80's song vault

Okay continuing my music talk, this morning as i was driving to work i was trying to think of what a good cd would be to mention today. But in look through my i-pod i've decided that i was going to pick a song. Sweet Dreams (are made of these) by the eurythmics. I love this song, and i don't think i know anyone that really doesn't like this song. Why is that? What makes this song greater than any other 80's song? I don't think it the cello's in the video...to be honest until i just watched it i did remember that they had cellos in the video..Does anyone know anyone that hates the song? So i was thinking what are other songs by the eurythmics....Here comes the rain again....that seems to be the only other song i can really remember by them. and in listening to their other song on youtube videos, there were several songs that i couldn't listen to at all, they were just aweful...which i then realized the eurythmics really aren't a very good band. So, what made sweet dream the lasting one? hmmm...???




So in other news....cody got himself locked out of the house last night while i was at a birthday dinner! :) hehe! it was really pretty funny. we have those locks like a lot of classroom doors. you press the little button on the top and it keeps the door locked so that when you shut it you don't have to worry about locking it...and if you press the button on the bottom it unlocks the door knob so that you can walk in and out freely. Most houses don't have this anymore and neither of us are used to it. i knew one of us would eventually lock ourselves out and im glad it was him first! :)

Tomorrow night
Lisa Curl and the Triplets
UCO Jazz Lab
Doors at 7:00
Show at 8:00
Cover is $7

stealing amandas idea! :)

I've decided that i'm going to steal amandas idea (check out her blog at a book is a garden) try to start discussions on music that i'm listening to or have listened to or just really like. I will also throw in my life because thats just what i do! (amanda i hope you don't mind :)

So, I am going to start out with a cd that came out a while ago but that i feel has really made me respect this band more. I've enjoyed them for a long time and their concert that i have seen was really good (even though i couldn't see anything because it was so crowded). The CD is the cranes wife by the decemberist. track 2 "The Island-come & See/the landlord's daughter/you'll not feel the drowning is a freakin flippin long song something like 12-14 minutes...but it is amazing. the builds and how they use the organ kills me (in a good way) everytime! :) I personally think its their best album yet and can't wait to see them again. Here is a youtube video of one of the songs on the album.
So..
Has anyone listened to the album? What did you think? Did you think it was the best album they have done? If not, what do you feel is their best album and why? Have you seen them live and what was your thoughts?

The final frontier

i probably got all of the star trek fans wondering what i'm going to write about but...it has nothing to do with star trek! :)

we got moved! okay, we got most everything moved. there are little things that we have to get from each place but the apartment will be offically moved out of tomorrow. thank goodness! we spent most of yesterday afternoon and evening cleaning. and thats when we realized, that we had a lot of condiments but no food! :) so we had to hit the grocery store so that we won't be eating out. and we have acl this month...two weeks from Friday!! woohoo! :)i'm even more excited realizing that it is sooo close! :)

the one great thing about moving is the not knowing where anything is....wheres the check book, wheres the cds for the party, where's cat food...for that matter, where's the cat! i am so ready to have everything in order! (btw, the cats not really lost...she is in the house somewhere and she makes herself seen every now and then! :)

anyway, things are going well and we will have people over very soon!!

Also, this thursday night at the uco jazz lab...
lisa curl and the triplets
7:30 show
$7 cover
and i think we will be doing a live recording.

A friend at work

so i was talk to a friend that i work with and we were talking about the strange and weird things that go through our heads...and we got on the discussion of drive-thrus...we think it would be funny to go up to the speaker and tell them that you want them to order for you, just make sure its only around $5 and no tomatos :) i wonder if they would actually do that...and how bad that could freak out some workers... :)

i did say we were talking about the weirdness of our thoughts! :)

I'm ready to leave work now! :)

Garage Door Opener!! :)

Yeap...i've officially got my first garage door opener. This is exciting stuff for me!! :) So needless to say, i've been pretty busy! which is not unusual but it seems to be busier these days then usual. I think we are going to move some this weekend, but most of the big stuff we won't be moving until next weekend...so if anyone is free, there is pizza and beer involved! :) I go this morning after work and let the bug guy in to debug our house....and then i think i'm going to start moving my stuff out of whitneys!! :) Nothing like moving in 100 degree weather :)

last night lisa and i played at mickey mantels during their happy hour. thats a fun little gig. no one is really listening and there are tons of people there and we just pretty much get to have a open rehearsal! :) Oh yes, most of you probably got the e-mail about us trying to get to austin for austin city limits. so please vote, we have until monday. we are currently in the top 100 but we have to stay there. round 2 are judges, they will pick 20 of the top 100 and then those will get voted on again. if we get in the top 20 you will for sure be hearing from me again...probably several times! you can vote once a day...and i personally vote on all 5 of my e-mail address....and i know several other people that are doing that as well! Please Vote Here :)

we saw an awesome movie the other night...we decided to go to the movies the night before the house closing and we went to see stardust. its based on the young adult book by neil gaiman...it was so so good! its a love story but a good love story :)

i have become more nerdy. i know, i also thought that wasn't possible, but it has happened. we have started getting comic books...it all started for me when i found out they are continuing the buffy series through comic books picking up were the show left off! so now i'm in to all sorts of story lines....one i found the other day though was a vampire comic about a "slayer" called Anita Blake...well, come to find out it was based on a book series. So we went out and i bought the book and finished it yesterday and if you like vampire stories it was really good. cody likes to laugh at me because i like to read vampire things so much but we each have our things right.

a good site, girly band practice and other things :)

so something that is really fun is girly band practice...i've only really had band practice with tons of guys or co-ed...but an all girl band practice is great. first, they listen to what you say and they actually try it and don't pass your ideas off as stupid from the start! :) we can talk A LOT but still get a lot of practicing done too...which i know, is somewhat of a surprise to some! :) and we talk about things that girls talk about...life girly issues...its good times.

also, thank you so much mike for your support of my music this weekend. it means a lot to me.

okay, i don't know if all of you know how cody and i met...and if you do you can skip this part and i promise i'm not going to get to girly here....but i feel like i should put a plug in for all of those who are looking for someone. we met on match.com...i know i know..."an internet site that supported by dr phil"...most of you are probably saying...i don't think so, and for a while i did too, but i thought...what the hell, at least i can meet new people if all else fails. and let me know tell you, meet new people i did. i probably went on 10 first dates...and it was somewhat dis-heartening when none of them really never called back. but i decided to keep going. there was even one guy who i thought was it...he was the one for me, a musician and he was totally into me (and we actually went out more than once in one weekend but it didn't last more than that weekend) and i was heart broken when it wasn't him. but i kept going out with people and talking to them through e-mail. i actually talked to cody for about a month through e-mail before he got the nerve up to ask me out. after the first meeting i wasn't really convinced. i thought, well, if he asks me out again, i'll go but i really wasn't that into him. so he asked me out a week later and we've been together ever since...there was a point that i told some friends, that i was giving him 30 days and if i didn't feel any different than i was going to tell him....well, its been nearly six months now and we will be together for many, many years to come and all because of match, and i love my cello carrier :)...so there is my story. :)
(btw, cody doesn't know the part about me giving him 30 days...so lets not mention it! hehe!)

more flight of the conchords...i'm obessed!

I'm getting to old

Yeah...so i had a day like my old college days last night and i'm realizing that i'm getting to old for things like this! :) I went to work like normal....straight from work to play a wedding (yes, a wedding on a Thursday...i guess its cheaper)...then i went straight from there to my gig at the blue note, which i didn't get home from until about 1...then i had to turn around and start this whole work thing over again! Dear goodness...how did i do that all the time i will never, ever know. I love, love, love playing music but i think i'm going to have to limit my late Thursday night shows! And thank you so much to mike for coming out and supporting the new music that i'm starting to help create...i just hope youll come back sometime! :) hehe! :) So now...i work for a few hours, then go home and take a nap and then get up and start playing more music! Again i say, i'm not complaining in th least, its just that i'm not used to this any more!

I will tell everyone something about what makes work go faster....Video I-Pods...and flight of the conchords on youtube! :) Thanks!

Anyway, if anyone is interested in the drive in tomorrow night, let me know! :) We are still going! :)

News on the roof! :)

It looks like we have gotten everything with the roof figured out...we even picked out roof colors last night! hooray! :) Its amazing the stuff you start thinking about when you are buying a house....you start paying attention to roofs, and what color they are...and how long they are going to last! its crazy, crazy stuff....so we close 2 weeks from yesterday. i got to thinking about that the other day and realize....HOLY SHIT...i've got about 3 weeks to pack stuff. Cody doesn't seem to be worried in the least about it...which is totally a guy thing i think but thats why you guys need women, to get things like this done :) hehe! just kidding! We aren't actually going to move until the weekend of the 24th.

Girls Playing Music! :)

Tonight:

Lisa Curl w/ Jenn Mills & Reyna Ross
aka Lisa & The Triplets

Thursday, August 2

The Blue Note
9:30 PM
$5
**********NW 23rd & Robinson*********

Tomorrow night:

Carrie Webber (w/ Sarah) and the Stringents

Friday, August 3

Galileos
9:00
probably $5 :)