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Rain, rain, go away! Songs about rain…
The rainy weather today sucks…
I enjoy the occasional rainy day. It’s good for quiet contemplation, sleep, reading, getting things done around the house. Lately, we’ve been getting a ton of rain, though. It’s not the pleasant, romantic type of rain, either, like the kind depicted in a recent Progressive car insurance commercial. It’s cold and nasty and doesn’t make me want to go outside. So, in the interest of celebrating yucky weather, today’s post is […]
Best of 2012 mix cd’s (discs 1-3): a track listing
Every year, I design what ends up being a 6-cd best-of-the-previous-year mix. I have several friends who want all six, another several who like to receive samplings therefrom. I design one set in February, another in August or so (giving me further time to explore, as I don’t assume I’ll discover all my favorite music in the calendar year it happens to be released in). I’m told, and choose to believe, that I’m very good […]
Why I love good live albums
The live album test
Some years ago, I remember having a conversation with a friend who had just bought a new album and was disappointed because she hadn’t realized it was a “live recording”. She objected to the sound of the roar of the crowd and the variations on studio perfection that come out on live albums. My friend said she planned to take the album back to the store because, in her words, “if […]