Music

Five + Five = Ten


Five Years by David Bowie, 1972


Five Years by David Bowie with Arcade Fire, Fashion Rocks

This weekend is the 10th anniversary of me leaving Muncie. It seems like that should be commemorated in some way, and since I’ll take any excuse to listen to David Bowie, I think this will do. It does involve a little bit of math, though. (Ten years. Holy crap!)

Music

Candle Wax

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I spent the afternoon going through old CDs, looking for stuff I wanted to transfer to my iPod. This one has green candle wax all over it. I don’t know why I never cleaned it off or put the CD in a new case, but I’m kind of glad I didn’t, because it reminded me of Nica.

Years ago, when she was living with us, she borrowed some of my CDs and spilled candle wax all over them. I was a little irritated about it at the time. She hadn’t asked permission to take them, and she returned them in less than stellar condition. It’s certainly not a big deal in the great scheme of things, though, and I’d completely forgotten about it until just now. I’ll be putting this one away with the wax still on the case, so that the next time I take it out I’ll think of her again.

Genealogy, Photography

A Car and Some Trees

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Another of Grandpa’s Photos

This is the post I would have posted yesterday if I had been able to post yesterday. Alas, Teh Internets were b0rked, and then the electricity went out, so I gave up and went to bed instead. Not that it did me any good, though, because without electricity there was no fan and without a fan there was no white noise and without white noise, there was NO SLEEPING.

Music

Musical Interlude

In no particular order, and with no particular relation to each other aside from the fact that they’ve all been stuck in my head lately:


Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key by Billy Bragg & Wilco with Natalie Merchant


Ohio by Neil Young, Live at Massey Hall


Letter to Elise by The Cure, MTV Unplugged


Palomine by Bettie Serveert, Pinkpop 1993


Have You Ever Seen the Rain by John Fogerty, Wiltern Theatre 2005

According to the weather people, we’ll be seeing the rain for the next 7 days. Joy.