prematurely grey

The mark of a true SOTD is if it’s Song of the Day when you hear only the last fifteen notes and little triplet finish and it’s still SOTD, hands down.Again, it was one of those the-second-I-heard-it-I-knew things, but then I kept waiting all day thinking that maybe something else would come along. That’s [...]

OK, maybe you don’t know this song because you’re old like me. But being old like me means that sometimes, when you’re driving to pick up your daughters from school, you turn on 101X (yes, I am still attracted to the “X” stations) in hope of, of, well, you know, a real rock song.I [...]

Now, that’s funny.”Slit skirt–Jeannie never wears those slit skirts.”
Why is that funny? Because, in my mind, my brother-in-law John is singing these words while standing in an especially British way, getting ready for his little marching dance, which he perfoms when Pete Townsend comes out with this unexpected follow up:
“Knee pants–Jeannie never wears no [...]

Full disclosure: it’s Monday morning and I’m finally sitting down to write about Saturday’s song. Oh well.I’ve been wrestling with my version of angels lately. I had an outrageous dream last week while Chris was out of town about having this brownish liquid in my mouth that I kept spitting out that [...]

It’s 11:14 a.m. according to my Mac and already it’s time to post the SOTD. I’m both surprised and delighted. Yesterday, I was worried about breaking all these rules that I’d set up and that I would jinx the whole business.By 9:30, it seemed like the SOTD would be “Gotta Give It Up,” [...]