Music
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99 Cents Can Buy You Happiness
At least temporarily. The other night I was out at Odea with Manhattan Transfer. A familiar song came on and we asked the bartender who sang it. "Elton John," she replied, incorrectly. I knew then what the answer was — The Scissor Sisters. I went home and immediately bought "Take Your Mama," on iTunes, which
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The Grass is Always Greener
So it’s Saturday, I let myself sleep ridiculously late in preparation for what may be late night at the bday bash, and I’m puttering around the apartment, listening to Jonathan Schwartz on WNYC. I just heard two of the most depressing Sondheim songs: Sorry, Grateful, from Company, which attempts to describe the characters’ feeling about
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Party Shuffle
So I’m sitting here doing some work and I’ve got my iTunes on "party shuffle" mode, which, although it doesn’t really create the party-type atmosphere that might lift me out of the grey-day funk I seem to be in, makes me smile each time a new song comes up — I never know what’s going
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Christmas Wrapping
So, for Christmas, I wanted to share with you my most favorite Christmas song ever. And I mean ever. Love this song. Okay, granted, I also like the Chipmunks hula hoop song, but this one’s much less annoying. Plus, it’s romantic, and I’m a sucker for romance. Not only does this song rock, but they
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I Love New York Because . . .
I can go into my neighborhood bar and sit one seat away from Michael Stipe. Sometimes, I do get quite starstruck. Bono and Michael Stipe in one month? Only in New York, my friends.
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Another “Only in New York” Moment
Gotta love it when U2 rides down Seventh Avenue right past your office on the back of a flatbed truck. Yes, they’re blurry — too much adrenalin pumping to hold the camera steady!
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The Power of Music. And Scent.
I was having a discussion the other day about the power of a song to take you back to a specific place and time in your life. There’s a song on the Garden State soundtrack — The Only Living Boy in New York, by Simon and Garfunkel, that brings me back to a certain point
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And We’re Off!
Off to the woods for our 8th (?) annual OJ — the October soJourn, this year to VT. I’m sure I’ll return with scads of pictures, several tasty recipes, and tons of nauseatingly-gushy-sweet things to say about how amazing my friends are. For a preview, read last year’s entry.
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Amalga-Love and Smooches
As usual, I’m a little too tired to do much else, but I wanted to post the pictures from the Mates’ 20th anniversary gala weekend. The Mates, or Amalgamates, is the Tufts coed a cappella singing group, in which I was not only a member, but president and business manager as well, not to mention
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Another New York Moment
Given the surreal and scary New York moment I had yesterday, it was somewhat fitting to have another completely contrasting New York moment last night. I met up with the new Mr. & Mrs. C to have some dinner and look at some wedding pictures. In the midst of the first album, Augie’s cell phone