friday random ten: “rumors of my demise are exaggerated…” edition
Exaggerated…but only slightly. No, I haven’t pulled a McCain and suspended all activities to duck out on the debate deal with the financial crisis; I merely got really, really, seriously, knocking on Death’s door sick with some evil flu-like virus this week. From Monday evening to Wednesday lunchtime, I think I was awake for maybe three or four hours. I returned to work on Thursday, though I’d call my status at that point merely "not quite dead", rather than healthy.
Oh well; here’s hoping I improve enough (and nobody else gets sick enough) to follow through on our plans to see Neil Gaiman at the National Book Festival this weekend.
In the meantime, here’s today’s tune allotment, heavier on the Girl Powah!* than I normally expect:
- "ABC" – The Pipettes
- "Space Doggity" – Jonathan Coulton
- "The Fool" – Old 97s
- "Mother and Child Reunion" – Me First and The Gimme Gimmes
- "Things That You Know" – The Wailin’ Jennys
- "Untouchable Face" – Ani DiFranco
- "Wannabe" – Spice Girls
- "Canary" – Liz Phair
- "Barricades and Brickwalls" – Kasey Chambers
- "Piggies" – The Beatles
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* – I’m pretty sure Liz and Ani could take the combined might of both the Spice Girls and the Pipettes in a fight, fair or no. I’m not sure where Kasey and the Jennys would stand on the conflict, though the sheer might of "Barricades and Brickwalls" as the greatest stalker song EVER is too formidable a weapon to ignore.
