This means that I will mail Joe mine AND Tommyrot's together on Monday. Whee!
You are frighteningly efficient.
Due to unforeseen technical difficulties mine won't go out until tomorrow. If I can't resolve the problems tonight I'm just gonna replace the offending tracks, which would be a bummer. The mix as currently constituted.
I didn't wory much about transitions but ended up with some that made me very happy. At one point, when worried about time, I was going to use "Bilbao Song" to knock out three contiguous categories (name: Joe, non-English: German, city: Bilbao). Made some changes & had plenty of time so was able to use one of my favorite songs, "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)", which gave me back to back songs with bartenders named Joe. Any misgivings I had about using a song w/ my own name went out the window once I realized that. Almost used "Long Black Veil" as a cover following "That Old Black Magic" but got whiplash changing tones so radically. "Twisted" to "Exley" to "An Occasional Man" is kinda rough, too, and Little Willie John to Mojo... well, there's always shuffle.
Jon, I didn't mean to insult MLL AT ALL. The whole reason I brought it up was that I thought it was a dumbass thing for CL to say. (A dumbass thing for anyone to say, but especially stupid considering the source.)
Should I delete my post?
Joe, I used a song with my own name, too.
Because I could.
And checking out the iTunes store led me to a cover of that song, which led me to go to Emusic to see if they had that (small) band up there, which they didn't, but led me to a 70s band of similar name, which led me to a disco compilation album, which led to me listening to Sylvester's "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" RIGHT NOW, AIFG.
Jon, I didn't mean to insult MLL AT ALL.
Oh, I know. I didn't read it that way. I just wanted to add a little bit of personal knowledge in case there was any doubt.
I just remembered a song that would let me do all the categories (I skipped one), make my mix 80 min EXACTLY, and it's one of my favorite songs.
Reburning now.
Yeah, I got a Peter Gabriel CD over the weekend, and I really would have loved to have used "Red Rain" as my color song, but I already sent the CD out. And I'm happy with the color song I chose. (Blue Jean, by Bowie, for the record.)
Say it with me: “Chop-a-tool-us”.
Heh. I sit here smug in the knowledge that I already knew how to pronounce "Tchoupitoulas."
“An Occasional Man” Jeri Southern. For Rebecca. “I’ve got an island in the Pacific. Ev’rything about is terrific. I’ve got papayas, peaches, sandy beaches and… an occasional man.”
I love this song, though my favorite version is Anita O'Day backed by Cal Tjader.
"Working in the Coal Mine" was the theme for the show
Working.
My CD disappeared over the weekend. No idea where it is. I just reburned and finished the case and it will be in the mail this afternoon.
