Sometimes the world is so random it makes me smile. For instance, I got three voicemails in quick succession on my cell phone from a dad who was trying to wake up his daughter. He kept saying things like, "Why won't you pick up the phone? Well, I guess you're dead or out dancing. Your mother told me to call and now you're not answering. Where are you? Well, if your leg falls off, we'll ha...
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We went out to dinner last night and I saw this woman and I knew I knew her, but for the life of me I couldn't place her. If I'd actually run into her I would have asked, but I saw her from across the room, so it would have been awkward to interrupt her. That kind of stuff really bugs me, though. I wrack my brain trying to figure it out and usually I can, but not this time. Argh.My Bri...
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The contrast podcast's theme this week is "The Lips" but I couldn't get it together to be in it. I guess it's OK to take a break now and again, to keep my lips sealed, as it were. If you'd like to hear what everyone else contributed, go here. Next week's theme will be "Live Versions," so start scouting out your library now. What I really want to talk about today is a one-man band fro...
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Periodically, my husband and I discuss cleaning out the basement. It's a mess down there. If we could just get rid of all the shit that's accumulated over the past 20 or so years, we'd have a lot more room and, more importantly, we'd feel so much better. The trouble is, we never get around to actually doing it. I think our reasons for not doing it are different, though. For him, I thin...
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Today's contrast podcast asks us to recall what we were listening to when we were 21 years old. Seems our dear friend Fil is heading off to a college reunion and an old friend of his thought it would be fun for him to have a mix of sorts to listen to on his trip. You can listen to it or download it here. I was mostly into singer-songwriter stuff at the time--James Taylor, Joni Mitche...
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There's this really cool new machine at the gym called the Adaptive Motion Trainer. It's kind of like an elliptical machine but the pedals go straight up and down instead of in an elliptical motion. The cool thing about it is that you can adjust your stride. You can do short and fast or lengthen them and sort of slowly "run" in place--all without changing any settings. You do it with your...
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Today the contrast podcast is all about secrets. Go here to hear what everyone's got to say. I'll bet there are a few juicy ones. I thought hard about this, because of course there are things about me nobody knows. The tricky part was deciding which one to share. After all, this will live on in perpetuity, so I don't want to reveal anything too incriminating. I decided to go with...
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Hi everyone. As you know, I usually post about the contrast podcast on Tuesdays but there has been a delay over at cp headquarters, so I'm throwing this up as a placeholder in the meantime, seeing as now it's Wednesday. I've been listening to a mix-tape I made a month or so ago and on it I keep coming back to these songs, so I figured I'd share them today. There's no other theme than...
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I read this quote by Plato the other day and it made ultimate sense to me. It seems like such a simple notion yet it can be difficult to practice when you're in the heat of the moment. Actually, it's probably even harder to do when you're not in a heated exchange but during those everyday, mundane encounters that so often we shrug off or pay no attention to.Munck//Johnson--"Be Kind" m...
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This is theft, pure and simple. I stole this song from Colin and I'm not afraid to admit it. I'm actually a little bit miffed at him. Here he sat with this killer track and never shared it until now. Kept it all to himself, the bugger! It's now one of my favorite kick-ass songs EVAH and I suppose I really ought to thank him for it rather than give him shit, so Thanks, dude, you r...
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I always thought I'd make a great continuity person on a film or television show. I'm the kind of person who notices whether the glass of wine is filled to the same level when shown from different angles or if the time on the clock is wrong or never changes. Little things like that jump out at me. Like did you ever notice in The Wizard of Oz , when Dorothy is dancing around with the Sc...
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There were several albums I liked last year but found that I couldn't listen to for any sustained length of time. It had nothing to do with the music and everything to do with me. The thing is, I really wanted to love those records but I couldn't let myself go there. It was for my own good--self-defense, as it were. Although my heart is still not as strong as it could be, it's ever so ...
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I went to another "free-at-noon " concert at WXPN 's studios yesterday and I tell you, you just can't beat a free show. XPN has one every Friday and it's open to the public, you just have to pre-register online. Over the past two years or so I've seen Josh Rouse, Damien Rice (I even got to hug him), Tegan and Sara, Bob Mould, Rufus Wainwright, Neko Case, Bell X-1 and now Winterpills ...
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Depending on how you spent your night last night, I either wish you Happy New Year!!! or happy new year . . . I'm two days late with the final episode of the contrast podcast 's Festive Fifty year-end countdown, which you can listen to here . I hope it's not a harbinger of things to come in the new year, my being late with things. I'm sure it's not. Although I'm putting it up late b...
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2008 was a fine year for music. Now that it's over, it's time for ye olde annual top-ten favorite albums list. As in the past, however, I make no claims that any of these albums are "the best." They're just my favorites. That said, I have to say that I listened to things differently this year. I paid much more attention to albums as a whole. I think I expected more out of them. And so...
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Contrary to popular practice, having a conversation is a two-way street. You say something and then I say something. When I'm talking you actually listen and then respond accordingly and vice versa. It's not a monologue and it's not simply an opportunity for you to vomit a stream of words that have nothing to do with me, the occasion or the subject at hand. Everybody wants to be heard, I un...
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This record by Meursault is a latecomer to 2008, but well worth waiting for. After taking the time to absorb it, I've decided it's like a bottle of fine red wine. It looks gorgeous in the bottle and tastes good at first blush but its real beauty reveals itself after you've let it breathe for a bit. There's an atmospheric mix of electronic touches, fuzzy electric guitar and lovely acou...
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Ghosts. No Christmas is complete without them. They arrive uninvited and no matter what you do, you can't turn them away. I don't mean to sound flip. I am most sincere. And I'm not talking about Scrooge-like ghosts. I'm talking about anyone, anything that you loved or still do love and who you can't be with, a place you wish you were, or memories of a time in your life that you wish st...
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Last time Grandma came to visit , I made the mistake of not cleaning my bedroom and bathroom, figuring I'd save myself some work since she wouldn't have any reason to go in there. Well, I was wrong and got caught out being the slob that I am. So this time I'm cleaning the whole house and I have about 30 hours left to do it. Wish me luck!Stars --"What the Snowman Learned About Love" m...
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I got this idea from Nat . Come to think of it, I think I got a couple of these songs from her as well! Anyhoo, what are your favorite "non-traditional, non-denominational celebration"* songs? This year mine are as follows, although they're in no particular order.The Long Winters --"Christmas With You Is the Best" mp3 off Music from the O.C. Mix 3 (buy )E --"Everything's Gonna Be...
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