#WhatchaListeningTo Wednesday

Here's what I'm listening to this week:

• Snow Patrol - This Isn't Everything You Are - I think that this song came into my mind recently when dealing with tough times with my chronic illness. The title is true, chronic illness doesn't have to define who you are, even if it's hard to see past it at times.  Music is the best medicine!
• Ed Sheeran - Lego House - Okay, even though he's blown up on every Top-40 radio station and looks like the redhead from Harry Potter (at least in this video), this song caught my attention yesterday.  I could also just be a sucker for a cute love song here and there...
• Guster - Homecoming King - I've always had love for Guster for years, and this song makes me think back to college when the album, Keep It Together, came out. I was still pretty new to Massachusetts, and the state gets a shout-out... stuck in my mind from that point on, I guess!
• Susan Tedeschi - Back to the River - Um, have you heard the voice on this woman? Sing it, Susan.
• Stars - Take Me To The Riot - Been listening to them a lot lately for some reason!  Missed their Boston show, which was a bummer.  I need to see them again! They put on such a great show, really a must-see. 

So, #WhatchaListeningTo?

#WhatchaListeningTo Wednesdays - Birthday Week Edition

Here's what I'm listening to this week:

• Mike Doughty - Madeline and Nine - I've loved Mike Doughty for a few years, but keep missing him every time he's in Boston. 
• Spoon - The Underdog - An old friend put this on a mix for me back in '05 or so, and I've been hearing it on the radio lately.
• Regina Spektor - On the Radio - the video for this song is great!
• Ed Sheeran - The A Team - he was in Boston recently, and I didn't know who he was - now I sorta wish I had gotten to see him!
• Ben Howard - The Wolves - Another song that I've been hearing lately on the radio - makes me want to check out more of his stuff.

I'm calling this the Birthday Week Edition because tomorrow is my birthday, and my awesome coworkers brought in breakfast and snack stuff and gifts today!  I'll be out of the building with a student all day tomorrow, so that's why they did it today.  SO nice.  I got a cute Red Sox hat and a Ken Jennings Trivia book - I love trivia and have finally started playing Stump! Trivia with my boyfriend and friends.