Radio and Music

Update:
OK. So we're coming out of church Sunday morning and for some reason I'm in a foul mood (go figure :-). I turn on the radio and this Bluegrass show comes on the air. Now, I'm not much for Country music but I love Bluegrass.

Even since watching one of my favorite movies (O' Brother Where Art Thou), I've really enjoyed that sound. As soon as the movie came out I downloaded the soundtrack and went out and found every album by Alison Krause. What a voice.

The mandolin. The fiddle. The dulcimer. The banjo.
How can you stay grumpy listening to Bluegrass? Impossible. I'm smiling and tapping my foot while Blue Eyes is laughing at me.
Steve Martin has a great clip from Let's Get Small. Check it out.

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As much as I love music, I've almost quit listening to the radio.
I think it started with riding the cycle. It's kind of hard to do with the loud wind and all.
But even when I take the car, I just can't stomach the commercials.

Thank God for digital music. I think my collection is up to 5000 songs. It's mostly old stuff but I try to keep it fresh by adding music from this century. The pickings are slim. Very slim.

I try to find good faith music but I've gotten so turned off by the cliched, canned music known as Contemporary Christian Music (or Positive Hits!!!). I find that music has little to do with real life. I know I'm probably missing out on good music so if you can recommend some please let me know.

Lately I've been listening to some really good Jazz. Not the Pop Jazz you hear on the radio but the Billy Holiday and Miles Davis type of Jazz. Good stuff. I've also been listening to what is know as American Standards. People like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Louis Armstrong and Peggy Lee.

I recently came across a style of singing/singers that was new to me: Torch Singers or Torch songs. I've always been a sucker for a good love song but a sentimental love song, in which the singer laments an unrequited or lost love, where one party is either oblivious to the existence of the other, or where one party has moved on sung by a bluesy, jazzy, sultry female... well what can I say. Bring it on.

Here's one of my all time favorites sung by the sultry Diana Krall.
This song was actually written by Clint Eastwood (if you can believe that!).
It just goes to show tough guys can love Torch music too.
Check out the saxophone half way through. Enjoy.


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Treadmobile

I think I'll buy one just because of the cool/hip background music.

How To Publish Music on Your Blog

It's been a while since I posted a How To Video.
I thought I'd give it another shot.

Did you ever have a song you just had to share with the blogging world?
Well, this video will show you how. Please excuse my uh's and um's.

Birthdays

November is a big birthday month.
My three ladies have their birthdays within a few weeks of each other:
Lisa the 6th, Blue Eyes the 15th and Mom Dec. 1.

Lisa turned 29.
29. It wasn't that long ago that I was 29. Well, maybe it was.
We celebrated at the Melting Pot.
We all love fondue.



Blue Eyes also had a big birthday today.
I'm not allowed to say how big but she's still hot. Sizzlin'.






Adam and Sarah came up from Tampa.
We all had dinner at Seasons 52 then headed over to Disney's Cirque du Soleil.
Awesome night.

Dude. Don't mess with my Computer

Arizona State University student Alex Botsios said he had no problem giving a nighttime intruder his wallet and guitars.
When the man asked for Botsios' laptop, however, the first-year law student drew the line.

"I was like, 'Dude, no -- please, no!" Botsios said. "I have all my case notes…that's four months of work!"

Full story here.

Would be loser robber.



I can relate. Touch my G1 and I kill you.

Smart Phone

UPDATE:
This too:

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Oh yeah. It does this too.
LL: Did you get yours yet?

Election Day

I only had 4 people in front of me, similar to the last two elections.
I was forwarded a great election day prayer from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer:

ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage;
We humbly beseech thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of thy favour and glad to do thy will. Bless our land with honourable industry, sound learning, and pure manners.

Save us from violence, discord, and confusion; from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way. Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues. Endue with the spirit of wisdom those to whom in thy Name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that, through obedience to thy law, we may show forth thy praise among the nations of the earth. In the time of prosperity, fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in thee to fail; all which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Egg Art

Egg Horror Film


You Crack Me Up


"Mess with me and you'll get eggactly what you deserve"


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Gone Fishin'

The little guy went fishing with a friend for the first time.
He caught two fish.

Link:

Bloggin' from Wendy's

Saturday Morning Maranatha Jam

I have no idea if Peter Gabrial is a believer but he sure can write 'em.

Best lines:
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" he said "Grab your things
I've come to take you home."
(Back home.)



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