Tasha's 2fer Tuesdays

Work It

2012-01-24T23:18:00.002-07:00

Just so that all of you know, I have no shame about my eighties and even seventies roots. I can be as 80s as I want and you won't make me feel one iota of embarassment. So with that disclaimer, I am posting songs from my mother's aerobics classes of yore. I think tomorrow morning I will work out to THIS music. If it was good enough for the 80s, it is good enough for me.

Birthday Boy

2012-01-17T21:41:00.002-07:00

Today was Ben Galde's birthday. And I was working and stuff. And I bet he went out and had a great time.

Ben, you are totally awesome. You kick ass. And so this 2fer is dedicated to you. We need to kick it very soon (like, Friday)

Ben Galde In Platforms

No no no
he does not want to depress you
oh no no no no no
he only wants to impress you
Ben Galde in platforms
he only wants to embrace your culture
and to be your friend forever
Ben Galde, Ben Galde
oh shelve your Western plans
and understand that life is hard enough when you belong here
A silver-studded rim that glistens
and an ankle-star that...blinds me
a lemon sole so very high
which only reminds me, to tell you
so I break the news gently
I break the news to you gently
"Shelve your plans"
Ben Galde, Ben Galde
its the touchy march of time
that blinds you
don't blame me
don't hate me
just because I'm the one to tell you
that life is hard enough when you belong here
life is hard enough when you belong here
shelve your western plans

Dedicated

If you wore one big mask
You'd never get a chance to kick ass
Demons in the spring
I can hear them sing
"I'll be coming"
Whenever no one follows, nope
Dedicated all to you (me)
Dedicated all to you (me)

Ah hope you've got a minute
Yeah, I'd love a minute of time
Or they all go "fuck it if your winded"

You know, given me the rhyme
Demons in the spring
I can hear them sing
"I'll be coming"
Whenever no one follows, nope
Dedicated all to you (me)
Dedicated all to you (me)

Ah, hope you've got a minute
Yeah, I've got a minute of time
For they all go, "fuck it if your wasted"
You know, givin' me a rhyme
Demons in the spring
I can hear them sing
"I'll be coming"
Whenever no one follows, nope
Dedicated all to you (me)
Dedicated all to you (me)

Dedicated all
Dedicated, dedicated, dedicated

If you wore one big mask
You'd never get a chance to kick ass
Demons in the spring
I can hear them sing
"I'll be coming"
Whenever no one follows, nope
Dedicated all to you (me)
Dedicated all
As long as no one follows, nope
The string things out for string
So many for "moi"
Dedicated all
Dedicated, dedicated

White Trash

2012-01-10T21:10:00.004-07:00

I was recently introduced to the lovely Lana Del Rey by my little sister. Her voice is enchanting, but this video is weird meets white trash. I guess that's why I'm pairing it up with another very white-trashy video. My older sister played 99 Problems by Jay-Z for me months ago and I loved it at once. Then I heard this white trash version of it in not one, but TWO movie soundtracks (Fright Night and No Strings Attached). I don't know that I like it better than Jay-Z, but it did fit my theme.

Start Strong!

2012-01-03T22:20:00.002-07:00

You thought I was going to forget the 2fer tonight didn't you? Ha! I was planning on doing it right before bed. And actually, I should be in bed already. It is 21 minutes past my bed time. But here I am putting together this up-beat style 2fer because it is a new year and I will succeed!!!!! At EVERYTHING!!!!! No seriously, how many resolutions did you make? I have a still-growing list. It's somewhere around 25 at this point. I figure this way I'm bound to end up keeping SOME of them, right? Heh. Ok, well, anyhoo. I am really really enjoying Kasabian. And sometimes it reminds me of Mute Math. But not necessarily these two songs. There you go.

Shoot the Runner
Shoot the runner,
Shoot, shoot the runner.
I'm a king and she's my queen.

Shoot the runner,
Shoot, shoot the runner.
I'm a king and she's my queen.

Dream,
Dream again in your way,
Always knew that you would.
Lose yourself to the scene,
Am I only a dream?

Shoot the runner,
Shoot, shoot the runner.
I'm a king and she's my queen, bitch.

Bang
Bang away on my chain,
[My chain]
Always know that I can,
Get your ass to the floor.
Absinthe make you a whore.

Shoot the runner,
Shoot, shoot the runner.
I'm a king and she's my queen.

Shoot the runner,
Shoot, shoot the runner.
I'm a king and she's my queen, bitch.

Kings
Kings may come and then go,
Having sex in the snow.
Nothing's stronger than that,
Lose your taste like the rest.

[La la la la la la]

You're my queen, I said:

Just shoot the runner,
'cause I'm a king and you're my queen, bitch.

Walking Paranoia

I am a nervous wreck
Jesus is coming back
Gonna catch me at the porno rack
I'm about to have a heart attack

Am I on hell's highway
Cause I'm walking paranoia
I'm walking paranoia

Preachers are on the prowl
And they got me on the TV dial
Say your prayers or burn and rot
Gotta move fast when you're on the spot

Am I on hell's highway
Cause I'm walking paranoia
I'm walking paranoia
If I'm on hells highway
Then I'm going the wrong way
Cause I'm walking paranoia
I'm walking paranoia

Better get right or get left

Don't you forget

Am I on hell's highway
Cause I'm walking paranoia
I'm walking paranoia
If I'm on hells highway
Then I'm going the wrong way
Cause I'm walking paranoia
I'm walking paranoia

Tasha's 2fer Tuesdays - Not Old - CLASSIC

2011-12-27T14:26:00.002-07:00

Well, has everyone had a great holiday season so far? Just one more bright, shiny weekend left before its back to the grind. I don't want to do the whole reflections thing where I rehash my year and think about how things have got to change this year. Things are changing. Big time. I'm looking forward to it. I just turned another year older, and honestly, I don't feel older. I actually feel younger, and more free than I have in a long, long time. Both of these songs come straight out of the late 40's, but they are still being recorded today. Just goes to show that good stuff doesn't really get old it just becomes a classic.

Meme-y Christmas!

2011-12-20T22:52:00.001-07:00

So, my dad sent me a holiday flash mob video. I am double minded about the flash mob phenomenon. I mean, I enjoy watching them, especially seeing one in person is lots of fun. But, there is a part of me that feels like the whole thing is just another rendition of yet another internet video meme. And lets face it, I secretly enjoy the other thing as well. (Okay, not so secretly). Anybody else smell what I'm steppin' in? Hope you have a merry little Christmas, everyone!

Flash Mob

Deck the Halls

A Day Late and A Dollar Short

2011-12-14T06:25:00.001-07:00

I know I failed yesterday, but you all deserve music. I'm not even going to post Christmas music. Just a couple of cute videos with good music that I saw this week and loved. I hope they bring you a little cheer. (Ok, maybe I'm the only one who gives two hoots about Doctor Who, but the song is cool anyway!)

Morning Magic

2011-11-29T10:13:00.002-07:00

I can't even remember the last Tuesday morning that I spent in front of my dear sweet screen listening to music and trying to decide what to send for a 2fer. Fun morning. :) At the special request of Vince, we are being serenaded today by the Dead Weather. (Good thinking, Vince!) and the fun part for me is thinking what to match up with it.

I Cut Like a Buffalo by the Dead Weather
Well you know I look like a woman but I
Cut like a buffalo
Stand up like a tower, tall
But I fall
Just like a domino

You can hit me if you want to
Do whatever makes you happy
But don't take it easy on me
'Cause I don't know how to take it

You're a prick with a pin woman

Wake me up when it's broke
But only if it's broken
You know I treat you like a joke bu you
Can't tell when I'm joking

You cut a record on my throat
But the record's not broken

Is that you choking?
Is that you choking?
Is that you choking?
Or are you just joking?

You know I look like a woman but I
Cut it like a buffalo
Wake me up when it's broke
Just like a woman
You cut a record on my throat then you
Break me wide open

You're a prick with a pin woman
Push it into my skin girl
I'm a prick when I sin and I
Know I can't win

You know I look like a woman and I
Cut like a buffalo

Crying Lightning by Arctic Monkeys

Outside the cafe by the cracker factory
You were practicing a magic trick.
And my thoughts got rude, as you talked and chewed
On the last of your pick and mix.

You said: "You're mistaken if you're thinking that I haven't been called cold before"
As you bit into your strawberry lace
And then offered me your attention in the form of a gobstopper.
It's all you had left and it was going to waste.

Your pastimes consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I love that little game you had called Crying Lightning
And how you liked to aggravate the ice-cream man on rainy afternoons.

The next time that I caught my own reflection it was on its way to meet you
Thinking of excuses to postpone.
You never looked like yourself from the side but your profile could not hide
The fact you knew I was approaching your throne.

With folded arms you occupied the bench like a toothache,
Stood and puffed your chest out like you'd never lost a war.
Although I tried so not to suffer the indignity of a reaction
There was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw.

And your pastimes consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game you had called Crying Lightning
And how you liked to aggravate the icky man on rainy afternoons.

Uninviting
But not half as impossible as everyone assumes--
You are Crying Lightning

Your pastimes consisted of the strange
Twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game you had called Crying Lightning.

Crying Lightning,
Crying Lightning,
Crying Lightning.

Your pastimes, consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game you had called Crying...

Alright Already!

2011-11-15T21:30:00.006-07:00

Some things you should probably know about me: 1. I wish I could always send a wonderful 2fer Tuesday, but sometimes I just can't and honestly, I refuse to feel guilty about that. I like to think it just makes them that much more of a treat when I do send one out. (Hopeful cheesy smile!)2. I love Zooey Deschanel, and Tuesday nights is now New Girl night, which is why I am near a computer even though mine is still broken. Because I watch New Girl with my sister, Jarnli and her computer is working just fine. Lucky for all of YOOOOOOOOU!3. I am now an Avon lady. As of this evening.

Gus Music

2011-10-04T21:17:00.003-07:00

So right before moving far far away to San Diego, my friend Gus played me some wonderful music, which I promised then and there would be my next 2fer selection. I agree with him that the old Motown sound coming back is a very nice development in musical trending. And now that Gus is out there in the big bad world chasing his dreams, I thought these songs (well, at least their titles) were appropriate. I hope you are doing well in California, Gus!

What Happens

2011-09-13T20:24:00.003-07:00

So, I went to Vegas with my sisters to see Collective Soul over the weekend. And now, according to time honored 2fer tradition, I brought a little bit home for all of you!

Bright light city gonna set my soul
Gonna set my soul on fire
Got a whole lot of money that's ready to burn,
So get those stakes up higher
There's a thousand pretty women waitin' out there
And they're all livin' devil may care
And I'm just the devil with love to spare
Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas

How I wish that there were more
Than the twenty-four hours in the day
'Cause even if there were forty more
I wouldn't sleep a minute away
Oh, there's black jack and poker and the roulette wheel
A fortune won and lost on every deal
All you need's a strong heart and a nerve of steel
Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas with you neon flashin'
And your one armbandits crashin'
All those hopes down the drain
Viva Las Vegas turnin' day into nighttime
Turnin' night into daytime
If you see it once
You'll never be the same again

I'm gonna keep on the run
I'm gonna have me some fun
If it costs me my very last dime
If I wind up broke up well
I'll always remember that I had a swingin' time
I'm gonna give it everything I've got
Lady luck please let the dice stay hot
Let me shoot a seven with every shot
Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas,Viva Las Vegas
Viva, Viva Las Vegas

I can say this life is
Much better today
Everything turns right if
Wrong gets in the way

Yeah I've got the feeling
It's something I find hard to explain
See I wasn't looking

But girl I'm glad I fell in your way

Then she says oh boy, oh boy
Count your lucky stars

Count what you've been wishing for
Oh boy, oh boy
Count the life you lead
Count how you are now adored

I can say the sun
Burns much brighter today
I can see my path though

Clouds darken my way
Yeah I've got this feeling
It's something I find hard to explain
See I wasn't looking
But girl I'm glad I fell in your way

[chorus]

She said she was tired of

Watching me just wilt and bleed
She said I'm like Jesus
I save those who do believe
Do you, do you believe?

[chorus]

Sad But True

2011-09-06T20:17:00.002-07:00

What can you say when the reality of what is happening to the ones you love is so unspeakable? I wish that no one ever had to hurt.

Conversation 16

I think the kids are in trouble
i do not know what all the troubles are for
give them ice for their fevers
you're the only thing i ever want anymore
we'll live on coffee and flowers
try not to wonder what the weather will be
i figured out what we're missing
tell you miserable things after you are asleep

now we'll leave the silver city
cause all the silver girls gave us black dreams
leave the silver city
cause all the silver girls
everything means everything

it's a hollywood summer
you never believe the shitty thoughts i think
we had friends out for dinner
when i said what i said i didn't mean anything
we belong in a movie
try to hold it together till our friends are gone
we should swim in a fountain
I do not want to disappoint anyone

now we'll leave the silver city
cause all the silver girls gave us black dreams
leave the silver city
to all the silver girls
everything means everything

I was afraid I'd eat your brains
I was afraid I'd eat your brains

Cause I'm evil
Cause I'm evil

Im a confident liar
Have my head in the oven so you know where i'll be
I try to be more romantic
i wanna believe in everything you believe
i was less than amazing
i do not know what all the troubles are for
i fall asleep in your branches
you're the only thing i ever want anymore

now we'll leave the silver city
cuz all the silver girls gave us black dreams
eave the silver city
to all the silver girls
everything means everything

I was afraid I'd eat your brains
I was afraid I'd eat your brains

Cause I'm evil
Cause I'm evil
Cause I'm evil

Sick Abed

2011-08-30T21:49:00.001-07:00

I am so sick. Nobody even knows how sick I am.

More Music

2011-08-23T08:26:00.004-07:00

I owe an apology to all of you who aren't my facebook friends. I kind of got sidetracked by a little project I started over there. Its a sequel to the 30 day music challenge, which you know hooked me in a couple of months ago. I tried blogging THAT music, but then when I started my own 30 days of music, I quit blogging altogether. I'm sorry. I am back. I still love all of you. You can join my facebook group The Next 30. if you want to and see all the songs I posted and post some songs of your own. That would be fab.

Lyrics:

I heard you on the wireless back in 52
lying awake intent a tuning in on you
if I was young it didn't stop you coming through

They took the credit for your second symphony
re-written by machine and new technology
and now I understand the problems you can see

Oh oh -- I met your children
oh oh -- what did you tell them
video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
pictures came and broke your heart
we can't rewind we've gone too far

And now we meet in an abandoned studio
we hear the playback and it seems so long ago
and you remember the jingle used to go

Oh oh -- you were the first one
oh oh -- you were the last one
video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
in my mind and in my car
we can't rewind we've gone too far

Video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
in my mind and in my car
we can't rewind we've gone too far

(Instrumental)

Video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star

In my mind and in my car
we can't rewind we've gone too far
pictures came and broke your heart
look I'll play my VCR

Oh radio star
Oh radio star

Video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star

Video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star
video killed the radio star

The kids are disco dancing
They're tired of rock and roll
I try to tell them "hey that drum machine ain't got no soul"
But they don't want to listen no
They think they've herd it all
They trade those guitars in for drum machines and disco balls
We can rewind now we've gone too far
Internet killed the video star
The kids are disco dancing
They're tired of rock and roll
Don't bother telling them that drum machine ain't got no soul
The kids are disco dancing
They're tired of rock and roll
Don't bother telling them that drum machine ain't got no soul
You know we never listen we think we've seen it all
Like everything we're doing no ones ever done before
Did you hear what they said?
That rock and roll is dead?
Yeah it's like a zombie ti will dig it's self back up again
Tune in the signal but it's fading
Some ghost strumming his guitar on the radio
Singing "oh the glory days are gone but everything ok cause we still love our sex and drugs just like the good ol' days"
The kids are disco dancing
They're tired of rock and roll
Don't bother telling them that drum machine ain't got no soul
The kids are disco dancing
They're tired of rock and roll
Don't bother telling them that drum machine ain't got no soul
Well I'm a horrible dancer I ain't gonna lie
But I'll be damned if that means that I ain't gonna try
Yeah I'm a shitty romancer baby I ain't gonna lie
But I'll be damned if that means that I ain't gonna try
Get up get up get up and dance
Get up get up get up and dance
The kids are disco dancing
They're tired of rock and roll
Don't bother telling them that drum machine ain't got no soul
The kids are disco dancing
They're tired of rock and roll
Don't bother telling them that drum machine ain't got no soul
The kids are disco dancing
They're tired of rock and roll
They're tired of rock and roll
They're tired of rock and roll
We can't rewind we've gone too far
The internet killed the video star
The internet killed the video star
The internet killed the video star

Jack's Words

2011-07-05T20:57:00.000-07:00

Well, I almost burned myself out on music blogging with that whole 30 Day Song Challenge. But today I got 15 new CDs in the mail and my favorite one was Kicks Joy Darkness - various artists performing the works of Jack Kerouac. That is worth listening to and telling people about!

The Brooklyn Bridge Blues performed by Allen Ginsberg from Chris Deke on Vimeo.

Day 30 _ This time Last Year

2011-07-05T20:56:00.000-07:00

Day 29 - A Song From Your Childhood

2011-07-05T20:55:00.000-07:00

Day 28 - A Song that makes you Feel guilty

2011-06-30T21:04:00.000-07:00

Day 27 A song you wish you could play

2011-06-30T21:02:00.000-07:00

Day 26 - A song you can play on an instrument

2011-06-30T21:01:00.001-07:00

Day 25 - A song that makes you laugh

2011-06-30T21:00:00.000-07:00

Day 24 - A song youwant played at your funeral

2011-06-30T20:59:00.000-07:00

Day 23 - A song you want played at your wedding

2011-06-30T20:58:00.002-07:00

Day 22 - A song you listen to when you are sad

2011-06-30T20:58:00.001-07:00

Day 21 - A song you listen to when you're happy

2011-06-30T20:55:00.001-07:00

Day 20 - A song you listen to when you're angry

2011-06-30T20:54:00.000-07:00

Day 19 A song from your favorite album

2011-06-30T20:53:00.001-07:00

Day 18 - A song you wish you heard on the radio

2011-06-30T20:51:00.000-07:00

Days 14 through 17

2011-06-19T14:20:00.002-07:00

Okay, I got a little slacker-y there this week. Not that anyone is waiting with bated breath for my posts, but hey. I have a personal standard I'd like to keep. Follow through, Tasha. SO here goes...

Day 14: a song that no one would expect you to love - Jarnli was shocked and amazed a couple of weeks ago to find out that I'm a huge Linda McCartney fan. I don't care who knows it. I think her post-humous release was a work of genius. I even bought it for my mother for a gift one time.

day 15: a song that describes you. (love this song/singer so much)

Day 16: A Song you used to love but now you hate. I don't know if you ever entirely hate a song that you once loved. But while the rest of the Dream a Little Dream soundtrack still gets me all excited, this song is really just to make fun of now.

Day 17: a Song you hear on the radio - I'm not a big radio listener, but there was an era in my life when my best friend Kristi always had the oldies station on in her car. And everywhere we went, we were waiting for her favorite song Hang On Sloopy to come on. Sometimes she would call in and request it and then we just drove around until it finally came on, then pull over, jump out and dance

Okay, I'll try to be consistent this week! Laters!

Day 13 - A Guilty Pleasure

2011-06-15T12:49:00.001-07:00

I'm really not ashamed to admit to anything that I listen to. But I guess if I was going to be embarassed for knowing a song it would be a song from the "cheesy 70's country" genre. Tammy Wynette, Barbara Mandrell, the Oak Ridge Boys and the Statler Brothers.... I do find myself singing this little ditty sometimes. Ha ha ha ha!

Day 12 - A song from my favorite band (or two)

2011-06-14T18:39:00.002-07:00

Day 12 was supposed to be a song from your least favorite band, but who wants that on a 2fer Tuesday? So I switched it up. Yesterday (Day 11) my poor unsuspecting facebook friends had to be subjected to Miami Sound Machine. I spared my blog that inconvenience. But here are two of my favorite bands.

Day 8 and Day 9 (What happened to me yesterday?)

2011-06-11T19:59:00.001-07:00

So day 8 was a song that you know all the words to. My daddy (and now my kids) would tell you that I know all the words to any song I've ever heard. That is an exaggeration.... slightly. But this song is really fun to try to sing along to. Because even if you know all the words, its pretty hard to keep up/catch your breath.

Day 9: A Song You Can Dance To - Is there really any other perfect dance song? My siblings and I used to watch Desperately Seeking Susan constantly, and when the end credits came on with this song, we always had a dance party!

Day 7 - A Song That Reminds You of a Certain Event

2011-06-09T06:34:00.000-07:00

After dropping out of my own college experience, I moved to Santa Fe to be with my best friend, Erin Harris, for hers. This song reminds me of a night in the dorms,with Erin standing on a chair doing some kind of groovy choo choo dance step. :) Good times.

Day 6: A Song That Reminds You of Somewhere

2011-06-08T06:55:00.000-07:00

I am not saying that I LIKE this song, but it came to popularity in 2001 while I was living in Israel. I was not a radio listener in Israel, but I heard this song EVERY SINGLE TIME I rode the bus anywhere. It was sort of surreal.

Day 5 - A Song That Reminds You of Someone

2011-06-07T19:18:00.001-07:00

This song will always remind me of Lisa Ramsey McNey, riding to a football game with me, impersonating Bjork! LOL!

Since its Tuesday, I'm making it a 2fer. Pretty much every song I know has a person it reminds me of, and every person I know has a song that goes with them in my mind. So, out of the vast surplus of possibilities, I choose this one that reminds me of Anthony Dee.

Day 4 - A Song That Makes You Sad

2011-06-06T06:43:00.000-07:00

Pretty much any Chris Isaak song is a blue one. But this one is a heartbreaker.

I Wonder - Funny bloopers R us

Day 3 - A Song That Makes You Happy

2011-06-05T09:16:00.000-07:00

The way this song just vamps and builds always makes me sooooo happy. I love Nina Simone!

Day 2 - Your least favorite song

2011-06-04T16:33:00.000-07:00

Now why would anyone want to post a song they hate? I don't want to have to listen to it, let alone make all my friends have to listen to it. I tried to find a funny parody, but sitting through that obnoxious tune over and over was driving me mad. The backwards version is only slightly less annoying.

30 Day Song Challenge: Day 1 - Favorite Song

2011-06-03T09:17:00.001-07:00

Well, I'm back from my awesome California vacation, and it isn't Tuesday!!!! But it is my blog after all and I can do whatever I want. I want to share LOTS OF MUSIC!!!! SO, I'm doing the 30 Day Song Challenge on facebook and I decided to blog my songs as well. BONUS! (As if anyone actually reads this blog, hahahahaha!)

I absolutely love this crazy song, and have ever since Aaron Baker and I went to see the broadway show of Tommy.

2fer Tuesday - River stuff

2011-05-31T21:51:00.004-07:00

Hi, it's Tasha's sister, Jarnli, and I'm the guest hostess of 2fer Tuesday this week because Tasha is out there on the road like Willie Nelson or Jack Kerouac, vacationing her little heart out with her girl, Merry. I hope they are having a blast because sometimes I just think Tasha deserves to have the best things in life. On Saturday, I got to take Tasha floating on the Salt River with my son, Alex. The three of us are very close and we do a lot of things together and I have to say, I really like it that way. So, in honor of our first Salt River trip, here are two beautiful songs that make me feel like rivers are God's gifts. Well.....here ya go:

River Flows in You - Yoruma

Lay 'em Down - Needtobreathe

http://youtu.be/3PN-BMHi5L8
I know, it's just a plain old link, but this is the version I want to share. :)

Come down to the river
Come and let yourself in
Make good on a promise
To never hurt again
If you're lost and lonely
If you're broken down
Bring all of your troubles come lay 'em down

All you sinners
And the weak at heart
All you helpless
On the boulevards
Wherever you are now
Whatever evil you've found
Bring all of your troubles
And come lay 'em down

We're all tied to the same old failings
Finding shelter in things we know
We're all dirty like corrupted small towns
We'll bring our troubles
We'll bring our troubles lay 'em down

All you rich men
And the high above
All those with and without love
All you burdened broken down
Bring all of your troubles
Come lay 'em down

Okay, maybe it wasn't that much about the river, but is that band cute or what? :)

Thanks for havin me. Mwah!

Forever Alex

2011-05-24T21:39:00.002-07:00

My nephew, Alex, graduated from Jr. High to High School tonight. The promotion ceremony filled me with nostalgia. And then they played this old Alphaville song at the end... this song came out closer to MY 8th grade. I wondered how many of those kids had even heard it before.

Get Canned

2011-05-17T19:38:00.002-07:00

Play these songs loud in your office.

(Disclaimer: I love my job. These are in no way my own sentiments. I just have been listening to Check Your Head in my car a lot and love Funky Boss. And the other song goes well I think. So maybe some of you can relate to these songs, but don't ever think I don't L-O-V-E my job, cuz I dooooo, Okay?)

Funky Boss (Beastie Boys/Nishita) lyrics via http://www.beastieboysannotated.com/
Whoa
Funky boss get off my back
*What in the fuck is happening?*
This sample is most certainly Richard Prior but I don't know from whence it came.
*I can...*
Funky boss get off my back
Funky boss funky bald ass boss
*goddamnit we ain't gonna be nowhere*

Take This Job And Shove It

Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more

I will not get all the pieces
I've been working for
Paper cups, minimum wage
Just walk on out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more
Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more
I will not get all the pieces
I've been working for
Paper cups, minimum wage
Just walk on out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more

They'll have you in this factory
From now on for fifty years
All this time I see my woman
Drowning in her tears
I see a lot of people who
Got to have a piece of me
I'd give the shirt right off my back
If I had the nerve to say

Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more
I will not get all the pieces
I've been working for
Paper cups, minimum wage
Just walk on out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more

Let's all go use our sick leave up
And then we'll shoot some pool
Got brand new skinhead hair cuts
You think he's a fool
One of these days I'll blow my top
Or somebody's gonna pay
I'd hate to see the process
As you enter the factory and say

Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more
I won't let that shit bother me
That I've been working for
Paper cups, minimum wage
Just walk on out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here no more

Take this job and shove it
I ain't working here, ain't working here, ain't working here no more

Rite of Passage

2011-05-10T22:35:00.001-07:00

Got to do a little pre-coming-of-age shopping with my daughter today. One of the things I've looked forward to ever since I became a mother. I love her so much. Nobody ever better try to get in the way of me and my baby girl. Ever. Yes, that is a threat.

Girl, you'll be a woman... soon

I love you so much, can't count all the ways
I've died for you girl and all they can say is
"He's not your kind"
They never get tired of putting me down
And I'll never know when I come around
What I'm gonna find
Don't let them make up your mind.
Don't you know...

Girl, you'll be a woman soon,
Please, come take my hand
Girl, you'll be a woman soon,
Soon, you'll need a man

I've been misunderstood for all of my life
But what they're saying girl it cuts like a knife
"The boy's no good"
Well I've finally found what I'm a looking for
But if they get their chance they'll end it for sure
Surely would
Baby I've done all I could
Now it's up to you...

Girl, you'll be a woman soon,
Please, come take my hand
Girl, you'll be a woman soon,
Soon, you'll need a man

Girl, you'll be a woman soon,
Please, come take my hand
Girl, you'll be a woman soon,
Soon but soon, you'll need a man

guess i wasn't the best one to ask

me myself with my face pressed up against love's glass

to see the shiny toy i've been hoping for

the one i never can afford

the wide world spins and spits turmoil

and the nations toil for peace

but the paws of fear upon your chest

only love can soothe that beast

and my words are paper tigers

no match for the predator of pain inside her

i say love will come to you

hoping just because i spoke the words that they're true

as if I've offered up a crystal ball to look through

where there's now one there will be two

i was born under the sign of cancer

like brushing cloth i smooth the wrinkles for an answer

i close my eyes and wish you fine (i'm always closing my eyes wishing i'm fine)

even though i know you're not this time (even though i'm not this time)

i say love will come to you

hoping just because i spoke the words that they're true

as if i've offered up a crystal ball to look through

where there's now one there will be two

dodging your memories a field of knives

always on the outside looking in on other's lives

i say love will come to you

hoping just because i spoke the words that they're true

as if i've offered up a crystal ball to look through

where there's now one there will be two

and i wish her insight to battle love's blindness

strength from the milk of human kindness

a safe place for all the pieces that scattered

learn to pretend there's more than love that matters

Feel Better?

2011-05-03T23:29:00.000-07:00

Quiet night, alone and thinking... music is a good companion sometimes.

Soothe Yourself lyrics
i've been soother
and i've been wife
tried to solve your life
stuck with you through your rainy days
thought that it was just a phase
when the sun came out i tried
to get away and fly
but the needs we had did not subside
what a way for our love to die

i've been hiding behind my gifts
i give until it starts to rip
the skin is torn where i begin
the thread is worn and might give in
underneath it all i feel the eyes
of all the things that i despise
can i fight them off with sticks and stones?
can i fight them off alone?

soothe yourself [x3]

now i'm thinking about my own advice
if i could soothe myself it might be nice
callin' names ain't the same no more
took a look and locked that door
memories and cold hard facts
watched it all come rushing back
all the times i told you what to do
all the times i thought i knew

soothe yourself [x4]

soothe yourself [x3]

Comforting Lie lyrics
I started out on the wrong foot
Now I'm not myself
I am Jekyll, I am Hyde
Found this place to hide
Come seek me

Oh, so up and down
So back and forth
So insecure
Can't get this taste out of my mouth
Swallow it down
Pretend

Hold it, hold it all in
Let it build up
Build a bomb
Blow it, blow it away
Clear it all out
Just end it

I'm just a normal person
Without those problems
When did it change?
Admissions so embarrassing
I'm on the verge of tears again

Hold it, hold it all in
Let it build up
Build a bomb
And blow it, blow it away
Clear it all out
Just end it

Oh look I took the Band-Aid off
Did I take it off too soon?
Hysterical confession
My big courageous move

Don't gasp at the predictable
A comforting lie can't last
Preordained checklist of this awkward love
It's so sad

Hold it, hold it all in
Let it build up
Oh, build a bomb
Blow it, blow it away
Clear it all out
Just end it

Sort it, sort it out
Just give it back
No thank you
Toss it, toss it away
Eliminate
Just give up

I can't decide
This tug of war
I'm feeling weak

All Aboard!

2011-04-26T22:36:00.000-07:00

Saturday I had the privilege of going to the Railroad Revival Tour. Three highly talented bands riding an old fashioned train to 6 southwestern American cities to play the folkiest, jamminest, most amazing music ever played on banjo, accordian, mandolin, guitar, trumpet and drum.
I didn't sit down, go to the bathroom or have anything to drink for 5 hours straight because the crowd was so thick that if I moved from my spot I would never get back close enough to see the stage. As it was, I had a pretty great view. Pictures are up on my facebook if you haven't seen them yet. There were so many great songs to choose from, but I've already sent out a bit of the old Mumford & Sons a few times before. So, this one being newish, I thought I would send it. And a mellow one from Old Crow to match the feeling.

I Hear Them All lyrics:
I hear the crying of the hungry
In the deserts where they're wandering
Hear them crying out for Heaven's own
Benevolence upon them
Hear destructive power prevailing
I hear fools falsely hailing
To the crooked wits of tyrants when they call

I hear them all (3 times)

I hear the sounds of tearing pages
And the roar of burning paper
All the crimes in acquisition
Turn to air and ash and vapor
And the rattle of the shackle
Far beyond emancipators
And the loneliest who gather in their stalls

I hear them all (3 times)

So, while you sit and whistle Dixie
With your money and your power
I can hear the flowers a-growing
In the rubble of the towers
I hear leaders quit their lyin'
I hear babies quit their cryin'
I hear soldiers quit their dyin', one and all

I hear them all (3 times)

I hear the tender words from Zion
I hear Noah's waterfall
Hear the gentle lamb of Judah
Sleeping at the feet of Buddha
And the prophets from Elijah
To the old Paiute Wovoka
Take their places at the table when they're called

I hear them all (9 times)

Lover of the Light lyrics:
In the middle of the night, I may watch you go
There'll be no value in the strength of walls that I have grown
There'll be no comfort in the shade of the shadows thrown
But I'll be yours if you'll be mine

Stretch out my life and pick the seams out
Take what you like, but close my ears and eyes
Watch me crumble over and over

I have done wrong, so build your tower
But call me home and I will build a throne
And wash my eyes out never again

But love the one you hold
And I'll be your goal
To have and to hold
A lover of the light

Skin too tight and eyes like marbles
You spin me high so watch me as I glide
Before I tumble homeward, homeward

I know I tried, I was not stable
Flawed by pride, I miss my sanguine eyes
So hold my hands up...breathe in, breathe out.

But love the one you hold
And I'll be your goal
To have and to hold
A lover of the light

And in the middle of the night, I may watch you go
There'll be no value in the strength of walls that I have grown
There'll be no comfort in the shade of the shadows thrown
You may not trust the promises of the change I'll show
But I'll be yours if you'll be mine

So love the one you hold
And I will be your goal
To have and to hold
A lover of the light

So love the one you hold
And I will be your goal
To have and to hold
A lover of the light

Boys and Girls

2011-04-12T22:22:00.000-07:00

Tonight I took my kids out to some friends' house way way way out of town where the stars were super bright and they had a guy there with giant telescopes showing us some really awesome parts of our galaxy. We saw Saturn, with its rings and moons, we saw the moon really close up - craters and what-not - and we looked at Betelgeuse and the Orion Nebuli. It was superdy duper cool. The kids had lots of fun running around in the dark with all of their home schooling friends. It reminded me of this poem I wrote many years ago. I love little kids more and more all the time. They amaze me with how smart they are, how insightful and compassionate. How excited they are about the new things they learn. I'm blessed by all the boys and girls I know.

Got Wheels

2011-04-05T20:13:00.001-07:00

My sweet friend GAVE me her car last week. She got a new one and knew it would help me immensely and she just gave it to me. Which means I don't have to share with my estranged husband any more. Which is the hugest relief. In honor of my new car, these two songs are the first songs I can remember that made me want a car of my own someday. I only ever got to hear Hot Rod Lincoln at hippie barn dances when Little Debbie and the Snack Cakes played it, and everyone danced their buns off. The Beach Boys song? I must have listened to the record a bazillion times when I was little. Ah, nostalgia.... maybe I'll go drive around in my car and listen to these selections. :)

My pappy said "Son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin',
if you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln."

Have you heard the story of the hot rod race,
where the Fords 'n' Lincolns were settin' the pace?
That story is true, I'm here to say,
that I was drivin' that Model-A.

It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up,
that Model-A body makes it look like a pup.
It's got eight cylinders and uses 'em all,
got overdrive that just won't stall.

With a four-barrel carb and a dual exhaust,
with 4-11 gears you can really get lost.
Got safety tubes but I ain't scared,
the brakes are good, tires fair.

Pulled outta San Pedro late one night,
the moon 'n' the stars was shinin' bright.
We was drivin' up Grapevine hill,
passin' cars like they was standin' still.

All of a sudden in the wink of an eye,
Cadillac sedan passed us by.
I said "Boys that's the mark for me,"
by then the tailight was all you could see.

Now the fellas ribbed me for bein' behind,
so I thought I'd make the Lincoln unwind.
Took my foot off the gas'n'man alive,
I shoved it on down into overdrive.

Wound it up to a hunderd an' ten,
my speedometer said that I hit top end.
My foot was glued like lead to the floor,
that's all there is an' there ain't no more.

Now the boys all thought I'd lost my sense,
them telephone poles looked like a picket fence.
They said "slow down, I see spots,"
the lines on the road just looked like dots.

Took a corner'n'side-swiped a truck,
crossed my fingers just for luck.
My fenders was clickin' the guardrail posts,
the guy beside me was white as a ghost.

Smoke was comin' from outta the back,
when started t' gain on that Cacillac.
Knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass,
don'tcha by then we'd be low on gas.

We had flames comin' from outta the side,
you could feel the tension, man whatta ride.
I said "look out boys, I got a license to fly,"
and that Caddy pulled over and let us by.

Now all of a sudden she started knockin'
down in the dip she started to rockin'
And I looked in the mirror, a red light was blinkin',
the cops was after my hot rod Lincoln.

They arrested me 'n' they put me in jail,
'n they called my pappy to throw my bail,
'n he said "son you're gonna drive me ta drinkin'
if you don't stop drivin' that hot rod Lincoln.

Round round get around
I get around
Yeah
Get around round round I get around
I get around
Get around round round I get around
My kind o' town
Get around round round I get around
I'm a real cool head
Get around round round I get around
I'm makin' real good bread

I'm gettin' bugged driving up and down this same old strip
I gotta finda new place where the kids are hip

My buddies and me are getting real well known
Yeah, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone

I get around
Get around round round I get around
My kind o' town
Get around round round I get around
I'm a real cool head
Get around round round I get around
I'm makin' real good bread
Get around round round I get around
I get around
Round
Get around round round oooo
Wah wa ooo
Wah wa ooo
Wah wa ooo

We always take my car cause it's never been beat
And we've never missed yet with the girls we meet

None of the guys go steady cause it wouldn't be right
To leave their best girl home now on Saturday night

I get around
Get around round round I get around
My kind o' town
Get around round round I get around
I'm a real cool head
Get around round round I get around
I'm makin' real good bread
Get around round round I get around
I get around
Round
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

Round round get around
I get around
Yeah
Get around round round I get around
Get around round round I get around
Wah wa ooo
Get around round round I get around
Oooo ooo ooo
Get around round round I get around
Ahh ooo ooo
Get around round round I get around
Ahh ooo ooo
Get around round round I get around
Ahh ooo ooo

Let God

2011-03-29T19:26:00.003-07:00

Sometimes you have to wait to see what God wants. I've waited a long long time. But this week I feel like I finally heard him tell me it was okay to let go. Its freeing and scary at the same time. I don't even know what to do - if anything. But I know I don't have to wait anymore.

OH MY GOD
Find a cure find a cure for my life
Put a price put a price on my soul
Oh my god oh you think I´m in control
Oh my god oh you think it´s all for fun
Find a cure find a cure for her life
Put a price put a price on her soul
Oh my god oh you think I´m in control
Oh my god oh you think it´s all for fun
Find a cure find a cure for my life
Put a price put a price on my soul
Build a wall Build a fortress around my heart
Oh my god oh you think I´m in control
Oh my god oh you think it´s all for fun
Is this fun for you?

LET GO
Drink up, baby down
Mmm, are you in or are you out
Leave your things behind
'cause it's all going off without you
Excuse me, too busy
you're writing your tragedy
These mishaps
You bubble wrap
When you've no idea what you're like
So let go, jump in
Oh well, whatcha waiting for
It's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here
It's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
It gains the more it gives
And then it rises with the fall
So hand me that remote
Can't you see that all that stuff's a sideshow
Such boundless pleasure
We've no time for later now
You can't await your own arrival
You've 20 seconds to comply
So let go, jump in
Oh well, whatcha waiting for
It's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here
It's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, jump in
Oh well, whatcha waiting for
It's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
So let go, just get in
Oh, it's so amazing here
It's alright
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown
'cause there's beauty in the breakdown

Burn Victim

2011-03-22T23:20:00.001-07:00

I stupidly spilled a cup of boiling hot coffee in my own lap on Sunday morning. It was going to be the perfect Sunday - relaxing after taking my kids to an awesome concert (tobyMac is now the first concert for every one of my children. Perfect!) Instead, it found me hopping around my dining room,ripping my clothes off and screaming bloody murder in front of my shocked and scared kids. I managed to avoid the ER - the burns are superficial. But uncomfortable and unsightly, nonetheless. All I can say is, I'm glad I won't be burning in hell. The half a minute it took to get my clothes off was excruciating, I can't imagine eternity.

"Hot Hot Hot!!!"

The first time I saw lightening strike
I saw it underground
Six deep feet below the street
The sky came crashing down
For a second that place was lost in space
Then everything went black
I left that basement burning
And I never went back

The second time I saw it strike
I saw it at sea
It lit up the fish like rain
And rained then down on me
For a second that boat was still afloat
Then everything went black
I left it underwater
And I never went back

Hey hey hey!!!
But I like it when that lightening comes
Hey hey hey!!!
Yes I like it alot
Hey hey hey!!!
Yes I'm jumping like a jumping jack
Dancing screaming itching squealing fevered
Feeling hot hot hot!!!

The third time I saw lightening strike
It hit me in bed
It threw me around
And left me for dead
For a second that room was on the moon
Then everything went black
I left that house on fire
And I never went back

Hey hey hey!!!
But I like it when that lightening comes
Hey hey hey!!!
Yes I like it alot
Hey hey hey!!!
Yes I'm jumping like a jumping jack
Dancing screaming itching squealing fevered
Feeling hot hot hot!!!

"Burn For You"

I'm a brand new man, I'm a conscious man
I'm a man who's burnin' for you
The mistakes I've made have been chased away to the bottom of the ocean blue
I'm a brand new man in a foreign land, I'm a man who's feelin' that fire
And it's all so clear when I'm standing here at the peak of my desire

So won't you move me like you used to
I want the world to know I burn for you

I feel revived again, I am alive again
(Burnin' for you) You got me lifted and lifted you lift me up
I feel revived again, I'm energized again
(Burnin' for you) You got me lifted and lifted you lift me up

Woke up in a sweat, those ghosts in my head
Had a grip, but I slipped on by
It's a whole new day as the darkness fades
And the sun's climbing in the sky
I concede, my love, that I need your love
I'm before you, a broken man
And it's only you, no substitutes who can renew this soul again

You got me higher than Kilimanjaro
Got me believin' I can "save the day"
I'm up and running like their ain't no tomorrow
I'd rather burn for you than fade away
I'd rather burn for you than go my way

I'm a whole new guy with a whole new vibe
Changed inside - more flame in the fire
Can't stop, won't stop praying for desire
Like the bunny on the screen feel so energized
Old shell gone without a trace, new face
No more shortness of breath, new pace
Live life now without the taste of fear
TOBYMAC, Double Dutch now let the smoke clear

Somethin Somethin

2011-03-08T23:24:00.002-07:00

Just getting ready to shut down the computer, and I remember its Tuesday. I may be catching it last minute, but I had put some thought into this already... really.
A couple of somethin somethin songs that have been playing on repeat around here lately.

Frying Pan
One laugh in the middle of a struggle,
Diamond at the bottom of a puddle.
Did you ever stare at the moon, 'till you saw double,
I hear you walk away from trouble.
Good love, there ain't no denying,
Say bad love, somebody ain't trying
Did you ever walk some place, just take time,
Or take the fast road and get going.
And then the rules break, there's no mistake,
These are precious times, you and I,
We walk the line.
We walk the line.
I looked in a frying pan,
I sang a song.
I looked at a dying man.
He sang along.

Weightless Again

we stopped for coffee in the Redwood forest
giant dripping leaves, spoons of powdered cream
I wanted to kiss you but I wasn't sure how
like those indians, lost in the rainforest
forced to drag burning wood wherever they went
they had all forgotten how to start a fire
this is why people OD on pills and jump from the Golden Gate Bridge
anything to feel weightless again

those poor lost indians when the white man found them
most died of TB, the rest went insane
in our motel room, you're drinking Slice and gin
reading Moby Dick on the other bed
remember the first time we slept together
you said it felt like when you learned to float
this is why people OD on pills and jump from the Golden Gate Bridge
anything to feel weightless again

New Muse-ic

2011-03-01T18:55:00.003-07:00

This new Devotchka album came out today. It is well worth a listen to. But the album I'm really looking forward to is R.E.M.'s new one "Collapse Into Now" that releases March 11. There are several singles already released, and they are classic Stipe loveliness. Sort of feels a lot like Monster did. I hope your Tuesday is full of wonderful music and other things that make you happy.

100 Other Lovers
I will admit I am embarrassed by your grace
And the complete look of boredom upon your face
You want to be a million miles from this place
You want to get on with my untimely disgrace

I am alone I am in love with an ?
Sophisticated neurological appeals
I want to negotiate some kind of a deal
I want to tear it open show you that it's real

Oh the things I will believe
Ignore the 100 lovers
You got hidden up your sleeve.
The words come easily and they sound so lovely
I guess it's just as easy if you lie to me

And everybody they got all kinds of advice
They want to tell you just how you should live your life.
But who exactly am I supposed to believe?
Am I supposed to let you walk away from me

I know it's coming I can feel it in my bones
And this is information you already know
Even if it's only temporarily
Give the illusion tonight you belong to me

Oh the things I will believe
Ignore the hundred lovers
You got hidden up your sleeve.
The words come easily and they sound so lovely
I guess it's just as easy if you lie to me

Oh My Heart
the kids have a new take
a new take on faith
pick up the pieces
get carried away
i came home to city half erased
i came home to face what we faced

this place needs me here to start
this place is the beat of my heart

oh my heart
oh my heart
(oh my heart)
oh my heart
oh my heart
(oh my heart)

storm didn't kill me
the government changed
hear the answer call
hear the song rearranged
hear the tress, the ghosts and the buildings sing
with the wisdom to reconcile this thing

it's sweet and it's sad and it's true
how it doesn't look bitter on you

oh my heart
oh my heart
(oh my heart)
oh my heart
oh my heart
(oh my heart)

Mother and father
I stand beside you
the good of this world
might help see me through

this place needs me here to start
this place is the beat of my heart

oh my heart
oh my heart
(oh my heart)
oh my heart
oh my heart
(oh my heart)

Heart On

2011-02-15T22:57:00.002-07:00

I have no Valentine. And that's the end of my story. Well, except I wish Marcus Mumford was my Valentine.... but that's not really a story. Its just a wish.

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Up and Gone

2011-02-08T23:27:00.000-07:00

Since the time I moved out of my parents' house 18 years ago, I have had 25 addresses. Now it is 26. That's a lot of moving, folks. And don't think that this is any indication that I enjoy moving at all. Life just keeps pushing me onward to the next place. Anyway, I'm in a new place again. Clinging to another little patch of dirt that I do not own and will eventually have to vacate. Trying to make it FEEL like a home anyway. I guess Saint Paul was right when he said we are stangers and sojourners on this earth. I look forward to that home in heaven, where I never have to pack up and move again.

My Day

2011-02-01T21:57:00.001-07:00

Here is what is on my mind today:
Moving in to a new rental across town
Going to the Phoenix Science Museum tomorrow morning with my kids.
So, there are a couple of songs running through my head as well.
I hope everyone else is having a fun week... Here's to taking life as it comes.

Better Late...

2011-01-25T22:52:00.001-07:00

On the roller coaster of life, I am rising back up to a peak.... sorry for the two weeks off. Thanks to Ben for reminding me of my responsibilities...

I love listening to this at naptime. I don't know why it just touches me right there.

So Anyway

2011-01-04T22:59:00.002-07:00

My daughter asked me to look up this video recently on youtube, and here's the conversation I imagine in my head...
"Man, I got to do something BIG. I wanna be big like Timbaland. I wanna be the shizzit! You know that song Timbaland did with Justin Timberlake? I need to do something like that. What white nerd could I get to do a song with me? He needs to be way nerdier than Timberlake. I wanna take that shit to the next level, man..."

(Truth be told, Rivers Cuomo is one of my favorite men of all time, I'm just sayin'...)

Party Time

2010-12-28T18:27:00.002-07:00

I'm having a nice Christmas break. Spending time with my family and friends, and especially my kids. Sleeping in a lot. Getting some things done around the house. But I hope I get to go out this weekend for New Years Eve. I don't know for sure what I want to do. Quiet party with friends? Bar hopping? I guess I'll have to wait and see what I'm up for.

[Editor's Note] Turns out what I was up for I did not get to do. It snowed like crazy right before New Years and the roads were nigh impassible, so I stayed home and partied like a rock star with my three kids. :)

Baby Santa

2010-12-21T23:14:00.001-07:00

This is the wierdest Christmas season I've ever experienced. I'm there. I'm totally IN it, and yet, things are so upside down that if feels...
I don't know. More like Un-Christmas? Well, there you go. My explanation makes very little sense. Like everything else! Merry Merry, everybody!

2010-12-14T19:52:00.001-07:00

I know I missed last week. Sorry bout that. I thought bout it at like 10:30 but I was already in bed and din't want to get up. :) So here you go.

Sister Act

2010-11-30T22:36:00.004-07:00

I just don't think I can emphasize enough how SPECIAL and AMAZING sisterly love is. There is a bond between sisters that can't be compared to anything else. I love that I got to spend Thanksgiving with two of my three beautiful sisters. I wish we had all three been together. Here are a couple of sister duos that really knock me out.

Turtley Torpor

2010-11-23T21:10:00.001-07:00

My turtle almost died last night!!! He has a little insulated house with a heater, but for some reason he was not in it! I found him with ice on his eyes this morning!!!!! Man, I was worried all day long. But he is alive. Slow and possibly blind, but living. So in honor of Earlya, here are some turtle tracks. In this first video, you can see just what Earlya looked like 7 years ago when I first got him. (It isn't him, but he was that little and that adorable). The second video is not actually music, but it is a song. And the Mock Turtle is my very own mythical beast.

Bad Clown

2010-11-16T19:33:00.004-07:00

Okay, so when I was young me and my friends used to get really baked and listen to disturbing spoken word artists. Doesn't that sound fun? Anyway, yesterday one of my dear old friends wrote me an email and told me that I once borrowed her Crispin Glover CD and threw it away when I became a Christian. I don't deny that is a possibility. But I felt bad, so I went ahead and found it available on rhapsody so I could replace it. And another friend altogether was really into Steven Jesse Bernstein. Don't you think these tracks were just made to go together?

Smooth Moves

2010-11-09T19:23:00.002-07:00

These songs make me want to go dancing. Unfortunately, there's not that much good dancing in Prescott. I end up shaking my booty to whatever cover band is playing at Coyote Joe's. There are some pretty impressive ones. But someday, I hope I get to really go dancing again. Until then, I'm dancing in my living room to these cool songs.

Mambo Italiano
A girl went back to Napoli
Because she missed the scenery
The native dances and the charming songs
But wait a minute, something's wrong

Hey, mambo! Mambo italiano!
Hey, mambo! Mambo italiano
Go, go, go you mixed up sicialiano
All you calabraise-a do the mambo like a crazy with a
Hey mambo, don't wanna tarantella
Hey mambo, no more a mozzarella
Hey mambo! Mambo italiano!
Try an enchilada with da fish a bac a lab and then a
Hey goombah, I love a how you dance a rhumbah
But take a some advice paisano
Learn how to mambo
If you gonna be a square
You ain't a gonna go nowhere
Hey mambo! mambo italiano!
Hey mambo! mambo italiano!
Go, go, Joe, shake like a Giovanno
Hello kess-a-deetch-a you getta happy in the feets a
When you mambo italiano
Shake-a Baby shake-a cause i love a when you take a me
Mama say "stop-a or I'm gonna go to papa"
And a hey ja drool you don't a have to go to school
Just make-a wid da beat bambino
It's a like a vino
Kid you good a lookin' but you don't a-know what's cookin' till you
Hey mambo, Mambo italiano
Hey mambo, Mambo italiano
Ho, ho, ho, you mixed up Siciliano
it's a so delish a ev'rybody come copisha
How to mambo italianoooooo!'
Ats nice!
UNH!

Dress Up

2010-11-02T10:58:00.001-07:00

My sister and I had so much fun on Saturday night. We went out on the town dressed as Joan Jett and Barbie. And we were gorgeous. And we made new friends. And we were very in character.

Bad Reputation

I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
You're living in the past, it's a new generation
A girl can do what she wants to do and that's what I'm gonna do

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
Oh no, not me

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
Never said I wanted to improve my station
An' I'm only doin' good when I'm havin' fun
An' I don't have to please no one

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
Oh no, not me, oh no, not me

I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
I've never been afraid of any deviation
An' I don't really care if ya think I'm strange
I ain't gonna change

An' I'm never gonna care 'bout my bad reputation
Oh no, not me, oh no, not me

Pedal boys!

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation
The world's in trouble, there's no communication
An' everyone can say what they wanna say
It never gets better, anyway

So why should I care 'bout a bad reputation anyway?
Oh no, not me, oh no, not me

I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
You're living in the past, it's a new generation
An' I only feel good when I got no pain
An' that's how I'm gonna stay

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation
Oh no, not me, oh no, not me
Not me, not me

"Barbie Girl"

Hi Barbie
Hi Ken!
Do you wanna go for a ride?
Sure Ken!
Jump In...

I'm a barbie girl, in the barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic!
you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation
Come on Barbie, let's go party!

I'm a barbie girl, in the barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic!
you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation

I'm a blond bimbo girl, in the fantasy world
Dress me up, make it tight, I'm your dolly
You're my doll, rock'n'roll, feel the glamour in pink,
kiss me here, touch me there, hanky panky...
You can touch, you can play, if you say: "I'm always yours"

(uu-oooh-u)

I'm a barbie girl, in the barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic!
you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation

Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(Ah-ah-ah-yeah)
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(uu-oooh-u)
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(Ah-ah-ah-yeah)
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(uu-oooh-u)

Make me walk, make me talk, do whatever you please
I can act like a star, I can beg on my knees
Come jump in, bimbo friend, let us do it again,
hit the town, fool around, let's go party
You can touch, you can play, if you say: "I'm always yours"
You can touch, you can play, if you say: "I'm always yours"

Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(Ah-ah-ah-yeah)
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(uu-oooh-u)
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(Ah-ah-ah-yeah)
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(uu-oooh-u)

I'm a barbie girl, in the barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic!
you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation

I'm a barbie girl, in the barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic!
you can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation

Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(Ah-ah-ah-yeah)
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(uu-oooh-u)
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(Ah-ah-ah-yeah)
Come on Barbie, let's go party!
(uu-oooh-u)

Oh, I'm having so much fun!
Well Barbie, we're just getting started
Oh, I love you Ken!

Poetic Odes

2010-10-26T20:23:00.002-07:00

I'm leaning back into my poetry writing again. There are several poems rolling around in my head that will be put down to paper as soon as I have a day to myself again. If you like that sort of thing, keep an eye out for them. Until then, listen to these songs and maybe write some of your own.

Sylvia Plath
i wish i had a sylvia plath
busted tooth and a smile
and cigarette ashes in her drink
the kind that goes out and then sleeps for a week
the kind that goes out on her
to give me a reason, for well, i dunno

and maybe she'd take me to france
or maybe to spain and she'd ask me to dance
in a mansion on the top of a hill
she'd ash on the carpets
and slip me a pill
then she'd get me pretty loaded on gin
and maybe she'd give me a bath
how i wish i had a sylvia plath

and she and i would sleep on a boat
and swim in the sea without clothes
with rain falling fast on the sea
while she was swimming away, she'd be winking at me
telling me it would all be okay
out on the horizon and fading away
and i'd swim to the boat and i'd laugh
i gotta get me a sylvia plath

and maybe she'd take me to france
or maybe to spain and she'd ask me to dance
in a mansion on the top of a hill
she'd ash on the carpets
and slip me a pill
then she'd get me pretty loaded on gin
and maybe she'd give me a bath
how i wish i had a sylvia plath
i wish i had a sylvia plath

Sharp Cutting Wings
You're the one, you're my shinin' star
You're the one I've been waitin' for
Let's fly away
To some foreign country
Where nobody knows who we are

I wish I had a ship to sail the waters
I wish I had about a hundred dollars
But I just stand
With this glass in my hand
Feelin' like nothin' even matters

Your words run through me like the blood in my veins
I could swear I knew your love
Before I knew your name...

Everyday I miss your smilin' face
No one here can ever take your place
The sun can shine down
Over my town
But it never shines in my days

I told all the stars above
I'm gonna shower you with my love
I won't demand you
I'll try to understand you
My love is as free as a dove

Your words run thru me like the blood in my veins
I could swear I knew your
Before I knew your name...

You're the one, you're my shinin' star
You're the one I've been waitin' for
Let's fly away
To some foreign country
Where nobody knows who we are

Show Time

2010-10-19T22:23:00.002-07:00

Its a time honored 2fer Tuesday tradition whenever I get to go to a concert ya'all get to hear the top songs on the following Tuesday. Sunday I took my 8 year old son to his very first concert - TobyMac and Third Day did a benefit tour for World Vision, a Child Sponsorship organization that helps children in third world countries. Huyler was in hog heaven. The Diverse City band were in rare form (not that rare, they ALWAYS give it everything they've got), Mac Powell's voice and hair were both heart-wrenchingly beautiful, and we even signed up to sponsor a little girl in Senegal named Ndeye. She's 5 and ever so cute. Everything was mind-blowing, but these two songs were just what I needed to hear. And now you are lucky enough to hear them too.

Get Back Up
You turned away when I looked you in the eye,
And hesitated when I asked if you were alright,
Seems like you're fighting for you life,
But why? oh why?
Wide awake in the middle of your nightmare,
You saw it comin' but it hit you outta no where,
And there's always scars
When you fall back far

We lose our way,
We get back up again
It's never too late to get back up again,
One day you will shine again,
You may be knocked down,
But not out forever,
Lose our way,
We get back up again,
So get up, get up,
You gonna shine again,
Never too late to get back up again,
You may be knocked down,
But not out forever
[May be knocked down but not out forever]

You're rolled out at the dawning of the day
Heart racin' as you made you little get away,
It feels like you've been runnin' all your life
But, why? Oh why?

So you've pulled away from the love that would've been there,
You start believin' that your situation's unfair

But there's always scars,
When you fall back far

We lose our way,
We get back up again
Never too late to get back up again,
One day, you gonna shine again,
You may be knocked down but not out forever,
Lose our way, we get back up again,
So get up, get up

You gonna shine again
It's never too late, to get back up again
You may be knocked down, but not out forever,
May be knocked down, but not out forever!

This is love callin', love callin', out to the broken,
This is love callin'.
This is love callin', love callin', out to the broken
This is love callin'.
This is love callin', love callin',
I am so broken
This is love callin' love callin

Lose our way, [way way way ay ay ay]
We get back up, [get back up again]
It's never too late [late late late ate ate ate]
You may be knocked down but not out forever!

Lose our way,
We get back up again,
So get up get up
You gonna shine again
Never too late to get back up again
You may be knocked down,
But not out forever,

This is love [lose our way] callin' love callin' [get back up again]
To the broken
This is love [never too late] callin'
[may be knocked down but not out forever]
This is love [lose our way] callin' love callin' [we get back up again]
To the broken
This is love [never too late] callin'
[may be knocked down but not out forever]

This is love callin' love callin'
Out to the broken,
This is love callin'....

Tunnel
I won't pretend to know what you're thinking
I can't begin to know what you're going through
I won't deny the pain that you're feeling
But I'm gonna try and give a little hope to you

Just remember what I've told you
There's so much you're living for

[Chorus]
There's a light at the end of this tunnel
There's a light at the end of this tunnel
For you, for you
There's a light at the end of this tunnel
Shinin' bright at the end of this tunnel
For you, for you

So keep holdin' on

You've got your disappointments and sorrows
You ought to share the weight of that load with me
Then you will find that the light of tomorrow
It brings a new life for your eyes to see

So remember what I've told you
There's so much you're living for
[Chorus]
So keep holdin' on
Keep holding on

[Musical Break]

So remember what I've told you
There's so much you're living for
[Chorus] x2
There's a light at the end of this tunnel
For you, for you
Shinin' bright at the end of this tunnel
For you, for you
So keep holdin' on
Keep holding on
Keep holding on, now.

You've got your disappointments and sorrows
But I'm gonna try and give a little hope to you

Late Lovin'

2010-10-11T22:02:00.003-07:00

Everyone has to have boundaries. I appreciate that Zooey Deschanel drew a concrete line in the proverbial sand. And as a companion to the turn OFF song of the year, we have a special request, which you know I will ALWAYS honor. Email me, I mean it! bouvier_turtle (at) yahoo (dot) com
Originally by Sheila E, whose boundaries are a little farther than Zooey's, this cover by Michael Hedges is nice because the lyrics are easier to understand. And they're so steamy, that is a plus. (But here's a link, if you really just NEED to see Sheila E dancing it out. She is pretty glitter-tastic)

A Love Bizzarre
by Prince
performed by Sheila E
Covered by Michael Hedges

The moon up above, it shines down upon our skin
Whispering words that scream of outrageous sin
We all want the stuff that's found in our wildest dreams
It gets kinda rough in the back of our limousine

CHORUS:
That's what we are, we all want a love bizarre
That's what we are, we all want a love bizarre

A strawberry mind, a body that's built 4 2
A kiss on the spine, we do things we never do
Come swallow the pride and joy of the ivory tower
We'll dance on the roof, make love on a bed of flowers

CHORUS

The moon up above, it shines down upon our skin
(It shines down... on... our... skin)
Whispering words that scream of outrageous sin
(Whispering words that scream of... scream of sin)
We all want the stuff that's found in our wildest dreams
(We all want the stuff that's found in our wildest... wildest dreams, yeah)
It gets kinda rough in the back of our limousine

CHORUS

That's what we are, we all want a love bizarre
(A strawberry mind, a body that's built 4 2, me and U)
That's what we are, we all want a love bizarre
(A kiss on the spine, we do things we never do)

(Yeah)

CHORUS {x4}

What we are, what we are, a love bizarre {x2}
What we are (What we are), what we are (what we are)
A love bizarre (A love bizarre)

CHORUS {repeated ‘til end}

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

Ah yeah! {x3}

Sweet Ballad
by Munchausen by Proxy with Von Iva

Got nothing to prove
I'm not you're whore
You're gonna lose
'Cause I got moral

I'm not your..
You..?
I'm not your little
I'm not your little
I'm not your little whore

(Whore, whore, whore)
I'm not your late nite booty call
(Whore no more)
Don't call me past 11 pm it won't happen again
(Whore, whore, whore)
I'm not ur late nite booty call
(Whore no more)
Don't call me past 11 pm it won't happen again

Like a scalp that won't heal
Just another sore
Lost face in the crowd
Such a lonely boy

Don't call me past 11 pm
It won't happen again
It happened once, it happened twice
It happened three times,
Maybe four times
Maybe five times
Maybe..
Maybe it happened six times
but it won't happen seven times
no no no no no

(Whore, whore, whore)
I'm not your late nite booty call
(Whore no more)
Don't call me past 11 pm it won't happen again
(Whore, whore, whore)
I'm not ur late nite booty call
(Whore no more)
Don't call me past 11 pm it won't happen again
You can call me at 10:59 but don't call me at 11 'cause that's my rule noww..

Totes Magrotes

2010-10-05T19:31:00.000-07:00

Happy Tuesday, everyone.

Roll Away Your Stone
Roll away your stone, I’ll roll away mine
Together we can see what we will find
Don’t leave me alone at this time,
For I'm afraid of what I will discover inside

Cause you told me that I would find a hole,
Within the fragile substance of my soul
And I have filled this void with things unreal,
And all the while my character it steals

Darkness is a harsh term don’t you think?
And yet it dominates the things I see

It seems that all my bridges have been burned,
But you say that’s exactly how this grace thing works
It’s not the long walk home that will change this heart,
But the welcome I receive with the restart

Darkness is a harsh term don’t you think?
And yet it dominates the things I see
Darkness is a harsh term don’t you think?
And yet it dominates the things I've seen

Stars hide your fires,
These here are my desires
And I won't give them up to you this time around
And so, I’ll be found with my stake stuck in this ground
Marking the territory of this newly impassioned soul

But you, you’ve gone too far this time
You have neither reason nor rhyme
With which to take this soul that is so rightfully mine

Oh God
remember that night
we liked to play old board games
him into trouble and you into risk
thank god for gravity he replied
to a question she never asked before she made her final move
he stopped motion with his timex, grabbed her by the arm and said

o my god

even this overpass
sees more travel than us
i'm reading what to say from a book of violent weather
your limbs flail to music that only you can hear
make your mouth some headphones
and whisper in my ear

o my god

Two Wheels ....=O~O

2010-09-28T07:00:00.001-07:00

I was already thinking about Bicycle Race for today's set... I'm going to have a bicycle soon. I haven't had one since I was just a kid. So that's exciting. And then this morning, my friend, who is giving me the bike, by the way, mentioned another Queen song, and the set was solidified in my mind. In fact, I came right over to send it out instead of waiting till late in the day. May one or both of these songs be stuck in your heads all day. Lets fill the world around us with QUEEN. bwahahahaha!

Bicycle Race

Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle

I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride it where I like

You say black I say white
You say bark I say bite
You say shark I say hey man
Jaws was never my scene
And I don't like Star Wars
You say Rolls I say Royce
You say God give me a choice
You say Lord I say Christ
I don't believe in Peter Pan
Frankenstein or Superman
All I wanna do is

Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my

Bicycle races are coming your way
So forget all your duties oh yeah
Fat bottomed girls they'll be riding today
So look out for those beauties oh yeah
On your marks get set go
Bicycle race bicycle race bicycle race

Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle bicycle
Bicycle bicycle bicycle
Bicycle race

You say coke I say caine
You say John I say Wayne
Hot dog I say cool it man
I don't wanna be the President of America
You say smile I say cheese
Cartier I say please
Income tax I say Jesus
I don't wanna be a candidate for
Vietnam or Watergate
Cause all I wanna do is

Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride it where I like

Flash's Theme

Flash a-ah
Savior of the Universe
Flash a-ah
He'll save every one of us

(Seemingly there is no reason for these extraordinary intergalactical upsets)
(Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha)
(What's happening Flash?)
(Only Doctor Hans Zarkhov, formerly at NASA, has provided any explanation)

Flash a-ah
He's a miracle

(This morning's unprecedented solar eclipse is no cause for alarm)

Flash a-ah
King of the impossible

He's for every one of us
Stand for every one of us
He save with a mighty hand
Every man, every woman
Every child, with a mighty
Flash

(General Kala, Flash Gordon approaching.)
(What do you mean Flash Gordon approaching? Open fire! All weapons! Dispatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body)

Flash a-ah
(Gordon's alive!)

Flash a-ah
He'll save every one of us

Just a man
With a man's courage
You know he's
Nothing but a man
And he can never fail
No one but the pure at heart
May find the Golden Grail
...Oh..Oh........Oh..Oh ................

(Flash, Flash, I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!)
Flash

I'm Pooped

2010-09-21T16:52:00.003-07:00

I had to clean up the yard yesterday. Let me rephrase that, I pretty much had to re-landscape the yard that my darling children have torn up and trashed since we moved here in March. I was on the verge of being expelled from the premises for not taking good care of the yard. And it was hard work. And it was hot outside. And when we were all done, I had to change my clothes and go to work at Target. And then this morning, I had to get up and do two days of school work with my kids because we did none yesterday. I'm tired!

I'm so tired
The Beatles

I'm so tired, I haven't slept a wink
I'm so tired, my mind is on the blink
I wonder should I get up and fix myself a drink
No,no,no.

I'm so tired I don't know what to do
I'm so tired my mind is set on you
I wonder should I call you but I know what you would do

You'd say I'm putting you on
But it's no joke, it's doing me harm
You know I can't sleep, I can't stop my brain
You know it's three weeks, I'm going insane
You know I'd give you everything I've got
for a little peace of mind

I'm so tired, I'm feeling so upset
Although I'm so tired I'll have another cigarette
And curse Sir Walter Raleigh
He was such a stupid get.

You'd say I'm putting you on
But it's no joke, it's doing me harm
You know I can't sleep, I can't stop my brain
You know it's three weeks, I'm going insane
You know I'd give you everything I've got
for a little peace of mind
I'd give you everything I've got for a little peace of mind
I'd give you everything I've got for a little peace of mind
(mumbling)

"I'm Tired"
performed in: "Blazing Saddles" by Madeleine Khan (1974)
written by: Mel Brooks

Here I stand, the goddess of Desire,
set men on fire,
I have this power,
morning noon and night it's drink and dancing,
some quick romancing,
and then a quick shower,
stage door johnnies always surround me,
they always hound me,
with one request,
who can satisfy their lustful habits,
I'm not a rabbit!
I need some rest!

I'm tired,
sick and tired of love,
I've had my fill of love,
from below and above,
tired,
tired of being admired,
tired of love uninspired,
let's face it,
I'm tired!

I've been with 1000's of men,
again and again,
they promise the moon,
they always coming and going,
going and coming,
and always too soon!
Right girls?

I'm tired,
tired of playing the game,
ain't it a crying shame?
I'm so tired,
God dammit I'm tired!

Hello cowboy, what's your name?
Tex 'mam
Tex 'mam ? Tell me Tex'mam, are you in show business?
No
We'll then why don't you get your freaking feet off here
La ha
Ah ha he hu...
Hello handsome, is that a 10 gallon hat? Or are you just enjoying the show?
Ah ha ah...
Oh miss lilly, oh my lady, oh my pussy cat, put it there baby, put it... ohhhhh

I'm tired,
tired of playing the game,
ain't it a crying shame,
I'm so tired

[soldiers:]
she's tired
-she's tired
sick and tired of love
-give her a break
she's had her fill of love
-she's not a snake
from bellow and above
-can't you see she's sick?
tired
-she's bushed
tired of being admired
-let her alone
tired of love uninspired
-get off the phone
she's tired
-don't you know she's pooped?

I've been with 1000's of men,
again and again,
they sing the same tune,
the start with Byron and Shelly,
and jump on your belly,
and bust your balloon!
aye!
tired,
tired of playing the game,
ain't it a freakin shame,
I'm so...
let's face it,
everything below the waste is kapput!

Long Wait

2010-09-14T16:44:00.002-07:00

Geez Louise! I had a doctor's appointment today... I haven't been in for about 8 years and I couldn't really say why. Why don't I go to the doctor? Besides that its expensive and I don't ever have insurance and everyone in the waiting room coughs all over you and makes you feel like you are going to leave with some lethal disease when you just came in for a "well woman check up". Ugh. But today I realized the real reason I don't go.... I sat in the waiting room for TWO HOURS for a 5 minute exam! Soooooo ridiculous! Its cold and boring, and then they get me in a stinkin' paper towel robe and make me wait another 20 minutes? Come ON! I don't think I'll do that again for another 8 years. I couldn't wait to get home.

Waiting Room by Fugazi

I am a patient boy
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait
My time is like water down a drain
Everybody's moving,
Everybody's moving,
Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving
Please don't leave me to remain
In the waiting room
I don't want the news
I cannot use it
I don't want the news
I won't live by it
Sitting outside of town
Everybody's always down
Tell me why?
Because... they can't get up
Ahhh... Come on and get up
Come on and get up
But I don't sit idly by
Ahhh...
I'm planning a big surprise
I'm gonna fight for what I want to be
I won't make the same mistakes
Because I know
Because I know how much time that wastes
And Function
Function is the key
To the the waiting room
I don't want the news
I cannot use it
I don't want the news
I won't live by it
Sitting outside of town
Everybody's always down
Tell me why?
Because... they can't get up
Ahhh... Come on and get up
Up for the waiting room
Sitting in the waiting room
Ahhh...
Sitting in the waiting room
Ahhh...
Sitting in the waiting room
Ahhh...
Sitting in the waiting room
Ahhh...
Tell me why?
Because... they can't get up

Home by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

[Her:]
Alabama, Arkansas,
I do love my ma and pa,
Not the way that I do love you.

[Him:]
Holy, Moley, me, oh my,
You're the apple of my eye,
Girl I've never loved one like you.

[Her:]
Man oh man you're my best friend,
I scream it to the nothingness,
There ain't nothing that I need.

[Him:]
Well, hot and heavy, pumpkin pie,
Chocolate candy, Jesus Christ,
Ain't nothing please me more than you.

[Both:]
Ahh Home. Let me come home
Home is wherever I'm with you.
Ahh Home. Let me go ho-oh-ome.
Home is wherever I'm with you.

La, la, la, la, take me home.
Mother, I'm coming home.

[Him:]
I'll follow you into the park,
Through the jungle through the dark,
Girl I never loved one like you.

[Her:]
Moats and boats and waterfalls,
Alley-ways and pay phone calls,
I've been everywhere with you.

[Him:]
We laugh until we think we’ll die,
Barefoot on a summer night
Nothin’ new is sweeter than with you

[Her:]
And in the streets you run afree,
Like it's only you and me,
Geeze, you're something to see.

[Both:]
Ahh Home. Let me go home.
Home is wherever I'm with you.
Ahh Home. Let me go ho-oh-ome.
Home is wherever I'm with you.

La, la, la, la, take me home.
Daddy, I'm coming home.

(Talking)
Him: Jade
Her: Alexander
Him: Do you remember that day you fell outta my window?
Her: I sure do, you came jumping out after me.
Him: Well, you fell on the concrete, nearly broke your ass, you were bleeding all over the place and I rushed you out to the hospital, you remember that?
Her: Yes I do.
Him: Well there's something I never told you about that night.
Her: What didn't you tell me?
Him: While you were sitting in the backseat smoking a cigarette you thought was gonna be your last, I was falling deep, deeply in love with you, and I never told you til just now.

[Both:]
Ahh Home. Let me go home.
Home is wherever I'm with you.
Ahh Home. Let me go ho-oh-ome.
Home is where I'm alone with you.

[Him:]
Home. Let me come home.
Home is wherever I'm with you.

[Her:]
Ahh home. Yes I am ho-oh-ome.
Home is when I'm alone with you.

[Her:]
Alabama, Arkansas,
I do love my ma and pa...
Moats and boats and waterfalls,
Alley-ways and pay phone calls...

[Both:]
Ahh Home. Let me go home.
Home is wherever I'm with you.
Ahh Home. Let me go ho-oh-ome.
Home is where I'm alone with you...

School of Mix

2010-09-07T22:56:00.002-07:00

The deluge of awesome music continues. My friend Joel graced me with another mix CD. I don't even know where to begin. No really, he made the mix Guy Style, meaning he didn't give me any song list, so I have no idea the Titles or Artists. I did find a couple of them by googling their lyrics. It doesn't even matter, though. I will listen to this CD until it disintegrates.

Boa Sorte by Vanessa Da Mata (feat. Ben Harper)

É só isso
Não tem mais jeito
Acabou
Boa sorte
Não tenho o que dizer
São só palavras
E o que eu sinto
Não mudará

Tudo o que quer me dar
É demais
É pesado
Não há paz
Tudo o que quer de mim
Irreais
Expectativas
Desleais

That's it
There is no way
It's over
Good luck
I have nothing left to say
It's only words
And what l feel
Won't change

(Refrão)

Tudo o que quer me dar
Everything you want to give me
É demais
It too much
É pesado
It's heavy
Não há paz
There is no peace
Tudo o que quer de mim
All you want from me
Irreais
Isn´t real
Expectativas
Expectations
Desleais

Mesmo, se segure
Quero que se cure
Dessa pessoa
Que o aconselha
Há um desencontro
Veja por esse ponto
Há tantas pessoas especiais

Now even if you hold yourself
I want you to get cured
From this person
Who advises you
There is a disconnection
See through this point of view
There are so many special people in the world
So many special people in the world... in the world
All you want all you want

(Repete refrão)

Now were falling (falling), falling (falling) into the night (into the night),
Falling (falling), falling (falling) into the night (um bom encontro é de dois),
Now were falling (falling), falling (falling) into the night (into the night),
Falling (falling), falling (falling) into the night.

Orange Sky by Alexi Murdoch

Well I had a dream
I stood beneath an orange sky
Yes I had a dream
I stood beneath an orange sky
With my brother standing by
With my brother standing by
I said Brother, you know you know
It's a long road we've been walking on
Brother you know it is you know it is
Such a long road we've been walking on

And I had a dream
I stood beneath an orange sky
With my sister standing by
With my sister standing by
I said Sister, here is what I know now
Here is what I know now
Goes like this..
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, in your love, in your love

But sister you know I'm so weary
And you know sister
My hearts been broken
Sometimes, sometimes
My mind is too strong to carry on
Too strong to carry on

When I am alone
When I've thrown off the weight of this crazy stone
When I've lost all care for the things I own
That's when I miss you, that's when I miss you, that's when I miss you
You who are my home
You who are my home
And here is what I know now
Here is what I know now
Goes like this..
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, in your love, in your love

Well I had a dream
I stood beneath an orange sky
Yes I had a dream
I stood beneath an orange sky
With my brother and my sister standing by
With my brother and my sister standing by
With my brother and my sister standing by

Humble Awe

2010-08-31T18:08:00.003-07:00

I just heard this Gungor song today, and then I remembered it was Tuesday so... perfect! And then I just turned to an old favorite from Switchfoot. I'm in love with someone. He won't ever let me down. These songs were both written for him.

Beautiful Things
All this pain
I wonder if I’ll even find my way
I wonder if my life could really change at all
All this earth
Could all that is lost ever be found
Could a garden come up from this ground at all

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

All around
Hope is springing up from this old ground
Out of chaos life is being found in You

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

You make me new, You are making me new
You make me new, You are making me new

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

On Fire
They tell you where you need to go
They tell you when you'll need to leave
They tell you what you need to know
They tell you who you need to be

But everything inside you knows
There's more than what you've heard
There's so much more than empty conversations
Filled with empty words

And you're on fire
When He's near you
You're on fire
When He speaks
You're on fire
Burning at these mysteries

Give me one more time around
Give me one more chance to see
Give me everything You are
Give me one more chance to be... (near You)

Cause everything inside me looks like
Everything I hate
You are the hope I have for change
You are the only chance I'll take

When I'm on fire
When You're near me
I'm on fire
When You speak
And I'm on fire
Burning at these mysteries
These mysteries...

I'm standing on the edge of me [x3]
I'm standing on the edge of everything I've never been before.
And i've been standing on the edge of me
Standing on the edge

And I'm on fire
When You're near me
I'm on fire
When You speak
(Yea) I'm on fire
Burning at these mysteries... these mysteries... these mysteries
Ah you're the mystery
You're the mystery

Piece Pipe

2010-08-24T23:21:00.000-07:00

There is this big patch of boulders near our house, which I know would be such a wonderful place to climb and explore when I was a little kid, but since we are right in down town Prescott, and since we know there is a sex offender living only a few doors away from us, my poor children are forbidden to go climbing around up there without adult supervision. They still manage to get their booties up there once in a while when they are supposedly playing with neighbor kids. Today Huyler revealed a "treasure" he had found up there on one such occasion - the broken shaft of a lovely, blown glass pot pipe. AWESOME. Just what I want my 7 year old son coming home to show me. Mama's watch just got a little more hawk-like.

Enjoy some druggie songs

"Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth"

I never thought you'd be a junkie because heroin is so passe.
But today, if you think that I don't know about depression and emotional pain,
You're insane, or you're a fool who hasn't paid attention to a word that I say.
In a way, I can't help but feel responsible, I always knew that you were insane
With your pain, but I never thought you'd be a junkie because heroin is so passe, hey.

Heroin is so passe, hey.
Herion is so passe, hey, hey.
Aaaah

So passe nowadays.
You never thought you'd get addicted, just be cooler in an obvious way
I could say, shouldn't you have got a couple piercings and decided maybe that you were gay,
In a way, I can't help but feel responsible, I always knew that you were insane
With your pain, but I never thought you'd be a junkie because heroin is so passe, hey.

Heroin is so passe, hey.
Herion is so passe, hey, hey.
Ah ah ah ah, aaah, aaah, aaaah
Ah ah ah ah, aaah, aaah, aaaah
Ah ah ah ah, aaah, aaaaaaah

Heroin is so passe, hey.
Heroin is so passe, hey
Heroin is so passe, hey, hey.
Ah ah ah ah, aaah, aaah, aaaah,
Ah ah ah ah, aaah, aaah, aaaah,
hey hey hey hey heyyy, heyyy, heyyyyy

Breathe In

I - read you - and god i'm good at it - i'm so spot on
Chord - shapes in air - go press that dissonance - if you dare
And you - breathing in - finesse an innocent
From her partying

And i'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
And i'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
Cause i love you no?
Can't help but love, you know...

What - part of no - don't you understand - i've told you before
To just get - off my case - this isn't happening - stop this now
And i - where was i? - i have to be somewhere
Now where did i put it?

And i'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
And i'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
Cause i love you no?
Can't help but love you, no...

Is this it - is this it - is this it?

Yes - hello we're back - and we're taking calls
Now what was the question?

And i'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
And i'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
Cause i love you no?
Can't help but love you, no...

Without Title

2010-08-17T21:44:00.002-07:00

I just got home from playing Bunco and remembered the 2fer. I am sort of not in a 2fer mindset, but as I said before, I have so much new music to share, I hardly have to worry. Its just the "blurb" at the beginning that's difficult.
I'm in a peaceful mindset lately. Not an easy mindset, but a peaceful one, if that makes any sense. Things aren't going my way, but they are going.... and I'm always curious to see where they will go. In the mean time, God is taking really good care of me. I love that. A reliable, real God who never leaves my side and always does what he says he will. Awesome.

Okay, the music has nothing to do with that... Its just really, really good to listen to. Enjoy!

I Feel It All
I feel it all, I feel it all
I feel it all, I feel it all
The wings are wide, the wings are wide
Wild card in sight, wild card in sight

Oh I’ll be the one who'll break my heart
I'll be the one to hope

Can I know more than I knew before
I know more than I knew before
I didn't rest, I didn't stop
Did we fight or did we talk

Oh I’ll be the one who'll break my heart
I'll be the one to hope

Can I love you more
I love you more
I don't know what I knew before
But now I know I want to win the war

No one likes to take a test
Sometimes we don't pull or flex
Put your weight against the door
Kick-drum on the basement floor
Stranded in the thought of woods
Looking like the winter bird
On my head the water pours
Cops stream through the open door
Fly away
Fly away the one who want to make

I feel it all
I feel it all
The wings are wide
Wild card in sight, wild card in sight

Oh I’ll be the one who'll break my heart
I'll be the one who'll break my heart
I'll be the one who'll break my heart
I'll end it, though you started it
The truth, the lies
The truth, the lies

The Greatest
Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind of waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars of night turned deep to dust

Melt me down
Into big black armour
Leave no trace of grace
Just in your honour
Lower me down
To culprit south
Make 'em wash a space in town
For the lead
And the dregs of my bed
I've been sleepin'
Lower me down
Pin me in
Secure the grounds
For the later parade

Once I wanted to be the greatest
Two fists of solid rock
With brains that could explain
Any feeling

Lower me down
Pin me in
Secure the grounds
For the lead
And the dregs of my bed
I've been sleepin'
For the later parade

Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind of waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars of night turned deep to dust

Surprise Appearances

2010-08-10T20:27:00.003-07:00

I don't even know what I would do if I got to sing with Frank Black. I would die of love. I would pee my pants. No, I would just try to sing the song as closely to the way I've always heard it as possible. Which is just what Tenacious D does. And just what Weird Al does, too. So freakin' awesome.

"Oh My Golly!"

Entro las Pinones y la ola es pequena,
Oh my Golly!

Vamos para la luna caribe,
Oh my golly!
Besando chichando con surfer rosa,
Oh my golly!,
Se fue su madera
Oh my golly!

Rosa oh oh oh Rosa,

Yo soy playero pero no hay playa,
Oh my golly!
Bien perdida la surfer rosa,
Oh my golly!

La vida total es un porqueria porqueria,
Oh my golly!
Esto no es mas, que vida!
Oh my golly!
Rosa oh oh oh Rosa

"I Bleed"

as loud as hell
a ringing bell
behind my smile
it shakes my teeth
and all the while
as vampires feed
i bleed

prithee, my dear,
why are we here
nobody knows
we go to sleep
as breathing flows
my mind secedes
i bleed

there's a place
in the buried west
in a cave
with a house in it
in the clay
the holes of hands
you can place
a hand in hand
in bleed

Radio Radio

2010-08-03T08:35:00.003-07:00

Some events are worth revisiting again and again. In 1977 Elvis Costello was forbidden from playing his controversial song "Radio Radio" on Saturday Night Live, but he played it anyway and was banned from the show for 12 years.
When the Beastie Boys appeared on the show in 1999, they re-enacted the event, paying homage to the man who helped shape today's music - even for the Beasties. Love it.
You really should listen to both versions of the song. It doesn't get old, I promise.

Radio Radio
by Elvis Costello

I was tuning in the shine on the light night dial
Doing anything my radio advised
With every one of those late night stations
Playing songs bringing tears to my eyes
I was seriously thinking about hiding the receiver
When the switch broke 'cause it's old
They're saying things that I can hardly believe
They really think we're getting out of control

(CHORUS) Radio is a sound salvation
Radio is cleaning up the nation
They say you better listen to the voice of reason
But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason
So you had better do as you are told
You better listen to the radio

I wanna bite the hand that feeds me
I wanna bite that hand so badly
I want to make them wish they'd never seen me

Some of my friends sit around every evening
And they worry about the times ahead
But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference
And the promise of an early bed
You either shut up or get cut up, they don't wanna hear about it
It's only inches on the reel-to-reel
And the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools
Tryin' to anaesthetise the way that you feel

(REPEAT CHORUS)

Wonderful radio
Marvelous radio
Wonderful radio
Radio, radio
(FADE)

Aural Pleasure

2010-07-27T09:27:00.003-07:00

I have so much music to choose from today its like I've entered another dimension. The mind boggles. I've been on sort of a mixed CD making binge lately, and in return, I had two mixes made for me this week - wonderful, wonderful mixes that bathed me in so much aural pleasure I start getting giddy just thinking about it. Aaaaahhhhh. So, with so much to choose from, I guess the 2fers will just flow peacefully out of me for the next several weeks. Here are two that make me smile and nod. Pardon the useless video on the Be Good Tanyas song. Its the only video of that song on youtube, and the song is so good.

I don't want to get Over You
by the Magnetic Fields

I don't want to get over you. I guess I could take
A sleeping pill and sleep at will and not have to
Go through what I go through. I guess I should take
Prozac, right, and just smile all night at somebody new,
Somebody not too bright but sweet and kind who would
Try to get you off my mind. I could leave this agony behind
Which is just what I'd do if I wanted to, but I don't
Want to get over you cause I don't want to get over love.
I could listen to my therapist, pretend you don't exist
And not have to dream of what I dream of; I could listen
To all my friends and go out again and pretend it's enough,
Or I could make a career of being blue--I could dress
In black and read Camus, smoke clove cigarettes and drink
Vermouth like I was 17 that would be a scream but I
Don't want to get over you.

In Spite of All the Damage
by the Be Good Tanyas

if i wanted to say to you
that i wanted to see your face again
that i wanted to hear you laughin' oh
in spite of all the damage i've done

if i wanted to hear you talkin'
or to hear your sense of things
or to call you up on a sunday morning
in spite of all the damage i've done

well i broke up our home
and left you nowhere to run
yes i broke up our home
and left you nowhere to run

well i'm livin' out my days away
i think you understand
that i couldn't have stayed
but i'd like to hear you laughin' oh
in spite of all the damage i've done

well i broke up our home
and left you nowhere to run
yes i broke up our home
and left you nowhere to run

Oldish Feelings

2010-07-13T22:39:00.003-07:00

I got a little bit of flattery this week that boosted my spirits. Someone wrote on my facebook page that I knew "so much about music" and asked me to some day make them a mix CD. Well, if anyone wanted to know how to make me feel good, that was it. I started right away, and I have to say its one of the very best mixes I've ever made. It flows so beautifully. And it took some doing too. Because there is this Bob Dylan song, maybe you remember it from the Natural Born Killers Soundtrack, a cover of You Belong To Me. I have always loved that song, but hated that Oliver Stone added dialog to the end of it on the soundtrack. And it turns out that soundtrack is the only place that recording was ever published! So I had to do some fancy editing in WMM, and it took me about 50 tries. And I'm not even exaggerating. Much. So when I had that final result, I couldn't just pop it on a mix and forget about it. No. It took too much work. So I made a video and I'm sending it out to all my friends for the 2fer.

The Leonard Cohen song doesn't really have any correlation except for a similar oldish mellow feeling that I love. And someone put together a lovely slideshow for it as well.

You Belong to Me
performed by Bob Dylan

See the pyramids along the Nile
Watch the sunrise from a tropic isle
Just remember darlin' all the while
You belong to me

See the market place in Old Algiers
Send me photographs and souvenirs
Just remember when a dream appears
You belong to me

I'll be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too

Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'til you're home again
You belong to me

I'll be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too

Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'til you're home again
You belong to me

Famous Blue Raincoat
by Leonard Cohen

It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening.

I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record.

Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?

Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
And you came home without Lili Marlene

And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife.

Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see Jane's awake --

She sends her regards.
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way.

If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.

Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried.

And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear

Griping Grunge

2010-07-06T22:08:00.003-07:00

Some musicians just throw a fit so well. Better than a regular person could. I wish I had a mic and an electric guitar, then I could really vent.

I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
by Dusty Springfield
performed by the White Stripes

I just don't know what to do with myself
I don't know what to do with myself
planning everything for two
doing everything with you
and now that we're through
I just don't know what to do

I just don't know what to do with myself
I don't know what to do with myself
movies only make me sad
parties make me feel as bad
cause I'm not with you
I just don't know what to do

like a summer rose
needs the sun and rain
I need your sweet love
to beat love away

well I don't know what to do with myself
just don't know what to do with myself
planning everything for two
doing everything with you
and now that we're through
I just don't know what to do

like a summer rose
needs the sun and rain
I need your sweet love
to beat love away

I just don't know what to do with myself
just don't know what to do with myself
just don't know what to do with myself
I don't know what to do with myself

You Know You're Right
by Nirvana

I will never bother you
I will never promise too
I will never follow you
I will never bother you

Never say a word again
I will crawl away for good

I will move away from here
You won't be afraid of fear
No thought was put into this
I always knew it would come to this
Things have never been so swell
I have never failed to fail
Pain!!!
Pain!!!
Pain!!!

You know you're right
You know you're right
You know you're right

I'm so warm and calm inside
I no longer have to hide
Lets talk about someone else
Steaming soup against her mouth
Nothing really bothers her
She just wants to love herself

I will move away from here
You won't be afraid of fear
No thought was put into this
I always knew it'd come to this
Things have never been so swell
I have never failed to fail

Pain!!!
Pain!!!
Pain!!!
Pain!!!
Pain!!!

You know you're right (x14)
You know your right (x3)
Pain...

Lamp Shades

2010-06-22T21:05:00.002-07:00

Some of you may not be aware that long ago in another life I was a member of a wonderful band called Lampshade Legs. I was the bass player. Those are my glory days (she says purely in jest). So, it goes without saying that I have a special place in my heart for any musical endeavor that claims as its talisman the all holy Lampshade. Imagine my delight to hear about Kate Flannery and Scot Robinson's duo, the Lampshades - a Las Vegas lounge act parody that cracks me up. As I searched for more on youtube, I also stumbled on Lulu and the Lampshades. I don't mind their sound one bit, either.

Have Hope

2010-06-15T17:27:00.002-07:00

I know these songs are nothing new. Well, actually, back in my Sinead O'Connor days, I did NOT listen to Bob Dylan, so this song never stood out to me. But now that I heart Bob Dylan, and I especially heart this song, I was surprised to see Sinead's cover of it. She does a beautiful job with it. She also did a cover of this Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush song (with Willie Nelson) but I didn't want to overdo it with the baldy. And I love Kate Bush's voice.
I wrote this poem today, and these songs go nicely with it. I know, I know, I'm taking all my listeners on my little roller coaster ride the past several Tuesdays. You know you love it, though. Long as it sounds good.

I Believe In You
by Bob Dylan
They ask me how I feel
And if my love is real
And how I know I'll make it through
And they, they look at me and frown
They'd like to drive me from this town
They don't want me around
'Cause I believe in you.

They show me to the door
They say don't come back no more
'Cause I don't be like they'd like me to
And I, I walk out on my own
A thousand miles from home
But I don't feel alone
'Cause I believe in you.

I believe in you even through the tears and the laughter
I believe in you even though we be apart
I believe in you even on the morning after
Oh, when the dawn is nearing
Oh, when the night is disappearing
Oh, this feeling is still here in my heart.

Don't let me drift too far
Keep me where you are
Where I will always be renewed
And that which you've given me today
Is worth more than I could pay
And no matter what they say
I believe in you.

I believe in you when winter turn to summer
I believe in you when white turn to black
I believe in you even though I be outnumbered
Oh, though the earth may shake me
Oh, though my friends forsake me
Oh, even that couldn't make me go back.

Don't let me change my heart
Keep me set apart
From all the plans they do pursue
And I, I don't mind the pain
Don't mind the driving rain
I know I will sustain
'Cause I believe in you.

Don't Give Up
by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush

in this proud land we grew up strong
we were wanted all along
I was taught to fight, taught to win
I never thought I could fail

no fight left or so it seems
I am a man whose dreams have all deserted
I've changed my face, I've changed my name
but no one wants you when you lose

don't give up
'cos you have friends
don't give up
you're not beaten yet
don't give up
I know you can make it good

though I saw it all around
never thought I could be affected
thought that we'd be the last to go
it is so strange the way things turn

drove the night toward my home
the place that I was born, on the lakeside
as daylight broke, I saw the earth
the trees had burned down to the ground

don't give up
you still have us
don't give up
we don't need much of anything
don't give up
'cause somewhere there's a place
where we belong

rest your head
you worry too much
it's going to be alright
when times get rough
you can fall back on us
don't give up
please don't give up

'got to walk out of here
I can't take anymore
going to stand on that bridge
keep my eyes down below
whatever may come
and whatever may go
that river's flowing
that river's flowing

moved on to another town
tried hard to settle down
for every job, so many men
so many men no-one needs

don't give up
'cause you have friends
don't give up
you're not the only one
don't give up
no reason to be ashamed
don't give up
you still have us
don't give up now
we're proud of who you are
don't give up
you know it's never been easy
don't give up
'cause I believe there's the a place
there's a place where we belong

Dream land

2010-06-08T12:37:00.003-07:00

The two most recent movies I've watched were A Serious Man (strange and sad.. I've decided that the theme was God is so distant and incomprehensible, and yet not completely arbitrary. I disagree, but I know many Jews who feel that way about God.) AND Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. (I thought it was lovely and a very nice homage to Lewis Carrol's work.. they would have been dear friends if they'd known one another.) I debated about whether to post Somebody to Love (which plays in A Serious Man) or White Rabbit, which correlates more closely with Alice in Wonderland and still sort of applies because it IS Jefferson Airplane... but I decided to go with Somebody to Love. Don't question it. You don't get any answers.

Jabberwocky
by Lewis Carrol
performed by Donovan

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood a while in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One two! One two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves
And the mome raths outgrabe.

Somebody to Love
by Jefferson Airplane

When the truth is found to be lies
And all the joy within you dies

(Chorus)
Don't you want somebody to love
Don't you need somebody to love
Wouldn't you love somebody to love
You better find somebody to love

When the garden's flowers, baby, are dead
Yes, and your mind, your mind is so full of red

(Chorus)

Your eyes, I say your eyes may look like his
Yeah but in your head, baby
I'm afraid you don't know where it is

(Chorus)

Tears are running, they're all running down your breast
And your friends, baby, they treat you like a guest

(Chorus)

In Your Face

2010-06-01T13:16:00.004-07:00

I don't even want to talk about it. Well, I DO want to talk about it, but it doesn't help, so I'm not going to. Sometimes a woman wants to crack a whip and take control, and right now I can't do that. So I'm using this forum as a release.

"Snakes And Ladders"

In the game of love
It takes all you got
Just to keep it moving up
Don't you wanna reach the top
But heaven seems such a crazy dream
If your heart has room for doubt
You're neither in you're neither out

99 1/2 it just won't do
You gotta give me all of you
Not asking too much of a heart that's true
So tell me...

[Chorus]
What's the name of the game that we are playing
But whenever I think that we are winning
Then you roll the dice take a slide
Right back to the one from 99

Is it gonna go on like this forever
Are we gonna to take that last step together
Going round and round and up and down
Feels just like snakes and ladders

Baby don't it feel like a carousel
Where all the world is rushing by
But when it stops you realize
That you're right back where you started at
I need a little more than that
It time for us to face the facts

Whether to be or not to be
That is the question so it seems
We're going nowhere in between
So tell me...

[Chorus]

Don't wanna play this game no more
I gotta know right now for sure
What am I giving my heart for
Baby I need a little more
Don't leave me hanging on a string
Now that I gave you everything

Not when I play to win
Snakes and ladders

[Chorus (2x)]

(Lalalalalala
Lalalalalalalalala)

"Take It All"

You want my love,
take it all.
You want to watch it all come off,
take it all.

Come on now,
show me how
you can take it all.

You want my glove,
are you enthralled?
You want to see it slip away
and watch it fall?

Oh, we know it´s your show
so take it all.

You want the movement
to see what the hips can do.
Come watch the slikny girl,
see how the pasties twirl
to make your bells all ring
fulfulling everything you ever wanted.

So go ahead,
take it all.
You want my soul,
take it all.

It´s time to leave,
if I´m to live
becase I have no more,
there´s nothing left to give.

I watch you rise,
I watch you fall
while I am standing with my back
against the wall.

Now it´s your turn to finally learn,
you had the world,
you had your fling,
you wanted more than everything,
you got your wish,
you got your prize.

Now take it right between your thighs,
you grabbed for everything, my friend,
but don´t you see that in the end
there will be nothing left of me?

Knowing Him

2010-05-25T10:24:00.002-07:00

I got to take my 13 year old nephew to a Christian concert Sunday night. As soon as we got there, he ditched me to go stand up front with the other teens. And it turned out that was okay, because I spent the entire time at the show crying and worshiping God, who is like a ROCK in my life right now... the only thing carrying me. I hope my nephew was impacted the same way.
So here are a couple of songs that really resonated in my heart.

Secret Wednesday Night Post

2010-05-20T23:11:00.003-07:00

I forgot yesterday was Tuesday. It was my only day off in a 10 day stretch. I really SHOULD have been thinking about the 2fer, but alas... I had other things on my mind. So, since its not Tuesday, but I don't like to skip a week, I am going to do something zany. Experimental, really. I usually email the 2fer to a long list of lucky individuals, so they don't have to come to the blog. I wonder if anyone, when no email arrives on Tuesday, actually gets curious enough to come looking for it? If you come to my blog regularly on Tuesdays OR you just swung by to see if I was still alive and kickin' - please leave a comment, so I know someone loves me.

High Pitch

2010-05-11T10:06:00.002-07:00

There are times when high pitched voices are really annoying, but there are also times when you just feel like a tiny little thing that could only possibly sing in a squeaky falsetto if indeed you had a song to sing. That is the sound of Amanda Jo Williams.

And Miss Lily Allen's whiny, high pitch can also be obnoxious, but she does a sweet little rendition of one of my favorite Blondie songs. I like that she doesn't try to sound like Blondie. She just sings the song and makes it her own.

Need to Trust

2010-05-04T20:36:00.004-07:00

I got to go see a great band last Thursday, and it is tradition for me to post songs of the bands I go to see. So here is a little live performance by Needtobreathe. They are so choice.
And the second song is one that has been going through my head a lot lately. Its in Hebrew, but Elisheva Shomron sings like an angel - or Joni Mitchell. Anyway, this song is pretty much just Psalm 23:27 put to music. And its encouraging me as I'm going through the hardest time of my entire life right now.

Something Beautiful
In your ocean I'm ankle deep,
I feel the waves crashing on my feet;
It's like I know where I need to be
But I can't figure out,
I can't figure out
Just how much air I will need to breathe
When your wave washes over me,
There's only one way to figure out
Will you let me drown?
Will you let me drown?

Hey now, this is my desire
Consume me like a fire
'Cause I just want
Something beautiful to touch me
I know that I'm in reach
'Cause I am down on my knees
And waiting for
Something beautiful.
Oh-oh... something beautiful.

And the water is rising quick,
And for years I was scared of it.
We can't be sure when it will subside
So I won't leave your side,
No, I can't leave your side.

Hey now, this is my desire
Consume me like a fire
'Cause I just want
Something beautiful to touch me
I know that I'm in reach
'Cause I am down on my knees
And waiting for
Something beautiful.
Oh-oh... something beautiful,
Oh-oh... something beautiful.

In a daydream
I couldn't live like this
I wouldn't stop until I found something beautiful.
But when I wake up
And all I want, I have
You know it's still all I need - something beautiful.

Hey now, this is my desire
Consume me like a fire
'Cause I just want
Something beautiful to touch me
I know that I'm in reach
'Cause I am down on my knees
And waiting for
Something beautiful.
Oh-oh... something beautiful,
Oh-oh... something beautiful

Kaveh El Adonai

Lule, Lule hemanti lirot
Lirot b'tuv Adonai

Lule, Lule hemanti lirot
Lirot b'tuv Adonai
B'eretz, b'eretz chaim

Kaveh El Adonai
chazach v'ametz libecha
Kaveh El Adonai
B'eretz b'ertez chaim
Kaveh, Kaveh El Adonai

"I would have fainted if I had not believed I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
Trust, trust in the Lord."

Come Back

2010-04-27T09:44:00.003-07:00

I'm climbing back into the saddle my friends. I will end up on top.

She Loves You by the Beatles

She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You think you lost your love,
Well, I saw her yesterday.
It's you she's thinking of
And she told me what to say.

She says she loves you
And you know that can't be bad.
Yes, she loves you
And you know you should be glad.

She said you hurt her so
She almost lost her mind.
But now she said she knows
You're not the hurting kind.

She says she loves you
And you know that can't be bad.
Yes, she loves you
And you know you should be glad. Ooh!

She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
And with a love like that
You know you should be glad.

You know it's up to you,
I think it's only fair,
Pride can hurt you, too,
Apologize to her

Because she loves you
And you know that can't be bad.
Yes, she loves you
And you know you should be glad. Ooh!

She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah

with a love like that
You know you should
Be Glad!

with a love like that
You know you should
Be Glad!

With a love like that
You know you should
be glad!

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah Ye-ah.

97 Men In This Here Town by Buffy Sainte Marie

Love you Daddy and I know you know

You've got a good thing goin' papa, don't let go

Cause there are 97 men in this here town

Who'd give a half a grand in silver

just to follow me down

So appreciate a dedicated baby

Cause boy, you are a lucky man.

I'll take you down by the river where the catfish play

Bat around, baby, gonna kick all day

No need to wander, no need to roam,

You've got a full meal cookin', honey, here at home

So appreciate a dedicated baby

Cause boy you are a lucky man

Say I'm confused,

Say I'm perplexed,

One fella told me I was Over sexed

Don't you believe it cause it just ain't true

You know its just that I've got a little crush on you

So before you turn your back on me

To take a look at all the other fishes in the sea

Remember plenty good woman is hard to find

and I'm the hoochie coochie lovey dovin' kind

So appreciate a dedicated baby,

Cause boy you are a lucky man.

Don't call me honey when your mother's around

Or you know you're gonna drive her wild

Don't call me honey when your mother's around

Or you never again may smile

Listen to me, hear my song

she's afraid I'm gonna lead her little boy wrong

Don't call me honey when your mother's aroun

Or you know you're gonna drive her wild.

Now, don't call me honey when your mother's around

Or you know you're gonna weep and wail

Don't call me honey when your mother's around,

Or you're gonna land us both in jail

I'll never know why she don't dig me

she says I'm leading a minor to delinquency Oh!

Don't call me honey when your mother's around

Or you know you're gonna drive her wild.

Now, baby stop winkin' cross the supper table,

I'm afraid your papa's gonna see.

Now, baby stop winkin' cross the supper table

or he'll know you got eyes for me

You know you put em up-tighter every time we touch

they just don't dig it I should love you so much, Oh!

Don't call me honey when your mother's around or

Or you know you're gonna drive her wild!

Remember 97 men in this here town

would give a half a grand in silver just to follow me down, yeah,

so appreciate a dedicated baby, cause boy you are a lucky man

yeah, yeah, cause boy you are a lucky man

I said cause boy you are a lucky man.

Sorry Separation

2010-02-02T11:00:00.002-07:00

Another week went by already? I'm still in a fog of blue.

Blue Tuesday

2010-01-26T16:44:00.001-07:00

I Wonder - Click here for this week’s top video clips

Twisted Traditional

2010-01-20T09:27:00.002-07:00

I am NOT slacking. I know this is the second time in a month that I've sent out the 2fer on Wednesday instead of Tuesday, but there was a big storm yesterday and I couldn't get my internet to cooperate with me video-wise.

I'm sending out some rockin' instrumental music that is done with traditional instruments. Yoshida Brothers may sound familiar to you because their song, Kodo, is the console song on Wii. But they're music is so good and such a great idea.

In looking for something to go with them, I searched for bodhran players, didgeridoo players, congo players.... whatever traditional instruments that people are still picking up and rocking out on. But for some reason I was struck by what this guy is doing with "A Single Thread" although it looks like there are actually two strings on his ancient Tuvan folk instrument, and those are made up of multiple threads like a violin bow. I liked all of his songs and some of them show a lot more skill, but this one was the most "fun", so it got my pick.

Guest Appearances

2010-01-12T20:09:00.001-07:00

I don't think I've ever sent Matisyahu for a 2fer, have I? Well, even if I have, I know I haven't done this song and certainly not this performance on Letterman, which was lovely. And Tilly and the Wall is always better when experienced visually as well as aurally (?). Anywaysies... enjoy.

One Day
By Matisyahu

Sometimes I lay under the moon
And I thank God I'm breathin'
Then I pray don't take me soon
'Cause I am here for a reason

Sometimes in my tears I drown
But I never let it get me down
So when negativity surrounds
I know someday it'll all turn around because

All my life I been waitin' for
I been prayin' for, for the people to say
That we don't want to fight no more
They'll be no more wars
And our children will play, one day

It's not about win or lose 'cause we all lose
When they feed on the souls of the innocent blood
Drenched pavement keep on movin'
Though the waters stay ragin'

And in this life you may lose your way
It might drive you crazy
But don't let it phase you, no way

Sometimes in my tears I drown
But I never let it get me down
So when negativity surrounds
I know someday it'll all turn around because

All my life I been waitin' for
I been prayin' for, for the people to say
That we don't want to fight no more
They'll be no more wars
And our children will play, one day

One day this all will change
Treat people the same
Stop with the violence down with the hate
One day we'll all be free and proud
To be under the same sun
Singing songs of freedom like

Bad Education
By Tilly and the Wall
oh, pretty boy
you found it hard to really find out what felt right
you wanna be a pretty girl, you'd humped at night
the streets, your urgency to bleed
you bruised up both your knees
while rifling through women’s jeans
cause the attraction’s always high
sparkling, a sparkled fight
the grittiest of crimes, your clothes are ruined
you’re running in the wild,
a horse carrying a child
you got your kite so high, I think you flew it
I know it, I think you knew it

now it’s all bad education
feeling fine, I’m feeling patient
girls and boys and full frustration
st. valentine, I think I taste it
tugging at the seatbelt
I’m jumping out the saddle
I’m shuffling my feet around
I’m kneeling at the steeple
when will my heart teeter, tatter?
I‘m a believer, I’m solid matter

oh, pretty girl
you turned it on, you turned it out, it all felt off
that’s how it is, that’s how it was
you searched it all so well, underwater in a bell
you smeared on coral lips while checking off a checked off list
situations never kind, feathering a dance-hall stride
you’re playing with the craziest locomotive
you broke your fingers in the climb
scuffed up all your pretty shine
you’ve got your air so thin
I think you blew it, did I blow it?
you fell into it

now it’s all bad education
feeling fine, I’m feeling patient
girls and boys and full frustration
st. valentine, I think I taste it
tugging at the seatbelt
I’m jumping out the saddle
I’m shuffling my feet around
I’m kneeling at the steeple
when will my heart teeter, tatter?
I’m a believer, I’m solid matter
hey, I think I faked it, oh did I fake it?

oh boy your lips look good when you fake it
hey, I think I made it, oh did I make it?
you tried so hard, boy, you better make it
I think I’ll take it, oh, should I take it?
oh, pretty girl, I don’t think you can take it
I think I hate it, oh, do I hate it?
I taste it, I taste it

now it’s all bad education
feeling fine, I’m feeling patient
girls and boys and full frustration
st. valentine, I think I taste it
tugging at the seatbelt
I’m jumping out the saddle
I’m shuffling my feet around
I’m kneeling at the steeple
I’m tugging at the seatbelt
I’m jumping out the saddle
I’m shuffling my feet around
I’m kneeling at the steeple

I hope you feel it in your hands
I hope you feel it in your hands
I hope you feel it in your hands

Short, Curly

2010-01-06T09:01:00.002-07:00

I know its not Tuesday, but these songs were supposed to go out yesterday when I got back from the salon. I just got too busy and forgot. My hair is fabulous. Jarnli said so, and she NEVER says that about short hair. But when someone looks like Rizzo AND Patsy Cline, you have to admit its pretty fabulous.

Three Cigarettes

by Patsy Cline

Two cigarettes in an ashtray,
My love and I in a small cafe.
Then a stranger came along,
And everything went wrong.
Now there's three cigarettes in the ashtray.

I watched her take him from me,
And his love is no longer my own.
Now they are gone, and I sit alone,
And watch one cigarette burn away.

I watched her take him from me,
And his love is no longer my own.
Now they are gone, and I sit alone,
And watch one cigarette burn away.

There Are Worse Things I could Do

by Stockard Channing

There are worse things I could do,
than go with a boy or two
Even though the neighborhood thinks
I'm trashy and no good I suppose it could be true,
but there are worse things I could do

I could flirt with all the guys,
smile at them and bat my eyes
Press against them when we dance,
make them think they stand a chance
and then refuse to see it through,
that's the thing I'd never do

I can stay home every night
Wait around for Mr. Right,
take cold showers everyday,
and throw my life away,
on a dream that won't come true

I could hurt someone like me,
out of spite or jealousy,
I don't steal and I don't lie,
but I can feel
and I cry

In fact I'll bet you never knew,
but to cry in front of you,
that's the worse thing I could do

Kiss My

2009-12-29T13:14:00.001-07:00

Jarnli's boss, Jason, turned us on to Grits - a Christian rap duo that we should have been listening to all along. They're so dope I can barely cope, yo. But their name, Grits (which by the way, stands for Grammatical Revolution in the Spirit) reminded me of a favorite song from WuTang's RZA. This song always reminds me of "Crooklyn", which is my favorite Spike Lee joint ever. So, although I doubt they run in the same circles, I think they probably appreciate each other's talents, and they are definitely go-together-able. Peace out to 2009, y'all.

They All Fall Down
By Grits

Blood curdling truth
Working the word as proof
Besides mine the guidelines of righteous paths taken
Tremendous speaking
Fresh out the kitchen and never switching from the homegrown
Hole it down like the ozone
This is for the playa playa
Make ya holla holla
The kid with no morals sell his mama for a dollar

They all fall down
They all fall down
They all fall down
They all fall

I've compiled this alongside with bone
So you can file this under for the opposing a nihilist
Doubt what you know nothing about reactionary
Belief in the scripture's fulfillment are contrary to popular belief
Hellbound in a basket
Sucking on their teeth
Wound up in a casket
At close, you froze
Already chose the doors you go trough
The life you chose to lead
Determines the place you go to

To the naked, untrained eye
Who can't see time fly by
Revolving on a carousel
Living life like a modern day fairytale...
Slow mo', urgent message gets a no-go
What fo'
Can't nobody tell you
Everything is lovey dovey
Till your plans fall through...
They all fall down
They all fall down
They all fall down
They all fall

Lay it down flat
The ins and outs of this business
Oral with my morals
Things I say seem pretentious
Show change
I ain't deranged to be looked upon strange
Like the dames in the verbs joint (shoot, we the factors)
You ain't know neah
Rally all my troops in GI Joe gear
Arsenals and weapons abundant
Stop me if I sound redundant

Sound redundant
Man please appease me
Repeat yourself
Most folks scared of the truth
Living lies
Fooling themselves and everyone surrounding
Deception of perception
Blind to what self did deep down
Deep down beyond the black hole of the soul in control

I was surrounded by the darkness of the hearts of mens
Plots for spots to roll rovers
Controlling blocks and lots on top where I was charted to be
But failing to see truth behind the lies of eyes handling G's
They squeeze until my soul was unloaded
Holding to nothing but folded bills
Concealed like weapons looking to kill
My mind filled with thrills and pleasures
Life could offer
Walked amongst the dead
Laid to rest in a coffin
Nocturnal destiny leading to my eternity
Hourly concerning me, yet I wasn't yearned to be
All of what His calling said to be and bred to be
Actually I thought it was all about me
Took for granted what was handed by the unseen
Invested all my time and effort building Babylon
Appealing to my desires and lustful feelings
Swearing I could make it by the grace of God
Straight disgrace the face of God

Grits
By RZA
[Hook: Allah Real]
When I was small
We had nothing at all
We used to eat Grits, for dinner
It was pain
almost drive a man insane
what we could find for
to survive another day
but I said nah...

[RZA]
An old killa bee once hummed me a tune
Stay up at night, don't sleep on ya moon
Four seeds in the bed, eight seeds in the room
Afternoon cartoon, we would fight for the spoon
Old Earth in the kitchen, yell "it's time to eat"
Across the foyer, ya hear the gather of stampeding feet
One pound box of sugar, and a stick of margarine
A hot pot of Grits got my family from starvin'
Loose with the welfare cheese, thick wit' the gravy
used to suck it, straight out the bottle as a baby
Steamy hot meal serve less than five minutes
Big silver pot, boilin' water, salt in it
House full of brothers and sisters, the pop's missin'
Pillsbury box on the stove in the kitchen

[Hook x0.5]

[Masta Killa]
Young shorties in my hood started hustlin'
Packin' bags at the neighbourhood associate
Growin' up, not as fortunate to have that fly shit
I'm too young, no jobs'd hire me legit
You walkin' down the street with ya gun in ya hand
Drinkin, thinkin' of a masterplan
Your Old Earth can't afford what ya friends got
So you roll up to the spot, with ya thing 'pon cock
And it seems worth the takin', stomach achin'
Morning star Reggie makin' go good with the Grits
Now let's take it back for real
when we used to build at ghetto big wheels
with the shoppin' cart wheels, and wood to nail the seat on
Girls skippin' rope in the street
the Summer heat, left the jelly prints stuck to they feet
Skelly chief, flippin' baseball cards for keeps
Momma said it's gettin' late, and it's time to come eat

[Hook]

Unhappy Endings

2009-11-17T18:25:00.002-07:00

Enjoy these pessimistic takes on the traditional princess stories. If you haven't ever read Anne Sexton's princess poetry it's worth your time, too. (I couldn't find a video of her reading any of them).

Emilie Autumn – Rapunzel
I n a courtyard
Used to sing as loud as she could
Locked away here
She's been quiet, lovely and good
But no one listens now
She lost her voice
She had no choice

CHORUS
If you sing loud and clear
Someone passing by will surely hear you
No you can't be afraid
If you ever want somebody near you
If you sing loud and clear
Someone passing by will surely hear you
No you can't be afraid

Tore the curtain
Put her hand outside of the frame
Let her hair down
Sat all day and nobody came
But when the sun went down
The stars came out
She heard them shout

CHORUS

But when the sun went down
The stars came out
She heard them shout

CHORUS

Angus and Julia Stone – Hollywood

I blame you Hollywood,
for showing me things you never should
show a young girl,
In a cruel world.

Because life’s not a happy ending,
I’m sure there is some,
like Johnny and June,
and maybe other people too.

They all would have been killed
in the sound of music,
they would have found out that
Pinocchio could never tell the truth.

She never would have made it to shore,
the little mermaid. He would have married a whore
from a wealthy family, after all he was royalty.

Cinderella would have scrubbed those floors
till her hands grew old and tired,
and nobody would look away,
that’s the way it goes today.

I blame you Hollywood,
for showing me things you never should
show a young girl,
In this cruel world.

Because life’s not a happy ending,
I’m sure there is some
like Johnny and June,
and maybe other people too.

And maybe other people too (x5)
Like me and you.

Sesame Street

2009-11-10T17:59:00.001-07:00

Over the years Sesame Street has had some awesome performances by some amazing artists. Today on their 40th anniversary, I chose a couple of my favorites. Enjoy!

Dark Damsels

2009-11-03T12:49:00.001-07:00

This should have been last week's 2fer, but I was slackin'.
Black Betty has been rendered beautifully by so many over the years, including Ministry, Meatloaf and many more. I believe it was written by Leadbelly, and most recently covered by Spiderbait. I never heard it until I heard Dane Cook's little joke about it, which was hillareous and then I googled it. I chose RamJam because, well, it scared me.

And as soon as I saw this episode of FOTC I knew this was going to be the Halloween song this year. Enjoy!

Black Betty by Leadbelly
Performed by RamJam

Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)

Black Betty had a child (Bam-ba-Lam)
The damn thing gone wild (Bam-ba-Lam)
She said, "I'm worryin' outta mind" (Bam-ba-Lam)
The damn thing gone blind (Bam-ba-Lam)
I said Oh, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)

Oh, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)

She really gets me high (Bam-ba-Lam)
You know that's no lie (Bam-ba-Lam)
She's so rock steady (Bam-ba-Lam)
And she's always ready (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)

Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
She's from Birmingham (Bam-ba-Lam)
Way down in Alabam' (Bam-ba-Lam)
Well, she's shakin' that thing (Bam-ba-Lam)
Boy, she makes me sing (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
Whoa, Black Betty
BAM-BA-LAM

Demon Woman by Flight of the Conchords

Demon woman
Your hair is like silk, but your curdling my milk
I know not of what ilk thou art
Demon woman, woman demon
Demon woman
You sit on a rock
Looking nice in your frock, but your scaring my livestock
Demon woman, woman demon

Demon woman
Your making me moan, turn my bone into stone
And your taking me home, to meet your familiars
Nice to meet you
You cast your spell
Very well
Demon woman
Demon woman, woman demon (Synthesized Laughing)

Demon woman
You cut puppies toes off, pull an animal's nose off
How'd you magic my clothes off?
Demon woman
Take me back to your room, make me howl at the moon
Make me pray to the temple of womb
Demon woman, woman demon
Your breasts are balls of flame
And I'm burning my hands, playing these ball games
Demon woman
Demon woman
Demon woman, woman demon
How woman, wow wow wow
Oh
How woman, wow wow wow
How woman, wow wow wow

Moon Landing

2009-10-13T09:13:00.003-07:00

Last week we took a trip to the moon for Augie's kindergarten lesson on M is for Moon. We had a blast as our tent transformed into a rocketship and we discovered life on the Moon. I don't know what those NASA bumblers have been doing all these years. We found bugs, plants and even some edible slime within minutes of landing. We crash landed so we had to do a blind re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. But we landed safely, pretty close to shore. Enjoy a slideshow and our favorite space songs...

Astronauts
by Priscilla Ahn

Not long ago
when the astronauts discovered
That us down below
are living on a little rock with no place to go
So much that they'll never know
Oh boy
They just want to be back at home

The elephant sees
The dangers of the jungle
The birds and the bees
Are home and they know
Which way they fly
If only I knew how to fly
The moment they got me to try

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...

The fish in the see
Have many things to tell me
Well what could they be?
I\'ll never know I had to go
Because I don\'t associate with fish
So I continue to roam
Oh boy
Looking to find me a home

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...

Ticket to the Moon
By ELO

Remember the good old 1980s?
When things were so uncomplicated?
I wish i could go back there again
And everything could be the same.

I've got a ticket to the moon
I'll be leaving here any day soon
Yeah, i've got a ticket to the moon
But i'd rather see the sunrise in your eyes.

Got a ticket to the moon
I'll be rising high above the earth so soon
And the tears i cry might turn into the rain
That gently falls upon your window
You'll never know.

Chorus:
Ticket to the moon (ticket to the moon)
Ticket to the moon (ticket to the moon)
Ticket to the moon (ticket to the moon).

Fly, fly through a troubled sky
Up to a new world shining bright, oh, oh.

Flying high above
Soaring madly through the mysteries that come
Wondering sadly if the ways that led me here
Could turn around and i would see you there
Standing there (and i would see you there, waiting...)

Ticket to the moon
Flight leaves here today from satellite two
As the minutes go by, what should i do?
I paid the fare, what more can i say?
It's just one way (only one way)...

Whip It!

2009-10-06T09:26:00.001-07:00

Yes, once again it is movie soundtrack time. I saw Whip It with my sister Anika and two of my nieces last night. Loved it. Best part? Soundtrack. I really wanted to post Sheena is a Punk Rocker, because I've been singing it for weeks so I was very perky when I heard it in the movie. But then I heard Tilly and the Wall and got even more excited. I have also been wanting to send this song out for a long time. But then I came home and looked up sweet little Landon Pigg from Tennessee who was Ellen Page's love interest in the movie, and he is a musician. I like the music he played in the movie better - he was sort of a young Mick Jagger, I thought. But his real life music is sweet and lovely and deserves a little playtime. So you get him for sure. Then there was a Beastie Boys song but I can't put my finger on it and it isn't listed in the soundtrack. I really would rather send that song out, but it will have to wait for another time while I do some investigation. And since I've already sent out Tilly & the Wall and you should all be in love with them already, I'll send the Raveonettes this time. Love it.

Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop @ Yahoo! Video

The Raveonettes - New Music - More Music Videos

Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop
I think that possibly
Maybe I'm falling for you
Yes There's a chance that I've fallen quite hard over you

I've seen the paths that your eyes wander down
I want to come too

I think that possibly
Maybe I'm falling for you

No one understands me quite like you do
Through all of the shadowy corners of me

I never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop I love so much
All of the while I never knew

I never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop I love so much
All of the while I never knew

I think that possibly
Maybe I'm falling for you
Yes there's a chance that I've fallen quite hard over you

I've seen the waters that make your eyes shine
Now I'm shining too

Because
Oh
Because I've fallen quite hard over you

If I didn't know you I'd rather not know
If I couldn't have you I'd rather be alone

I never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop I love so much
All of the while I never knew

I never knew just what it was about this old coffee shop I love so much
All of the while I never knew

All of the while
All of the while
All of the while it was you, you!

Dead Sound
Hear the sound of falling love
As I wonder where you are
Hits the ground with a dead sound
Know you ain't got far
Too stupid and sissy like
To say that you want out
You make the eyes of a million girls
And think you'll make them shout
Dead sound
Dead sound
Dead sound
Dead sound
I used to take you on every time
That sparkle turned to black
I used to drag you through my streets
When you came crawling back
Your cheap words that you bought on sale
Won't help you through tonight
You make the eyes of a million girls
And think that's what they like
Dead sound
Dead sound
Dead sound
Dead sound
And now you go through a million girls
And try to pick what's right
When nightfall comes and you're still alone
Do you feel it deep inside
It's oh so cold on the other side
Where thoughts can turn you down
You make the eyes of a million girls
But I see no girl around
Dead sound
Dead sound
Dead sound
Dead sound