Radio being the tease that it is got me hooked on the Paul Winter Solstice Celebration back in the '90s when two stations would play it a few times during the season, and now it's down to one station playing a Solstice concert on New Year's Eve. But it's what I listen to in this freaky ol' radio whenever it's on. I just realized the Twitter about ( Read more... )

Even though every FM radio station in New York ceased playing Christmas music--and The Hanukkah Song--at the stroke of midnight Thursday, it's still Christmas for like, 9 more days. And that is the story I'm sticking to in order to show you my lovely collection of musical holiday time pieces.

I've mentioned my Christmas Tree Watch that plays the ( Read more... )

It's snowing! It's pretty because it's not sticking to the concrete. Yet. Not that I mind shoveling, but people are all testy about walking down the street and not cracking their skulls so it's gotta be all now now now. Tsk.

*ahem*

I already have the habit of using music (and Weatherpixie) in place of tarot cards, so thanks to edincoat and others, I ( Read more... )

d-tepes gave me something to do....

The Poem meme:
Put your MP3 player on shuffle, and write down the first line of the first twenty songs. Post the poem that results. The first line of the twenty-first is the title.

Behold! ( All The Waiters In Your Grand Café )

The godawful 105° haze that settled over my house at some point this week is threatening to kill, or at least maim, me and most of my family if we set foot outside the door. The cats have no care for this nonsense and so The Fluffy One sits are the door, panting, like a very overheated cat in a very fluffy fur coat, like that will make the door ( Read more... )

This meme is going around and although I found out about it on the first day, (sing it with me!) I just got to it now. I wouldn't have even bothered...except I happen to have a drawing I did of myself at 14, so how could I keep that from all of you? I did almost have to kill some people in order to get the 2008 version colored in, but it's all ( Read more... )

1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write that song name down no matter how silly it sounds. (Remember this one, folks.)

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR LIFE?
Sunrise by Simply Red
(Is it in my mind at all? HAHA)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE LONG GOAL?
Nothing ( Read more... )

I was listening to my beloved WFUV the other night, and I heard David Dye say, "Tom Waits," so naturally I cranked the volume up past a safe level to listen. Turns out the guest was Jesca Hoop, who was a nanny for Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, and she's got some pretty good-sounding songs of her own now. The World Café website has the interview ( Read more... )

Sadly, I have not seen any of the Rat Pack movies. I mean, I love their music, why can't I sit myself down and watch even the original Ocean's 11 that I've had on tape since the week TCM played all the Frank Sinatra movies? I don't know the answer to that question, and I don't know why I never heard this song before.

I know shootings are bad. I ( Read more... )

The Godfather is dead, long live the Godfather.

(Not sure what it says about me that I immediately thought of this track when I heard the news. Other than I don't think they make house music as good as they used to.)

I think my favorite James Brown moment was in the movie The Tuxedo. That, or...well, Weird Al's Livin' With A Hernia. Oh, it ( Read more... )