Lou Rawls (RIP) is singing on KCRW "At Last"; wonderful song.

That part though about "My heart was wrapped in clover...."

What in the hell does that mean?

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I finally get what you guys were talking about re: The Decemberists. Awesome. The Engine Driver.. heartbursting. Heart exploding all over the place. These kinds of things...they usually take me about a year. Sorry.

I know I have at least one lj friend who's a Maria McKee fan. I didn't know/think much of her either way -- though I do have an 80s video vision of her in my head, dancing around in little black boots with Lone Justice. Now she's brunette! Who knew. Anyway deadmoviestar put a cut of hers on his best of CD -- (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am. ( Read more... )

Can't help it. I am a summer chick. Ice on everything just makes me sad. Being iced in with two bored girls, looking out the window at the ice all over the hammock, watching the pear trees come down & block the frozen driveway because they're covered with ice...just makes me sad. However Rosie just came in with a little music box that plays "You ( Read more... )

I must be living right because, where I usually will wake up with some nasty earworm (ie "Key Largo" or "the Pina Colada Song"); this morning I woke up with the Talking Heads Houses in Motion, from Remain in Light, playing in my head, just like I was listening to a CD. A small thing, yes, but very nice.

With a nod to Pammy B and a wave to Joni Mitchell on her birthday.

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NPR says indictments against Scooter Libby and Karl Rove could come as early as today! ...Ti-DAY!

We must stop people from putting chipotle into all these different foods.

Sometimes, the addition of chipotle is simply not warranted.

Before today the only thing I had against the New Pornographers' Twin Cinema was that it wasn''t Carl Newman's Slow Wonder -- that's how into Carl I have become. After 2 thorough & completely ecstatic listens, I am so on board now. What a wonderful CD. And David Cross has a cameo in the "Use It" video, I just watched it twice just to see him take ( Read more... )