because it's Tuesday - week of February 27

I just realized that last week marked 1 year of me doing these "because it's Tuesday" posts.  Might have been better had I figured it out earlier, maybe done some fancy anniversary post.  Oh well, I didn't.  Maybe next year.  First birthdays are always kind of messy anyway, cake gets up your nose, there are usually tears.  Two will be much more civilized.

So, this week's cover is brought to you by the amazing (I know I use that word a lot but it's a good word) Robyn Hitchcock.  It's a cover of "ghost in you," a classic Psychedelic Furs song from 1984.  I'm quite fond of this particular version.  It's a great song, Robyn does a beautiful version of it.

Enjoy lovelies xo

Guilty Pleasure Friday - Barbie Girl

This song is a true piece of poo.

It's a catchy piece of a poo but poo all the same. 90's poo.  I don't know a lot about what the "hits" of the 90's were but this one got through somehow. 

And... for some reason, whenever the video would be on tv "back in the day" I couldn't not watch it.  Like a car crash.... "kiss me here, touch me there...hanky panky!"

Ugh.

Anyway, it's an ear worm so be warned.

"come on Barbie let's go party!" xo

because it's Tuesday - week of February 20

For those of you who are curious or concerned, I went back to work today.

I'm still too terrified to drink coffee or eat anything that actually has flavour.  My head felt a bit like it was in a bucket all day but I got through the work day and that my friends is a very good thing.

My cover choice for today is a version of Lefty Frizzell's "Long Black Veil."  This lovely version is performed by Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal.  One of the reasons it's so good that I got through the work day today is that I have a front row ticket to see Mr and Mrs Leventhal this evening.  I'm so excited and just awoke from a disco nap so I'll be good to go.  Fortunately, the show is early, starts at 7:30 p.m., 90 minutes, no intermission.  Perfect for an old fart like me.

So, I share with you "Long Black Veil" ...enjoy it kiddies, it's gorgeous and haunting and all of the good things you need in a song that tells a story xo

Guilty Pleasue Friday - Outside

I'm still ill.

Very sick, I have missed an whole week of work this week.  I feel moderately better.  Last night I took the garbage out.  I managed to walk to the end of the driveway, carrying something, and wasn't sick to my stomach.

Progress - my friends, that IS progress.

Whatever I have, it's the worst thing I've ever experienced.  Had it not been freezing rain on the weekend, I for sure would have gone to the ER because I was completely convinced that I was dying.  Miraculously, because my roommate is an angel and got me gravel and hydralyte and all of the things that you need when you have this thing, I am getting through it, slowly.

My guilty pleasure this week is another George Michael song.  I love me some GM.  This song particularly makes me smile and dance around my bedroom (no dancing today but smiling I can do).  I'm also envious of the folks who can go outside (not to have to sex outside, just to leave the house in general).  One day I'll be able to join them, but in the meantime, I can listen to George, tap my toes and dream about fresh air and sunshine and a life without vomit.

happy Friday lovelies xo

because it's Tuesday - week of February 13

I'm home sick.

sick.

sick.

sick.

I have the flu, the gastro version.  It's nasty, I've been in my bed or the bathroom and no where else really since Saturday morning.

fun times this is not.

Anyway, here is a cover for Tuesday.  It makes me feel a tiny bit better to hear these two voices together.

Mr Bennett and Ms Winehouse, Body and Soul.  Enjoy kiddies. xo

Guilty Pleasure Friday - What A Fool Believes

I recently learned (in the last few years) that a good sized chunk of the music we were listening to  during 8th grade is now categorized as "Yacht Rock."  If I think about it, several songs did refer to being in some kind of boat on or near the water, I suppose it fits.  A lot of the late 70's / early 80's radio friendly AM pop was pretty laid back. 

Today's guilty pleasure is definitely laid back.  Some of the guys in the band look like they were going to fall asleep during the video filming.  Perhaps some of the Doobie Brothers had indulged in one too many doobies?

Either way, I really liked this song when I was in 8th grade and I still sing along to it whenever I hear it.  I sing along to it very badly though cuz, who can sing as high as Michael McDonald (pun totally not intended)? yikes.

because it's Tuesday - week of February 6

When one of your favourite artists covers another of your favourite band, particularly when the song they chose to cover is one of your top 5 songs of that favourite band the results can be magical.  Imagine how excited I was, oh so many years ago now, to learn that Rufus Wainwright had covered "Across The Universe." 

The original version of it was recorded by the Beatles in 1969 to contribute to a charity album,  A version also appears on Let It Be.  To me, song is absolutely beautiful and I'm sure, one of the very few songs I like which contain Sanskrit lyrics.

Give a listen to the 2002 version which Rufus recorded.  He's lovely, it's lovely.

I'm sure you'll enjoy it lovelies xo

Guilty Pleasure Friday - The Only Flame In Town

It should be said that Elvis Costello and the Attractions should never ever ever EVER be a guilty pleasure.

I have loved Elvis Costello with and without the Attractions for more decades than I care to admit.  I was a bit gutted when I found out that he has nothing good to say about "Goodbye Cruel World," one of my favourite Elvis Costello and the Attractions albums.  If you're curious about the background of the album, my brother turned me on to an episode of Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History podcast which explained the whole thing.



All of that aside, "the only flame in town," with it's cheesy duet between Elvis and Daryl Hall (!!) and the definitely 80's sax was, is and forever shall be a favourite song of mine.

Enjoy it, dance around if you want to and imagine how dreamy it would be to win a date with one o the boys in the band xo

Surviving January

How did January treat you?

We made it through, all the way, somehow.  February, in Kingston at least, is starting out sunny and mild (and a bit drippy, the snow which fell earlier in the week is melting right now).  Let's hope it stays this week.

Peggy Pizzahead

January was a month of some reflection for many folks I think.  It certainly was for me.  The weather was extremely cold at times.  Whenever we deal with extended periods of extreme weather (cold or  hot) I always think about my ancestors and how they coped here when Canada was a new country.  They certainly didn't have the ability to crank up the thermostat and then treat themselves to a new fuzzy throw (which is so soft and dreamy), on sale for $25 (from $80!!) with free shipping too, to comfort themselves.  I have no idea how they survived but thankfully they did or I wouldn't be here.

For most of us in this country, we have it pretty good.  We forget that a lot of the time.  It's easier to focus on the bad over the good, on what we're missing instead of what we have.

Privilege.   It's something I acknowledge every day.  I have a good job, wonderful family, terrific friends, a decent home, my own vehicle, my health, most of the time I feel very safe.  For these things I'm grateful.  I had no say in where or when I would be born but I absolutely know how lucky I was to be born in 1967 in Canada, to parents who were married to each other and wanted me... to parents who loved me unconditionally and provided me with all of the essentials I needed to thrive.  Lucky. Are there things I didn't have growing up? Sure.  But they were "nice to have" things (and goodness knows I had more than my share of "nice to have" things), there was nothing I ever needed that I didn't receive.

Didn't really plan to spit that out but there it is.  /rant

 January did some weird stuff to my head and not just because I had a touch of the flu in the middle of the month.  Good weird stuff (not the Odds album).  I was unbelievably saddened (it hit me far deeper than I would have ever imagined) by the news of Mark E Smith's death last week.  The Fall have always been a part of the soundtrack of my life, well since I was a young teenager anyway.  That his voice is silent now is almost unbelievable to me.

The "resolutions" or plans I made at the beginning of the year are moving along.  I still feel like I'm operating from a position of strength as I mentioned I felt last month.  For the first time in a really long time, I've been enjoying posting here more regularly.  Even if most of my posts are simple self-created memes, I'm posting and generating even a modest amount of "content" is feeling nice.  My good start to the year is carrying on and I'm confident that I can keep working that plan through February and beyond.