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I learned about this from Alton Brown, and finally listened to it yesterday. It's Arctic Outpost Radio. From the website: Spinning the 78's from the top of the world. Playing great shellacs from 1902-1958. Big Band, Jazz, Swing, Vintage Country, and Blues. As always, completely commercial free. I don't know any of the songs, but it's still entertaining. If anything else, it makes great background noise.

ETA: I have since heard the Woody Woodpecker Song, as well as what seems to be the original version of One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer.

1. How do you beat the summer heat?
Avoid going outside once it's over 110, though I don't think we've gotten there yet. Also, stay hydrated!

2. Do you have air conditioning?
You can't NOT have it here. When the daily high is over 100, and at night it maybe gets down into the 80s, you need AC.

3. What’s your idea of the perfect summer day?
The beach! Preferably at a lake. Warm air and cold water.

4. What’s one thing you always seem to do every summer whether you want to or not?
Try to get my garage to not be an oven.

5. Are you ready for the summer?
Ready? It's already summer. However, it's been cooler than years previous, for which I am grateful.

Sting is doing a residency in Las Vegas next summer. I'm taking a little inspiration from

hopefulspirit and thinking of buying tickets, though I have no idea if I'll actually be able to go. Vegas is an hour flight or a 6 hour drive, so getting there is no problem. It's just if something came up in my schedule that would stop me.

I was just updating my books post, and have done a crap job with reading this year. I had to look up an IG post because I could not remember what I've read. Only 4 books?? Well those and the cookbooks I've bought. I'm also in the middle of another book that I started in April. Must. get. off. computer!!! Sigh.

1. What are the five oldest songs on your iPod, computer, or phone (whatever device you store your music on)?
When I transfered all my music over onto this laptop, it reset the added on dates to that day. So, I'll have to fire up my old laptop, which I've been meaning to do anyway.

2. And the five newest songs?
1. "Vogue" - Madonna
2. I added the CD Delta by Mumford and Sons, as well as a bunch of songs from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack on Dec. 18th.
3. "(Everything I do) I Do it For You" - Bryan Adams
4. A bunch of songs from The Essential Billy Joel on Oct. 27th
5. Josh Groban's Bridges and Annie Lennox's Medusa on Oct. 21st.
I don't usually do whole albums like that, but I'd recently discovered Zia Records, and Delta had recently been released.

3. What’s your favorite song to sing along to?
I swear I was thinking about this the other day, singing along with the radio in the car. I forget the song though. Might have been Bohemian Rhapsody but I think it was something else. I like songs with harmony or that I can try to harmonize with.

4. What’s the first song you ever memorized?
I have no idea. Could have been Jesus Loves Me or something else from church.

5. What song is your current earworm?
Whatever I last heard or thought about tends to get stuck in my head.

sewcutementioned The Flame by Cheap Trick, and that was it for a while. Now it's Vogue.

1) What is the first song you remember from your childhood?
There are 3. They certainly aren't the first songs I ever heard but they are as far back as I remember. We had rented an RV and were going camping...maybe in Yosemite but I'll never know for sure. Anyway, I remember hearing "Woman" by John Lennon, "How Deep is Your Love?" by the BeeGees, and "Woman in Love" by Barbara Streisand.

2) What is the first music you purchased with your own money?
Shoot. Thank goodness for the internet because I need to look up some release dates. Umm probably Debbie Gibson's Out of the Blue.

3) What's a piece of music that you know by heart?
A song or any piece of music? I know many songs by heart. I love when I realize I'm singing along with a song I've not heard in YEARS but still know all the words and nuances. It's usually in the car, my mind wandering or thinking about my to do list when I catch myself singing.

4) What's a song that makes you turn off the music right away?
American Pie. There was a long period of time where I'd angrily change the station if Green Day came on.

5) And why?
I have no idea when/why AP started to bother me. It tends to be an earworm. I am less annoyed with it now. As for Green Day, it seemed like they were on every station I listened to, and thus overplayed.

thefridayfive FOR JULY 21, 2017

1. Have you come to the conclusion that your parents music (music popular in their time) isn't so bad?
This is funny, because there's an HD radio station that plays 70s music. I'm pretty sure I know many of the songs because, born in 1977, I had to listen to whatever my parents played in the car my first 8 years or so of life. I remember liking most of it, and enjoy it now. Some songs, however, seriously make me go o_O

2. Is there a song/group/singer you once adored, but don't now?
Singer: I would not use the word 'adored,' but I really liked Michael W. Smith in jr. high & high school. Bought his new albums as soon as they came out. That died out somewhere in college.
Song: I liked the song "American Pie" as a kid, but cannot stand it now.

3. Is there a song/group/singer you once despised, but is okay now?
Might have to come back to this one as nothing is coming to mind.

4. Have you ever heard a favorite song and suddenly had a reinterpretation its meaning?
Not a favorite song, but it never crossed my mind that the lyric "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard" is about boobs until someone posted this realization on their FB wall. Yeah, I'm a little slow.

5. What song would you just as soon never hear again?
"American Pie" as mentioned above. My sister ruined "Desperado" by the Eagles by singing it all the time. "Tomorrow" from the musical Annie drives me crazy.

Current Mood: bored

It's my "relax" day but I still have a ton to do. So I'm procrastinating with a post.

14. A song that you would love played at your wedding
15. A song that is a cover by another artist
16. One of your favorite classical songs
17. A song that would sing a duet with on karaoke

( get on with it already! )

Current Mood: weird

Whole list in this post.

11. A song that you never get tired of
12. A song from your preteen years
13. One of your favorite 80’s songs

( The songs! )

Current Mood: dorky

9. A song that makes you happy
10. A song that makes you sad

( this was tough )

Current Mood: mellow

8. A song about drugs or alcohol

TBH, I had to google "songs about drugs" and then look for ones I know and like. I almost used the same as

eowyn because I really do love Under the Bridge. I was also looking for something Led Zeppelin, but the list I found didn't have any by them. I know lots of Zep songs have drug references but none are immediately apparent to me. (okay, so I wouldn't know this had a radio DJ not said it). I did not know this song was about drugs either, but it fits the bill and I like it.

7. A song to drive to

This one is hard, as there are many songs that I love turning up with the windows rolled down. However, this just popped into my head.

Current Mood: drained

Whole list is in this post.

4. A song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about
5. A song that needs to be played LOUD
6. A song that makes you want to dance

( Video links under the cut. )

Current Mood: happy

This is a 30-day music meme I grabbed from

eowyn but I'll probably do a few at a time rather than one per day.

1. A song you like with a color in the title

2. A song you like with a number in the title

3. A song that reminds you of summertime

( the list )

Current Mood: satisfied

Sometime long ago, I made a playlist on iTunes called Songs Played Twice. If the title doesn't speak for itself, it's the songs I noticed I'd listen to twice when they came up on shuffle. About a year ago, I needed to burn a cd for someone, and decided to burn this playlist to make sure the burner worked. It worked for this cd, then refused to burn the wedding mix cd the friend needed. Oops. Since this cd is currently my backup music in the car, it makes me want to share the list. I found it easier to make an image of the playlist than to type it out. Lazy? Maybe.

A little about each song:
1: Heard on the classic rock station. Just always caught my ear, and I love it. Had no idea what the title was, so listened to nearly every Led Zeppelin song before someone suggested I try searching Robert Plant's solo work.
2: Pointed out to me by

holbytla because it reminded her of Thornton in North and South. Also, because it's M. Ward.
3 and 8: Discovered when watching a fan video for some period drama or other. Liked both songs right away.
4: Discovered on a mix cd when I worked at Starbucks. It was the first song that played during an opening shift, and just fit the mood well. Hooray for being at work at 4:30am??
5:

ewanspotter posted a Sherlock Holmes fan video using this song, but also touted the song itself. So, I gave it a listen.
6: A free download either from Starbucks or iTunes. I tend to either love or hate those free songs. This was a loved one, of course.
7: A song I'd hear while hanging out at Luis's coffee shop. After hearing it several times, I finally looked to see and wrote down the title and artist. Then, I forgot about it for ages, until I looked in my little purse notebook. It still reminds me of Luis.
9: My favorite Coldplay song.
10: Ooooh, 90s throwback! Also I think the Bangles' comeback attempt.
11: First heard on an episode of Northern Exposure way back when that show aired. Later heard on a Lexus commercial. I had no idea how to find it, having no title or artist to go by. However, by then it was the Napster era, and my roommates were computer geeks. Somehow, with only with the knowledge of it being on NE, one of them found it for me.
12: Another free download, I think from Starbucks.
13: Another 90s favorite. At least I think it's the late 90s.

Current Mood: mellow

I'm listening to a live session with Lana del Rey. I already thought her voice was hauntingly beautiful, and I'm glad the SNL set seemed to be a bad night. She sounds woderful now. Geoff Lloyd interviewed her, and she's much perkier than her songs led me to believe. Not annoyng perky, but she sounds like a genuinely nice person.

One of my longtime internet friends posted asked me on FB today if I've seen P&P 2005. She said "It is not only the most awful version of this great book, but also one of the worst movies ever made." I just laughed. She's not on LJ, and so hasn't seen my myriad of posts on books & movies, but I gush about Brit lit occasionally on FB. I replied with how that movie started me on the genre, and how since I'd not read ANY Austen (or anything else similar) that the inconsistencies didn't bother me. In fact, it made me love it more.

Current Mood: amused

Grabbed from

ekaterinn

Step 1: Put your music player on shuffle. (ha ha mine usually is anyway)
Step 2: Post the first line (or first and second line if it's completely impossible) from the first 30 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3: Strike out the songs when someone guesses both artist and track correctly. (Artist isn't important on covers, though, 'cause that's just unfair.)
Step 4: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!
Step 5: If you like the game post your own!

Ok, so I had to skip several instrumental songs that came up, and one where the name of the song is said in the first 2 lines.

1. We believe in the one true God
2. Called you so many times today
3. ~~Hello darkness my old friend~~ ekaterinn
4. ~~Close your eyes, give me your hand, darlin'~~ bowiechaser
5. ~~We gotta stand a little closer to what it is we're leaning on~~ holbytla
6. Yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead
7. I hear you breathing in, another day begins
8. Saturday in the park
9. Is getting better or do you feel the same
10. There's a little black spot on the sun today
11. There's nothing you can do that can't be done
12. Gotta take a little time, a little time to think things over
13. ~~Let's dance, put on your red shoes and dance the blues~~ holbytla
14. Blue eyes, baby's got blue eyes
15. How can I just let you walk away
16. As I gave in to temptation
17. For a second of your life
18. Give to the wind your fears
19. ~~One man come in the name of love~~ roseleaf
20. Left a good job in the city
21. ~~Ma ya hi, ma ya hoo~~ bowiechaser
22. On Jordan's stormy banks I stand
23. You were the sweetest thing that I ever knew
24. Love I get so lost sometimes
25. Forever can never be long enough for me
26. ~~Let be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together~~ ekaterinn
27. ~~I want to run I want to hide~~ roseleaf
28. Sister moon will be my guide
29. I felt it first when I was younger
30. You've got a vision of some far off day

Current Mood: procrastinating

AC is working again.

Amazing how we make all sorts of judgements about people. Case in point: guy brings his 3 kids to the pool. He has a couple tattoos and long chin-hair (Does that have a different name?). Super cool playing with his kids. I was trying to fill in the blanks in my mind like where's the mom, is he divorced (he mentioned they had to go when Grandma said the pizza was done), etc.

I still strongly dislike my chest. Probably not enough to ever have surgery (would do something about the sag, not a reduction).

One of my friends doesn't know what internet acronyms and expressions like brb or FAIL mean, but then types like a 13-year-old. "what're u doin' 2day?" Dude, it takes more effort to type incorrectly. I guess I should give her credit for using an apostrophe correctly.

Time to start using a food journal again.

I've been going to Starbucks like it's going out of style.

What's with that expression? It doesn't make sense. Or is it an idion, in which case it isn't supposed to be taken literally?

I made delicious hummus last night. I want some just because it tastes good, not because I'm hungry.

Bought a ton of baking supplies. Might bake with Michelle on Sunday. Or watch World Cup. Or both.

I tend to be really attentive to lyrics, except with the free iTunes songs I get. Heard the Civil Twilight song I got last October on the alternative station this week. Twice, actually. I realized I have no idea what most of the lyrics are, even though it's played 35 times.

ETA: the above song played on shuffle like 10 minutes after I wrote that, and I still didn't listen to the lyrics.

Current Mood: full

...Especially when they turn out to be awesome. While searching for the new Fray cd at Target, I cam across the upcoming artists section. I see one called Fiction Family, with a sticker saying it's Jon Foreman of Switchfoot and Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek, two bands I like. Well, the $9.99 risk was worth it. It's on iTunes as well, for those who like to preview before buying.

Speaking of iTunes, as much as I've come to love it, I still like cds better. You wouldn't know it since I hardly play them, but I just prefer having that hard copy first. Whatever I like goes on my iPod.

Later on I'm going to a surprise birthday party, woohoo! So much for the things I wanted to accomplish today. I'll be madly grading later this week.

I had no coffee until nearly 2 p.m., and by then I had a slight headache and felt shaky. I fear the day I attempt to give up caffeine.

Current Mood: hungry

Almost done putting grades on report cards, and then I have to do comments. Then, I have to do a bunch of other chores, but anyway.

Ok, 2 questions for anyone who might be able to help.
1. Can you find a song for me that I can't find anywhere online - it's Theme from Mission: Impossible (Junior's Hard Mix). It HAS to be that mix, and it's 4:10 in length.

2. If you can't find the song, is there a way to get it from my cassette single into digital format?

One more week...

And yet, I still want to post something everyday. I would be doing something for work right now but the district server is down for maintenance and I can't access my email. So, here I am, doing other things. Other things than vacuuming. Ha.

Tomorrow is like Friday! Plus, going out for Aurelio's birthday, so even better.

I have this playlist started on iTunes called "Windows down, volume up" consisting of songs I love to crank up in the car. On the list so far:
Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
One Headlight - Wallflowers
Santa Monica - Everclear
We Are the Champions - Queen
Are You Gonna Be my Girl - Jet
What is Love - Haddaway
Crazy - Gnarles Barkley
Che Gelida Manina - from La Boheme. Yes, it's an opera song but I still crank it up.

I need more songs for this list...help me!

I've been iTunes shopping again. I have three Switchfoot songs, two DC Talk, one Frank Sinatra, and the newest Brandon Heath.

I've liked this song for a long time, and finally bought it.
Jesus Freak - DC Talk

Separated, I cut myself clean
From a past that comes back in my darkest of dreams
Been apprehended by a spiritual force
And a grace that replaced all the me I've divorced

I saw a man with tat on his big fat belly
It wiggled around like marmalade jelly
It took me a while to catch what it said
Cause I had to match the rhythm of his belly with my head
'Jesus Saves' is what it raved in a typical tattoo green
He stood on a box in the middle of the city
And claimed he had a dream

What will people think
When they hear that I'm a Jesus freak
What will people do when they find that it's true
I don't really care if they label me a Jesus freak
There ain't no disguising the truth
[There ain't no disgusing the truth]
[I don't need to hide it... The truth]

Kamikaze, my death is gain
I've been marked by my Maker
A peculiar display
The high and lofty, they see me as weak
Cause I won't live and die for the power they seek

There was a man from the desert with naps in his head
The sand that he walked was also his bed
The words that he spoke made the people assume
There wasn't too much left in the upper room
With skins on his back and hair on his face
They thought he was strange by the locusts he ate
The Pharisees tripped when they heard him speak
Until the king took the head of this Jesus freak

What will people think
When they hear that I'm a Jesus freak
What will people do when they find that it's true
I don't really care if they label me a Jesus freak
There ain't no disguising the truth

People say I'm strange, does it make me a stranger
That my best friend was born in a manger
People say I'm strange, does it make me a stranger
That my best friend was born in a manger

What will people think
When they hear that I'm a Jesus freak
What will people do when they find that it's true
I don't really care if they label me a Jesus freak
There ain't no disguising the truth

What will people think
When they hear that I'm a Jesus freak
What will people do when they find that it's true
I don't really care if they label me a Jesus freak
There ain't no disguising the truth

What will people think [What will people think]
What will people do [What will people do]
I don't really care [What else can I say]
There ain't no disguising the truth [Jesus is the way]

Current Mood: full
Current Music: Josh Groban (iTunes on shuffle)

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