I love Andrew Peterson’s album, Behold the Lamb. It’s everything that Christmas music should be – beautiful narrative, a story of a story and amazing musicality. I listen to this album all year long (really), but it’s especially meaningful during the Christmas and Easter seasons. We make every effort to attend the album’s annual Christmas tour. […]
Music
But Wait, There’s More
Just when you thought it was safe to check something off of your 101 List….this lands in your email inbox: Wonder what The Boy would say if I showed him this great deal?
It’s a Miracle!
Doctor Miracle, that is – an opera. An opera that I went to see, by myself because The Boy said he’d rather die than watch an opera. Actually, he said many things – some hysterically funny – but none that are suitable for public consumption via this blog. He’s a very naughty Boy. I’d toyed […]
Unintended Consequences
Sometimes when you are running on the local park trails, listening to your Makes Me Wanna Sing Out Loud iPod playlist, you may find yourself singing out loud. PS – it’s really cool when you run out from under the tree canopy and into the first light of day just as Gloria Estefan belts Coming-out-of-the-dark. […]
Flashback Friday
Speaking of trigger events, I recently stumbled upon two videos that take me back 15 years to my time in Kenya. The Swahili/English pop sensation of 1997: The quick-to-learn tourist Swahili jingle: Enjoy! (Man, does this ever make me want to hop on a plane…)
How to Get Great Concert Seats
We like country music. Technically, we like many different music styles, one of which is country. And even just writing that seems weird to me because I never liked country music until I married The Boy. And he didn’t like country music until he married me. Weird indeed. Anyway, one of the artists that we […]
Speaking of Liking My Stuff…
My oldest friend – ok, she’s not really my oldest friend, because that would mean that I am old – my friend for the longest period of time is just about the greatest independent musician that I know. For the record, I’ve known Elaine since we were in grade school together. We acted in plays, […]
Not Exactly What We Expected
In the midst of the Hayley madness, The Niece is experiencing a bit of her own madness. It’s end of term…time to turn in final projects, offer final performances, attend banquets, study for final exams and complete assignments that have been put off for far-to0-long. This week, we tackled one such assignment: attend a classical […]
The Music of Christmas
Hands down, my favorite music genre is Christmas. Even though we have a huge collection of Christmas CDs, I would buy a new album (or two or three) every year if I could. Blame my dad. Each year we’d pick up the newest Happy Holidays! Christmas album from True Value. The album was a compilation […]
I’m Tired but Oh, So Happy!
I stayed out way past my bedtime last night and I don’t care. We went to see Coldplay‘s Viva la Vida tour in Dallas. But we didn’t just experience the concert. We were immersed. 7th row, center section. There’s nothing like it!!! I told Kelly before the concert started that I felt like a teenage […]