Spitball Army

My very demanding computer ordered me to update its iTunes program recently, so I did it, rather than face the unknown consequences of not having an updated iTunes program. The last thing I want is to not be able to access the tens of thousands of mp3 files on the hard drive. Yes, there are […]

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I ALWAYS get the lyrics right when I just move my lips without making a sound.

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Spent some time today with the new Bob Dylan recording. There are some terrific songs on it. Here’s one (minus the music): It’s been such a long long time Since we loved each other and our hearts were true One time, for one brief day, I was the man for you Last night I heard […]

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And there’s that girl again, who I last time refered to as the Glenn Gould of in-store performances, singing along with all of the words.

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List time! Here are my favored music releases for the year so far, with a proviso: though these records have been introduced to me during the first half of 2009, they were not necessarily released in 2009. As always, please share your lists and thoughts in the comments below, as I (and other readers here) am always on the lookout for something new and good to tickle my eardrums.

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Who says you need to be able to carry a tune in order to get a song across to an audience? It certainly wasn’t a necessary prerequisite for 93-year-old Eileen Hall, who delivered The Clash’s “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” in the film Young @ Heart. In fact, her British-accented rendition of the lyrics leans more toward the “spoken” than toward the “sung.”

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BJ posts a status update: BJ doesn’t want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon graveyard.

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From the pantheon of favorite songs, sorted by topic area.

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We were having an unseasonably warm, if slightly wet, day in Alabama, and Ben was wrapped in layers, as if he had prepared for the worst or, at least, a deer hunt.

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Now I can’t expect everyone to feel like I am,
But I spot a trend that has got to stop,
And I want them to put back that old corner store.

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