this one's for Hannah

here's the letter we talked about, Hannah. I think you should definitely apply.

Who can work...

when Animals by Pink Floyd is coming through the speakers?
I'm not even stoned and I find myself just listening, going wherever the music takes my mind.
All part of the top album list I posted about yesterday. Oooh, they just said that they are going to play the top 25 all the way through when they get there....
This reminds me of my wasted years. Back before videos and you rode your imagination on the music. I remember when Hannah was about 11 or 12 (Nicki would've been about 8) and she was starting to assert her own mind on music choices. She leans toward alternative rather than pop (Nora Jones instead of Jessica Simpson). So I had her and Nicki get comfortable on the floor and turned up The Other One by The Grateful Dead.
This song is pretty much instrumental with ebbs and flows of intensity. I asked the girls to close their eyes and just listen.
After a few minutes, I asked them what color they were seeing or thinking of.
The experiment ended shortly thereafter.
My kids are children of the video age. They need someone else to program what to think about when they hear music. Sigh....

The 885 Greatest Albums

The title of this post is a link to WPXN from Philadelphia. They are an NPR station @ 88.5 FM (hence the reason for 885 albums). The past week or so they are counting down their list of the best of all-time. It is part of their anniversary celebration.

What's cool is they have a link on the page that allows you to stream the station (even a dial-up - there's a speed for that). They are playing 3 cuts from each of the albums as they go and often not the "hits" we are so used to. Today the are getting into the low 100s.

While they may be a bit 60s/70s centered, I have heard some newer things I hadn't heard before. I'm also surprised how many of these I own (most still on vinyl) and/or were very familiar with. Check it out, it's worth a listen and look.