Joy and bliss! eMusic, the DRM-free service that keeps me in downloads of Steeleye Span, the Dead Kennedys, Jennifer Warnes and the like, is now offering an Audiobook download service. I just snagged The Devil in the White City and am going to download Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict for my second book ( Read more... )

Where has my time gone the past few days? Meetings, meetings and more meetings. Student consultations. Compiling massive amounts of paperwork. Hacking around with our department website for all the good that does. Oh, and marking. And teaching. And driving places. Rinse and repeat. If it weren't for fandom distractions and friends to chat with, I'd ( Read more... )

Following the example of the amazing meyerlemon I offer a sample of music files (with commentary) for my friends to enjoy: heavy on the Celtic and folk rock flavours.

1. Sheath and Knife is by Maddy Prior from her album Flesh and Blood (1997). It's an interesting historical ballad -- a tragic tale of incest. Maddy Prior's got an aged, slightly raspy voice ( Read more... )

From musicforcylons I've taken up the game. (She posted the first one in the link.)

For this, add a song from the eighties and present how it links to BSG (the new series). This is only for fun.

I'll take up the challenge.

For Kara in her countless fights and maybe a few of the romantic liasions.

Pat Benatar -- Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Crimes of Passion, ( Read more... )

Okay, I finished toting up all the midterm marks. Tomorrow morning I write my seminar paper to deliver at 12:30. Cutting it close, no? I work best under pressure.

But I'm happy because my query over at bsg2003chatter about the Celtic music I'd adored in one episode of Battlestar has a name, "Wander My Friends," and will be part of the season one ( Read more... )

From fiamme:

"Think of some songs that touch you or affect you in some way. Then,
list the top few, along with a brief note about the song and why it
affects you."

1. Mary Ellen Carter -- Stan Rogers
2. Annachie Gordon -- Loreena McKennitt
3. Lovers in a Dangerous Time -- Barenaked Ladies

1. Mary Ellen Carter is a folk/country Maritimes ballad that ( Read more... )