August 2nd, 2005

tuesdays

There’s something weird about Tuesdays. It’s not Monday, so no end-of-the-weekend blues. It’s not Wednesday, so there’s no thank-god-the-week-is-halfway-over sighs. It’s not Thursday or Friday, the days-that-aren’t-really-meant-for-work… just weekend planning. No, it’s Tuesday.

In my world, we publish on Tuesday. Basically, this means that Tuesdays are comprised of several stressful and highly-charged hours. Typically that also means the coworker and I have a fabulous late lunch.. with liquor. Sadly, she was still sick today, so no wonderful lunch… just an obnoxious day.

EXCEPT… there is a shining light on Tuesdays. iTunes adds new music.. yay, yay, yay! And I just spent some cash… and found a new group that I like: Phoenix. Very good stuff.

Other New Stuff (because my iTunes Library isn’t big enough at 3,321 songs…yowza):

• Frou Frou’s new altar ego Imogen Heap’s CD is only available in the UK, but there was a new single “Hide and Seek.” It’s rocking my world right now.
• Phoenix.. a band from France. A couple of interesting songs.. kinda rockish. It’s working for me.
• The Cast of Rent just put out “Seasons of Love”—It’s a great song. Y’know the one, goes like… “525,600 minutes..etc…how do you measure a year”
• The free track of the week is Daniel Powter.. he’s Canadian, song title is “Bad Day.” Reminds me of.. I don’t know. But it’s good.
• Oh, and Nickel Creek did an iTunes session. Love them.. they’re folk and bluegrass and very, very talented.

Sadly, the songs/artists I look for every time still aren’t up. Songs are… Aimee Mann’s version of “Shed a Little Light,” Alison Krauss and Sting doing “You Will Be My Ain True Love,” Bap Kennedy’s “Moonlight Kiss” and Eva Cassidy’s “Songbird.” Artists include Sia (Australian) and Corneille (France.. thanks Anne!). Then there is the ridiculously long list of entire CDs that I want—Peter Mulvey (several of his actually), Josh Ritter, Nick Drake, the new Lori McKenna and the new The Ben Taylor Band.

I might have a song addiction problem. Hmmm.

Oh well. It won’t kill me.

OK, moving this up from the comments because a) I love them and want to share, and b) I already uploaded them to the server (all that work, they need to be heard).

I love, love Missy Higgins! All for Believing and Any Day Now are two of my absolute favorites.

For the rest of you who don’t know who we are talking about, listen:

All for Believing, by Missy Higgins
Any Day Now, by Missy Higgins

And Misplacedpom if you like Missy, then you might like Eastmountainsouth: So Are You to Me and You Dance.

And definitely Abra Moore: Family Affair.

And Rachel Yamagata: I’ll Find a Way.

And Amos Lee: Speed the Sound of Loneliness.