Fan Girl Wannabe

Thanks to brdgt, I can do this:

So,  I realized yesterday, that while I do love The Clash, I probably know more of The Kinks (therefore love them more), yet  I have NO Kinks music in my personal library.  This is problematic.  I  am likely to be ordering Kinks music in the next 24 hrs.

Also, USA Swimming is the most AWESOME thing evAR.  Totally, FREAKING, awesome.  It's not just MP.  Additionally, I should stop drinking now.  I'm at 6 beers and 2 vodkas for the day.  Typing is becoming ever more challenging.

However, I"m still not someone who is going to read/write RPS on a regular basis.

And I think someone should get out a videocam and record a certain FM counting to ten in a whisper.

 Back at school today, and this afternoon, I was delighted to arrive during a music class in which (probably) 4th graders were enthusiastically singing Bohemian Rhapsody!   \o/

I don't care that it's 30 yrs old - that's freakin' awesome man!

Also, two new names for the list:  Xzaiver, and Kaizyn.

This weekend, we got some good work done around the house, but not exactly what I’d planned to accomplish. The basement was refusing to dry out, and the cheapo bookshelves down there were waterlogged at the bottom to the point the uprights actually cracked and started to buckle. So, I boxed up all the books and stored them in the unfinished space (off the floor), in preparation for tearing out the soaked carpet. Yes, carpet and pad can be successfully dried in place, but only with serious tools and I didn’t feel like paying for those services – the carpet isn’t worth as much as the services would have cost. So the boy and I spent a good bit of Saturday hauling carpet out of the basement, and I got all but two loads of laundry washed in the meantime.

Wow, what an amazing Friday!

It all started with lunch.  I went for a late lunch with a friend, and we sat on a patio overlooking the Yahara for two hours, chatting happily about work, food, kids, books, flying dreams, power tools, etc.  The Bourbon Street Grille is a funny little place in Monona, that usually has terrible service and merely edible food, this time being no exception.  It's major draw is that patio.  The sun was high in the sky and the temp was pretty warm, but we were comfortable under our umbrella and loath to leave.   Alas, RL beckoned and we headed our separate ways, which fortunately for both of us did not involve returning to work.

I got home to find that DH and Rupert had already returned from their matinee of the Simpsons Movie.  They enjoyed it at least as much as Mavis did last week.  DH looked ready for a nap, and since I woke up a full hour earlier than I had wanted to, I suggest we nap together.  The AC was running and made lying on the bed with bare skin a lovely treat.  After awhile, we got dressed and headed out for the first Dane Dance of the season at Monona Terrace.



Next week's Dane Dance features Mama Digdowns (N'Awlins brass) and BBI (danceable motown).  Maybe we'll see you there, but we won't be out afterward because next Saturday is the annual Day of Public Drunkenness.  I can't wait!

Dang, I need a Sting icon! SQUEEeeeee!!!!

The Police reunion! Yayayayay! OMG, they so rocked Roxanne, last night and Sting was absolutely delicious - all buff and intense and male and RAWWR... I so wanted to lick those biceps. He is so freakin' HAWT! LOL And Stewart was almost as yummy in his own smushable way, with the wavy hair and the glasses, and the drum sticks. ::sigh:: /end fangirl squee
I only wish we could have had more - maybe Message in a Bottle? Was it really too much to ask? I mean, really, Carrie Underwood? dude. She's sweet and nice, and a good performer, but did we really need three songs from her?

And as long as I'm critiquing the grammys, who the hell thought it was a good idea to put Chris Brown on stage with Smokey and Lionel? He is nowhere near their league. It was a good show, better than last year really, but I could have done with less overblown production and more actual awards presented during the 3.5 hrs. But that's just me.

okay, this is the last time: THE POLICE! On stage together! STING! In full voice! Roxanne! STEWART! Sting's biceps! Sting's hair! Cuddly!Stewart! OMG, teh Awesome!! /end

okay, deep breaths. I'm okay. I'll stop abusing the Caps Lock and the exclamation points now.

Whew! That was tiring! I spent 14 of 30 hours between Wed & Thur driving through the middle section of Illinois and northwestern Indiana. Its 6+ hours each way, so I asked my NBF if I could borrow some books-on-tape from her officially “in storage” library. I selected “Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Tracy Chevalier, and “About a Boy” by Nick Hornby. I was really looking forward to them, but the rental car only had a CD player. Drat. I had to content myself with a rock-n-roll retrospective instead.
I have decided though, that I’m going to need new road music, because there is a very good chance I’ll be making this trip monthly. Of course, I’ll still attempt the audio-books thing, and who here doesn’t think that Billy Crystal reading Christopher Moore’s “Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal” would be the most perfect entertainment EVAH?! (Except for the part where you'd drive off the road into a ditch and land upside down because you snorted Red Bull out your nose - Again!)  I wonder how you can make requests for these things? But really, there is no substitute for good road music. Unfortunately, after 20 yrs or so, the shine has kinda worn off of “Bat Out of Hell.” And while I love Elvis to death, I’m thinking The Clash might be more my speed this year. Also, some Blue Oyster Cult (Mirrors), maybe some AC/DC to replace Meatloaf, definitely need to replace my long-lost Donnie Iris (Back on the Streets). Some Rush would be good. And there’s always my Beach Boys anthology. And some Go-gos to mix it up a bit. Also, The Mavericks. Some of these are already on my amazon wish list, but I usually put the more mellow stuff there. I tend to forget to add music to the list anyway – I use my list as more of a “reading” list. But really, it’s time for new music in the car. 

Stay tuned for more observations and thoughts from the road...  I've got stuff about food, and small towns and life and and and... truly, you should all be glad I don't make voice posts, LOL.

Okay, I'm finally going to address this tag, because I love nayad and don't want to disappoint her, but I'm pretty sure she'll be disappointed anyway.  My music is old and boring and I've been going through a total retro phase anyway lately.

Directions:  List five songs that you currently love.  Doesn't matter what genre, just whatever's grooving you currently.  List titles and artists, then tag five other folks.

Actual songs, huh?

Mostly, I listen to music in the car.  And for most of the summer I've been carless.  When I put music on at home, it's the digital cable stuff, so I have very little control over what I'm hearing.  I usually choose alternative, adult alternative, retro-active, or 80's for somewhat current stuff, but I also put on swing/big band, jazz, smooth jazz, reggae, and salsa y merengue.

What I carry in the car:

1.  Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell, and the song I like best is probably "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Nights), but I also like "All Revved Up with No Place to Go." (You can't fall asleep to Meatloaf).

2.  The Best of Elvis Costello - "Alison."  Of course, just about everything on the CD is a close second.

3.  Gaia Consort - Gaia Circles - "Move to the Country" is the obvious choice, but I really love "The Old Ones" and "The Rede (An it Harm None)" which are at opposite ends of the emotional spectrum.

4.  Sting's entire body of work.  Currently carrying around Disc 4 of the entire Police output (meaning the last stuff they recorded) and "Sacred Love."

5. Diana Krall - I have no idea which album CD is which anymore, but I love "Do Nothing Till You Hear it From Me," and "Straighten Up and Fly Right."

What I like when it comes up on the radio playlist:

1. John Eddy - LOL, do I know the names of the songs?  There are 2 that I like, maybe "If you're there when I get back," and "the only thing she left was me," but those may be just my favorite lyrics from the songs.

2. Jason Mraz John Mayer - Your Body is a Wonderland

ETA: It bugged me all day, but I finally remembered this song is by the other "JM." sheesh.

3.  Five for Fighting - 100 Years (also, Superman)

4.  The Romantics - What I Like About You

5.  Donnie Iris - Ah, Leah (wonder of wonders, it occasionally crops up on the classic rock station, even though DI was pretty new wave/alternative back in the day).

 

Who to tag? shoshannagold, texasbek, janissa11 (I probably shouldn't, but she did turn me on to Baltimore Consort ::g::, roguebitch, and everyone else on my flist has already been tagged.