I don’t know how I missed it, but my boys The Cat Empire have a new CD out there. It was my prize for getting all my work done.

They are seriously the most fun I’ve heard in a long time. Their sound just makes me happy. Even over a year after hearing them on Letterman [...]

Posted on April 22nd, 2008 under Cat Empire, music. Comments: None

The intonation isn’t the best I’ve heard from these guys. But in their defense, it was 10 am. If pictures are worth a thousand words, The Sound is worth at least that much. Can’t get it (the sound) from the pages of a magazine, you know.
X Ray Hip on Kare11 Showcase MN
Note: don’t know how [...]

Posted on April 19th, 2008 under X-Ray Hip, friends, music. Comments: None

I am so glad I spent the money on myself to go to hear her! I probably didn’t need to splurge on a Walleye Cesear and a scotch, but I did anyway.
As the set started I realized that I haven’t been to see live Jazz since I was in New York City in 2000. That [...]

Posted on March 14th, 2008 under music, weather. Comments: 5

I’ve purchased a ticket at the bar.
I hope she sings “God will” by Lyle Lovett. From her “Blame It On My Youth” CD.
Great lyrics (below). She’s on iTunes. Check her out.

Of course, she changes the gender…I like that too. God being she, and all.
Who keeps on trusting you
When you’ve been cheating
And spending your nights [...]

Posted on March 13th, 2008 under music. Comments: 2

Seriously. What’s up with all these March birthdays for musicians? Or at least musicians that I like or musicians I find significant in some way because they made an impact…even if the impact was/is “infamous” or goofy.
1940, 1946 and 1948. Isn’t it interesting what breadth a single decade produced?
  Al Jarreau (jazz)
  Liza Minnelli (Broadway)
  [...]

Posted on March 12th, 2008 under music. Comments: 3

March 11 is the anniversary of these three men with something rather interesting in common.
1903, 1921 and 1939. All about 17 years apart but from different areas of the world
. Lawrence Welk
Astor Piazzola
Flaco Jimenez
And then there’s my friend Dee. Her b-day is sometime around now too (I’m a bad friend, because I never [...]

Posted on March 11th, 2008 under accordion. Comments: 4

At the end of April, I need to drive 6+ hours from Minneapolis to Ashland, NE (on the far side of Omaha about an hour.)
I’ll have my iPod adapter to play through my radio. Now I just need to make a playlist.
Any suggestions of a “must have” for a road trip playlist like this? Leave [...]

Posted on March 10th, 2008 under music. Comments: 5

I don’t know if it’s the weather change, the final stage of SAD, something to do with the level of stress I’ve been dealing with or some weird grief work I’m finish about Mr. Hockey, but I’ve had a bit of insomnia for the last week or so.
Libby the Adventure Poodle has played her part [...]

Posted on February 26th, 2008 under ear worm, self-care. Comments: 5

Last night I took the boys (and DS1’s girlfriend) to see the U2 3D film at our favorite cineplex. Of course, being the crazy goof-ball I am, I relied on Fandango for show times. Yeah. I guess that’s wrong to do that. We busted our buns to get there by 6:00 for a 6:30 show [...]

Posted on February 23rd, 2008 under U2, U2 3D, movies, music. Comments: 4