The List - #21-25

Thank you Chris for your diligent listing efforts. In response to the stirring excitement of this stir into the past, I am posting my favorite video from Chris's list as he releases them--with explanation.

Live -- I Alone



This band comes with a stigma, however, as i know i heard them before the whole 9/11 tragedy; but "lightning crashes" cemented that song with a somewhat notorious degree in my head. Throwing Copper was the first cassette I ever bought with my own money, earned from picking peaches out of the backyard so my dad could mow. What I remember about this song now? the first time i listened to the whole album we were on a family trip to the lake with friends..my brother loved it, my dad loved it, my mom was pissed i had been able to buy an album that had a song called Shit Towne. When i first heard "I Alone," and understood it...i think i was a little freaked. I mean, i was in what, the sixth grade or something. Good, decent song. Can't believe i left that off my initial list for Chris. Thanks Chris for doing all the work.

Stolen! Rap? Dead?

It's a rare, rare thing

There are few days in my well off life where I envy the likes of the male species. I mean, I enjoy being a girl. Don't get me wrong, I love men. I am married to one. I am not some extreme feminist or anything of the like. I am just happy with what the Lord gave. Nuts, bananas, watermelons, whatever. However, if i had a camera, i would be able to REALLy show you why today i envy the boys--but, i don't. So this little list about the toilet I had to enter will suffice.

Why I envy the boys
1. It's the end of the month, the management at the restaurant/mall/(in today's case) pharmacy soda shop haven't got around to refilling the toilet seat covers. I know this isn't just a girl thing (remember Duckie's comment in Pretty in Pink--i could show the clip, but this is just my fave) but still, we option the sit more so me thinks. I'm sorry. I'm just grossed out.
2. You can make it fun. Me, i just wee and leave. If you can aim the options are limitless.

Ohhhkay...that's as far as I'm going with this. I just wanted to get that off my chest. B-A-N-A-N-A-S.

yes, ada does produce maGic

Dear D-town,
So, you're not from ada, ok; don't fret--i know you may never comprehend the coolness of the simplistic town or understand that the social stigmas of small towns may hold their worth but i can't help but say 'screw that' with my pride always set on the dial of 34° 47' N 96° 41' W. but this post isn't all about my love for a-town. it's about the fact that i overheard someone say something about good music; naturally my ears perk up--good music, okay. good music, they said, doesn't exist in places like oklahoma. all that red dirt crap, they said. okay, okay. let me let everyone in on something/someone in ada. greg allen, whom i happened to take guitar lessons from, just happens to take improvisational beats way beyond any local 'music' i've heard as of yet in big d. big d. i love you; a bit. i will always love ada. and freaking greg allen.

I stole this from Chris because I like him so much...

Favorite Older Songs of the Moment:


for the moment — one big holiday:my morning jacket(my ringtone since forever and so i kept it from chris's list) — ceremony:joy division (this song comes on and so much emotion is evoked i literally feel like i may split in two--everysingletime— scenic world:beirut (again, kept from chris's list because i love it so much-and it ties with after the curtain falls because something about that tune...— – tom sawyer:rush (i get all hyped like a h.davidson fan with waay too much testosterone and alcohol

Favorite New Band or Older Band You Recently Discovered: fav’rit new bands - beirut (love first album best), erykah badu (not new herself but love that album), meiko… older recently discover’ds - talking heads (all over again) michael jackson (um...so you wanta be startin' something; you gotta be startin' something)

Favorite Song Ever:

yeah right...diddo

Best Recent Concert:

i was really into the band of horses show

Last Great Film I Saw:

i have same trouble picking film like music.so i am just going to put the last one i watched, Michel Gondry's Be Kind, Rewind. He is a twelve year old. and it works. Made me go home and want to remake Ghostbusters

Last Great Book I Read:

on beauty

First Album You Remember Buying:

i know the first single cassette was "waterfalls" by TLC (girl, you know that's right) and first full ablum cassette was Live and first cd was Toadies.

Favorite Band to Hate On That All Your Friends Heart:

i dont hate--and i love the smiths/the cure

Best Purchase of the Last Year:

Led Zeppelin tickets (i beat all of you suckers!)

Best Thing I Did This Year:

working on that now ain't i?

Favorite Recent Drunk Moment:

was recently, mambo taxi anyone?

Favorite TV Show at the Moment:

dont watch tv really

Favorite Video Game at the Moment:

screw it

Most Commonly Eaten Food Product:

peanut butter

My Ringtone:

one big holiday: my morning jacket

"as if musical ability comes with some sort of obligation to society..."

Slate sheds a pretty interesting light on one on my favorite albums, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.

I don't get to see Radiohead

Damn. That really sucks. (side note: i hate you tyler, but do love me enough to take a great picture and send it my way). Luckily, i do get to see this gal at the Palladium Ballroom; whom i have missed on several occassions..sometimes by mere seconds and once because of a mass murderer/rapist. nope, i am not lying.