Tag: Jenny Lewis

I am posting Jenny Lewis because I had a discussion just yesterday about what the best songs of the past 20 years are that were written by women. It was a long and meandering thing (and for the record I think I settled on Royals being #1. It’s pretty impressive). But Jenny Lewis came up as did Rilo Kiley and it included a lot of things like how her solo work is different than her Rilo Kiley stuff was. I think you could argue Just One of the Guys is her best song ever in terms of writing but I probably still prefer Rilo Kiley because I think sad girl music is just so rare. The world is full of sad bastards and somehow we declare them geniuses because they are men who are sad but sad girl stuff is much more under represented. I think I have probably gone into this before when writing about Lana Del Rey since I think at it’s core that’s why she connected with so many people despite never quite being as mainstream popular as it seemed like she was poised to be. Anyway, I was thinking about Jenny Lewis’ song writing and also the fact that she has been a celebrity that has played a semi important part in my life since I was like 10 years old or something. Which is kind of crazy. I love Jenny Lewis. She’s so Bad. Today I want to fuck Jenny Lewis.

I am dragging today guys.  It was one of those nights where I couldn’t fall asleep whatever I did so at 4 AM I was laying in bad listening to John Prine records.  Some people might say it’s unhealthy to listen to depressing country music alone in the dark at 4 AM but those people are asleep when I am awake and I turn my ringer off when I am asleep, so I don’t really have to listen to their negativity.  Anyway, the result is I am dragging today because man, the old gray mare ain’t what she used to be.  So this morning has been me discovering I am out of coffee and the store is like… so many blocks away.  So I have just sorta sat here listening to records.  I started with Elvis Costello and then moved on to Rilo Kiley and eventually I remembered that Jenny Lewis and Elvis Costello sang together on a track on Acid Tongue, so I basically have decided that my subconscious is a musical genius for such a clever transition from artist to related artist.  Now I am listening to Jawbreaker and have no idea how that fits in but I assure you if it makes no sense to it’s because it’s probably just too advanced for you to understand.  My brain is just that smart.  Wow, I didn’t start this to talk about how great I am but we ended up there.  This is supposed to be about how great Jenny Lewis is because honestly there aren’t many ills he voice can’t cure.  Or at the very least just listening to her sing is a very pleasant way to spend a morning that decent, productive people would point out was really the afternoon.  Today I want to fuck Jenny Lewis.

This morning I slept pretty late, got up and sent wildflagsure a request to tell me what record to put on.  She came through as I knew she would because she’s pretty good at that sort of thing.  A lot of people are not, and in fairness it’s a big ask to get someone to just make your decisions for you.  A bunch of pressure to be right.  She is good at it though, I highly suggest you go ahead and ask her to program your morning for you some time, I mean, I don’t know for sure she wants to do this but I am going to go ahead and say she does because in my experience women love it when you speak for them.  Anyway, that is a long way of getting to the fact that I listened to Rilo Kiley’s More Adventurous this morning, which is my favorite Rilo Kiley album and probably my favorite thing Jenny Lewis has ever done.  It was a good choice, too, because Jenny Lewis’ voice just makes everything better.  Everything.  I could listen to her all day, it’s just magic.  Which is why she is here because listening to her sing always moves me.  Today I want to fuck Jenny Lewis.

I would like to think all of us have been profoundly effected in our lives by art.  I would like to think so for everyone’s sake because art can speak to your soul and speak its language in ways we cannot.  It can show us things about ourselves, it can show us things about others, about the world around, it can reveal to us the hidden truths of the universe if we let it.  The art that drives your life may be different than mine.  That is fine.  For some it is film, for some literature, for some fine arts.  All of these have spoken to me at some point but the thing that has always had my heart, that since I was a little kid gave solace to my soul and meaning to a world that could be very dark and cold was music.  Music is what speaks to me.  Which is why Jenny Lewis is here.  Rilo Kiley essentially broke up ages ago.  It feels like forever.  I do not have a favorite band or song or album or anything like that.  It’s too hard, too much of it has mattered too much to me but one of those bands that mattered a great deal to me was Rilo Kiley.  The music indeed spoke to me.  It was beautiful.  Jenny Lewis can move me with her voice but it is her words that stick with me.  Her talent as a song writer.  I love what Jenny Lewis has given to me over the years.  Of the many things I got at Christmas was the recent B-sides release from Rilo Kiley.  Which is why Jenny is here.  Because while she is physically beautiful, her music is more so.  What music does for me is beautiful.  It is all just incredible and this is not art, so I don’t have the words to do it justice.  Just know this post is about all of that.  Today I want to fuck Jenny Lewis.

Technically I probably first saw Jenny Lewis in the Wizard but all I remember from that movie is that the powerglove was so bad.  She really first popped up on my radar as Rilo Kiley hit the Indie Limelight in the early 2000’s.  I loved the music and the writing and her voice is just fantastic.  And on days like today a song I love will pop up and I can get lost in the beauty of her voice and words and then it happens, I have to say that today I want to fuck Jenny Lewis.