Tag Archives: Clancy Brothers

iPod Shuffle: 8/20 – 8/24

This week was a life-changer. I signed with a major bicoastal literary agency who want to represent me, my play, and my burgeoning (really?) career. This has been the culmination of years of work, but it is also just the … Continue reading

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6-State Shuffle

5-plus hour drive yesterday as I drove through New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. It was a New England kind of day, where you can pass through multiple states in one day. I am freckled and … Continue reading

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Beach Drive iPod Shuffle

I’ve been back and forth to the beach 5 times in the last 5 days. It’s been hot, humid, and I yearn for the ocean. Because of my writing gig, I can’t hit the road until around 2, which often … Continue reading

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A Pirate’s iPod Shuffle

(Steroid eyedrops working. Eye now crusty and gross, but healing. Thanks for asking.) All Along the Watchtower – U2 Sun Drenched – Mike Viola and the Candy Butchers Cocaine Blues – Johnny Cash I Kissed a Girl (Live) – Katy … Continue reading

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Rainy Sunday iPod Shuffle

Yesterday the rain poured all day. I had a lot of writing to do, and I got most of it done. I also am still re-reading Jane Eyre, so the weather was perfect for that book. Too much writing offline … Continue reading

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“My Brother Thomas Will Now Recite For You The Entire Novel Finnegans Wake By James Joyce.”

That clip is 7:23 minutes long, and I found myself smiling ear to ear for the entirety of it. It is perfection. The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem and Robbie O’Connell singing “Finnegans Wake”, with an amazing introduction. The whole … Continue reading

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Day-Long iPod Shuffle

I was a housewife all weekend. I’ve been so busy during the week that my entire household was a disaster. I played music all weekend as I 409’d my head off and did laundry and cooked. The shuffle has been … Continue reading

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A Week-Long Shuffle

In the last week, I’ve done a lot of driving and also a lot of waiting. I’ve been reading a lot, and finishing up my script (LA, here I come!), but with the amount of driving, I’ve been reliant on … Continue reading

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Shuffle It Up

What should have been a 3 hour drive yesterday turned into a 7 hour drive. iPod Shuffle got me through. “Boogie Woogie Blues” – Jimmy Blythe. He’s part of my recent obsession right now, with piano boogie-woogie. “Steamroller Blues” – … Continue reading

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“And one day at dawn, with her nightdress on / He slit her bloody throat…”

I have a vivid memory of singing this song at the top of my lungs, with my brother, when we were about 8 and 9 years old. Our house was full of Clancy Brothers albums, of course, and we loved … Continue reading

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