Didn't get a ton of music for Christmas, but the stuff that Andrea and I did get is very good, and I already have a very nice skeleton of material for my usual Spring mix. (And yes, I know that I still owe some of my regulars the Fall mix from this year ( Read more... )

List 10 musical artists you like, in no specific order (do this before reading the questions below)
1. Rasputina
2. Tom Waits
3. Bree Sharp
4. The Jayhawks
5. Suzanne Vega
6. Honeydogs
7. Michael Penn
8. Lou & Peter Berryman
9. The Smithereens
10. The Decemberists

What is your favorite song by 9: hard to choose, but probably "Strangers When We ( Read more... )

Watched a Tracy Ullman HBO special this evening, and now I have this stuck in my head.

Thought I should share.

A confluence of reasons that I don't care to explain put this song in my head today: ( Sister Cry by the Jayhawks )

Cross-posted to mubetapsi.

Been working on several mix CDs the past couple weeks, going through a lot of music that I haven't listened to in awhile, finding stuff to match certain themes. It's been a bit fun, so I thought I'd share the experience and came up with the following:

Announcing
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An Iron Chef-style Mix Making Contest for Matt's Friends ( Read more... )

Livvy's song
Lyrics by Livvy's father

This is Livvy's song.
This is Livvy's song.
It's not very long.
This is Livvy's song.

*Repeat ad nausuem until the munchkin gives you a big smile.

Think I should copyright it? :)

I think I've finally got a new mix CD together. Let me know if you want a copy. Note: ladyleo, erzsebetnadasdy and vereorc don't bother requesting one, you're on my automatic send list.

Music meme from kelbel200Set your music player/Itunes to random or shuffle to answer these questions ( Read more... )

This season, we have two sets of milkweed plants in our yard, one up front in the "front garden" that lines the front of the house and is visible from the street and another in the newly dubbed "butterfly garden" (formerly the "herb garden") in our backyard. (btw, for the curious, we have well over a half dozen gardens and plant boxes around our ( Read more... )