The Bees' Knees

My newest “favorite” is Adele. The best description I can come up with for her music is a jazzier and sexier Amy Winehouse, only without the crack and the tabloid headlines. It’s my newest “must have” album.

Another of those songs that pops up in iTunes that brings me to tears each time. Remembering that I was that girl fixing my hair. And I love my life, but I can’t help but wonder what would have been if I hadn’t been.

I’ve been listening to everything I’ve ripped so far from my music collection on “party shuffle” in iTunes. It’s an odd mix, at best, and complete cacophony as worst when you have a collection that can go from Suicidal Tendencies to Van Cliburn with zero transition, but last night, this song came on. The Innocence Mission released Umbrella at a point in my life when I had too much going on, and a lot of personal issues, and at a point when there is too much going on now, it was amazing the visceral reaction I had to this song, which I haven’t played in years. I was back in my old apartment in Upper Monroe. This is an amazing album, but has so much associated with it that it’s sometimes difficult to listen to.

Sometimes using that random feature on iTunes to sift through everything you own pays off! Dedicated to Jerry Yang, it’s Erasure with Yahoo! from The Innocents.

Another Tori. I will make the argument that it’s worth it, posting two in a row. The haunting beauty of this one makes it one of the most heartrending of her songs. Definitely my favorite track on Boys for Pele.

Happy Cinco de Mayo people!

I haven’t listened to Blind Man’s Zoo in ages. I probably should. The lyrics to Jubilee about the destruction that can be wraught by religious zealotry. Nearly 10 years later this song says more to me now than it did then.

I miss Liz Phair before the big sellout. While not my favorite song, Supernova from Whip-Smart is darn near close.