Tag: songs

  • A Leak in the Faucet of Life

    06 Mar 2007 » 2 min read about Writing & Publishing

    I went into the bathroom a little while ago and noticed one of the faucets was leaking. For some reason, this triggered the instantaneous invention of a complete country-western song in my head. I ran out of the bathroom, and back to my office to write it down before I forgot it. Keep in mind…

  • Funny, alternate reality, song lyrics

    16 Nov 2006 » 1 min read about Music & Arts

    Sometimes, I mis-hear a song lyric intentionally because it sounds funnier the way I hear it, instead of the way it is sung. For example, just now, I was listening to my 80s playlist and Paul Yound’s “Every Time You Go Away” was playing. Don’t worry you’d know it if you heard it. Anyway, the…

  • If I had $1,000,000

    04 Oct 2006 » 1 min read about Music & Arts

    Ordinarily, I have a phenomenal memory for songs and can associate them with very specific activities when I first heard them. It’s uncanny and often quite eerie. Tonight I heard, for the second time in my life, The Barenaked Ladies “If I had $1,000,000”. I knew all of the lines, which is not unusual for…

  • Feelin’ Love

    30 Aug 2006 » 2 min read

    I mentioned last week how I caught City of Angels on HBO. I like the music from the movie and went to Apple Music store shortly thereafter to see if they had the soundtrack. They didn’t. However, I was able to find all but three of the songs, so I put together a playlist that…

  • Intelligence–not!

    11 Apr 2006 » 1 min read

    I can be cheerfully self-appreciative in various ways which amuse or annoy people depending upon who you are. But I try to balance that out by ocassionally admitting my gross stupidities and inadequacies as well. After all, fair is fair. Today, on the train ride home, I discovered what almost anyone who ever grew up…