Crash and .....
Burn out.
I am currently suffering from writers block and burn and seeing as how I have to do it for a living, Oh Roo! is what will go to the back-burner.
This is just temporary, but I had to let y'all know, in case you hadn't already figured it out by my complete absence for the last month.
Feel free to email though.
Peace Out (for now)!
Flee
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Do the iPod Shuffle
This is not an original idea, but a fun one. I have put my favorite little music making contraption on shuffle and will share with you the song and back-story of the first five tunes.
I will not cheat, even if "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by WHAM! comes up (That was just an example, it's not as if I would have that song.)
Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo, think about responding with your first five!
1. "Shut Up and Sleep With Me," courtesy of the log-lost Swede (I don't know who this song is by.)
This song is one of the few remnants left of life with the Swedes (see post "Wery, Wery Big Sad," for background). It is one of those songs with a pulsing club beat and lots of synthesized vocals. A female sings, "You are young, you're free, why don't you sleep with me?" in a hearty vibrato over the top of every 8 bars.
I work out to this song now, but we used to dance around the kitchen (licking Tequila Rose shots from our lips) with this song blaring from Mama Swede's laptop, which was packed full of bizzaro Euro music selections.
2. "Beyond the Horizon," Bob Dylan, Modern Times
Oh man, this song is a Sunday drive through the farmlands of Southern MN. Convertible - red, top - down. Modern Times is one of the best albums I've ever heard. I will be listening to it when I'm in my rocking chair days.
My Dad hooked me up with this album during his visit to PA over Thanksgiving, and I haven't stoped listening to it since.
Quack and I danced to this song in our dining room while we were setting up our first Christmas tree together this last Dec. "Beyond the horizon, behind the sun, at the end of the rainbow, life has only begun."
3. "Spring Summer Feeling," Jill Scott, Beautifully Human.
Jill Scott is one of my favorite female vocalists. She is a modern woman with an old soul. Always a romantic, she laces her tracks with bird chirps, giggles, studio chatter and vocal warm-ups. In this song, she puts poetry to music, cataloging all of the surface items that don't "groove her" in a relationship ("It takes more than diamonds to woo me, it takes more than money to groove me, it takes more.") The stuff of any importance gives her a "spring, summer" feeling.
One silly Jill Scott memory: I'm standing up in front of a music master class in college, during the one week I thought I'd slap a music minor on the ol' degree, and I had to introduce myself. You said your name, and the CD that was in your CD player at the moment. For me, it was "Jill Scott, Who is Jill Scott?" (her first album) and a girl I really admired and thought was a super hip chick in the department cheered. I beamed.
4. "Bodhisattva Vow," The Beastie Boys, Ill Communication
I guess I don't have any specific memories connected to this song exactly. However, I think a Beastie's reference presents itself at our home on a daily basis. "Phone is ringing, Oh my God." or "Oh my God that's the funky shit!" Just last night, Quack and I were in the Subi-roo rapping as many words as we could to "Get It Together." On a side note, I love "The White Rapper Show," on VH1. "Woo woot!"
Also, very good music to workout to. ("Because ya can't, ya won't, and ya don't stop!)
5. "Banana Pancakes," Jack Johnson, In Between Dreams
This sweet little ditty has multiple memories. The primary one is of my brother in general (who by the way I don't have a code name for - any suggestions?) He introduced me to JJ back when Brushfire Fairytales came out.
One morning when the whole family was back together at mom and dad's house (from college, careers, traveling etc.) my bro put this song on and cooked really yummy banana pancakes for everyone. I remember him singing at the kitchen island while he smooshed banana into the batter. My mom was giddy.... I guess I was too.
Presently, this is a favorite weekend breakfast song for Quack and I. There is this part in the song where JJ sings, "makin' banana pancakes," in a very bouncy, percussive voice. Quack says this is what I sound like when I'm talking lovingly to someone, or some dog , as is the case with me. I guess it's my "Roo Voice."
This is not an original idea, but a fun one. I have put my favorite little music making contraption on shuffle and will share with you the song and back-story of the first five tunes.
I will not cheat, even if "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by WHAM! comes up (That was just an example, it's not as if I would have that song.)
Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo, think about responding with your first five!
1. "Shut Up and Sleep With Me," courtesy of the log-lost Swede (I don't know who this song is by.)
This song is one of the few remnants left of life with the Swedes (see post "Wery, Wery Big Sad," for background). It is one of those songs with a pulsing club beat and lots of synthesized vocals. A female sings, "You are young, you're free, why don't you sleep with me?" in a hearty vibrato over the top of every 8 bars.
I work out to this song now, but we used to dance around the kitchen (licking Tequila Rose shots from our lips) with this song blaring from Mama Swede's laptop, which was packed full of bizzaro Euro music selections.
2. "Beyond the Horizon," Bob Dylan, Modern Times
Oh man, this song is a Sunday drive through the farmlands of Southern MN. Convertible - red, top - down. Modern Times is one of the best albums I've ever heard. I will be listening to it when I'm in my rocking chair days.
My Dad hooked me up with this album during his visit to PA over Thanksgiving, and I haven't stoped listening to it since.
Quack and I danced to this song in our dining room while we were setting up our first Christmas tree together this last Dec. "Beyond the horizon, behind the sun, at the end of the rainbow, life has only begun."
3. "Spring Summer Feeling," Jill Scott, Beautifully Human.
Jill Scott is one of my favorite female vocalists. She is a modern woman with an old soul. Always a romantic, she laces her tracks with bird chirps, giggles, studio chatter and vocal warm-ups. In this song, she puts poetry to music, cataloging all of the surface items that don't "groove her" in a relationship ("It takes more than diamonds to woo me, it takes more than money to groove me, it takes more.") The stuff of any importance gives her a "spring, summer" feeling.
One silly Jill Scott memory: I'm standing up in front of a music master class in college, during the one week I thought I'd slap a music minor on the ol' degree, and I had to introduce myself. You said your name, and the CD that was in your CD player at the moment. For me, it was "Jill Scott, Who is Jill Scott?" (her first album) and a girl I really admired and thought was a super hip chick in the department cheered. I beamed.
4. "Bodhisattva Vow," The Beastie Boys, Ill Communication
I guess I don't have any specific memories connected to this song exactly. However, I think a Beastie's reference presents itself at our home on a daily basis. "Phone is ringing, Oh my God." or "Oh my God that's the funky shit!" Just last night, Quack and I were in the Subi-roo rapping as many words as we could to "Get It Together." On a side note, I love "The White Rapper Show," on VH1. "Woo woot!"
Also, very good music to workout to. ("Because ya can't, ya won't, and ya don't stop!)
5. "Banana Pancakes," Jack Johnson, In Between Dreams
This sweet little ditty has multiple memories. The primary one is of my brother in general (who by the way I don't have a code name for - any suggestions?) He introduced me to JJ back when Brushfire Fairytales came out.
One morning when the whole family was back together at mom and dad's house (from college, careers, traveling etc.) my bro put this song on and cooked really yummy banana pancakes for everyone. I remember him singing at the kitchen island while he smooshed banana into the batter. My mom was giddy.... I guess I was too.
Presently, this is a favorite weekend breakfast song for Quack and I. There is this part in the song where JJ sings, "makin' banana pancakes," in a very bouncy, percussive voice. Quack says this is what I sound like when I'm talking lovingly to someone, or some dog , as is the case with me. I guess it's my "Roo Voice."
I miss Caribou Coffee...but not this much
Jerry Cran and his wife Bev fight the wind and blowing snow as they cross Railroad St. on their way to Caribou Coffee in Canal Park this morning. (SAM COOK/NEWS TRIBUNE)
Looks like the Internet is the only point of access to the world for many of you Mid-Westerners today (and tomorrow if the snow keeps it up.)
Tell me, are cooped up with your favorite wool socks on? Did put a little Bailey's in your morning coffee? Are your dogs going outside for you? Is your car covered or uncovered? Did you try to get to work/school today? How many episodes of "I Love NY" have you watched?
Or in the case of CW and CJ are you busting through drifts whilst attached to your XC skies and dog? Anybody go sledding down the middle of an unplowed Avenue?
No matter what your idea of good blizzarding is, I hope you are all safe my white-washed loved ones!
Jerry Cran and his wife Bev fight the wind and blowing snow as they cross Railroad St. on their way to Caribou Coffee in Canal Park this morning. (SAM COOK/NEWS TRIBUNE)
Looks like the Internet is the only point of access to the world for many of you Mid-Westerners today (and tomorrow if the snow keeps it up.)
Tell me, are cooped up with your favorite wool socks on? Did put a little Bailey's in your morning coffee? Are your dogs going outside for you? Is your car covered or uncovered? Did you try to get to work/school today? How many episodes of "I Love NY" have you watched?
Or in the case of CW and CJ are you busting through drifts whilst attached to your XC skies and dog? Anybody go sledding down the middle of an unplowed Avenue?
No matter what your idea of good blizzarding is, I hope you are all safe my white-washed loved ones!
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