Top Five Tuesday :: And its sure been a cold, cold winter

Top Five Tuesday :: Songs about Winter In the spirit of December, and in the wistful wish for Winter from a Southern California girl who sometimes longs for snow, this week’s Tuesday feature is my top five songs about Winter. Grab a blanket, or winter coat and scarf, pour yourself a cup of something warm, sit back, turn the volume on up, push play and enjoy these Wintertime songs. 5. Winter :: The Rolling Stone “And I wish I’d been out in California, when the lights on all the Christmas trees went out. But I been burnin’ my bell, book … Continue reading Top Five Tuesday :: And its sure been a cold, cold winter

I’m at a payphone :: Video of the day

Pop Danthology 2012 :: Mashup of 2012 It is nearing that time of the year when all the “best of” and “favorites of the year” lists are compiled, as well as our own personal summaries of the year past, and “to-do” list style of resolutions. Though I am not a fan of new year’s resolutions, I do love lists as lyriquediscorde definitely illustrates, and ever since I was a young girl, I have loved to lose myself in the best of the year issues of music and entertainment magazines, and on networks like Mtv and VH-1 (well, when they still … Continue reading I’m at a payphone :: Video of the day

You’re my summer babe :: Song of the day

“My eyes stick to all the shiny roses.” We took that road trip to San Francisco, it was late Summer , or maybe it was early Winter, you and I, and the baby in the backseat. You picked up this album in that record store in Berkeley, and afterwards we shared a slice of pizza. She slept most afternoons in her stroller while we walked up and down the streets. At night we would take her in when we played pool, or into that bar your friend owned. One night we wrapped her up and took her into the park where … Continue reading You’re my summer babe :: Song of the day

Then call it a day :: Holidays-by-the-day :: Day 4

“I was thinking I could clean up for Christmas, and then, baby, I’m through. Four more weeks that couldn’t make any difference, except maybe to you.” The holiday season has always been important to me, a time of year that I clung to hoping to somehow turn into something perfect and clean and beautiful and unrealistic, just once. It is naive and childish, and completely improbable for me to want that kind of thing, but I have, I did, and I still do. There were promises made during years past that I knew deep down would never be kept, but like … Continue reading Then call it a day :: Holidays-by-the-day :: Day 4