Garbage Day — Brendan Benson

SONG OF THE DAY “Garbage Day” by Bren­dan Ben­son (My Old, Famil­iar Friend, ATO Records/ Red Records, 2009). Writ­ten by Bren­dan Ben­son. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) — Bren­dan Ben­son (born in Royal Oak, Michigan) sings and plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, and drums. He has released four solo albums and is a mem­ber of the band The Racon­teurs. [HOMETOWN BOY!] — His debut album, One …

A Joni Mitchell Playlist

Oh god, this playlist is SO PERFECT. It’s exactly the task I needed. In mak­ing it (and, really, in writ­ing these blogs through­out the week of Joni), I have been falling for Joni’s sto­ry­telling and gui­tar and arrange­ments all over again. Mak­ing a playlist of my favorites is the per­fect way to end this celebration …

Joni Mitchell’s Top 10 Albums

Joni Mitchell’s Top 10 Albums (in order) Blue (1971) — I think every track on this album is a bril­liant, hence why my playlist below of my favorite Joni songs is, like, half Blue and half every other album she wrote (lol). This album is an ALBUM in every sense of the word: com­pletely wor­thy of …

Blue — Joni Mitchell

SONG OF THE DAY “Blue” by Joni Mitchell (Blue, Reprise Records, 1971). Writ­ten by Joni Mitchell. MY TAKE Well, obvi­ously I’m hav­ing a lit­tle bit of a Joni Mitchell moment this week. I always love Joni, but the amount of time I actu­ally spend lis­ten­ing to her is some­times dimin­ished by the amount of time I …

For The Roses – Joni Mitchell

SONG OF THE DAY “For The Roses” by Joni Mitchell (For The Roses, Asy­lum Records, 1972). Writ­ten by Joni Mitchell. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) — For the Roses is a 1972 album by Joni Mitchell, between her two biggest com­mer­cial and crit­i­cal suc­cesses – Blue and Court & Spark. — In 2007 it was one of 50 recordings …

VH1′s Top 100 Greatest Artists Of All-Time

A few weeks back, VH1’s Labor Day week­end spe­cial treat was to unveil their new Top 100 Great­est Artists of All-Time list. My hus­band and I watched in dis­may as all sorts of weird choices were revealed through­out the hours of the count­down. I mean, Def Lep­pard? N.W.A.?? L.L. Cool J??? Tupac and Big­gie???? Public …

Detroit 1–8-7: A New Show With A Great Soundtrack!

I love when the minds that make tele­vi­sion take time to remem­ber the great power of the sound­track. A good sound­track can make a bad show palat­able (NBC’s Chuck), and a great show per­fect (NBC’s Mercy). ABC’s new cop drama Detroit 1–8–7 is, of course, going to make it to my desk just because I …

Born For Me – Paul Westerberg

SONG OF THE DAY “Born For Me” by Paul West­er­berg (Suicaine Grat­i­fi­ca­tion, EMD, Capi­tol, 1999). WHY TODAY? I love when this kind of thing hap­pens. I was singing this cho­rus in bed last night (some­times I have karaoke nights in bed where I test out songs in my head for hours to see if they’re com­pat­i­ble with …