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30 Day Song Challenge, Day 15: A Song That Describes You

We’re halfway through the 30 Day Song Challenge today. Thanks to those of you who’ve been hanging in so far. Today I’m supposed to post a “song that describes me.” Before I do, I just want to offer something like a preemptive apology for my lack of elaboration on this particular selection. You see, this…

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30 Day Song Challenge, Day 14: A Song That No One Would Expect You To Love

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…

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30 Day Song Challenge, Day 13: A Song That Is A Guilty Pleasure

Oh man, seriously, I love ABBA soooooo much. No joke. I once said that if I were ever to get a tattoo, I would have “Super Trouper” tattooed on my shoulder. (For the record, no tats here. My skin remains as clean as the driven snow.) I kind of wish I did feel guilty about…

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30 Day Song Challenge, Day 12: A Song From A Band You Hate

I don’t actually “hate” a lot of bands, mostly because I don’t really listen to bands that I don’t like long enough to log the emotional time it takes to generate real hatred. For today’s 30 Day Song Challenge selection, I was going to pick a song by Creed… but then I figured everyone with…

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30 Day Song Challenge, Day 11: A Song From Your Favorite Band

Well, no surprises today for the 30 Day Song Challenge. My favorite band of all time is the Rolling Stones. I picked their song “Beast of Burden” on Day 1 of this Challenge, when the rule was to post your favorite song. So, my song choice for today is, I suppose, another favorite song from…

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30 Day Song Challenge, Day 10: A Song That Makes You Fall Asleep

My guess is that a lot of people are going to choose a song that they think is boring for today’s 30 Day Song Challenge selection, which actually calls for “a song that makes you fall asleep.” There are a lot of boring things that make me want to fall asleep– boring movies, boring conversations,…

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30 Day Song Challenge, Day 9: A Song You Can Dance To

First of all, let me give dance credit where dance credit is due. The woman to the left is the BEST DANCER I’ve ever met in my life. She’s a friend of mine and a regular at Wild Bill’s juke joint here in Memphis, my very favorite place in the world for dancing. (A close…

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30 Day Song Challenge, Day 8: A Song You Know All The Words To

I’ll begin with an apology for today’s 30 Day Song Challenge selection. I’m aware that it may seem a little like cheating (and a LOT like shameless self-promotion) to choose one of my own songs as the “song I know all the words to.” In fact, it may not even be true. As most people…

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30 Day Song Challenge, Day 7: A Song That Reminds You Of A Certain Event

The process of determining today’s selection for the 30 Day Song Challenge was an interesting venture, but I do want to complain about the category for a moment first. A song that reminds you of an “event”? What counts as an “event”? I can only imagine that the creators of today’s category must have been…

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30 Day Song Challenge, Day 6: A Song That Reminds You Of Somewhere

It’s Day 6 in the 30 Day Song Challenge, which means that today you get a song that reminds me of somewhere. Today’s song reminds me of State College, Pennsylvania, where I spent four years in graduate school at Penn State University. I’m not going to lie; I was never a lover of State College….

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