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Video: Tessie O'Shea

moxie — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:34:55 +0000

Tessie O’Shea is not really from Tennessee, but she is adorable, she plays the banjolele like a demon, and this clip of her makes me swoon.

This video includes a blistering solo. My favorite part happens at :57 or so.

Musical Interlude: Talking Heads

moxie — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:12:39 +0000

“Don’t Worry About the Government” may be the song I love the most of all the songs there are.

With complex questions disguised as simple statements, this song is an excellent example of David Byrne‘s ability to be critical yet still open to possibilities. Those are the things that allow us to grow.

This was broadcast in 1977 on the Old Grey Whistle Test.

The day of my birth

moxie — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:08:29 +0000

was yesterday! I turned 38 which i consider “pushing pushing 40.”

(Paul took this photo of me at a friends wedding when no one was looking.)

Anyway, I realized that I’ve never blogged about the amazing gift I got for birthday #34. My friends and family pitched in and paid Jad Fair to write a song for me. No, really. JAD FAIR!

Things I love that are referenced: octopi, sushi, popcorn, sweets, “less crap more art,” paul loving me, other people’s children, saying “woo,” and bunnies. (FYI: this was when I ran an afterschool program for kids, and right before I started felting.)

Listen to it: Clicky.

Video: This Ain't No Picnic

moxie — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:40:41 +0000

That’s the Minutemen, and they are good.

happy friday one and all: life is a rock

moxie — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:48:17 +0000

i love this, even though it contains a handful of things that i normally don’t love so much: songs that list things, nostalgia, and homemade music videos featuring “say what you see” slide shows.

someone put this song on a mix for me when i was a kid, and i still like it. and, the video is pretty well done, so here you go:

some juggling, some singing, for fun!

moxie — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:55:12 +0000

add “contact juggling” to the list of things that, if i could do them, i would pretty much never stop.

(via neatorama)

another thing on that list is singin’ and dancin’ like frankie lymon.

musical interlude: max raabe

moxie — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:50:57 +0000

not my favorite of max raabe‘s covers, but still fun.

i like this cd a bunch.

musical interlude: the blasters

moxie — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:41:27 +0000

i wish this song would ring out while i walk around town like my own personal soundtrack, because if it did, i’d walk so awesome.

behold “i’m shakin’” by the blasters.

happy friday one and all: larry gallagher

moxie — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:18:29 +0000

paul has been using pandora at work these days. it played him a song that he came home and played for me. it’s called “i’m sorry for what my people did to your people” and it’s by larry gallagher and it’s awesome.

thematically, it reminds me a little of “love me, i’m a liberal” by phil ochs, and nelly mckay‘s “really“… not that the songs are the same, but they have something in common at least in the way they make me feel inspired and embarrassed and smart, all at the same time.

anyway, i love it. you might too. clicky.mp3.

also, here’s a video for larry’s “ode to the nokia ringtone.”

*update* — i bought two of his cds, (this one and this one) and having listened to them both i can now report:

smart, funny, grown-up, and musically interesting… my favorites.

larry gallagher = excellence

happy friday one and all: randy newman

moxie — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:23:40 +0000

i know that he gets a lot of crap for… well, i guess for being randy newman. while he has become a kind of caricature of himself over time, i submit this argument:

who hasn’t? have you taken a good hard look at your parents lately?

anyway, disney theme songs aside, i like randy. here’s a reason:

here’s another, just for fun. clicky.