music
If Today Was Your Last Day…
Saturday, November 29th, 2008
… what would you do?
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My best friend gave me the best advice
He said each day’s a gift and not a given right
Leave no […]
New Favorite Song
Friday, November 28th, 2008Since I first saw the 2008 L.L. Bean Christmas commercial a couple of weeks ago, the music that plays as we view the Wicked Good Slippers has been going round and round in my head. I looked it up and the song is “Valley Winter Song” from the “Welcome Interstate Managers” (2003) album by […]
My Top 25 Albums
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008I have this major personality flaw — whenever there is something I really *need* to be doing, I procrastinate and instead fritter away the time doing completely trivial things like making lists. Right now on my dining room table sits a pile of letterbox stamps I have yet to carve for the County Fair […]
From California to New York…
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008After a long Monday at work, I came home to find a couple of special treats waiting for me in yesterday’s mail…
A padded manilla envelope held the USA mix CD compiled for me by my Swapbot partner, dianabanana. I have not had a chance to enjoy it yet but I am anxious to sit […]
Traveling Thru America
Monday, September 15th, 2008This weekend I finished up the USA songs mix CD I was working on for a trade at Swapbot. I had narrowed down the semi-final list of songs to 19 selections prior to leaving on vacation (see this post for project info and my semi-final song list). I listened to them on and […]
City Songs
Saturday, August 30th, 2008For a trade at Swap-bot, I am working on a mix CD containing songs with the names of US cities or states in the titles. This is an easy mix to compile as compared to others since it focuses on the titles rather than song themes, although I am tending to choose songs that […]
Most Enjoyed Albums of 2007
Saturday, January 19th, 2008I’ve finally narrowed it down to just 25… my favorite albums from 2007. These albums are all quite heavily part of the rotation on my iPod (well, at least they were before the iPod went kaputz!). Of course my list is heavily tipped toward Adult Contemporary /Alternative /Indie Pop-Rock /Americana with a […]