I only realized this is day 13 when I looked it up to see where I was to title this entry. I feel like 13 should have something wacky or bizarre or significantly obscure, but that's not what you're getting today.

In terms of songs from Rent, the obvious one would be "Seasons of Love" or possibly "Rent," or even "Life Support," but instead I'm ( Read more... )

Remember when I said I was getting worried about running out of time before running out of music? Well, this week I'm worried about running out of interest. To keep me going, I'm pulling things off of my things to post list, and I do already know what I'm going to post for days 16 and 17 and which artists to choose from for days 20 and 21. (I ( Read more... )

You may think "I Put a Spell on You" is something of a standard and you know it well, but you don't know it until you know Natacha Atlas's version. Natacha Atlas is a favorite of belly dancers, and I think this and "Mistaneek" are the two of her songs that I've seen soloists at the Bistro use most.


I Put A Spell On You - Natacha Atlas

One of the interesting things about this project is that I originally thought 22 days was a lot to fill, and now I'm worried that I'll run out of days without posting everything I want to post. I don't have anything I'm especially passionate about today, so you get one of the must remember to post songs ( Read more... )

One of the mixes I downloaded had "Under Pressure" on it. "Under Pressure" is a good song, but, at the risk of mocking, I have to admit that every time it comes on the radio, I'm disappointed that it's not Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby."


Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice

I was going to continue on with upbeat women today, but I'm obsessed with "Telephone Romeo" by Jason Boland & The Stragglers, which is on the Just Want to Drive 'Til I Run Out of Money mix I linked to yesterday. (And, huh, is the source of the lyric that gives the mix its name.)


Telephone Romeo - Jason Boland & the Stragglers

I downloaded a bunch of mixes, mostly fic soundtracks. The one to the fic that was so bad I couldn't believe I was still reading it was possibly worse than the fic, and so I won't include it on the list. But let me give you a rundown of the others:

A Soft Place to Fall (the soundtrack is at the end of the entry) - The story itself has some ( Read more... )

Back when I was working, I once had a day where I was cranky and grouchy by the end of the day. I was driving down the hill on my way home when Paula Abdul's "Straight Up" came on the radio, and I just couldn't be grouchy anymore.


Straight Up - Paula Abdul

There's probably a time in life when you're supposed to discover Jeff Buckley's version of "Hallelujah." I think that, as with many things related to music, I missed that time. I'd heard of it by the time it was on The O.C. the first time ("The Model Home"), and I remembered it and therefore got the reference when I heard Imogen Heap's version over ( Read more... )

Years and years ago, I heard Christine Lavin's "Shopping Cart of Love: The Play" on something on our local NPR station. I thought it was so great that I ended up buying Live at the Cactus Cafe, the album with the live version on it. The song is hilarious, although you should know before you click play that it's nearly fifteen minutes long. (I also ( Read more... )