i_hope_that
For many of us, the holidays can be kind of rough. If you're searching for a network of understanding friends, this ultra-nurturing community encourages you to express your heartfelt wishes and offer other members encouragement and acceptance. Not for the terminally snarky or emotionally-challenged, this is a good-spirited place to lend comfort and support.

diygifts
Feeling crafty? If you've got a few last folks on your holiday gift list, this is a great place to seed your creativity and generosity. You'll also discover wonderful DIY tips to decorate your home and entertain guests. Offering a no-frills-no-skills attitude that welcomes the cash-challenged and arts-phobic, you're sure to get ideas and make friends in the process.

cooking_club
A fun and friendly community dedicated to those who love to cook, whether you're a meat-and-potatoes type, an aspiring gourmand, and/or a vegan. In search of a brilliant dish to use up those weekly leftovers? Post your ingredients and you'll be whipping up a feast by dinner. You can also share favorite recipes. For Type A chefs, you can spice up your culinary repertoire with exciting cooking challenges.

Just some of my favorite records from the past year. Hope you like!


Angelspit -- Hideous and Perfect



The Big Pink -- A Brief History Of Love



Fuck Buttons -- Tarot Sport



HEALTH -- Get Color



Ouch My Face -- Ouch My Face



A Place to Bury Strangers -- Exploding Head



Porcupine Tree -- The Incident



Rammstein -- Liebe Ist Für Alle Da



Tegan & Sara -- Sainthood

Join us in lebaneselove ♥

stepstomarrow
When granddaughter, Jada, was born with leukemia, a donor-match was located and Jada made a miraculous recovery. In honor of her grandaughter's health, Jeanna has decided to walk across the country (in the dead of winter) to raise awareness and build support for the bone marrow registry (all that's required is a cheek swab). Follow Jeanna's remarkable journey as she travels the United States by foot.

I, Parasite -- The Sick Are Not Healing

For fans of most kinds of industrial.
Just got & thought i'd share (& recomened that anyone who likes, actually try & support independant artists by purchasing a copy)
http://music.iparasite.net/


& some more for y'all


Joanna Newsom -- Y's



William Shatner -- Has Been (It's really quite good, but download it for the cover of Pulp's common people at least, because it's fantastic!)



Kaki King -- Daytrotter session


The Mountain Goats & Kaki King -- Black pear tree [EP] (A colaboration between these artists from when they toured together in 2008 released on vinyl)



Porcupine Tree -- Nil recurring



Puscifer -- "C" Is for (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference HERE)

taste_buds
Holidays provide a built-in excuse for indulgent entertaining. This all-purpose foodie community covers everything from homemade hangover cures to dinner party menus. Need quick advice? Get five-minute snack suggestions, low-fat ingredient substitutes, and even measurement conversions. Delicious recipes garnished with humorous advice. Yum.

naturesbeauty
Always on the lookout for compelling images, we were delighted to discover this flourishing community of artists who share a love of nature. Honoring the subject with photographs, paintings, sketches, prose, poetry, and other creative works, you'll be simultaneously riveted to your monitor and inspired to run helter skelter towards the nearest wooded dale.

Some favorites of mine that have been on somewhat heavy rotation of late. All highly recommended!




Sleater-Kinney -- The Woods




Saul Williams -- Amethyst Rock Star




Sonic Youth -- Evol




Tegan and Sara -- Under feet like ours




Inga Liljeström -- Sprawling Fawns




Girl Interrupted soundtrack

Please grant my huge request for Yo-Yo Ma's recent albums, especially:


Songs of Joy & Peace
Appalachian Journey
Obrigado Brazil
and Inspired By Bach




It's my birthday week, pretty please! :)
Thank you so much! :D

Just clearing out some music I had on my hardrive & thought some folk may enjoy!




Ani DiFranco -- Not a pretty Girl




8mm -- Songs to love and die by




12 Rounds -- Jitter Juice




Ade Fenton -- Artificial Perfect




Joss Whedon's Firefly OST




Let the Right one in OST

Join us in oriental_albums ♥

backpacking
Want to embrace your wanderlust on the cheap? If you're tall on adventurous spirit, but short on funds, this community can help you plan a trip to anywhere. Offering plentiful tips on how to travel light, you can post about bargain hotels and hostels if you're into urban exploration or discuss camping gear and mosquito netting for the great outdoors. Hitch your backpack, pitch your tent, and carpe diem!