Category: Music

Music

Candle Wax

Shelly

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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.

Music

Musical Interlude

Shelly

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.

Music

Four Flights Up

Shelly


Four Flights Up by Lloyd Cole

Oh, must you tell me all your secrets
When it’s hard enough to love you knowing nothing
We’re living four flights up
But I swear right now it feels like underground

I think of this song whenever someone I know over-shares. There’s been a lot of that this week, so this song has been flitting in and out of my head.