Update on life, video style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLHHjViPQfE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Just a little update on things. Gotta go, my house is flooding... O_o

Some Music: Jeff Buckley

I am a pretty big fan. His music makes me happy and sad and frustrated and that whole big gambit of emotions only real artists can make you feel and something I work on a LOT. He died in 1997 in a drowning accident when he was only 31 years old. You can find out more about this amazing musician here.

This particular song speaks volumes to me. It's called "Lover, You Should Have Come Over" and is one I have never played out but play for myself a lot. It's too sad for me. There is a line that gets me every time : It's never over, a kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder. I love good songwriters. The lyrics follow the fold.

Thanks and Another Video Update

Blirthday Video....

Toe Tapping

I know that I write about music a lot, but I can't help it. I am an addict, it seems. I just wish I were better at making time to practice it. I know I can be good, but alas, I don't practice enough. Shame. I know.

I even bought a new (old) bass, but alas, the frets are bigger than my teeny bass. :(

I can make it work, I think.Until I can find the time (i.e. NOT at work) I will satisfy myself by pretending and listening to GREAT music. Like today's earworm:





What are you listening to today?

More Songs and T'ing

In case you all haven't figured it out, I'm sort of surrounded by music. Between being in a band and working at a radio station, saying I have music around me sometimes would be a definite understatement.

In case you didn't notice, I even have pages dedicated to all the nonsense that has to do with music. The links are right above the posts here on Roogoodoo. Musical Mayhem is updated with whatever stupid song is in my head. Like today's great song by Travie McCoy:



Feel free to post things you think I should listen to and be careful, while I usually post things I like, more often than not, what is stuck in my ear is pretty bad. There was a day in February, for example, when I had Good Charlotte's "Last Night" stuck in my head. Ugh.

There is also the Happenings page, which lists any events I deem important that are coming up. Usually music or art shows, this is where I let people know what I'm doing with what little free time I have.

What's new with you?

Stuck in my HEAD!!!!

This song has been stuck in my head all day. I don't even know where I heard it or how! I had to Google the lyrics just to figure out the darn name of the song and now it is stuck. Badly. Like a splinter in my eardrum or a worm that is winding its way through my cochlea. Horrid. It won't stop and it won't go away. I think I really like this song. How did I not know it existed?

J'ouvert 2010

J'ouvert (pronounce JOO-way) is a massive street party held before the final parades of Carnival. It is a conjugation that literally means daybreak or open day and starts at the wee hours and works it's way until around noon. We march and dance down the street behind bands until we get to around the Carnival village or stadium where we have the Jump-up. It's just what it sounds like. People come in silly costumes and tramp all day. Even though ours is big, it is actually considered one of the (gasp) lame ones of the East Caribbean. It is still, however, the largest in the VI and we always try to make it a good time.

J'ouvert was going to be shut down because of a lot of misbehaving, but they pushed it up this year and everything was cool. That is what happens when you get 10,000 drunk people together at once: someone fights. This year was pleasant and started after 6 am so there was lots of light and not enough time. People still had a great time and I think everyone realized that we shouldn't lose one of our local traditions because of stupidness.

Usually there is powder and dye thrown as well. I saw a few people in curry yellow dye, but not too many. I was a bit disappointed. I did boogie and break in my boots for sure and had a blast the whole time. Sorry about the lame picture and video quality. I had my camera in a housing for fear of beer, water, and/or dye being spilled. Today is the Children's Parade and tomorrow is the super popular Adult Parade. I hope to catch one. Happy Carnival!

Radio Time

Very exciting for my band is the fact that we got featured on our local morning show the day of our last concert. I didn't pick the song, but we did the best we could at 6:45 am. I had to drink a LOT of tea. Part of the reason I am so fidgety is the copious amounts of tea I had consumed that morning to aid in the warming of my vocal chords. Fun times! I hope you all enjoy it! If you haven't noticed in past posts... I am pretty excited about the music I get to make now. I am still doing lots of science on Potspoon!, but between the band, my art business, and other things, I haven't been blogging as much as I used to. Sorry. I hope all is well with all of you.

Oh My Goosebumps!

I thought the craze for Susan Boyle was over, but then, perusing through YouTube (an addiction I'm afraid) I stumbled across this performance. It was posted yesterday. Holy cow. She really can sing.