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Music shuffle: The Return
To quote the final line of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: I been away a long time. My last “shuffle” post was in 2022 and I worried about what I would do when “my laptop goes”. Well, it happened … Continue reading
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Tagged Bleu, Brendan Benson, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Eminem, Eric Church, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Iran, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Link Wray, Mike Viola, Nirvana, Pat McCurdy, shuffle, The Beatles, Tracy Bonham, Waylon Jennings
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Music Shuffle for a New Era
If you follow me elsewhere, you know there have been huge changes in my life in the last 4 or 5 months. Changes tragic and changes new. I have moved. I now live by the ocean in a house surrounded … Continue reading
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Tagged Alanis Morissette, Bleu, Bo Diddley, Brendan Benson, Britney Spears, Carl Perkins, ELO, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Eminem, Everclear, Gene Vincent, Glee, Green Day, Indigo Girls, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Liz Phair, Madonna, Mike Viola, Pat McCurdy, Pink, Prince, shuffle, Waylon Jennings
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The Sheltering-in-Place iPod Shuffle
By request: I play music as I clean. I also play music as I do my digital day job – which I am very VERY grateful for, since so many people just lost their jobs overnight. I mean, let’s be … Continue reading
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Tagged Alanis Morissette, Bleu, Brendan Benson, Carl Perkins, Charlie Rich, Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley, Eminem, Eric Church, Everclear, Ewan McGregor, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Indigo Girls, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Reed, Johnny Cash, Johnny Flynn, Lenny Kravitz, Link Wray, Little Richard, Liz Phair, Madonna, Mike Viola, Nicole Kidman, Nirvana, Pat McCurdy, Pink, Ricky Nelson, Robbie Williams, Rufus Wainwright, shuffle, The Beatles, The Everly Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Wanda Jackson, Waylon Jennings
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Autumnal iPod Shuffle
“Family Tradition” – Hank Williams, Jr. Bitter! It’s such a great “fuck you” to Nashville country-music prudes and a great wielding of his autobiography as a weapon: “If I get stoned and sing all night long, it’s a family tradition.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, B.B. King, Bleu, Bob Dylan, Brendan Benson, Charlie Rich, Doris Day, Eddie Cochran, ELO, Elvis Presley, Eminem, Eric Church, Etta James, Glee, Huey Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Judy Garland, Link Wray, Little Richard, Liz Phair, Michael Jackson, Mike Viola, Pat McCurdy, Queen, Robbie Williams, Rufus Wainwright, Sam Cooke, shuffle, Sinéad O'Connor, The Everly Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Wanda Jackson
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Summer iPod Shuffle
“From a Buick 6” – Bob Dylan. The SOUND of his BAND … it’s so VITAL, jangly and raucous, so PRESENT. So is his voice, and the lyrics, and everything coming from him … but listen to that band. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Alanis Morissette, Bob Dylan, Carl Perkins, Dolly Parton, Doris Day, Elvis Presley, Eminem, Eric Church, Jack Black, Little Richard, Liz Phair, Nirvana, Ok Go, Pat McCurdy, Pink, Ricky Nelson, Robbie Williams, shuffle, Sinéad O'Connor, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Tracy Bonham, Waylon Jennings
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