Year: 2011

The television show that I loved the most as a child was a vaudeville-type show created by puppeteer Jim Henson called The Muppet Show. Some of my very best Muppet friends appeared on the show regularly: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzy Bear, The Swedish Chef, Rowlf the Dog, Statler and Waldorf (pictured left),…

Funny enough, I was just thinking about “a song that makes me feel guilty” a few days ago, when I noticed that the ice cream trucks in my neighborhood were playing “Camptown Races” and a bunch of other tunes that seemed to be taken from Foghorn Leghorn‘s Greatest Hits. My selection for today is another…

Okay, so I actually can play the song that I’m selecting for today, but I play it badly. Despite my pretensions to the contrary yesterday, I’m not a very good guitar player. I never learned the scales, I don’t know anything about musical theory, and I can’t pick worth a damn. What I can do…

Yesterday, I noted that I couldn’t believe I made it 25 days without picking a Johnny Cash song. Today, I can’t believe I made it 26 days without picking a Bob Dylan Song. Something must be wrong with this Challenge. Bob Dylan’s songs were the first songs I learned to play on the guitar. I…

I can’t believe I made it 25 days into the 30 Day Song Challenge without picking a Johnny Cash song. I could probably do all 30 days of this Challenge ONLY picking Johnny Cash songs. Maybe I’ll start over in July and do that. I suppose it’s appropriate that I finally picked Johnny Cash on…

IT’S A TWO-FER TODAY in the 30 Day Song Challenge!! I just couldn’t pick one so I’m giving you both of my picks for today. That may be kind of a sad commentary on the things I think too much about, since today calls for me to pick a song that I want played at…

I don’t plan to ever get married, but that doesn’t mean that I (like every other girl in America) haven’t ever thought about what song I would want played at my wedding. When I was younger, I wanted my wedding song to be “Rainbow Connection” (though I prefer the Willie Nelson version to Kermit the…

Unlike yesterday, when I interpreted a “song that you listen to when you’re happy” to mean “a song that makes you even HAPPIER,” today I’m interpreting the 30 Day Song Challenge prompt in just the opposite way. When I think of the “songs that I listen to when I’m sad,” I think that even though…

The prompts for today and tomorrow’s 30 Day Song Challenge seem a bit repetitive to me. You may remember that back on Day 3 and Day 4, we were supposed to pick a “song that makes you happy” and a “song that makes you sad,” respectively. And now, on Days 21 and 22, we’re to…

I almost listed today’s selection on Day 14 for the “song no one would expect you to love.” Like 50 Cent (who I chose on Day 14), I’m guessing that most people wouldn’t expect me to love Jay-Z— or his better half, Beyonce— as much as I do. Oh, but I do love them both….