and then I'm 'appy for the rest of the day...

My iPod is truly the gift that keeps on giving.

How could anybody on earth possibly have a bad day when your morning drive to the office includes the following 3 songs?

Parklife - Blur

Sexy Motherfucker - Prince

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

In exact order.

Hey, I just noticed as I'm typing this that all 3 artists have a one word, one syllable moniker. What's the significance? Ordinarily I would have said "uh, none", with disdain while I rolled my eyes, except that the fourth song, the one that I didn't even include in the list because technically I didn't get to listen to the whole thing, only like the first couple of seconds, was by Ween.

Chew on that until tomorrow when I will post some numbered points to get you caught up with what is going on in Ladyland lately. Get ready for lies and exaggerations.

The World Should Revolve Around Me

I've always been a big fan of Imani Coppola. She writes songs, has a beautiful singing voice, plays the fiddle and her lyrics are always so clever and funny. Now she's doing this new thing called Little Jackie. Has anybody but me ever heard of this? These days I'm an old fart who doesn't get out much and don't listen to any radio other than NPR, so I have no idea what the kids are listening to these days. Not that I much care what the kids are listening to, but in case you give a shit, this is what I'm listening to.

Anyhoo... I downloaded the album from iTunes this weekend and it has been my constant companion all weekend. I decided to see if there were any videos on YouTube and low and behold, there were. Here's one called The World Should Revolve Around Me, and to that I say, Amen sister...

The Music In Me

Things are pretty busy around here this week as MDH prepares for his big annual meeting in Dallas. Basically he has to qualify all the work he did in 2007 in front of his colleagues in the form of an hour long presentation. He has to puff it all up and make it look good, so he's been squirreled away in our home office this week doctoring it all and wrapping it in a big bright ribbon.

He likens it to that scene in Animal House where they all sit around and throw beercans at the projection screen. It can make or break a career so it has to be spot on.

Anyhoo... I've only been able to write or read blogs in small snatches throughout the day when he takes a break.

So since I haven't the time to write very much I'll give you all some tunes that I have plucked from my iTunes library, some of my old favorites.

You should be able to download by clicking on them:

Neighborhood by Space - this is just a silly song that sounds spooky at the same time. It always makes me laugh.

Vanishing Girl by Dukes of the Stratosphear - if this sounds familiar it's because it's the members of XTC in a little side project they did awhile back. The rest of the album, Chips from the Chocolate Fireball, is fantastic.

American Dreaming by Dead Can Dance - from their live album Toward the Within. It's the only song on the album that doesn't sound like it was recorded by banshees in a graveyard.

Primative Painters by Felt - this is a band that an old boyfriend turned me onto many, many years ago. It's a long song, and best listened to with headphones or a few candles lit for a nice make-out session. You can almost smell patchouli when you listen to it and I hope that doesn't keep you from giving it a whirl.

Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow also by Felt - I thought I'd throw this in too so you can hear the contrast between this one and Primitive Painters.

Queen Bitch by David Bowie - it is officially the most played on my iPod and I talk about it all the time so I figured it was time to share with those of you who haven't been blessed to rock out to it. I don't use the expression "rock out" very often, so you know I love this damn song.

American Women - Butthole Surfers - My friend John shaved my hair into a mohawk and died the tips yellow and the sides bright pink before I went to this show in 1988. I do not remember anything else about the about the show or the rest of the evening. It's a sentimental old favorite and representative of a small period of time in my youth, but I won't be upset if you hate it.

If You Can't Say Anything Nice

or mean,
or funny,
or inspiring,
then post a YouTube video of a band you worshipped when you were 20.

Throwing Muses - Garoux des Larmes, Live in London 1991


The video is of pretty poor quality, but I heard this song in my sleep and wore out the cassette. There weren't any other girl muscians making this kind of noise at the time and I thought they were amazing.

I saw them the year before in Columbus on the corner of High & Blake called Stache & Little Brothers.