This morning I popped a CD into the player for the drive to work. It was one I hadn't listened to in, oh, two years, and it was only in the car because I had thrown it into the box the last time I drove to Portland and thought I might want to listen to it when 2.5 hours turned into 4.5 hours ( Read more... )

( Hallelujah, by Martin Sexton )

... The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

There is no theatre geekery quite so rarified as when you can discuss the differences between Len Carou's and Johnny Depp's performances as Sweeney Todd with your daughter, just by comparing the vocals. Or why Helen Bonham Carter's Mrs. Lovett is a vastly different beast than Angela Lansbury's ( Read more... )

Today I picked up Lyle Lovett's new CD, "It's Not Big It's Large". Some amazing tracks. Fabulous instrumental arrangements, as always. Fantastic vocals. Great lyrics. Tight, tight, tight production. So worth the cost of admission, especially if you're a Lyle fan ( Read more... )

I don't have it. Music Karma is for other people to have and share with me. I'm the Book Karma Queen. I find the good stories and pass 'em on. But music? Yeah, I almost always have someone else holding up a sign that reads, "LISTEN TO THIS!!" with an arrow pointing toward a CD ( Read more... )