Feeling a little blue today. There's something in my past that the turning of the season, this springtime uplift, sun and pollen in the trees, never lets me forget. I spent much of the day listening to Patrick Wolf's "The Wind in the Wires" (thanks, Dale, for the EMCD), and now I'm craving Joni Mitchell, most of which is at home and on vinyl. Maybe "Song to a Seagull," maybe "Blue." Until then:
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Tin AngelChelsea MorningClouds is the 1969 second album by Joni Mitchell. It is sparsely arranged, with little more than Mitchell's voice and solo acoustic guitar for accompaniment. All Music describes "Songs to Aging Children Come" as featuring "perhaps the most remarkably sophisticated chord sequence in all of pop music", employing chords chromatically related by tritone or thirds.Particularl...
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...singer/songwriters aren't for everybody...hell, even when I get those press packs in the mail with that title suspiciously tucked somewhere in the verbiage I blanch involuntarily...but such was not always the case...and you know I like the old stuff...which brings me to the Knife's post of that "*Akon; Gerry Rafferty mash-up*":http://mog.com/Mike_the_Knife/blog_post/91348 which, in turn, m...
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From one of the true greats in any genre and always worth a listen on a rainy day or other wiseThis from the re-mastered edition
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This is my favorite song. It felt like the right song to play before bed. Or if you are just waking, brewing a strong cuppa, it'll work too.Good news too all in the MOS...Cheers.
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Why do fools fall in loveI'm sure Joni asked herself that question more than once
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Dear Mom. The Army has been good to me. I've gained 25 pounds and I've grown another foot.
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The world keeps turning, a venti mocha please...with space.(Listen through headphones if possible)Amazon - 8.99 256kbps avg. no drmiTunes - 9.90 128 protected aac
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...I've been running around this crazy-ass town all day, just got in and now, I'm alone with my thoughts...time for some Joni...this was what Tracy Chapman was tapping into on her first album....
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with new kiddie in the house "dave's world" was robbed from me and turned into a kiddie room. good thing i spent the last 2.5 months converting my gigantic garage into the new and greatly improved "dave's world."now my world seriously kicks ass. it's about 3 times the size. just got my vinyl rig in working order after 2.5 months! damn. my soul was dying. so, i had the backlog of vinyl i wa...
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It's our song.....It always has been.....(it's blue, not bloo)
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Kay, I am a bit buzzed and stinkin thinkin. I have BBQed all there is to BBQ in my fridge (Tri-tip, Turkey Burgers, Green Onions, Peppers of the Orange and Yellow Persuasion, Grilled Onions, Honey Mustard coated Chicken Drummys...the Lot!), and I have finished off all the white wine in the house, and it is only 9:00 pst. FYI! I believe in a kettle BBQ, with real misquite. No gas here. Fo' s...
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stereogum turned me on to the site nonesuch made for the upcoming joni mitchell tribute album.http://www.atributetojonimitchell.com/listen to one minute streams of each song. artists include:a tribute to joni mitchell 1. Sufjan Stevens 2. Björk 3. Caetano Veloso 4. Brad Mehldau 5. Cassandra Wilson 6. Prince 7. Sarah McLachlan 8. Annie Lennox 9. Emmylou Harris 10. Elvis Coste..
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A Parable of the Housing Bubble:Over a year ago, someone bought up three or four single-family homes near our apartment.They got a zoning change through to allow them to build townhomes on the land.They got a demolition permit.A year ago, they knocked down the houses.And now the place where several nice houses used to stand is ugly and empty(except for some very nice flowers that survived the h...
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Hey Moggers. I have some news that I wanted to share with all of you. As it happens my wife Rachel's mother has recently been diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma. Her mother, Kathryn Simons, is a breast cancer survivor for close to 10 years now. Her parents have a small business that has been in Fayetteville for close to 20 years. They however cannot afford insurance due to her mother's...
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