Some links! Hooray! Wander this way to fulfill all your procrastination needs... 1) The Olympics are exciting, even if you're like me and maybe remember to tune in once or twice during the whole thing. What's most exciting? Well, it's entirely possible that it's the faces athletes make in the heat of the moment. Hint: slo-mo replays … Continue reading Random Collection is Random
Month: July 2012
Dreamlights 7/26/2012- Explosions in the Sky (rpt.)
Due to an unexpected power outage, the 7/26 Dreamlights Radio broadcast was a repeat of a previously aired show featuring Explosions in the Sky. For the original tracklist, please click here.
Plus! Perfect New Jeans!
Bought the fall style watch issue of People magazine a few days ago, and read it. (Yes, I can build a campfire from scratch, and yes, I also like to know what the fall nailpolish trends are. Sue me.) Was happily reading along (ooh, cap toe shoes! ew, neon!), and then came to the "Play … Continue reading Plus! Perfect New Jeans!
Here, Read This
...or in some cases, "look at this", I suppose. I'm sure you can figure it out. Link #1- A very funny compilation of "one-star" comments left about books generally accepted as "classics" by folks who were... less than impressed. (My personal favorite, because I hate this book- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (1951)“So many … Continue reading Here, Read This
Dreamlights 7/19/2012- Sue’s Blues Pt. 1
Guest playlist from Sue Kearney at Magnolias West. Tracklist and Artists for Dreamlights 7/19/2012: St. Louis Blues- Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong & The Louis Armstrong Orchestra Epistrophy [Incomplete]- Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane Gimme a Penny (Take 6)- Big Mama Thornton Some Cold Rainy Day- Bertha "Chippie" Hill Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) [Single Version]- … Continue reading Dreamlights 7/19/2012- Sue’s Blues Pt. 1
Afflicting the Comfortable
The priest at the church where I became an Episcopalian lo these many years ago had a favorite saying that has always stuck with me- "The role of the Church is two-fold: to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable". I'm sure she got it from somewhere else; it has the ring of one of … Continue reading Afflicting the Comfortable
Dreamlights 7/12/2012- Five Star Songs
Tracklist and Artists for Dreamlights 7/12/2012: Gymnopedie no. 1- Erik Satie I Want To Marry A Lighthouse Keeper- Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Who Loves the Sun- The Velvet Underground We're Going to be Friends- The White Stripes Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea- George Harrison The Word- The … Continue reading Dreamlights 7/12/2012- Five Star Songs
Dreamlights 7/5/2012 – Patriot Hymns
Tracklist and Artists for Dreamlights 7/5/2012: Fanfare for the Common Man- Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra & William Warfield Liberty Song- Arthur F. Schrader New Massachusetts Liberty Song (Free America)- Arthur F. Schrader Shenandoah- US Navy Band Sea Chanters Chorus Yankee Doodle- US Air Force Band The Star Spangled Banner- The Pirates Charles Ohio- Neil Young Tryin' … Continue reading Dreamlights 7/5/2012 – Patriot Hymns
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