Playlist: End of a love affair

***I am so loving this: one of my favorite websites has added the coolest new feature- I have been posting playlists at www.fiql.com since June 2005. It's a great place for people to not only post and distribute lists of songs that they love, but if you want to find music for ANY occasion- you can totally find ideas there. When adding your list, you always had the option to try and search online for samples of each song- like a 15 sec. snippet to jog the memory- like you would find at Amazon. Now, they've gone all youtube and it automatically searches for a video of the song!! You upload the text file of the playlist from itunes, write a little description (I will focus more on that in my next post), and bam- you have a video playlist that you can embed or send anywhere!!! So here is the first!!! Enjoy!!

Break ups rot- anyone who tells you other wise is lying- or they were never in love. Even when you know it's the right decision, admitting that and following through with it is hard. Whether you were the first to voice it or not- as things begin to drift apart, you realize that in order to maintain any kind of sanity you have to shut off some of your more raw nerves. You move almost like a zombie through the last moments until you are left with yourself. That's when the worst part happens- when you have to tend to your exit wounds. When you begin to assess the damage, take a good look around you, and start the next chapter of your story. As a card carrying hopeful romantic, I have been at this point a few more times than most. I have always found that it helps to really belt out a maudlin tune to get my emotions ready to work- prime the pump if you will. You just need to be careful that you don't go all Brenda Walsh and have REM on repeat- look what that did for her!! You need songs that are somber-ish, sad-like, but with sparkles of hope and reassurance here and there. My advice- this playlist, a bottle of red wine you find for under $20, and a few hard core girlfriends on high alert near their phones should you need a boost!! You were fabulous before- you're even better now!





Link to entire song list

These sounds fall into my mind...

I have been sitting on this post for some time- for months I wanted to trot out some Bryan Ferry- but knew that there was going to be a time when we would need his distinctive, comforting sound to warm us up. A rainy day if you will hehe- well with today's gloomy weather making even my usually relaxing smoke breaks a process- today is that day!

Without further ado, here’s Ferry with “Let’s Stick Together,” “Kiss & Tell” and “The Price of Love”. The first and last videos feature Ferry’s former lover, Jerry Hall, who always cheers me up.

These sounds fall into my mind...

Just to keep those juices flowing so that you are ready to start dancing the minute you clock out- a few tried and true classics from the 90s! Even if like me, you haven't got a ton of junk in your trunk- any one of these songs will have you throwing it around like it's going out of style!! Cheers!

These sounds fall into my mind...

Let's start the weekend off early with one of my all time favorites- I hear the late, great Renee Diggs belting this Starpoint hit and I have to start moving hehe-

Because they riggity rock me like no other...

Zz Top - Pearl Necklace Lyrics


She's really upset with me again,
I didn't give her what she likes.
I don't know what to tell her,
Don't know what to say.
Everything got funky last night.

She Was Really Bombed,
And I was really blown away,
Until I asked her what she wanted,
And this is what she had to say:
A pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.

She gets a charge out of bein' so weird,
Digs gettin' downright strange.
But I can keep a handle on anything,
Just this side of deranged.

She was gettin' bombed,
And I was gettin' blown away,
And she held it in her hand
And this is what she had to say:
A pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.

She is so tough, as pure as the driven slush.
And that's not true what she's talkin' about, [see notes]
It really don't cost that much.

She was gettin' bombed,
And I was gettin' blown away,
And she took it in her hand,
And this is what she had to say:
A pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.

RIP Deborah Kerr 1921 - 2007

Oh this just stinks! I have several posts in various stages of "almost ready to publish" in the running for my comeback from exile/1st post in October- but I just found out that one of my favorite actresses of all time- indeed- one of the greatest ever, has passed away. I was reading cnn.com and gloating about a school in Portland, Maine making birth control available to students as young as 11 (bravo btw) when I noticed the headline "from here to eternity actress kerr dies"- now I want to leave work, turn off all the lights, smoke a few joints, and cry with some of my favorite films- not just "From Here to Eternity" but "Tea & Sympathy", "The King and I", "An Affair to Remember", the original "Casino Royale", "Separate Tables", "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison", etc- what a class act. I last saw "An Affair to Remember" about a month and a half ago- for what must be the 50th time, and she still could get tears out of me.

When I think of Deborah Kerr- I will always remember this line from "Tea and Sympathy":

"Years from now when you talk about this - and you will - be kind."

How much do I miss her?

Seeing that picture from Grey Ant's fashion show reminded me- we all need a lot more Divine in our lives.