The other day I was trolling etsy (ha! what else is new?!), and I stumbled across this lovely little print. And I thought, wow, four words that are pretty spot-on perfect. For me, anyway.
There are few things outside of one of my pastor’s sermons that can lift my spirits the way music does. In so many ways, in so many places. When I’m in the gym, getting my run on. When I’m getting out of the shower, getting my ready on. Or, as happened to me during my recent flight to Boston, getting my zen on (seriously, this song came on my iPod and between the views at 30,000 feet and the string chorus, I almost wept). Yup, that’s the beauty of music. It’s all things to all people — whenever we need it, whatever we need it to be, wherever we happen to be, it can be had.
Being the music junkie I am, I am a devotee of Paste Magazine. Like, Bella-loves-Edward lurrrrvveee it. It’s an indie ‘zine dedicated to new music, new film and relevant culture and it’s fought REALLY hard to stay afloat during this rough economy. Paste has become my No. 1 go-to source to find new music that quickly rises to the top of my playlists. Artists who now get the most play on my iPod (Josh Ritter, She & Him, Feist), I first heard about at some point thanks to this magazine. I have my lovely friend Jon to thank for introducing me to Paste and so now, it’s my turn to introduce it to someone else. Someone who LOVES indie and alternative music and independent films and books and so, in turn, would love this magazine too.
So if you think you might be that someone (and you live in the states) leave me a comment on this blog post*. Tell me something about music — what it means to you, who’s your favorite artist, or better yet, an artist you think I should know about — and I’ll pick one lucky guy or gal to start receiving their very own monthly subscription to Paste. ‘Tis the season to start giving, right? Well, I’m ON IT 
*Deadline for commenting closes Friday, Dec. 4 at 5 p.m.
(Full disclosure: Just for the record, I’m not going to start giving away a bunch of random stuff on this blog.. (ahh..you were hoping a car was next right?!) In reality, I got an email yesterday reminding me it’s time to resubscribe to this ‘zine and Paste is offering a free gift subscription to those of us resubscribing. Rather than waste the opportunity, I thought I’d put a call out to someone who might REALLY love a publication like this. Much better than clicking on “No thanks” for the offer, right?)
EDITED 12/6: Courtney Reece is the winner! Thanks to everyone who left me comments!
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