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[iridium]

still not taking the time to write a content-ful post. it's been quite a good weekend so far, though very busy. i have more fabric, hair-bleach, 6 new cds (+2 little brightly-colored records), 3 new books, a boxfull of overripe peaches for jam, (some) clean laundry, another batch of data, and with luck this afternoon i'll have mangos, stickyrice, and those little coconut-milk & taro things from Thai brunch. and more clean laundry. and i got a phone call from (a recorded) Samuel L Jackson that startled and boggled and entertained me, fussin' at me to stop dying my hair all those colors and get in my 'old tin can of a car' (*ahem*) and go see that movie. oh! and also there was much laughter and good music and dancing. dancing like frenzied, blind crayfish, dancing like very silly, rapidly and economically drunken people, and dancing stompy waltzing polkas. also found a new drinking song that makes me grin:

sung in a deep and dramatic voice while swaying back & forth and preferably waving a whiskey bottle around, with appropriate facial expressions at the end of each line:
Women make us love!
...and love makes us sad.
...and sadness makes us drink!
...and drinking makes us mad!
...and madness makes us women.
(and then drink.)

but now is not time for drinking; now is time for me to get off my ass and shower & do laundry again. so, then, here you go.

from tyratae:
List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying right now. Post these instructions in your livejournal along with 7 songs. Then tag 7 people to see what they're listening to:

1. "I Must Away Love", Halali
2. "Black Soul Choir", 16 Horsepower
3. "Old Cold Coffee on the Dashboard", Nickel Creek
4. "Singapore", Tom Waits
5. "Weatherman", Kris Delmhorst (and also, really, all of her Strange Conversations album. all of it. wow.)
6. "Day Is Done", Norah Jones & Charlie Hunter
7. "You Are My Sunshine", unknown, off a mix from sholladay

and in a more general sense, i've been intrigued by the song "St. James Infirmary" for awhile now. as it happened, this led to me picking up three albums of Alan Lomax recordings at Amoeba the other day, and that in turn meant that i enjoyed hearing Andru Bemis play last night more than i might have otherwise.

not tagging, but go for it if you want to.

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[tamnonlinear.livejournal.com]

I don't generally do memes or accept tagging, but for what it's worth, I have a few songs up in my LJ today, in case you want any of them.

I like your song list, though I only recognize a few of them, they're all songs I'm fond of.

[tamnonlinear.livejournal.com]

p.s. random linkage:

I am not even going to pretend that I get the reference when you make this particular joke, but I saw an OMG! Ponies! this morning and thought of you.

[iridium.livejournal.com]

tparnell told me this story when i came through and visited him in Maryland a few months back: that as an April' Fools trick, Slashdot was all done up in pink and glitter, with very bubbly news and geek-stuff reviews, and also polls as to what's-cuter, and little ditzy blurbs on cuteness. the title-bar for the day read OMG PONIES! in curly bubble letters. he gave a link with a screenshot of it recently...it made me snerk and giggle a bunch.

but...augh! cuteness! tiny ponies and very large horses in blankets!! it makes my day better. *grin* thank you.

[iridium.livejournal.com]

mmmm, new music!

and also: the Jethro Tull is one i haven't heard, or at least hadn't in a long while. i almost went to see them at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland last year, but the tickets were way out of my budget...

[jencallisto]

yow. i suddenly miss you and the Bay Area a whole lot. it sounds like it was a wonderful weekend. i mean, i've also had a lovely weekend, but i think i need more dancing.

i'm envious of your Alan Lomax acquisitions, i've meant to pick up some of his stuff for years.

[iridium.livejournal.com]

i could use more dancing myself...haven't been doing much of that lately.

if i get off my ass (& if you send me your address in San Diego) i'll make you a mix with some of the Lomax recordings & some of the other new music i've picked up lately. :)