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Stranded and Listening to These 10

October 16th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Listening to: Bad (U2)
Pondering: A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. (Douglas Adams)
My sister, the other day, asked me this question:
If you were going to be stranded on an island, which ten albums (CDs) would you like to have in your [...]

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There Is A Way

April 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Listening to: Everyday Down (Joan Jones)
Pondering: Flow wine, smile woman, and the universe is consoled. Pierre Jean de Beranger
For as little as $20, I got all of my 4000+ songs back! Yes! My iTunes Folder is healthy again and I don’t have to mourn when I sync my iPod to my laptop now. [...]

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Go West!

November 8th, 2006 · No Comments

Song in my head: What Have I Done to Deserve This? (Pet Shop Boys)
Pondering: Life disappears, and you feel your blood moving in your veins. Either that, or it’s all the whisky. (Julio Bernavides Alvaran on the experience of running with the bulls)
I had an out-of-this-world experience last night during the Pet Shop Boys [...]

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Sábado

October 7th, 2006 · No Comments

Song in my head: Sugar Pill (Ambuland Ltd)
Pondering I guess I don’t so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old. (Benjamin Franklin)
How about a meme to end the Saturday? Try this…
1. Grab the nearest CD.
2. Put it in your CD-Player (or start your mp3-player, I-tunes, etc.).
3. Skip to Song 3 [...]

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It’s My Blog, I Can Whine/Rant If I Want To

October 4th, 2006 · No Comments

Song in my head: Once in a Lifetime (Keith Urban)
Pondering: Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock. (Pablo Picasso)
Today - or more like these last few weeks - has been just hellish. It’s been awhile since I’ve had weeks at work like this. I mean work is always busy [...]

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Tags: Daily Musings · Music Related · This Woman's Work

Friday Random 10: Here’s To Old Friends Version

September 8th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Listening to: Nice (Duran Duran)
Pondering: A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself. (Jim Morrison)
Glamour: Amphetamine Discharge
How Will I Ever Find My Way Home: British Sea Power
Enjoy The Silence (Live): Depeche Mode
Holding Out For A Hero: Frou Frou
Full Moon: Brandy
World In My Eyes: Depeche Mode
For No One: The Beatles
It Ain’t Love: [...]

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Friday Random Ten - I’m Still Pissed Version

August 11th, 2006 · No Comments

Pondering: I feel sorry for the ’90s, because it was never able to be anything much more than the hangover to the party that was the ’80s. (Simon LeBon)
Stripped: Depeche Mode (101)
King of Pain: Alanis Morissette (MTV Unplugged)
Taxman: The Beatles (Revolver)
No Matter What: Boyzone (Where We Belong)
Safety In Numbers: Delays (EP)
You’ll See: Madonna (Something to [...]

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Band No More

August 6th, 2006 · No Comments

Listening to: Try (Nelly Furtado)
Pondering: if you break up with somebody, the band keeps going. If you fire somebody, the band keeps going. Because the band is like a river. It’s like a fork that just has a drive. (Ann Wilson)
I was watching my sister’s Austin City Limits 2005 DVD and after I got over [...]

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Fearless

August 5th, 2006 · No Comments

Listening to: Fearless (Ambulance LTD’s cover version)
Pondering: Like I can’t cry for myself so I will let this song take all of the things inside I can’t let anyone else see and offer it up, as if the sound were some kind of god, and my pain is some kind of sacrifice. (Robert Smith)
You [...]

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Top Five List - Coldplay

July 28th, 2006 · No Comments

Listening to: How You See The World (Coldplay)
Pondering: You can never get silence anywhere nowadays, have you noticed? (Bryan Ferry)
I got the idea for this from this blog but instead of doing a list for one band, I’m doing a list for my 3 favorite bands. I’m a hog, what can I say? [...]

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