I Will Buy You a New Life :: Smog Friday Five 5 Things this song reminds me of: 1. How growing up always struggling, and being an adult who is still struggling, changes who you are. How it makes you stronger in some ways, and how it makes you more uncertain and insecure, in others. …
FLTS Fridays :: I had a bottle and a pen in my hand
The Kids Are Ready To Die :: The Airborne Toxic Event "All these days just seem like they're getting longer. The view from our room is a gloomy and overcast grey. The weakness we left behind seems to be getting stronger. I swear there's something in the air, and I don't know what anyone could …
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I’ll show them to you :: Video of the day
Lay Lady Lay :: Magnet and Gemma Hayes I love newly discovered covers, and I love the mixed vocals of male meets female. A well-done duet has always been a favorite of mine, and I have actually had discussions with other musical friends about dream duet pairings. There is something about the pairing of Even …
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And I will rise up with fists :: Song of the day
“What are you changing? Who do you think you’re changing? You can’t change things, we’re all stuck in our ways.” I could probably choose the entire Rabbit Fur Coat album as a favorite, and it would definitely be part of my favorite album list, because pretty much every song on the album resonates deeply with …
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The 80’s :: I light my torch and wave it
Video Killed the Radio Star :: Duran Duran :: New Moon on Monday If one band was chosen to represent my teenage years it would be, without a doubt, Duran Duran. They were my first musical crushes, my first band obsession and my first encounter with what it is like to be a all-out, complete and total …
The 90’s :: I will burn for you
"I will lie for you, beg and steal for you, I will crawl on hands and knees until you see, you're just like me." History lesson: #1 Crush was released on the single to Vow as the b-side, released in Europe, South Africa and Australia in June 1995. Nelee Hooper remixed the song for inclusion in Baz …
It can’t be that bad :: Video of the day
If It Makes You Happy :: Sheryl Crow I am in love with the lyrical refrains in this song (love lines like "listen to Coltrane, derail your own train"), the spirit of the chorus, and the intensity of the video. The use of color, camera shots and Sheryl's animal prints all add to the power …
I need love :: Song of the day
“I need love, not some sentimental prison. I need god, not the political church. I need fire, to melt the frozen sea inside me. I need love.” In 1994 I’d come to a crossroads in my life, of sorts. Well, one of the handful of “crossroads” I have had, so far. I had a failed marriage …
You Are Home :: Slow dancing
List Your Couples Slow Dance Playlist courtesy of Music Listography : Your Life In (Play)Lists Editor's Note: Some of the choices are due to having slow danced to them thus have memories attached, some are quintessential couple slow dance songs, to me, while others are songs that I would love to slow dance to someday. 1. Heroes …
I’ll take you down the only road I’ve ever been down :: Soundtrack Shout Out Wednesday
One of my favorite soundtracks from the 90's comes from one of my favorite movies from the 90's, Cruel Intentions, a twist on the French novel, Les Liasons Dangeureuses, told in this version from the lens of the uppercrust, rich teenagers with too many excesses, not enough consequence, and too much time on their hands. …
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