I am busy:<\/p>\n
1. actually being okay with being a bit of a headcase … it’s so relaxing … God … because why? because I am also “Sk8r Boi” – Avril Lavigne<\/p>\n “Johnson’s Motorcar” – The Clancy Brothers (at Carnegie Hall)<\/p>\n “Dreamboat Annie” – Heart<\/p>\n “My Love Is True” – Hellogoodbye<\/p>\n “Beautiful Child” – Rufus Wainwright<\/p>\n “Canary” – Liz Phair<\/p>\n “Something Beautiful” – Sinead O’Connor<\/p>\n “Friel’s Kitchen” – The Chieftains<\/p>\n “Elevation” – U2 (sexy)<\/p>\n (but enough with the Irish. Oh well. That’s what my iPod shuffle always does. It can’t help itself.)<\/p>\n “Finale” – Les Miserables<\/p>\n “Drink With Me” – “Grantaire”, Les Miserables (you have got to be kidding me)<\/p>\n “Where Do the Children Play” – Dolly Parton with Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) – looooove it. Love the whole album.<\/p>\n “Two Ladies” – Emcee (Alan Cumming) Cabaret<\/i> – you know you really have to be in the mood to hear this.<\/p>\n “It’s My Life” – Bon Jovi (now that’s more like it.)<\/p>\n “Mr. Pinstripe Suit” – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy<\/p>\n “Finale” – 1776<\/i> – I mean, seriously, it’s just the clock bonging, and a list of names and states – but I get goosebumps every time I hear it. Eeeeekkkk!!!<\/p>\n “In My Other Life” – Tracy Bonham<\/p>\n “Only Our Rivers Run Free” – The Irish Tenors. Shut up.<\/p>\n “Thank God It’s Christmas” – Queen<\/p>\n “Welcome To the Black Parade” – My Chemical Romance. Tone it down a notch, boys. Everything is going to be okay. Relax.<\/p>\n “Gonna See Her Again Today” – Pat McCurdy – rock on with that electric guitar, McCurdy!<\/p>\n “Nothing else Matters” – Metallica<\/p>\n “Drum Boogie” – Gene Krupa and his Orchestra<\/p>\n “Rocky Raccoon” – The Beatles<\/p>\n “Southern Song” – Pat McCurdy<\/p>\n “Real Man” – Bonnie Raitt (speak it, sister)<\/p>\n “Pump It Up” – Elvis Costello & The Attractions<\/p>\n “Walking After You” – Foo Fighters<\/p>\n “For Good” – Idina Menzel & Kristin Chenoweth, Wicked<\/i><\/p>\n “The Bard of Armagh” – Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem (see what I mean?)<\/p>\n “Crater Lake” – Liz Phair<\/p>\n “I Sing the Body Electric” – the cast of Fame<\/i> – YEAH! Go Leroy with your cornrows and your illiteracy!!<\/p>\n “Day and Night” – Nina Simone<\/p>\n “Modern Day Miracle” – Pat McCurdy<\/p>\n “Crying For You” – Pat McCurdy. Stop bothering me, McCurdy. Man I love this song though.<\/p>\n “Where the Streets Have No Name” – U2 (goosebumps)<\/p>\n “Sign ‘O the Times” – Prince. Oh, Prince. You are the best and I feel so LUCKY that you “hit” when I was in high school and got to experience the pandemonium as it was happening.<\/p>\n “She’s Got A Way” – Billy Joel (I’m sure she does, Billy)<\/p>\n “Arrival in Benares” – Ustad Vilayat Khun<\/p>\n “Don’a Wan’a” – Wanda Jackson<\/p>\n “Free Fallin'” – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. (I can never hear this song enough.)<\/p>\n “Wizards in Winter” – Trans-Siberian Orchestra<\/p>\n “White America” – Eminem (That’s how you lead off your album? Brilliant.)<\/p>\n “Porte En Arraire” – Emmylou Harris, Kate & Anna McGarrigle<\/p>\n “Nhimutimu” – Kumusha<\/p>\n “Heartburn” – Rufus Wainwright<\/p>\n “Thumbelina” – Tracy Bonham<\/p>\n “Rock & Roll” – Eric Hutchinson<\/p>\n “Miracle” – Foo Fighters<\/p>\n “It’s Sweet” – Liz Phair<\/p>\n “Sinful Heart” – Wanda Jackson<\/p>\n “Future Sex \/ Love Sound” – Justin Timberlake. Hitachi break!<\/p>\n “Around the World” – Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens<\/i> – heartwrenching<\/p>\n “On Horseback” – Eileen Ivers.<\/p>\n (sigh. Overkill Irish. That’s what I get for having the music collection I do!)<\/p>\n “Don’t Miss That Train” – Wynona Carr (looooove her – so so glad I made the discovery. Check her OUT if you’re not familiar!)<\/p>\n “Lose Yourself” – Eminem (definitely a high water mark in music in the last decade or so … maybe more. This is one of “those” songs.)<\/p>\n “One” – Metallica<\/p>\n “We Two Are One” – Eurhythmics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am busy: 1. actually being okay with being a bit of a headcase … it’s so relaxing … God … because why? because I am also 2. feeling taken care of … someone is taking care … wow. 3. … Continue reading
\n2. feeling taken care of … someone is taking care<\/i> … wow.
\n3. cooking
\n4. making lists
\n5. listening to ye olde Shuffle
\n6. working on something that is my own version of Thomas Jefferson’s famous “head vs. heart” letter to Maria Cosway<\/a> (speaking of being a head case) … having a hard time getting in there (with myself I mean), but I’m working on it.<\/p>\n