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MUSIC OF MY MIND

The Cheese Mistress has a little meme going on. She's tagged me, so I'm it. I've decided to play along with her reindeer games.

Random 10 Songs in My Playlist:
1. Poe - Hey Pretty
2. Paula Cole - You Make Me Feel Love
3. Nikka Costa - Like A Feather
4. Johnny Cash - Delia's Gone
5. Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
6. Radiohead - Creep
7. Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend
8. Aimee Mann - Save Me
9. Stone Temple Pilots - Sour Girl
10. Ghetto Boys - Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta

1.) What is the total amount of music files on your computer?
About 600 MB.

2. The last CD you bought is:
"My Baby Don't Tolerate" by Lyle Lovett

3. What is the song you last listened to before this message?
"Trying To Get That Feeling Again" by Barry Manilow. It was on in my Mom's house. I swear. She has it on that Mom-Sings-Along-With-Every-Song-Regardless-Of-Its-Musical-Value channel on her kitchen radio. My right hand to God.

4. Five songs you often listen to or that mean a lot to you.
"Asshole" by Denis Leary. A-S-S, H-O, L-E, Everybody...
"If I Had A Boat" by Lyle Lovett. It's a perfect song. Witty... illustrative.. wonderfully melodic. And just weird. Whenever I start to think I could write a decent song, I listen this this and put the pen down.
"God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys. I think of my wife when Carl Wilson sings, "If you should ever leave me/Then life would still go on, believe me/But the world would show nothing to me/So what good would living do me?/'Cause God only knows what I'd be without you."
"Drunken Angel" by Lucinda Williams. Written about Townes Van Zandt in the wake of his alcohol-related death, Williams is angry and bitter about the waste of a truly original American talent. I listen to this when I'm angry and bitter.
"Home" by Sheryl Crow. Okay, so I'm drawn to haunting songs of disillusionment the way Scott Baio is drawn to "Baywatch" bimbos. So sue me.

5. Who are you gonna pass this stick to (five persons and why)?
Tommy at Sticks of Fire, since he pushes so much traffic my way.
Scott and Eileen at Home Sweet Road, because they're gonna need a shitload of road music in roughly 155 days or so.
Carly at Pornblography, a friend in California who has a little free time on her hands lately, since she got fired from her porn company PR job. A word of warning: Don't click on the link if adult photos and discussion of professionals-paid-for-making-hot-monkey-love-in-front-of-a-camera bothers you. It's hilarious and wonderful reading, if you can get past the smut and the human degradation. She also has the best pencil holder I've ever seen. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Cupie at Cupie Spew, because she proves you really can lead a horticulture - and make her drink.
And JD at JDLand, who had the first Beatle CDs I had ever heard. She has more CDs than I do, which is no small accomplishment.

Care to play along?