I’ve re-entered high school. Well, in the sense that I’m all The Smiths all the time. (They are just so darn crazy awesome.) So while I was driving down for a visit with the parents, I happened to listen to “I Know It’s Over.” This is the song I played over and over and over … Continue reading »
Category Archives: music
Baby, Baby, Baby
I love Justin Bieber. I’m not ashamed to admit it anymore. He is such a nice young man. He’s so giving and then so happy about singing. I mean, just today he opened his van door and gave a free impromptu concert to some people on the street. Who does that? Cute Justin Bieber, that’s … Continue reading »
First Loves
Movie The Sound of Music was the first movie I loved. I memorized all the lines and can still recite them today. (For example: “What happened to your finger?” “It got caught.” “Caught in what?” “Friedrich’s teeth.”) I sat inches from the screen–cross-legged–and was mesmerized by the singing and dancing and…accents. And I believe that … Continue reading »
A Marathon Story About a Song I Need for Running
Biggest surprise of 2012 for me? I’ve become addicted to NBC’s Smash. I wouldn’t have thought I’d like this show so much. After all, I am a castaway on the Island of Non-Glee Fans. I tried to watch that show, but I couldn’t even get through one episode. It’s just another bandwagon fad to me. … Continue reading »
Winter Weezerland
Christmas always makes me think of Weezer. In 1994 Weezer changed my life when they released The Blue Album. I’m not sure when my friends and I discovered it, but I remember it defining my Christmas Break that same year. Some background – 1994 was before the days of downloading (it was actually before most … Continue reading »
hey marseilles – to travels and trunks
Typhoon – Summer Home
Here’s some great new music by a band called Typhoon. The refer to themselves as a “folk orchestra” and they’re awesome. Enjoy. Continue reading »
Texas Forever
Not only am I wondering how I got here, but I’m also wondering how I live in a world where Friday Night Lights cannot survive but we still have Big Brother and now to add insult to injury, also It’s Worth What? Texas forever… Continue reading »