So tonight my friend Jenn took me out for my birthday. We went to this bar in the middle of suburban nowere to see this great band called The Fabulous Janes. I'd seen them once before with her, resulting in three ill-conceived dates with a guy who wanted an insta-girlfriend and freaked out on me like I'd broken up with him after three years of ( Read more... )

Last night as I was driving home, I passed the Christmas tree lot, same as always. Except this year, their sign advertises

"FRESH MICHIGAN MEN!
All sizes!
Up to $29!"You Michiganites out there--is there something I should know about why your men are being shipped off to market, and why they're such a bargain? I mean, if I can get a 6-footer for ( Read more... )

All by myself, with the piano at the house where I babysit and a pencil and some paper, I figured out the accordion part of Rufus Wainwright's "Hometown Waltz." I pecked it out on the piano, wrote down the notes, figured out the measures and note counts and drew myself little music paper and put notes on it. And then I came home and hauled out the ( Read more... )

Today Lauren Bacall and Hoagy Carmichael are in my head. God, I love To Have and Have Not. My crazy aunt has my tape/DVD. I must get it back ( Read more... )

If you admit you can play the accordion, no one will want you in their rock and roll band.

Calling all Midwestern Geekoid Friends!

You are hereby summoned to the Chicago area for the LOTR Symphony and weeked of LOTR Geekery. Just saw on TORn that Howard Shore is, in fact, going to be conducting the performances with the CSO.

ramalama, baylorsr, the_headhunter, I'm talking to you. I have separate beds for four, and can fit as many as six if we double up. Kittehs, ( Read more... )

To my shame, I've recently spent way too much time rocking out to the Partridge Family's "I Think I Love You." (Thanks, Debbie, for your evil influence.) the_headhunter and curefreak have mocked me appropriately, and curefreak pointed me at the Voice of the Beehive cover of the song, which he referred to as "the really good version ( Read more... )

This weekend I vow to listen to music that is neither The Proclaimers nor Rufus Wainwright. I vow to dust off old CDs and remember why they've not been sold off at market ( Read more... )

Laura and I saw Rufus Wainwright again on Friday night. 'Twas lovely. He played all by himself all evening, which was a very different vibe from the show in February. I could run on and on about how wonderful Rufus is, but I'll just say that I find it endlessly endearing that the man always gets mixed up in the middle of "Hallelujah." So, so cute. ( Read more... )

Anybody else out there find themselves rockin' out WAAAAY too hard to this catchy little Sam-and-Gollum number?

No? Just me?