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FILTER IS ON: You are browsing articles in the category. Turn this filter off. Cassette Singles I Have Known: Inaugural Entry I am beginning a new series of posts where I share music videos of cassette singles I bought as a kid and have managed to hold onto up through the present. I'll try to keep this going as long as I can, though lack of reader interest would probably be a dealbreaker. #1 "Everything Changes"
Oatmeal Packet Trivia #2Today's Answers: Zurich Strawberries & Cream
Trust Me, I Had My ReasonsDueling cyclones jackknife. Today begins my journey southward to visit family for three weeks. It's been a long time and I do miss them, but not enough to leave the computer at home. In fact, I will be bringing two. Plans include a stint at the beach; an afternoon with my father and Bill O'Reilly; and the usual disorienting nausea that accompanies these visits, as the city continues to grow uncontrollably beyond its means, recycling land space, erasing its history and discernible landmarks. I also intend to put a good-sized dent in some of the planned projects for the official radio station website, as the recent creation of our first Web Department has allowed for such progress to take place. As this is something I have spent the last four years helping to fight for, I am both astounded and overjoyed at these recent developments. Additionally, my sister has broken ground on starting up a small business that she has been ruminating on for the past few years and I have offered to assist her in whatever way I can. This will likely include putting together a simple web presence for her, which also serves to ensure that much of my vacation will be spent in front of a computer screen, doing the same thing I do while I'm at home. To be honest, I have no objections. More than anything, it will simply be good to be around family again. Mine is short in membership, simple and endearing. I have yet to meet our two newest additions (my mother and sister have each taken a new dog into their homes) and this reminds me that I am also excited to visit the animal shelter to meet all the new regulars and get a good fill of kitten therapy to start the fall semester off in the right frame of mind. As for my little guys, they will be greatly missed but well cared for by my grand army of loving friends (most notably, Telly and Megatron). …To the roads!
Tom's Album
This briefly came up in discussion at Cattle Call the other night as some friends and I were sitting around waiting for the meeting to be called to order. I forget exactly how it came up, but I'm quite sure that I was the one to bring it up because I don't recall anyone else having ever heard of it before. It's a compilation that came out in 1991 of various artists performing their own spin on the Suzanne Vega track, "Tom's Diner," replete with Vega's original a capella version (1981) and the more recognizable remake done by The DNA Disciples (1990). I probably picked up my cassette copy around 1995. Overall, the tracks are quite diverse—and although some of them are unforgivable crap, there are a number of standout gems. This is one of my favorites, a crude summary of which I shared with the others while it was being discussed. "Jeannie's Diner" Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Here's some more info and a tracklist from Suzanne's website.
Bobby & Christopher EwingI was watching more Star Trek: The Next Generation today—you know, like I do—and I happened across an episode titled Hero Worship that guest-starred a kid actor that appeared familiar. I didn't recognize the actor's name so I did some research. Come to find out, he played a long-running role on the prime time soap opera Dallas. In and of itself, this is not blogworthy by any stretch, but what I'm arriving to is this:
How very weird? An approved fanlisting for the relationship between Bobby & Christopher Ewing from the hit show "Dallas" where fans of Bobby & Christopher Ewing are encouraged to "have a look around, and please join." Really? An Internet fanlisting devoted to the relationship between two fictional characters of a long-defunct television series? I remember Dallas existing, and watching it as a child, though the details are hazy at best. Perhaps if I were older at the time, and thoroughly engrossed in the series while it was on, then this wouldn't seem so peculiar to me. Actually, no. Come to think of it, this is weird. Or maybe just mildly amusing. I did happen to catch a string of episodes a couple years back on the Soap Network while I was still living at the Jackson Bluff Roadhouse. They weren't very blogworthy either.
Unseasonal Migration of BirdsWhat sets me off to one side Literally or figuratively
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