Category: Music
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Dance
No comments on DanceI’d like to write something incredible and inspiring but right now I’m dancing to this song. Momma said “you’d better be a good girl” Teacher said hey “hey, turn that music down” And everyone said “the girl’s a trouble maker” And all she would ever say was “ain’t life beautiful” Want to dance?
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Past and Present
Years ago there was a TV special about Women In Rock. Many of my long-time musical favorites participated, including Seattle’s own Heart. What brought my past and present together most plainly was this sweet duet by Amy Grant (whose concert was the first I attended on my own, when I was in middle school, and […]
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Thankful Thursday
[an occasional exercise in gratitude] It’s Thursday and I’m thankful for… Being thanked for work I did on an event. Being complimented on my writing and this blog. Between blackout curtains and weight lifting I’m mostly getting enough sleep this summer. Physically feeling the benefits of regular strength training. Splurging on a few summer tops & such. […]
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Kitchen Heroes
The man of the house made dinner tonight. Not fancy — a steak stir-fry and garlic bread — but colorful and crunchy yummy. It’s not uncommon, either. I work longer hours and I have the longer commute. A friend was over for dinner tonight and it was comfortable and normal. Today, for some reason, it […]
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Monday…yeah, I guess it is…
Nothing like meeting and interviewing 6 5 4 3 job candidates in different buildings after a 1-hour whirlwind meeting to make me feel scattered. I did pull it together, though, and I think I did a good job of interviewing. I tend to dress a little more on the “business” side of business casual when I […]
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Music Monday: Good Morning Moon (with finger puppets)
From Marian Call comes this perky and upbeat video. She’s introduced it in concert as the song she wrote for a NASA “write a song to use to wake up the shuttle astronauts” contest. It didn’t win, but it’s a perky wakeup song. It’s Monday. Have some perky. (Update: embed isn’t always working but you […]
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Music: Alright, okay, I give in
I haven’t done a music post in while, so here’s one. As mentioned on twitter I went to Norwescon this year. I liked much of the music in the concerts, but this one by Vixy & Tony touched in me in particular. It’s not recorded yet. All I have is a cellphone video someone uploaded […]
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Happy Solstice
I’m in North America – Seattle, specifically. We currently get 8 hours of sun a day, and will for the next few weeks — but slowly we’ll start getting more. This is The Christians & The Pagans, by Dar Williams.
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Happy Thanksgiving
This year I offer a couple funny songs about Thanksgiving: :)
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Go Away Stalkers
Online harassers are being discussed again (or maybe it never stopped). I don’t have a solution. I do have a rockin’ dance track for it, though. To quote the artist: “Go Away God Boy” was written in roughly three hours, after a telephone call with my friend the poet Mia Nutick, also known as the […]
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Friday Fun
Here’s something to make you smile Friday, courtesy of Beth Ditto: What are looking forward to this weekend? If it’s not your weekend, what are you looking forward to when you get there?
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Independence Day
For those in the US, my favorite “freedom” song, Garth Brooks’ “We Shall Be Free“. ….and a different turn on the idea of “Independence Day” by Bruce Springsteen. (The song begins about 3 minutes in.) Hope you all have a good day, wherever you are ;)
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Clarence Clemmons
If you didn’t know who Clarence Clemmons was, well…you’ve got a treat ahead of you. Clarence was a sax player. A singer. The “Big Man”. He’d played American football in high school and college. At a reported 6’4″ and 260lbs (or more) he was technically obese, but it wasn’t seen as a failing. (Partly […]
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Music Monday: Tanglewood Tree
…featuring New York Times Bestselling author Seanan McGuire (blonde) with Vixy (redhead) & Tony (guitar), Betsy Tinney (cello) and Amy McNally (violin). Recorded at a bookstore event for Seanan’s first novel Rosemary and Rue. (Music starts about 30 seconds in. A studio recording of Tanglewood Tree with many of the same performers is also on […]
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Happy Music
It may not seem like a day for it, but today I want something to perk me up and make me smile. Today, that’s Tom Smith. (Click the song title to go to a page with the lyrics.) Tom’s a self-employed musician who mostly sells music at sci fi conventions, which is to say, he’s […]
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Happy Valentine’s Day
Wishing you hugs & love today — whether you’re hugging your pet, your stuffed animal, a friend, a lover, a child, or all of the above! Today I had lunch with the man of the house. Now I am smiling at the white roses I picked up yesterday and about to dive into my (American) […]
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