like so many countless people around the world, i am stunned and saddened by the passing of the ‘king of pop,’ michael jackson.
admittedly, i was never one of the fanatical fans of which he had so many, but i did like a number of his songs and had a huge amount of respect for what he had done. it seems to me, he was one of a handful of artists that defined 80s pop music and culture.
thriller is the best selling album of all time. it was one of the best videos of all time and definitely one of my favorites.
its one of my favorite things. admittedly, i don’t have the discipline to actually learn an instrument, but i like to sing along in the car. does that count?
i’m constantly finding new music and rediscovering old favorites. i’ve been thinking the last couple of days what i should post, but as i sit here, listening to all sorts of goodness, i thought i’d just share some music videos with you. enjoy.
the live version of this is beautiful and found this while looking for the other. i don’t know if it’s the ‘official’ video or not, but as pretty as the live version is, this one is just damn cool.
this program is just friggin’ cool! it’s one of the first i got for my awesome iphone and it is still by far one of my favorites.
point it to any speaker playing a song you don’t know and its almost guaranteed shazam will tell you what it is, give you a link to get it from itunes and point you to any related videos on youtube.
it only works with recorded music, so don’t bother trying it at a concert or the like.
check it out! if you you’re a music lover, you’ll love shazam.
it’s such a cool program. if you’ve never heard of it, check it out.
it tracks what you listen to on your computer, ipod, etc. and uploads it to the ether. i’ve got an app on my blog that tells you what i’ve listened to recently. and now i’ve just added an app to my facebook page that does the same thing. now you can see what i’m listening to no matter where you are!
yes, its probably more exciting to me than it is to you, but still it’s pretty cool. just admit it.
some people get the urge to buy clothes, or cars, or electronics, movies, shoes, etc. when i get the urge to shop, it is almost always for music and the urge came upon me yesterday. after finishing with a party function yesterday afternoon, i ventured to borders to pick out some great new cds to take home with me.
granted, i didn’t actually end up getting anything i had on my list when i went in, but the outing was nonetheless successful. after some deliberation, i picked out four albums: More…
may 31, 2009 will go down in history, no doubt, as one of my best birthdays ever. one of my best and oldest friends got married on that date and not only was i there to bear witness to the event with my own eyes, but i was honored to be one of the groomsmen.
i had, sort of, intended to write a separate post for each day of the celebration weekend, but there was simply too much fun to be had and what little time i had to myself was used for sleep. as such, you’re going to get a rundown of the whole weekend in one, wopping post. here we go…. More…
i made reference, a few posts back, to the notion of this blog as a therapy of sorts. while that may not have been its conscious design, that is quickly what it became. i’m not lamenting, necessarily, this thing’s function for me, simply pointing it out again.
because of its underlying therapeutic nature, i’ve noticed more than once, i’m more inclined to write when things are less than good: when i’ve got a problem, issue, or there’s generally just something gnawing at my brain.
when things are good, i post with less frequency and when i do, those posts are generally shorter and tend to be random musings about… whatever. when things are good, for whatever reason, i feel i have less to write about.
well, over the last few days, my need to write has been steadily increasing. and while trying to force sleep last night, i was giving a bit of thought to this curious need of mine to write when something in my life begins circling the drain. i can’t say i had an epiphany of sorts, because honestly, i don’t feel the conclusion i came to was particularly insightful. in a less frazzled and exhausted state, the answer would have come, i imagine, almost instantly. More…
for the record, it’s just about 8am on friday. not only was i at work more than an hour early, but i’ve been awake for more than two hours now. its going to be a LONG day, even with an iv drip of coffee. grr….
insomnia isn’t a new thing for me, as my regular readers are probably already aware. every few months i go through a bout of it, which is much better than four or five years ago when coaxing sleep was a weekly challenge. still, despite its familiarity, it never stops being annoying and is a regular reminder of the troubled psyche with which i’ve battled since childhood.
