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The Best of 2014 Playlist

January 4, 2015 by 1 Comment

Presenting the Best of 2014 soundtrack…it’s perhaps a hair mellower than a couple of the previous years, and has two under-the-surface themes that run the length of the playlist: FIFA and Swedish women. Yea, weird right? There is a growing amount of songs included that are directly a result of the kids, but if these are what they are listening to, then I am holding up my end of an educated childhood for them. Special recognition for being a huge new contributor to my music wonder is a new podcast called Song Exploder…make sure to check it out.

Like always, there are three rules that go into qualifying for the list: Rule #0 (because it applies every year): fit on a traditional CD and come to my library in the calendar year (even though the songs may be older than that). Rule #1 (becoming widely applied to all aspects of life): Don’t suck. Rule #2 (and most important): Be interesting. We made a bit of ground this year by having the largest selection list in a few years at about 200 songs that made it through the 12 months, but then I looked at it again and realized that was significantly boosted by the inclusion and relatively recent addition of the Frozen soundtrack. Meh.

1 – Let Go by RAC

2 – Arrows by Fences

3 – Stay Gold by First Aid Kit

4 – Worship You by Vampire Weekend

5 – Mother & Father by Broods

6 – I Won’t Be Long by Pan Astral

7 – Rhea by OK Ikumi

8 – Fairytale by Milky Chance

9 – Sundown by Gordon Lightfoot

10 – Divisionary by Ages and Ages

11 – Business by Tune-Yards

12 – We Sink by CHVRCHES

13 – I Know It’s You by Guards

14 – Here by Robert DeLong

15 – Brain by Banks

16 – No Rest For the Wicked by Lykke Li

17 – Shut Up and Dance by Walk the Moon

18 – The District Sleeps Alone Tonight by The Postal Service

19 – Howling Moon by Pandas & People

My Favorite: Stay Gold
The One Despite All Efforts I Couldn’t Keep Off: Shut Up and Dance
Biggest Surprise: Sundown (WTF, right? It’s almost 40 years old!)
Really Crank This One…No, Louder Than That: Let Go
Band Not Making The List For The First Time In A Few Years: Actually not applicable this year
Bands Continuing Their Run: OK Ikumi
Dammit If They Didn’t Show Up Again: Pan Astral
Last Song Dropped From The Playlist: Let Her Go, Passenger

Previous Year’s Best Of Lists:

Best of 2013

Best of 2012

Best of 2011

Best of 2010

Best of 2009

Best of 2008

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It’s Not Fair, But You Can Help

November 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment

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9/11

September 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Today we climb.

I promise that we don’t forget. We will NEVER forget.

Each year, I post this photo…a stunning capture in history (read story here). This is a photo of FDNY’s Ladder 118 responding to the WTC. None of them would survive the day. These guys knew what they were getting into, yet they didn’t hesitate. We climb to finish what they started.

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The list of the 343 FDNY brothers that died on 9/11:

Joseph Agnello, Lad.118 Lt. Brian Ahearn, Bat.13 Eric Allen, Sqd.18 (D) Richard Allen, Lad.15 Cpt. James Amato, Sqd.1 Calixto Anaya Jr., Eng.4 Joseph Agnello, Lad.118 Lt. Brian Ahearn, Bat.13 Eric Allen, Sqd.18 (D) Richard Allen, Lad.15 Cpt. James Amato, Sqd.1 Calixto Anaya Jr., Eng.4 Joseph Angelini, Res.1 (D) Joseph Angelini Jr., Lad.4 Faustino Apostol Jr., Bat.2 David Arce, Eng.33 Louis Arena, Lad.5 (D) Carl Asaro, Bat.9 Lt. Gregg Atlas, Eng.10 Gerald Atwood, Lad.21 Gerald Baptiste, Lad.9 A.C. Gerard Barbara, Cmd. Ctr. Matthew Barnes, Lad.25 Arthur Barry, Lad.15 Lt.Steven Bates, Eng.235 Carl Bedigian, Eng.214 Stephen Belson, Bat.7 John Bergin, Res.5 Paul Beyer, Eng.6 Peter Bielfeld, Lad.42 Brian Bilcher, Sqd.1 Carl Bini, Res.5 Christopher Blackwell, Res.3 Michael Bocchino, Bat.48 Frank Bonomo, Eng.230 Gary Box, Sqd.1 Michael Boyle, Eng.33 Kevin Bracken, Eng.40 Michael Brennan, Lad.4 Peter Brennan, Res.4 Cpt. Daniel Brethel, Lad.24 (D) Cpt. Patrick Brown, Lad.3 Andrew Brunn, Lad.5 (D) Cpt. Vincent Brunton, Lad.105 F.M. Ronald Bucca Greg Buck, Eng.201 Cpt. William Burke Jr., Eng.21 A.C. Donald Burns, Cmd. Ctr. John Burnside, Lad.20 Thomas Butler, Sqd.1 Patrick Byrne, Lad.101 George Cain, Lad.7 Salvatore Calabro, Lad.101 Cpt. Frank Callahan, Lad.35 Michael Cammarata, Lad.11 Brian Cannizzaro, Lad.101 Dennis Carey, Hmc.1 Michael Carlo, Eng.230 Michael Carroll, Lad.3 Peter Carroll, Sqd.1 (D) Thomas Casoria, Eng.22 Michael Cawley, Lad.136 Vernon Cherry, Lad.118 Nicholas Chiofalo, Eng.235 John Chipura, Eng.219 Michael Clarke, Lad.2 Steven Coakley, Eng.217 Tarel Coleman, Sqd.252 John Collins, Lad.25 Robert Cordice, Sqd.1 Ruben Correa, Eng.74 James Coyle, Lad.3 Robert Crawford, Safety Lt. John Crisci, H.M. B.C. Dennis Cross, Bat.57 (D) Thomas Cullen III, Sqd. 41 Robert Curatolo, Lad.16 (D) Lt. Edward D’Atri, Sqd.1 Michael D’Auria, Eng.40 Scott Davidson, Lad.118 Edward Day, Lad.11 B.C. Thomas DeAngelis, Bat. 8 Manuel Delvalle, Eng.5 Martin DeMeo, H.M. 1 David DeRubbio, Eng.226 Lt. Andrew Desperito, Eng.1 (D) B.C. Dennis Devlin, Bat.9 Gerard Dewan, Lad.3 George DiPasquale, Lad.2 Lt. Kevin Donnelly, Lad.3 Lt. Kevin Dowdell, Res.4 B.C. Raymond Downey, Soc. Gerard Duffy, Lad.21 Cpt. Martin Egan, Jr., Div.15 (D) Michael Elferis, Eng.22 Francis Esposito, Eng.235 Lt. Michael Esposito, Sqd.1 Robert Evans, Eng.33B.C. John Fanning, H.O. Cpt. Thomas Farino, Eng.26 Terrence Farrell, Res.4 Cpt. Joseph Farrelly, Div.1 Dep. Comm. William Feehan, (D) Lee Fehling, Eng.235 Alan Feinberg, Bat.9 Michael Fiore, Res.5 Lt. John Fischer, Lad.20 Andre Fletcher, Res.5 John Florio, Eng.214 Lt. Michael Fodor, Lad.21 Thomas Foley, Res.3 David Fontana, Sqd.1 Robert Foti, Lad.7 Andrew Fredericks, Sqd.18 Lt. Peter Freund, Eng.55 Thomas Gambino Jr., Res.3 Chief of Dept. Peter Ganci, Jr. (D) Lt. Charles Garbarini, Bat.9 Thomas Gardner, Hmc.1 Matthew Garvey, Sqd.1 Bruce Gary, Eng.40 Gary Geidel, Res.1 B.C. Edward Geraghty, Bat.9 Dennis Germain, Lad.2 Lt. Vincent Giammona, Lad.5 James Giberson, Lad.35 Ronnie Gies, Sqd.288 Paul Gill, Eng.54 Lt. John Ginley, Eng.40 Jeffrey Giordano, Lad.3 John Giordano, Hmc.1 Keith Glascoe, Lad.21 James Gray, Lad.20 B.C. Joseph Grzelak, Bat.48 Jose Guadalupe, Eng.54 Lt. Geoffrey Guja, Bat.43 Lt. Joseph Gullickson, Lad.101 David Halderman, Sqd.18 Lt. Vincent Halloran, Lad.8 Robert Hamilton, Sqd.41 Sean Hanley, Lad.20 (D) Thomas Hannafin, Lad.5 Dana Hannon, Eng.26 Daniel Harlin, Lad.2 Lt. Harvey Harrell, Res.5 Lt. Stephen Harrell, Bat.7 Cpt. Thomas Haskell, Jr., Div.15 Timothy Haskell, Sqd.18 (D) Cpt. Terence Hatton, Res.1 Michael Haub, Lad.4 Lt. Michael Healey, Sqd.41 John Hefferman, Lad.11 Ronnie Henderson, Eng.279 Joseph Henry, Lad.21 William Henry, Res.1 (D) Thomas Hetzel, Lad.13 Cpt. Brian Hickey, Res.4 Lt. Timothy Higgins, S.O.C. Jonathan Hohmann, Hmc.1 Thomas Holohan, Eng.6 Joseph Hunter, Sqd.288 Cpt. Walter Hynes, Lad.13 (D)Jonathan Ielpi, Sqd.288 Cpt. Frederick Ill Jr., Lad.2 William Johnston, Eng.6 Andrew Jordan, Lad.132 Karl Joseph, Eng.207 Lt. Anthony Jovic, Bat.47 Angel Juarbe Jr., Lad.12 Mychal Judge, Chaplain (D) Vincent Kane, Eng.22 B.C. Charles Kasper, S.O.C. Paul Keating, Lad.5 Richard Kelly Jr., Lad.11 Thomas R. Kelly, Lad.15 Thomas W. Kelly, Lad.105 Thomas Kennedy, Lad.101 Lt. Ronald Kerwin, Sqd.288 Michael Kiefer, Lad.132 Robert King Jr., Eng.33 Scott Kopytko, Lad.15 William Krukowski, Lad.21 Kenneth Kumpel, Lad.25 Thomas Kuveikis, Sqd.252 David LaForge, Lad.20 William Lake, Res.2 Robert Lane, Eng.55 Peter Langone, Sqd.252 Scott Larsen, Lad.15 Lt. Joseph Leavey, Lad.15 Neil Leavy, Eng.217 Daniel Libretti, Res.2 Carlos Lillo, Paramedic Robert Linnane, Lad.20 Michael Lynch, Eng.40 Michael Lynch, Lad.4 Michael Lyons, Sqd.41 Patrick Lyons, Sqd.252 Joseph Maffeo, Lad.101 William Mahoney, Res 4 Joseph Maloney, Lad.3 (D) B.C. Joseph Marchbanks Jr, Bat.12 Lt. Charles Margiotta, Bat.22 Kenneth Marino, Res.1 John Marshall, Eng.23 Lt. Peter Martin, Res.2 Lt. Paul Martini, Eng.23 Joseph Mascali, T.S.U. 2 Keithroy Maynard, Eng.33 Brian McAleese, Eng.226 John McAvoy, Lad.3 Thomas McCann, Bat.8 Lt. William McGinn, Sqd.18 B.C. William McGovern, Bat.2 (D) Dennis McHugh, Lad.13 Robert McMahon, Lad.20 Robert McPadden, Eng.23 Terence McShane, Lad.101 Timothy McSweeney, Lad.3 Martin McWilliams, Eng.22 (D) Raymond Meisenheimer, Res.3 Charles Mendez, Lad.7 Steve Mercado, Eng.40 Douglas Miller, Res.5 Henry Miller Jr, Lad.105 Robert Minara, Lad.25 Thomas Mingione, Lad.132 Lt. Paul Mitchell, Bat.1 Capt. Louis Modafferi, Res.5 Lt. Dennis Mojica, Res.1 (D) Manuel Mojica, Sqd.18 (D) Carl Molinaro, Lad.2 Michael Montesi, Res.1 Capt. Thomas Moody, Div.1 B.C. John Moran, Bat.49 Vincent Morello, Lad.35 Christopher Mozzillo, Eng.55 Richard Muldowney Jr, Lad.07 Michael Mullan, Lad.12 Dennis Mulligan, Lad.2 Lt. Raymond Murphy, Lad.16 Lt. Robert Nagel, Eng.58 John Napolitano, Res.2 Peter Nelson, Res.4 Gerard Nevins, Res.1 Dennis O’Berg, Lad.105 Lt. Daniel O’Callaghan, Lad.4 Douglas Oelschlager, Lad.15 Joseph Ogren, Lad.3 Lt. Thomas O’Hagan, Bat.4 Samuel Oitice, Lad.4 Patrick O’Keefe, Res.1 Capt. William O’Keefe, Div.15 (D) Eric Olsen, Lad.15 Jeffery Olsen, Eng.10 Steven Olson, Lad.3 Kevin O’Rourke, Res.2 Michael Otten, Lad.35 Jeffery Palazzo, Res.5 B.C. Orio Palmer, Bat.7 Frank Palombo, Lad.105 Paul Pansini, Eng.10 B.C. John Paolillo, Bat.11 James Pappageorge, Eng.23 Robert Parro, Eng.8 Durrell Pearsall, Res.4 Lt. Glenn Perry, Bat.12 Lt. Philip Petti, Bat.7 Lt. Kevin Pfeifer, Eng. 33 Lt. Kenneth Phelan, Bat.32 Christopher Pickford, Eng.201 Shawn Powell, Eng.207 Vincent Princiotta, Lad.7 Kevin Prior, Sqd.252 B.C. Richard Prunty, Bat.2 (D) Lincoln Quappe, Res.2 Lt. Michael Quilty, Lad.11 Ricardo Quinn, Paramedic Leonard Ragaglia, Eng.54 Michael Ragusa, Eng.279 Edward Rall, Res.2 Adam Rand, Sqd.288 Donald Regan, Res.3 Lt. Robert Regan, Lad.118 Christian Regenhard, Lad.131 Kevin Reilly, Eng.207 Lt. Vernon Richard, Lad.7 James Riches, Eng.4 Joseph Rivelli, Lad.25 Michael Roberts, Eng.214 Michael E. Roberts, Lad.35 Anthony Rodriguez, Eng.279 Matthew Rogan, Lad.11 Nicholas Rossomando, Res.5 Paul Ruback, Lad.25 Stephen Russell, Eng.55 Lt. Michael Russo, S.O.C. B.C. Matthew Ryan, Bat.1 Thomas Sabella, Lad.13 Christopher Santora, Eng.54 John Santore, Lad.5 (D) Gregory Saucedo, Lad.5 Dennis Scauso, H.M. 1 John Schardt, Eng.201 B.C. Fred Scheffold, Bat.12 Thomas Schoales, Eng.4 Gerard Schrang, Res.3 (D) Gregory Sikorsky, Sqd.41 Stephen Siller, Sqd.1 Stanley Smagala Jr, Eng.226 Kevin Smith, H.M. 1 Leon Smith Jr, Lad 118 Robert Spear Jr, Eng.26 Joseph Spor, Res.3 B.C. Lawrence Stack, Bat.50 Cpt. Timothy Stackpole, Div.11 (D) Gregory Stajk, Lad.13 Jeffery Stark, Eng.230 Benjamin Suarez, Lad.21 Daniel Suhr, Eng.216 (D) Lt. Christopher Sullivan, Lad.111 Brian Sweeney, Res.1 Sean Tallon, Lad.10 Allan Tarasiewicz, Res.5 Paul Tegtmeier, Eng.4 John Tierney, Lad.9 John Tipping II, Lad.4 Hector Tirado Jr, Eng.23 Richard Vanhine, Sqd.41 Peter Vega, Lad.118 Lawrence Veling, Eng.235 John Vigiano II, Lad.132 Sergio Villanueva, Lad.132 Lawrence Virgilio, Sqd.18 (D) Lt. Robert Wallace, Eng.205 Jeffery Walz, Lad. 9 Lt. Michael Warchola, Lad.5 (D) Capt. Patrick Waters, S.O.C. Kenneth Watson, Eng.214 Michael Weinberg, Eng.1 (D) David Weiss, Res.1 Timothy Welty, Sqd.288 Eugene Whelan, Eng.230 Edward White, Eng.230 Mark Whitford, Eng.23 Lt. Glenn Wilkinson, Eng.238 (D) B.C. John Williamson, Bat.6 (D) Capt. David Wooley, Lad.4 Raymond York, Eng.285 (D)

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Rewind: The Bumblebee Girl And The Spiderman

June 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment

October 2013

Halloween 2013-22

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Rewind: A Trip To Miller Farms

June 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment

2013

Miller Farms 2013-5

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Rewind: 9/11 Stair Climb At Lambeau Field

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July, 2013

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A Firehouse Blanket

May 6, 2014 by 1 Comment

Finally pulled the trigger and got an awesome blanket made for the firehouse using t-shirts that largely represent the most significant pieces of my first twenty years in the fire service. Some of the shirts are old, some are new, but all of them represent something extremely important to me.

The top two rows are stair climb shirts, including several from the Denver climb, one from the first climb outside of ours (at Red Rocks…which I also wore a lot at the hospital with Liam), one from the first climb in another city (Nashville), and one from the first international connection made through the program (New Zealand).

The next row is all Castle Rock related, including a Bumper Time Ale shirt, one from the local, and one from each firehouse that I have spent the majority of my career – 151 and 155.

The next row down includes one from CRFD and three from the first bunch of years that I spent at the Burke station in Fairfax County, VA.

The last row is some misc shirts, with one from my involvement with the MDA, one from the training company that I was co-owner, and a few other shirts that are part of my path.

Thanks, Lynese, for pulling this all together and making the blanket!

blanket

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The Best of 2013 Playlist

January 11, 2014 by 2 Comments

So I finally completed the Best of 2013 playlist. When I sat back and listened to the playlist for the first time, I realized that music taste this year spilled into the area of dubstep with some rock and a sprinkle of instrumental. There were a couple of obvious choices, and I decided to include the kids’ favorite songs from the year. Ezra picked his, but if you are wondering how I could know the selection of a 14 month old…well, you just haven’t seen her smile and dance moves when a particular song comes on.

Like always, there are three rules that go into qualifying for the list: Rule #0 (because it applies every year): fit on a traditional CD and come to my library in the calendar year (even though the songs may be older than that). Rule #1 (becoming widely applied to all aspects of life): Don’t suck. Rule #2 (and most important): Be interesting. I thought that last year featured a narrowed eligibility list, but this year was even tighter with only 159 songs meeting the criteria for consideration.

No more delay, just music:

1. Breathe by Laura Marling

2. Don’t Leave Me by Regina Spektor

3. Here Comes The King by Snoop Lion

4. Come With Me Now by Kongos

5. Original Don by Major Lazer

6. My Body by Young The Giant

7. Up Past The Nursery by Suuns

8. I Want You To by Weezer

9. Four Simple Words by Frank Turner

10. Good On by Two Fisted Tango

11. Came Back Haunted by Nine Inch Nails

12. Chocolate by The 1975s

13. On My Way by Pandas & People

14. Fare The Well by Oscar Isaac and Marcus Mumford

15. Dry Sequence by OK Ikumi

16. This City by Steve Earle

17. Closer by Tegan and Sara

Elia’s Favorite:

18. Some Nights by Fun.

Ezra’s Favorite:

19. Levitate by Hadouken!

My Favorite: Fare The Well
The One Despite All Efforts I Couldn’t Keep Off: Either of the kid’s tracks
Biggest Surprise: Here Comes The King
Really Crank This One…No, Louder Than That: Strange answer…but Dry Sequence
Band Not Making The List For The First Time In A Few Years: Mumford and Sons, sort of.
Bands Continuing Their Run: Fun.
Dammit If They Didn’t Show Up Again: Mumford and Sons, sort of.
This Year’s Local Act: Two Fisted Tango
Last Song Dropped From The Playlist: I can’t remember anymore.

Previous Year’s Best Of Lists:

Best of 2012

Best of 2011

Best of 2010

Best of 2009

Best of 2008

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Top 10 Albums

January 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment

I received a Facebook challenge…you know, one of those “tag 10 friends and they must reply” type of things. Well, I actually decided to participate in this one, and here is what I came up with:

Truth be told: when I was tagged in a friend’s post asking for a top-10 list like this, I initially was going to ignore it. But I’m a music elitist, and the challenge to actually put on paper my Top 10 Most Influential Albums was worth attempting. I enjoyed reading hers (thanks Rebecca!) and felt like it would be something fun to do. So, here it is…in all of it’s Facebook glory.

1 Graceland – Paul Simon

At first, I loved this album. Then after continuous replay in the family roadster on the 12 hour drive to and from Florida, I hated this album. It wasn’t until a few years after the dust had settled that I realized its brilliance. Lyrically, it is my favorite of all time. Musically, it also tops the charts. The African influence with Ladysmith is killer and lyrically is is second to none (did I already mention that?). “The Boy in the Bubble,” “I Know What I Know,” “Diamond on the Soles of Her Shoes,” “Under African Skies,” and “Homeless” are still, some 25 years later, some of the most influential music I have ever heard. It is absolutely the go-to record for me.

 

2 OK Computer – Radiohead

This was an album. I mean, THIS WAS AN ALBUM! Borrowing from the concept album, full length, not just 10 songs crammed together records of the 70’s, Radiohead formally closed the chapter on a bunch of crap music in the 80’s and 90’s (not to include the rise of alt-rock). I remember listening to this and thinking “wow, just wow.”

 

3 Achtung Baby, U2

Man, I went back and forth and back and forth on this one or Zooropa. Zooropa is my favorite U2 record, but this one qualifies for this list by definition. It was the first CD I ever bought on my own, and on top of that it was purchased in Israel (on the same trip, coincidentally, that my cousin introduced me to Enigma). The singles off of the record speak for themselves, but “Zoo Station” has a special place in my heart as I started to sing it in my head as we left the song’s namesake while on a trip to West Germany…the Zoo Station is the last train stop in West Berlin before you enter East Berlin. Yes, I sang a song from Achtung Baby while we feared for our lives while illegally entering East Berlin.

 

4 Apollo 18 – They Might Be Giants

Ah, the band that by no reasonable rights should be in anyone’s top-10 lists…but for some reason always are. The memory of one of the most fun concerts that I have ever been to (TMBG with NRBQ at Wolf Trap) is second only to the memory of flawlessly singing all 20 parts of “Fingertips” on the drive to school with Alex. The funny thing is that I can still do it. Now, the kids have been introduced and MUST STOP SPIDER!

 

5 Full Moon Fever – Tom Petty

Yes, the front side of this album has three of Petty’s most popular songs, but it’s the B-side that really makes this album special. “Yer So Bad” made for years of inside jokes, and “The Apartment Song” and “Alright For Now” are highly underrated efforts and some of my favorite Tom Petty lyrics. I remember Full Moon Fever with the high school gang, and on a ski trip to Pennsylvania with my Mom; and for an album to pull that off must mean it’s good.

6 Blues For Allah – Grateful Dead

During my senior year of high school, I was discovering the Dead for the first time. And with that came a totally random purchase of Blues For Allah. “Help,” “Slipknot,” “Franklin’s Tower,” and “The Music Never Stopped” turned out to be an extremely addictive intro to the Dead. I recognize that this isn’t the normal way that people fall in love with the Dead, but it’s a slippery slope from here…

7 13 Songs – Fugazi

After the first time I heard this record, I finally realized what underground anti-establishment punk rock was all about. Seeing Fugazi play in the student centers at both George Mason and Virginia Commonwealth, and then in the basement of a church in downtown DC, solidified their place in this list. To have a band that influential and that popular continue to push for accessible shows and require that their albums sell for no more than $10, set a precedent that a lot of sell-out musicians could learn from.

 

8 Sigh No More – Mumford and Sons

So these guys, and largely this album have narrated a lot of our lives over the past four years. I stumbled on the first two singles from Sigh No More, “The Cave” and “Little Lion Man” on an independent music blog some four+ months prior to the album coming out, and have been hooked since. I noticed those two songs out of a bunch I had downloaded while unpacking the new house, then we went to their concert at the tiny Ogden Theater while Ahna was pregnant with Liam. The album made for comforting music that we all sang along with while in the hospital with Liam. We have seen them two more times, including at the video taped Red Rocks shows two years ago…this time pregnant with Elia.

9 The Best of Miles Davis and John Coltrane – Miles Davis and John Coltrane

Do I really need to explain this one? Okay: I was sitting in a local pizza place in the town of Okemo, Vermont when this album first came to me. It played throughout our dinner, undoubtably making the memory of the pizza fantastically better than it actually was. It was instantly purchased and instantly made it’s way into the music rotation.

 

10 A String Cheese Incident – String Cheese Incident

The album that launched me into String Cheesedom. Jazz, bluegrass, jam, and rock are all intregal to these tracks, including an amazing cover of “Walk This Way.” Some 30+ concerts later, I still go bananas to hear “How Mountain Girls Can Love” and “San Jose.”

 

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2013 Blog In Review

December 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 19,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 7 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.

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