| The joys (and trials) of Nano |
[May. 15th, 2010|08:26 pm] |
I love the Apple nano- simple, light, and great sound quality. I added album # 254 today--The White Stripes white Blood Cells. This after Yo La Tengo, David Gray, Justin Timberlake, and a wild and weird mix--including I Feering Cream by Peaches. I sync up to bring all these new friends on board and then I find The New Pornographers got kicked off the raft to make room for the new additions! GRRR... I have yet to figure any way to add new usic and artist without losing the folks I already have (other than shelling out the big bucks for the larger memory iPod classic). The mix of music I get is great but there is still part of me that knows Neko Case and AC Newman are not on board and that really gripes me...I need a 12 step program for the musically addicted I guess :-) |
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| Let the computer decide |
[Aug. 8th, 2009|11:07 am] |
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Music today....
This AM I set the computer on random- a great mix of the McGarrigles, Emmylou Harris, Billy Bragg and Wilco, Zucchero, and Zero Seven.
What's on your turnatable today?? |
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| Greatest singers of all time(?) |
[Jun. 5th, 2009|08:55 am] |
Happened to find a copy of an older copy of Rolling Stone (Fall 08 version)
at the YMCA last nite. So I am behind the curve on this one- but they were listing the "100 Greatest Singers".
Okay- so first- I feel a bit of deja vu to the 70's with all these categorical "list"--anyone remember the multiple versions of "The Book of Lists"? How do you even begin to put something like this together--and why do I feel compelled to read them?! But I digress...:-)
I can' t really argue with any of the choices- Aretha Franklin, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, etc. etc.- okay--but what about those missing from the list- Emmylou Haris, Michael Stipe, Neko Case, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Washington and Billie Holliday for pete's sake?? Barbra Streisand?! I mean, they included Karen Carpenter so the door seems fairly broad here.
My "greatest singer in the world" would, quite honestly, probably depend on who is on the turnatable at any given time. I mean, who can say that ultimately Little Richard is better than Prince or vice versa. There are times when I need to the roadhouse roll of Little Richard and other times when I need to feel slinky n nasty as Prince. Music is about place and mood for me.
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| Ah music... |
[Jun. 2nd, 2009|04:39 pm] |
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) joncub got me to thinking about music....What's on your turntables??
My current listening tends to favor some prog rock of various generations and some excellent oldies
Lodger- David Bowie (shamefully underrated)
Twin Cinemas- the New Pornographers (a great Canadian jam band and with Neko Case harmonies- excellent!!)
Exile on Main Street- The Rolling Stones ( still as mysterious and dark as in '72)
Furnance Room Lullaby- Neko Case and Her Boyfriends (Neko brings Loretta and the other country queens into the post punk era)
After the Gold Rush- Neil Young ( the way he takes Nick Drake's folkie style and twists it with his nasal vocals and off beat rhythms still blows me away).
So what;s next?? Calexico? Iron and Wine? Need to get digging in the used record bins :-)
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| More art |
[Jun. 2nd, 2009|04:13 pm] |
 
Obviously I am not afraid of color :-) I have been inspired particularly by the work of English/American painter David Hockney. I like to place with space/depth while at the same time keeping colors bright--rather than dulling them down like my art teachers insisted you had to do to create real depth in a painting. |
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| My art--pictures |
[Jun. 1st, 2009|04:33 pm] |
  
Trying to 'show off' my work more often of late. improving the internet connection makes it much easier--imagin that! The colors have been 'corrected' a bit to compensate for the flash |
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| What's Your Personality Type? |
[Mar. 23rd, 2009|04:21 pm] |
| You Are An INFP |  The Idealist
You are a creative person with a great imagination. You enjoy living in your own inner world.
Open minded and accepting, you strive for harmony in your important relationships.
It takes a long time for people to get to know you. You are hesitant to let people get close to you.
But once you care for someone, you do everything you can to help them grow and develop.
In love, you tend to have high (and often unrealistic) standards.
You are very sensitive. You tend to have intense feelings.
At work, you need to do something that expresses your personal values.
You would make an excellent writer, psychologist, or artist.
How you see yourself: Unselfish, empathetic, and spiritual
When other people don't get you, they see you as: Unrealistic, naive, and weak |
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| Flu blues |
[Mar. 23rd, 2009|03:52 pm] |
Okay- how many times a day can you tune into a rerun of "Scrubs" (abc.go.com/primetime/scrubs/). Of course when you are sick watching people joke about illness is the best part of recovery. |
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| (no subject) |
[Mar. 16th, 2009|10:11 pm] |
Bigs HUGS to joncub and charliebearnj for nudging me back into my blogging ways :-). Now that I have finished with school- I guess I need to remember what it is to have a life again... |
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[Mar. 16th, 2009|09:35 pm] |
Beginning to feel more like Ellie Mae Clampett round here! Of course wouldn't have noticed if I haven't been home sick :-)
This brings the crew up to at least a half dozen rabbits, an equal amount of squirrels (several living- temporarily- in our attic), at least one bat, and an unknown # of chipmunks and birds. I can enjoy all this until I try to start gardening again :-) |
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