Sandrine Kiberlain “M’envoyer des Fleurs”
I’ve been learning French recently and I’m terrible. French pronunciation is impossible for me. I don’t know why it can’t be easier like Korean or Chinese. I bought one of those Berlitz language courses about a year ago. I tried to do it for a month. Then I gave up.
A few months ago my [...]
Oscar Peterson “Night Train”
My father is a jazz pianist and he loves Oscar Peterson. I remember him listening to Oscar Peterson records when I was little. He’d tap his feet and hum along. “Oscar can really swing,” he’d say. “That cat can swing.” I had an Oscar Peterson cassette. The album was called Night Train. I don’t [...]
John Lennon “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)”
I’ve never liked Christmas music. I guess I’m lacking the Christmas spirit I hear so much about at this time of year. Being the John Lennon fan that I am, this is the only Christmas song I can tolerate.
The Stop the Violence Movement “Self Destruction”
In college, I had a friend named Matt who was interesting to say the least. He didn’t have a car so I used to drive him around—to the store to buy cigarettes and to various yard sales. He loved yard sales. Once we got lost on some dirt roads in the mountains because we were [...]
The Charlie Hunter Quintet “Right Now Move”
For a long time whenever I got into my husband’s car Right Now Move was playing. I like this CD so it made riding in my husband’s car more enjoyable. Normally I don’t like his car. I especially don’t like driving his car. I’m not saying that his car is any worse than my car. [...]
Janis Ian “At Seventeen”
Most people that I know claim to have had a terrible high school experience. I’ve always thought that was funny, because when I was in high school it seemed like everyone else was having a great time.
This is a good seventies song about high school.
Soul Cycle “Urban Organics”
I recently got a new CD and was playing it while writing one of my blogs. “What’s this?” my husband asked when he came into the room. “This is good. What is it?” he asked again.
I didn’t want to tell him. It is rare that I find music that he can’t identify, but thinks is [...]
Heavy Tuba & Jon Sass “Sagenhaft”
I don’t know what kind of person wakes up one day and decides he’s going to learn to play the tuba. Most people are probably forced into it as children. When I was in elementary school, I played the clarinet. I complained bitterly on the days I had to take my clarinet to school for [...]
Public Enemy “Fear of a Black Planet”
During my last year in high school, my friend gave me a copy of Fear of a Black Planet. She copied it onto a cheap tape that made a rattling noise when I shook it. I listened to it over and over until the tape snapped.
In college, I bought the CD at a used [...]
