Song of the Day - Josh Ritter - Change of Time

Josh Ritter has been a regular on the sampler CDs that come out monthly Paste Magazine. He's a wonderful singer/songwriter. This is from his new-ish CD.

Song of the Day - Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

I've been on an Arcade Fire kick since their new album came out last week. This song - Neon Bible - is from an older album, and this video is from a 'documentary' about the band from a few years ago. They've all crammed into an elevator to play the song live!

Song of the "Day"? --- Hannah Georgas - The Beat Stuff

I've decided to try to post a song each day. It can be any song that I'm currently listening to, or is stuck in my head. It can be a new song that I've just discovered, or an old favourite (that's right, "favourite" has a U in it!). The only criterion is that the song doesn't suck. I realize that this, of course, is a value judgment, so I need to be more specific: the song doesn't suck to ME!

I realize that I may be over-ambitious here. Ideally, I'd post a song each day here. But I have to be realistic (hence the quotation marks around "Day"). I'll do what I can, with the goal of a song each day!

My first song is by a Canadian woman named Hannah Georgas. I've heard her name before but not heard any of her music, so I had some time this morning and I YouTubed her (can I make a verb out of YouTube?). Anyway, she's from BC, and this song is called "The Beat Stuff".

simple requests

... to wake up one morning when the biggest decision of the day is what to have for breakfast

... to spend a lazy day, sleeping in, strumming my guitar, doodling a little, writing a little, and listening to tunes

... to be moved to tears

... to smile first to break the ice

... to feel healthier than i have in the past few days

... to hop on my bike and just ride

... to help and support those close to me in any way i can

... to write a song that touches someone

... to close my eyes and drift away

... to feel necessary

... to make someone smile

... to love and to be loved

... to be motivated

... to be passionate

... to create something that will last longer than me

... to continue learning

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iPod app

I'm lying in bed this morning, listening to the rain falling hard against my window. I just downloaded this app that will hopefully allow me to blog from my iPod touch. So this is my little test entry.

I just heard a crash of thunder in the distance and it's really muggy in my room here. I don't want to get out of bed!

But I suppose i should.....

It looks like this iPod blog text has passed!

resurrection

so here i am again, in the middle of summer, resurrecting my blogspot blog.

summer has been going well. it has been rather hot, and i've been on my bikes a lot, since march! with the 3-day race in september, i've got motivation to stay in shape.

this will be just a short note, not to see if anyone is out there, but just to see if this blog engine is working...

let this be a warning to you blogspot.... if you are, in any way, unreliable, i'll quit you in a heartbeat! i've already set up an account on wordpress, so consider this to be a warning!

O

let the spring begin!

The winter Olympics are over, finally. 2 weeks seems a long time, yet it also seems like it goes by quickly. Memories of gold medals and other such accomplishments will slowly fade from our memories, much like way the snow melts into the grass. Canada really got into the games - people are talking about the hockey final, and other accomplishments. It seems everyone knows someone who knew someone who used to live next door to the uncle of so-and-so at the Olympics. I didn't know anyone, but apparently, the gold-medal winning ice-dance pair from Canada used to train at a facility not far from where I live. I'm not sure how many degrees of separation that makes it...

I felt proud to be a Canadian, but I can't get the thought out of my mind about the cost of the games. Billions, I'm sure. It's lovely to see countries coming together like this, but the truth is, it's a rich-person's interest. of all the billions of dollars spent on the Olympics, I can't help but wonder how even a fraction of this could be used to help rehabilitate a place like Haiti, or countless other places around the world that in need of some kind of aid. I'm trying not to be cynical here. I did enjoy the games. I just wish the extravagance could somehow be put to a productive use.

One final note about the games... someone sent me a link from a newspaper in the US. The writer has some... well... interesting ... things to say about the Vancouver Winter Olympics. I realize he's trying to cause a stir. I'll say no more, just post this:

http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/02/28/2003874/in-these-olympics-canadians-only.html

O