Month: June 2024

Like most people, I don’t listen to the radio as much as I used to. I do listen to NPR every morning as I’m getting ready, but as soon as the news programming is over I usually plug in my iPod. The same is true in my car. However, when I am listening to radio…

Okay, I’m going to say it: the categories for the 30 Day Song Challenge are starting to suck a little. ( “A song you wished you heard on the radio”? C’mon now. Puh-lease.) I’ve looked ahead and, fortunately, the prompts get better, so hang in there. Here’s what I’m going to assume about today’s prompt:…

One of the terrible things that happened to music after the introduction of the iPod was that people stopped buying– and listening to– whole albums. Most people get their music one track at a time these days, which unfortunately encourages artists to produce hit “singles” and discourages them from producing albums with some kind of…

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….

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…

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…

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…

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 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 Day 14 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, and I’m guessing that I’ve revealed enough about my musical tastes by now for there to be several songs that “no one would expect me to love.” For those of you who were looking for a complete U-turn from my selections on Day 2 (“least favorite…