congrats glen hansard!

seriously amazing moment to see Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová win an oscar tonight. known glen's work forever now and to see two real songwriters win something so 'hollywood' and being up against movie making machines....gesh i am just SO fucking happy. thank you thank you thank you. you are both beautiful. this is an amazing moment. so happy. thank you. xoxokg.

three things....

three things making me unbearably happy today:

devendra banhart.
ethiopian yergacheffe... &
the inches and inches of snow outside!

i'll be in the studio again today and tomorrow.
should have a lil video montage for you soon. just you wait.
bessous.

xokg.

an explaination of sorts. treasure.

so. for future reference let me give you an analogy.
treasure.
you are in a rowboat headed for vulcher island. i am in a rowboat headed for shore. the lighthouse....calling me. just wait till you hear it!
the end.

kim garrison stats. 02.20.08

words won't come. not how they usually do. so you all must make do with this.
rufus is on. i have a kale obsession.
merlot from australia is damn good.
i have a habit of falling in love with gay men.
i have seen my universe shrink in infinite measures in the past 4-5 days [i am in love with it.]
martha loves the roughs...what else could i possibly ask for in life? ;)
10 months in nyc and i have manifesting everything i came here for.
10 fucking months. wow.
michael and christian i miss you already why have you left me?
i am having studio withdrawals.
steps. huge steps closer every moment. each day. thank you thank you thank you.
secret weddings i am now privy too...make me smile.
letting love live... well how about just letting it IN.
the mohave is calling me...and i am coming home to her soooooooon [glitter and dust and tears/laughter and laura...]
california are you ready?
the rest of you...prepare. i'm about to let go.

xokg.

monkeyboy studios - day 1

yesterday was fantabulous. brad and brain rule at being mad scientists. alex and harry rule and rocking. team clown is in effect. i now have an easter duck bobble head for an emotional palletizer in the vocal room. we nailed 3 songs in one day - treasure, even leaving and show me one. today we are about to begin and i'm just....happy. and excited. and feel incredibly blessed to be working with such beautiful and talented people. woot. bring it.

xokg.

monkeyboy studios. here we go.

hello pretty pretty ones.
well it's finally happening! today i am headed in to monkeyboy studios in brooklyn,ny to begin work on the record. alex nahas and harry green will be joining me to work with the fantabulous brad albetta [martha wainwright, teddy thompson]. i'm so very excited to share this news with all of you...you know how long it's been in the works. ny to sf and back again. i am here and i am bringing this for you. words and more coming soon....keep your eye on my blog. i love you all. so much.

xoxokim.

http://www.monkeyboystudios.net/
http://www.myspace.com/bradalbetta
http://www.myspace.com/brightbrown
http://www.myspace.com/harrygreenmusic

i know why he did it.

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desire.despair.wearing white.

sounds that make snow melt. scottish voices raised to me. hailing change. i cannot fathom the inexplicable warmth of snow. the cold cleansing...brushing upon me.

the twilight sad.

their sound is everything i feel right now. with red wine on my teeth. and snow blowing over my window. with every dream so close. with every lover held at gun point. the sound and the voice. sets me on fire. keeps me from harm. keeps the distance of steel and water at arms length. i will not go. i will not fall. i will not falter. not yet. it's not time to go. but soon. soon. soon. if you do not come back. then soon. soon. soon. i will call your bluff.

go listen to this band please. they are healing my soul. feeding my fingers. blessing my eyes and allowing me sleep.

it's not.

you all may think it's a joke.
highly dramatic.
silly even.
but it's not.
it's just a good thing i'm afraid of heights.

sunday facts. 02.10.08.

tonight it is going to be 12 degrees.
i have only seen it snow once since i moved to nyc [last april].
today my friends are going to win a grammy.
i am filled with awe and respect and joy for them. it has been quite the journey seeing their success in the past year and nine months.
i am unable to leave my house.
the wind threatens me.
the face of friends i am unable to meet...
i would like the shelter of limbs but there are none.
only sounds of chords and voices.
echoes of my own.
warmth from the heater that never turns off in winter.
regret that punctures my soul.
joy. that i've finally learned to be patient.
hope.
that i will make it through this.
ecstatic.
that i am so close, steps away really, from living the life i came here to live.
let
it
be.
enough for now.


xoxokg.

antony.

this is one of the most beautiful, heartfelt, gut-wrenching, painful, exquisite, honest and stunning songs i have every heard. it has graced my life repeatedly these past few years. this showing of it will bring you life. please watch it.



thank you antony. can't wait for your new album this year.........

xoxokg.

first snow.

a matter of redemption.
a space eating heart attack.
a head that finds escape in unlikely places.
a whole resting matter of guilt and shame released into this.
sin lifting in unending grace.
respite whistling between my teeth.
reasons to be beautiful.
anchors without ocean.
pain without suffering.
understanding in my feet.
love unbound and tied around my throat.
waging war with a song.
half listening with the eyes.
nodding in agreement with every space inside me.
holding close the intention you can feel but have never heard.
deciding that freedom will win out in the end.
that love holds no loss.
that it is holding onto every-little-thing.
enough.enough.enough. [for now]

truth.

truth becomes spacious. words exit silence and enter dream. anticipating reality. forcing reconciliation in the heart and mind. matter over meter. lust dissolving desire and retiring into warmth. into arms that reach across oceans. into space that is filled with thought and reaction to this emotion. that only separates us...for a moment.

patience. inexplicable. returning you. to me.

xokg.