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Driving through a rainbow
Driving through a rainbow

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.
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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.
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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.
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My husband hates it, but Tori’s version of Smells Like Teen Spirit exposes the raw beauty of the song. Sorry, Kurt, but I think she does it better.
Happy Cinco de Mayo people!
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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.
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I miss Liz Phair before the big sellout. While not my favorite song, Supernova from Whip-Smart is darn near close.
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For once, I have to give credit where credit is due. I hadn’t had a lot of exposure to alt-country before meeting my now-husband, and I may have ended up a bigger fan than he is. Here’s my favorite Old 97s song, Four-Leaf Clover, with Exene Cervenka (yes, THAT Exene Cervenka) off the album Early Tracks.
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An absolutely amazing song from an amazing movie. From the first time I heard Falling Slowly I was mesmerized. The soundtrack from Once has been the most played album in my iTunes since I bought.