Singing Together Apart
When our family gets together, there’s always some singing involved. But since that hasn’t happened in over a year, my sister had the idea for us to start “recording” our favorite songs so… Continue reading
Category Archive: The Playlist
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“That I Would Be Good” – Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette released her album Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie three years after the groundbreaking Jagged Little Pill. And though I bought the album and liked the songs well enough, it didn’t quite hit me… Continue reading
My 2020, Wrapped: My Life In Music
This was the year that Spotify finally synced up with real life. Here’s how my 2020 shaped up. I regularly post about my undying love for U2 here, so like a… Continue reading
My Top 10 Christmas Songs
I love Christmas music so much that I started out this list and thought I would only list ten songs, but I ended up with fifteen. I’m the type that makes different playlists… Continue reading
Christmas Carol Cartoons!
I took another tumble down the YouTube rabbit hole recently where I discovered these wonderful videos from the folks at Fantoon Studios. What could be more fun than watching animated renderings of classic… Continue reading
The Ultimate ’90s Video Playlist
This quarantine has had me exploring various ways to keep myself entertained, so I’ve willingly gone down the YouTube rabbit hole and spent hours just reliving the ’90s, when everything was so simple… Continue reading
My 2019, Wrapped: I am Genre-Fluid
It’s a little late, but here it is – my 2019 in music! Seasons in Music Last year I really got into the standards, especially Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, and… Continue reading
At the moment…
TV: I’m loving Encore! It’s a show where theater kids go back to school after 20 years or so and remount their high school musical production. So far the episodes have featured casts reuniting… Continue reading
Lady Ella
I am always the last to appreciate things but now I can say – I finally listened to Ella Fitzgerald. I wish I had done so earlier, but there’s so much music and… Continue reading
“Choose” – Color Me Badd
I got lost in the YouTube rabbit hole recently, which is how I stumbled upon the music video for Color Me Badd’s 1994 single “Choose”. I had not seen this video since it… Continue reading
Fancy Meeting You Here (1958) – Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney
This is my album of the moment, the one I play on repeat, the one I play to start my day because I know that it will give me a feel-good boost. It’s… Continue reading
Prayers for Romey
I am stunned and saddened and I don’t know how to process this.
Bono’s Christmas Card
Imagine being on this man’s Christmas list! It’s these small touches and anecdotes that, secondhand though they may be, cement my love for Bono. I’m feeling the warm holiday fuzzies! From U2songs.com:… Continue reading
My 2018, Wrapped
I love my personalized year-end playlist of Spotify favorites because it combines three of my favorite things: music, lists, and bespoke results. Also I love the word bespoke and will use it at… Continue reading
Switchfoot: “The hiatus is over!”
They’re back and I’m so happy. Switchfoot just released a video, a sort of love letter to the fans, to announce that their season of home is over. As with everything Switchfoot does,… Continue reading
[Reblog] What Is the Most Nostalgic Song of All Time? | Village Voice
It’s all there in the songs. This is a beautiful piece on the power and magic of songs. I have to share this so I never lose track of it. (Also… Continue reading
“No Erasin'” – Steve Perry
Five things to be thankful for today: Steve Perry Steve Perry’s voice A new song from Steve Perry A new album from Steve Perry Being alive at the same time as Steve Perry… Continue reading
Rock is not Dead!
These past few months I’ve been quietly mourning the death of my beloved rock music. First there was the news that Gibson filed for bankruptcy. Then I read a New York Times article… Continue reading
