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Quintessential Albums :: Aimee Mann :: Whatever

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Quintessential Album Series :: Whatever :: Aimee Mann A Little History: Whatever is the first solo album by the American singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, released in 1993. I’ve Had It is one of the songs featured in Nick Hornby’s book 31 Songs. The album with special note for the song 4th of July was included by Elvis Costello in his “Costello’s 500” list for Vanity Fair. Whatever received mostly positive reviews from the critics. Most praised her sense of melody and the wordplay of her lyrics, exemplified by Entertainment Weekly in “hooky songs” and “evocative lyrics“. The Los Angeles Times reflected this by … Continue reading Quintessential Albums :: Aimee Mann :: Whatever

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Friday Five :: Songs about August

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 Songs about August I just read something about August that said it is Summer’s Sunday, which made me smile. Though I do not feel the bliss and ease of Summer vacation any longer, there is something about August that I have always loved. Maybe it is the close proximity of Autumn coming around the bend (Autumn is my favorite season), or perhaps it is the back-to-school energy that swirls around (I may not currently be a student, but there is something about all that back-to-school stuff that makes me smile — new notebooks, lunchboxes, brightly colored pens). Whatever it is, … Continue reading Friday Five :: Songs about August

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Friday Five :: Songs about the Sun

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Songs about the Sun Squinting in the sun on days when I forgot my sunglasses in the car, but the water is so cold, shocking start your heart racing kind of cold, and the car seems so far off in the distance, that we stay, my eyes crinkling as if from laughter, basking in the shadows that play all around us. For a moment the world beyond the water’s edge fades away into nothingness and I can breathe in deep. With my hand as a visor over my eyes I stare up to the sky and I wonder if everything … Continue reading Friday Five :: Songs about the Sun

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Friday Five :: Songs about the mouth

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Songs about the mouth Songs about lips and tongues, of mouths and lipstick and gloss, for an orally fixated girl this theme was right up my alley. For me, my lips are painted red most days, a habit I got into around the age of 16, inspired by old film stars and a friend who once told me the only make-up you really need is red lipstick. I used to smoke, but I gave that up two years past. My hands are still in my mouth too much though, as my bitten down nails will attest. I love kissing and bitten lips, … Continue reading Friday Five :: Songs about the mouth

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Friday Five :: Songs about the Fourth of July

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Songs about the Fourth of July Though I have never been too much of a fan of the holiday, I have loved quite a few songs about the Fourth of July. Some of them evoke memories of past gatherings, my favorites from when I first lived on my own and gathered with big groups of friends, all day parties that were filled with conversations, loud music, food and drinks, and yes, lights in the sky. I long for the days when there was less expectation for every gathering on a “holiday” to be epic, or full of forced traditions. I … Continue reading Friday Five :: Songs about the Fourth of July

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Friday Five :: Songs about the Beach

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Songs About the Beach Maybe its June sinking in, maybe its my itch to get out of the indoors, out of my office, out of air conditioners and artificial lights and be outside, or maybe its because my soul feels freer by the ocean. Whatever the reason, I have had the beach on my mind all week, so much so that I can almost feel the sand between my toes and the shock of cold Pacific ocean water sting my legs. So, why not celebrate my beach longings with a top five list of favorite beach songs? The only trouble … Continue reading Friday Five :: Songs about the Beach

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Friday Five :: Songs About Stars

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Songs About Stars Living in Los Angeles, even in the suburbs where I reside, it is a rare thing to glimpse a sky full of stars. Light pollution steals all my sky wishes and makes me long for a little more darkness. The lack of falling stars makes me delight in the way the desert night looks whenever I’ve driven through it, though. Midnight in the desert, oh my, the first time I experienced it I was in a state of wide eyed awe. Thinking about it tonight, and missing the stars above, got me thinking about what my favorite songs … Continue reading Friday Five :: Songs About Stars

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Friday Five :: Red Hot Chili Peppers Songs

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Songs of the Red Hot Chili Peppers  Growing up in Los Angeles brings with it a handful of bands that we are quite proud of, as a city, and within that pride comes a love that can often turn to radio over-play and all-around inescapable presence. Los Angeles and the Red Hot Chili Peppers have been together for a long, long time. Sometimes these bands have expiration dates, maybe they last a Summer, a year, a decade, but others, well they transcend any recommended shelf life and keep playing into musical oblivion. I am a radio listener. I am an … Continue reading Friday Five :: Red Hot Chili Peppers Songs

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Friday Five :: I don’t have to pretend

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Good Enough (live) :: Sarah McLachlan Friday Five 5 Things this song reminds me of: 1. Once upon a time in the early 90’s, I was in a crumbling, dysfunctional, emotionally abusive relationship when this song came out. At the time, I also met this extraordinary girl who became a fast friend of mine. She played guitar and sang at a cafe we used to go to, just the two of us, away from the “other cafe” that everyone else we knew frequented. One night she sang this song and said it was for me. 2. Later that night she … Continue reading Friday Five :: I don’t have to pretend

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Friday Five :: Walk talk in the name of love

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Dance This Mess Around (live) :: The B-52’s Friday Five 5 Things this song reminds me of: 1. that there is something about this song that has always transcended what I think of when I think of The B-52’s, that though one could argue that the song still possesses a kitchy and campy sensibility, that it has more of an edge then say their Love Shack era. 2. that I have always favored the band’s first album, and their earlier recordings, to anything that came afterwards, and not in the “I liked them when they were new/cool/no one knew who … Continue reading Friday Five :: Walk talk in the name of love