I'm off to South Carolina. Should be hot and sticky--yippee ;) I thought I'd treat you all to a random 10 and a *Tuesday* thirteen.
I set the 'pod a'shufflin. No skipping tracks or rationalizing.
And the winners are:
1. Romeo and Juliet (Rites of Passage)--Indigo Girls
2. Your Fire, Your Soul (Beauty of the Rain)--Dar Williams
3. Red, Red Robin (All Together Singing in the Kitchen)--The Nields
4. Forever Young (Forever Young)--Alphaville
5. Lightning Rod (Ganging Up on the Sun)--Guster
6. Two Points for Honesty (Lost and Gone Forever)--Guster
7. So Close to My Heart (My Better Self)--Dar Williams
8. You Like Me Too Much (Help!)--Beatles
9. Rebecca (Pat McGee)--Pat McGee Band
10. California (The Guest)--Phantom Planet
Bonus: Closer to Fine (Indigo Girls)--Indigo Girls
Seen Live: Indigo Girls, Dar, Nields, Guster, Phantom Planet (as a guster opening)
Good Tunes: Your Fire, Your Soul; Red, Red Robin; Lightning Rod; Rebecca; Closer to Fine
And Not So Much: Romeo and Juliet
Favorite Album: The "newest" albums on this list were all *really* pleasant surprises...I get nervous that new CDs won't be as good as the last, or the first. But Guster's Ganging Up on the Sun is fabulous. Dar's My Better Self is different, but really fabulous. The Nields' latest, All Together Singing in the Kitchen, is delightfully fun.
Least Favorite Album: Well, I only have the one song on it, but I'll go with Alphaville's Forever Young because I just can't imagine it being good!
Memory Trigger: In that same veing, Forever Young is a trigger...I spent 2 summers as a counselor/RA for an academic "camp" in Lancaster, PA. We had 10 dances in a 6 week period and Forever Young was part of the "Canon" that we played at EVERY dance, along with classics like Istanbul, End of the World, Bizarre Love Triangle and American Pie. This song takes me back to a hot, steamy quad, with 600 teenagers dancing all around me.
Favorite Lyric: Could you wear something that celebrates/Everything you love and maybe/What your family hates
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Tuesday Thirteen
1. I have 2 scars on my right forearm from where I had 13 screws and 2 plates inserted.
2. I fell 30 feet out of a chairlift and snapped my arm in half.
3. I love thunderstorms.
4. I am practically counting the hours til FRFF.
5. I am spending the night in Brighton, MA tonight.
6. I'm a little nervous about going to this conference by my lonesome. What if no one talks to me?
7. When I was younger, my mom had my hair permed.
8. I love to fly.
9. I'm planning to coach a 10 year old b-ball team this winter with a co-worker.
10. My first concert was Billy Joel/Elton John at Giants Stadium.
11. I am a Yankees fan (ducks for cover).
12. I was a Yankee fan when they were the worst team in baseball--not a carpetbagger.
13. I'm determined to teach myself the guitar, but I haven't picked it up in months.
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3 comments:
kris, if you become a red sox fan, you will learn the guitar in no time
:)
Dang!! I fell out of a chair lift, too ... but I was only about three feet off the ground and my arm wasn't snapped ... shiver, grimace, whince!! I love your musical lineup, too -- Altogether Singing in the Kitchen is in the van's cd player and won't come out for about two months. I love it, too! Red Robin is awesome, and I love Mary Don't You Weep, Aikendrum, and Rattlin' Bog. Oh, and the kids love it, too. ;)
Interesting theory on the RedSox/guitar connection, kj. But I think I'll stick with the boys from the Bronx.
J and A, can't wait to see you this week!
M, it really is a fun little cd. Great to sing along with!
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