Wednesday, March 9, 2016

#MusicMonday 7 March


 - "Emerald Isle" - Whitehorse 

 - "Nothing Left" - Elliott BROOD

 - "If I Get Old" (Paper Bag Sessions) - Elliott BROOD

 - "Rich In Love" (Viva NashVegas Radio) - Colin Linden

 - "That's Entertainment" - The Jam

 - "Company" - Dean Friedman

- "Stressed Out" - 21 Pilots 

 - "Shake It Off" - Daniel Duke

 - "99 Luftballons" - Nena

#MusicMonday 29 February Leap Year Bonus!!

As you may have noticed, we'll include RT's of other suggestions & music moments through the week. Also attaching links to the performers sites where possible
We always love a suggestion, whether it's Monday or not.

 - "All I Have To Do Is Dream" - Jill & Matt Barber

 - "Vagabond" - Beirut  *

 - "It" - Rich Aucoin *

 - "Cuckoo's Nest" - Lee Harvey Osmond *

 - "Word Crimes" - Weird Al Yankovic *

 - "Piece By Piece" - Kelly Clarkson

 - "Rather Be" - Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne

 - "Spice Up Your Life" - Spice Girls 

 -  "Take On Me" - a-ha *

 - "Blackbird" (excerpt) - Dave Grohl

- "Express Yourself" - N.W.A.

 - "Look At Us Now"  - The Frank & Walters

 - "Pretty Thing" - Whitehorse

 - "Where's Me Jumper?" - Sultans of Ping

 - "Sounds Like A Party" - Lettuce with Nigel Hall

 - "PartDepart" - CaStLeS (Cestyll)

 - "Think You Can Wait" - The National


This list includes the music videos we've chosen for #OscarSunday each year. They were RT'd as lead up to this year's event & are noted by an *.

#MusicMonday 22 February

Apologies for the repeat. I'm sure I posted this already but apparently not.
Here's the list, including a few strays from other days.

 - "Bows & Arrows" (Live at #GuitarCenter)  - Kaiser Chiefs

 - "What You Need" (Live, 1991) - INXS 

 - "Pen To Paper" - Modern Space

 - "Headphones" - Mounties 

 - "Lousy Neighbor" (Live, Kraftbrau) - The Sinatras

 - "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" - Steve & John Dagleish

 - #BloodHarmonies playlist - Steve & John Dagleish

 - "All Night Long" (Live) - The Mavericks 

 - "Keep On Swinging" - Rival Sons 

 - "Leave Before The Lights Come On" - Arctic Monkeys


Monday, March 7, 2016

Oliver Sacks Reading List.

There's many things to hate about Borders not existing any longer. A big one for me is that my "I met him/her/them once" list is now finite.
I met Oliver Sacks once. Sold him a copy of his own book at the Michigan Ave store in Chicago. He was doing a reading at Barnes & Noble & had forgotten his copy. He liked us better so he was buying it there. Very funny to talk to.
I probably won't ever work my way through all these titles, but it's a nice reference if I'm looking for a suggestion.
I loved that. Not just the famous people, but talking to people about what they enjoyed & didn't & why.
Getting a recommendation that turns out to be a life changer. And I don't know if Jamie Lee Curtis ever read "Time With Children" but she made me write it down so she could try.
I miss people that loved working with books.


Here's the link to the list, via BrainPickings:

The Life of the Mind