Let’s hear it for Wednesday and Today’s Top 5 Music Obsessions of the Day. Today’s Wednesday Edition has a Theme to it – Summer in Songs. Now, this could be a full 30 Song Playlist or more, but for Today it is just 5 of the Best “Summer in Songs” Songs. Continue reading Top 5 Music Obsessions of the Day for July 26, 2017
Here we are again, on the second Weird Wednesday in October, my groovy ghoulies, fellow lovers of Autumn and scary stories and Halloween. This time it is time spent with friends, the kind of friends who know your deepest, darkest secret, the one that you all swore never to reveal. Let’s hangout with Julie, Helen, Barry and Ray and see who will be crowned this year’s Croaker Queen, while listening to some great 90’s horror movie soundtrack songs. The soundtrack to I Know What You Did Last Summer starts out with a 90’s alterna-bang with a feel-good, dance-worthy song by Kula … Continue reading I Know What You Did Last Summer :: Top 5 Soundtrack Songs :: October’s Weird Wednesdays/Horror Movie Soundtracks
Summer of Drugs :: Soul Asylum from the album, Sweet Relief: A Benefit For Victoria Williams Summer of Drugs was the hit single from the benefit album Sweet Relief released in 1993. The album featured a variety of alternative rock bands covering songs written by Victoria Williams. The project was inspired by Williams being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and led to the creation of the Sweet Relief Fund, a charity that aids professional musicians (of any stature) in need of health care. This compilation/tribute album is filled with some of the most talented musicians of the nineties, such as Soul Asylum, Pearl Jam, Evan Dando, Matthew Sweet, Maria … Continue reading We were too young to be hippies :: VOTD
121. The Family Stone Dysfunctional family holiday stories are definitely something I can relate to, and have a soft spot for. I am also a huge fan of the ensemble cast film when it is done right, which here, with The Family Stone, it is done right. My heart always goes out to Meredith (Sarah Jessica Parker) who comes into the family as an outsider, notably different than the rest of the family, and who is basically abandoned by her fiance, whose family this is, in the first place. I’ve been there, in her shoes, though I never did have … Continue reading My Top 300 Movies :: 121-125
Black Gold :: Soul Asylum from the album, Grave Dancers Union Black Gold is a 1993 single performed by the Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum. It, along with the band’s more famous hit Runaway Train, helped bring their album, Grave Dancers Union to a multi-platinum level. The song was written by Soul Asylum’s lead singer Dave Pirner. It was the second single from their album, Grave Dancers Union. The meaning of the song has been the topic of many debates. Some fans state that it simply is about racism and/or black soldiers fighting in a war (“You’re a black soldier, white fight“). Other disagree and claim it is … Continue reading This spot was a playground :: VOTD
