the lyrics and melody of a song he thinks could be on Blake's new album. If I'm being honest, I wouldn't hate it if it was real song. (3:12)
3) Blake constantly yelling for "more raahhss waahn" (too many times to record... I suppose you'll just have to watch the whole video after all).

The First: Flying by Green River Ordinance

Full disclosure: we may be verging on folk with this one. The truth is, the song I actually wanted to feature is now on it's second week of not being shareable via the Youtube... so we're all making sacrifices here. The good news is that this song includes more GRO harmonies, which we already know they're good at. Plus it features a banjo, a fiddle, and barn dancing. So really they're just a truck short of being a full fledged country song.
(Just kidding... there's obviously a truck).


The Second: I'm So Over Getting Over You by Kira Isabella

Kind of girly and spiteful (but not in a TSwift kind of way, even though we all know I love Taylor anyway) and I weirdly like it? Good luck getting this one out of your head. #Sorrynotsorry.


The Third: Point of View by American Young

So this is acoustic and fun and cute and honest and has beautiful harmonies.

Harmonies really are my weakness because I personally have no ability to harmonize and I therefore admire all who can. I also admire all who can drive stick, for similar reasons. I've only ever tried once and it ended with me screaming for a solid slow-motion minute while I rolled - out of turn - through the main four-way stop in downtown Squamish at approximately 3 km/hr while literally the entire town watched (it was a Saturday in Squamish, trust me when I say everyone was there). Needless to say I pulled over immediately and told my mom that I was never attempting that again.


Enjoy your weekend, friends! Perhaps find someone who has never tried sushi and force them to eat some. Because why not?

Thanks for listening!
Karla