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Music Monday: Walking with a Ghost

March 15th, 2010 · by xJane · 1 Comment

For some reason, John’s request for favorite vampire/zombie movies and books reminded me of this—which is a song and about ghosts. So…yeah, I don’t know what the connection is. I love the simplicity and sweetness of this track and the awesome video made me love it even more.

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Music Monday: Backstabber, by the Dresden Dolls.

February 22nd, 2010 · by John · 1 Comment

I know that Amanda is often ampersanded with Neil Gaiman (and vise versa) these days, but I let myself take a little nostalgic trip back to the days when AFP and Brian Viglione worked a little magic together:

Many thanks to my friend Erika for turning me on to this delectable madness, which I somehow missed [...]

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Music First-Day-of-the-Week: Dear God (Sincerely, M.o.F.)

January 19th, 2010 · by xJane · 1 Comment

Also, in the interest of full-disclosure, Shameless Not-Quite-Self Promotion.
This is done by a fbfriend/former coworker as part of a contest to choose a music video for the song. The song is by Monsters of Folk (how could I not post something by someone of that abbreviation?!). I’m not quite sure how the winner is selected, [...]

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Music Monday: Money, by Jesca Hoop.

January 4th, 2010 · by John · 1 Comment

Ladies and gents, I present to you the inimitable Jesca Hoop! She’s usually introduced as Tom Waits’ former nanny (Tom Waits has kids!? Do they have his chin tuft?), but thankfully, her voice bears no resemblance to his. LA Weekly describes her music as “an odd combination of folk, cabaret, melancholia and grace.”

What the [...]

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Music…Day.: Baby, It’s Cold Outside

December 15th, 2009 · by xJane · 8 Comments

I just discovered my favorite versions of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” have the genders reversed:

and

I love Christmas carols—even the new ones—and firmly believe that the best way to spread christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear. Happy Holidays, everyone—may they be filled with song.

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Music Monday: If My Heart Was a House

November 9th, 2009 · by xJane · No Comments

…you’d be home.
AWWWW! This group, but this song especially, makes me melt. It turns me into a romantic, even though I’m not. This is so not my kind of music. I’m a hardrockin’ Nickleback kind of person, but Owl City makes me smile like seeing a couple in a park holding hands. Here’s the full [...]

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Music Monday: Bed, by Semisonic

October 12th, 2009 · by xJane · 4 Comments

I apologize for the music video, this appears to be the only one available for this song. Although it seems to promote the fallacy that people need sex, I listen to it and think that it actually promotes the fact that sex is more than just physical “I’ve got to find another way to get [...]

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Music Monday: Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie.

October 5th, 2009 · by John · 8 Comments

This is one of those rare works that makes me want to create, create, create!

(h/t to Sharine–thx!)

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Music Monday: Domestic Violence

September 14th, 2009 · by xJane · No Comments

Being the violent yang to John’s Quaker yin here at MoF, the news of UCI’s shooting (see John’s twitterfeed) last night filled me with the desire for vengeance. Yahweh’s jealous anger has nothing on my righteous anger when it comes to domestic violence. Violence is not the solution to every problem (or even most of [...]

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Music Monday: Scarborough Fair/Canticle

September 7th, 2009 · by xJane · 1 Comment

I’ve always liked this song—even before I heard the version that included /Canticle. It’s the kind of folk song that is enduring. The words and the music get under my skin, like a clan tattoo, indelible and a mark of whom I am, and make me want to learn to play the guitar (or fiddle). [...]

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