Merry Christmas Darling

Ok, I can be a sentimental old fool. My eyes get moist sometimes, and even if I brush it away with the back of my hand, I can see the dried tears later when I wash my face or squeeze an errant blackhead from my post-post adolescent face.

What tears me up? Sometimes the silliest plots or moments on TV. Crap like Little House on the Prairie or the Waltons, even. Sometimes it's something a little more significant, like music.

Yesterday, I spent part of my Christmas Bonus on an Ipod. I bought an 8 gig Nano, and hope it's big enough. I never thought I would enjoy one so much. Loading my music and listening has been a treat.

That Carpenter's Christmas CD I bought last year finally got cracked open and downloaded.

Merry Christmas, Darling.

And so much more.

James Taylor. Mexico.

Stevie Wonder. Isn't She Lovely?

And lest you think I have a totally "classic" music collection, there's a few from NIN also. Those don't make me cry, though.

I think having this Ipod kind of makes up for losing a large number of CD's this summer when my car was broken into.

Merry Christmas to me. Or happy birthday. (Doesn't matter--for those who don't know, my b-day is on December 25.)

Commute - Part 2 Road Time

The lengthy, and somewhat relaxing commute leads to think time on the road. I'd like to think that absence of good radio, and the recent malfunction of my car's cd player (after the recent theft of most of my cd's--but that's another story), lead me into introspection, but that's not really true. I can daydream and pontificate on a variety of topics. Today's topic is road music: guilty pleasures.

I confess a soft spot for the following 80's bands. I'm not sure why; outside of that these were not the mainstream "pop/culturally significant" bands of the 80s, such as U2, REM, and, well, U2 and REM, eh?

Here's a few that always get me going:

Def Leppard - Pyromaniac
VanHalen - mostly Roth stuff because he had such attitude, but occasionally Sammy could hit it.
AC/DC - Back in black sounds better than ever
Journey - Lovin' touchin, squeezin, et. al.

Ok, I guess I'm listening too much to the "classic" rock station on my way to work. Back to NPR tomorrow. I promise.