friday random ten: “end of the road” edition
I am happily wrapping up my last work-related trip for the year, and it feels, unsurprisingly, refreshing. For the rest of 2009, I get to sleep in my own bed, and if I don’t, it’ll be my choice. That’s a really good feeling.
To briefly revisit another good feeling, I found this old article archived in the ‘tubes this week, which talks a bit about a phenomenon I was privileged to be a part of for a little while a decade ago: the long-gone Wednesday open mic at the Sun Ray Cafe. The author manages to capture the feeling of the whole arrangement perfectly; a great group of people, all of whom were terribly supportive of each other, even those of us with marginal talent. I never played a Pink Floyd tune at that venue, so I guess I can be grateful that he wasn’t calling me out (unless Floyd guy is a composite, in which case he probably was talking at least partially about me); but like this character, many nights, my twelve minutes playing there were the best minutes of my week. It was a great experience for which I’ll always be grateful.
Anyway, the music:
- “Letterbox” – They Might Be Giants
- “It All Makes Sense At The End” – Molly Lewis
- “Aces High” – Iron Maiden
- “The Letter” – The Clarks
- “Don’t Ever Let Me Down” – The Badlees
- “Saucy Sailor” – The Wailin’ Jennys
- “The World Has It’s Shine (But I Would Drop it on a Dime)” – Cobra Starship
- “Gimme Some Salt” – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- “Hag” – The Breeders
- “Sixteen Military Wives” – The Decembrists
Oh, and finally – today’s xkcd is, once again, brilliant.
