Saturday, December 5, 2009

Leftovers (Little Black Book): Sharon and Karen Edition

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Leftovers, especially this year, have been a lot of songs from “themes I missed in the time I was here.” That’s as true of my posts as anyon...

Leftovers (Fruits and Vegetables): Homegrown Tomatoes

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Guy Clark: Homegrown Tomatoes [ purchase ] Jay Ungar & Molly Mason: Homegrown Tomatoes [ purchase ] Like several others of our hardy ba...

Leftovers (Color My World): The Gold Around You

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Mark Bradley: The Gold Around You [out of print] I debated about whether this should be in the Metals or the Color My World theme. I eve...

Leftovers (This and That:): The Joni Edition

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Looking back on our This and That theme, I see I'd already posted three times... so it wasn't as if I was feeling under-represented...
Friday, December 4, 2009

Leftovers (This and That): Love and Affection

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Joan Armatrading : Love and Affection [ purchase ] Leftovers happen in different ways. Sometimes life intrudes, and there isn’t time to post...

Leftovers (Long Songs) : Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet

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Gavin Bryars : Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (part 1) [ purchase ] (Don't worry if you can't hear any music during the first...
Thursday, December 3, 2009

Leftovers (Smiles): Smile Away

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Paul and Linda McCartney: Smile Away [ purchase ] Having just returned from the dentist with my 41-year cavity-free record still intact, I ...

Leftovers (Drugs): Stoned Soul Picnic

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Laura Nyro: Stoned Soul Picnic [ purchase ] The 5th Dimension: Stoned Soul Picnic [ purchase ] Laura Love: Stoned Soul Picnic [ purchase ]...

Leftovers (Songs Called Songs): Just to Have You Hum Along (The Futon Song)

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Betty Elders: Just to Have You Hum Along (The Futon Song) [ purchase ] Some of you may recall I had a life-changing summer, spending two m...
Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Leftovers (Metals): Ironbound - Fancy Poultry

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Suzanne Vega : Ironbound - Fancy Poultry [ purchase ] During Metals week, I was hard at work shopping for a new file host, and making impro...

Leftovers (Name-Droppers): I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone

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Sleater-Kinney: I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone [ Purchase ] It was just a few weeks ago that we did a Name-Droppers theme. I had a few ideas ...
Monday, November 30, 2009

Leftovers (Similes): Tossed Like a Stone

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Health and Happiness Show: Tossed Like a Stone [ purchase ] Looking over the past year's themes, the Similes week stuck out for the pa...
Saturday, November 28, 2009

Thanks and Appreciation: Thank You

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Tori Amos: Thank You [ purchase ] I've never been a Led Zeppelin fan... so when I discovered this cover of their song, with Tori's...

Thanks and Appreciation: Thanks To You

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Jesse Winchester: Thanks To You [ purchase ] Emmylou Harris: Thanks To You [ purchase ] Chris Smither: Thanks To You [ purchase ] I encoun...

Thanks and Appreciation: The Load-Out

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Jackson Browne : The Load-Out [ purchase ] Jackson Browne’s album Running On Empty is a collection of songs about the life of a touring band...
Friday, November 27, 2009

Thanks and Appreciation: Kind and Generous

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Natalie Merchant: Kind and Generous [ Purchase ] When I first heard this song on the radio I thought it was catchy, but corny. I did like i...

Thanks and Appreciation: Thanks For the Boogie Ride

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Erin McKeown : Thanks For the Boogie Ride [ purchase ] My first response to this week’s theme was to realize that I had used three of my bes...
Thursday, November 26, 2009

Thanks and Appreciation: Thanksgiving Song

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Mary Chapin Carpenter: Thanksgiving Song [ purchase ] I know we don't usually submit new songs, but I hope everyone can forgive the ex...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Thanks and Appreciation: Thank You World

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World Party: Thank You World [ purchase ] I was a senior in college in 1990, and my (and the country's) environmental consciousness was...

Thanks and Appreciation: Uncle

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Norman Blake : Uncle [ purchase ] Uncle tells the tale of a man who briefly but profoundly touched the life of the narrator. I don’t know th...