Almost forgotten today, Agi Jambor was a student of Edwin Fischer at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik 1926-1931. She was briefly married to the British actor Claude Rains, of Casablanca fame ("I am shocked, shocked that gambling is going on here!") before moving to the US. It is impossible to buy any of her LPs and there have been, to my knowledge, ( Read more... )

Hi. I'm very new to LJ and just found an old post (2005-7-18) by singer_d , asking about "The Ballad of Robban's First Ride." As it's been so many years, I pasted part of singer_d's post below ( Read more... )

Having a party later this summer in which my backyard will be transformed into a fictional tropical island and looking for some good tropical/exotic sounding music.

You don't have to post tracks if you don't want to. I just need suggestions.

Thanks in advance!

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First: What song is played during the newish AT&T ad for the Samsung and their wide coverage? The only specific thing I remember is that the ad focused on how awesome AT&T's coverage is and advertised a Samsung phone of some kind, and that the main image in it was a sort of orange-gold cloth--people running down a beach with a big banner of it, and ( Read more... )

I drive about 45 minutes to work each morning, so I have a lot of time to listen to music. And I drive the Hal Rogers Parkway, which is a sort of straight no-turnoffs interstate kind of road that you can safely drive at about 70 or 75 mph. And all the cars that pass me (which is most of them) usually drive at about 70 or 75mph. They don't seem to ( Read more... )

I decided to put a slightly different twist on this theme. I love that other people have picked up on it. I feel trendy and hip.

So, I have a whole playlist on iTunes called "Where in the world is..." where all the song titles reference real world locations.

( Well, she sneaks around the world from Kiev to Carolina... )

Well, where do I begin? A little while ago someone else posted a short travel/driving playlist, and I figured I would post one of my own soon after. However, in the span of less than 24 hours, everything's changed. I got a call yesterday from my mom, saying that my grandmother who lives across the country is gravely ill, and I should try and see if ( Read more... )

In 18 days I'll be done with graduate school and making the 10 hour drive home from Virginia to Ohio. Living in the South wasn't bad, but I'll be overwhelmingly excited to see it slip away behind me. Any way, here are some songs that I like to rock out to while driving. I just have 3 selections here because I am feeling lazy.

The Trail We Blaze - ( Read more... )

Twenty-five years ago Bowie sang "Loving The Alien". These days it would be "Loving the robot". Here are seven songs about robots and romance. If you're choosing just one song, take the Margaret one.

Robyn - Robotboy (original and superior ballad version)
Your batteries low
Did you crash again?
Robotboy, don't you need a friend?

Kraftwerk - ( Read more... )