A song that you can dance to – Happy Feet. Well, I can’t dance. At least not while sober. And me, dancing when inebriated, is not so easy to watch, either. But this video? it’s Fred Astaire dancing. SO much better than anything I could ever dream up. I love old movies and used to [...]
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30 Day Song Challenge – Day 08
A song that you know all the words to: Defying Gravity from Wicked. I actually learn lyrics pretty easily, so knowing all the words to one song isn’t hard. I love to sing this song in the car and when nobody else is home. I prefer Stephanie J Block’s version of the song (she remains [...]
30 Day Song Challenge – Day 07
A song that reminds you of a certain event – Nigra Sum, Pablo Casals. Performed by my choir, Vox Femina Los Angeles. This song is from our first cd, Taking Shape. Everyone in Vox thought, at that first rehearsal in 1997, that I sight-read the shit out of the piece the first time we read [...]
30 Day Song Challenge – Day 06
A song that reminds you of somewhere – El Matador by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs. They used this song in the movie Grosse Pointe Blank. It’s one of my favorite films with one of the greatest soundtracks ever. And the soundtrack is an excellent album for a road trip. Seriously, the whole thing except for the [...]
30 Day Song Challenge – Day 05
A song that reminds you of someone – Always by Erasure. The video is bizarre but the song reminds me of TGF. We used to listen to a lot of music when we first got together, and it was a mix of pop, r&b, classical, and the muppets. This song sort of became “ours” but [...]
30 Day Song Challenge – Day 04
A song that makes you sad – I Don’t Have the Heart by James Ingram James Ingram is one of my all time favorite artists. Smooth voice, heartbreaking delivery, every time. This song just kills me. I felt that way, once. Horrible time in my life and I’m glad it’s over. Now I’m happy and [...]
30 Day Song Challenge – Day 03
Truly, I could pick any song from the Muppet Movie and it’d make me very happy. Most songs from the Muppet Show do it for me, too. But Movin’ Right Along, whether just listening to it or watching the scene in the movie, makes me laugh and reminds me of good friends, road trips, and [...]
30 Day Song Challenge – Day 02
There are few songs I absolutely cannot stand. This was about the only one I could think of off the top of my head. I especially hate the Michael Bolton version. Can’t stand that man. Anyway, aside from how utterly stupid the lyrics are, I also hate how freaking straight it is. Alas, even if [...]
30 Day Song Challenge, Day 01
So over on Facebook, there’s a meme called the 30 Day Song Challenge. You’re given this list of random things, like your favorite song, a song that reminds you of a certain event, etc. and you link to it on your FB page. The only thing is that I feel like there should be more [...]
Grow For Me
It’s spring. Everything’s blooming, although we’re having a rather rainy couple of weeks in sunny Los Angeles. In the midst of the rain and trying to get my apartment finished and the bookkeeping I have to do before Friday, I spent about an hour yesterday selecting plants and a couple of new pots at Home [...]