random 10 #121

10 songs that sum up your weekend… or were on your weekend playlist…

“I’ve Got a Feeling” – The Beatles – need I say more?

“Talula” – Tori Amos – only song I own of hers

“One I Want” – Van Halen – rare gem from the short-lived Gary Cherone “era”

“Marigold” – Foo Fighters cover a Nirvana tune

“Old Love” – a classic performance from Eric Clapton’s “Unplugged”

“Love Me” – Elvis Presley – I like to sing this one out loud

“Eminence Front” – The Who – one of the 1st videos I saw on MTV

“The Story” – Brandi Carlile – a new tune introduced to me by a friend

“Getting Better” – The Beatles – still can’t believe this was used to promote plasma tv’s

“Like a Star” – Corinne Bailey Rae – just got this album

…and one picture that relates back

Salem’s all worn out

September 3, 2007 | Categories: meme, music, pics, random 10 | 1 Comment »

random 10 #117

10 songs that sum up your weekend… or were on your weekend playlist…
An eclectic mix that randomly showed up on the pod this weekend …

“Green River” – Creedence Clearwater Revival

“Last Night” – The Traveling Wilburys

“Pillar of Davidson” – Live

“More” – Bobby Darin

“February Stars” – Foo Fighters

“Thunder Road” – Bruce Springsteen

“Pride and Joy” – Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble

“Outta Here” – Kenny Chesney

“I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” – The Beatles

“The Bare Necessities” – Harry Connick, Jr.

…and one picture that relates back.
With an excessive heat warning in the St Louis area through Friday (temps at 100 with heat indices around 110), the ice storm of 2006 seems like a distant memory.

August 6, 2007 | Categories: meme, music, pics, random 10 | 1 Comment »

random 10 #106

10 songs that sum up your weekend… or were on your weekend playlist…
Tony Kornheiser’s podcast has rekindled my interest in what he calls “old guy radio” …

• “Cocaine” – Eric Clapton
• “When The Levee Breaks” – Led Zeppelin
• “We Are The Champions” – Queen
• “Trying to Get to You” – Elvis Presley
• “Fire” – Jimi Hendrix
• “Miami 2017″ – Billy Joel
• “Lyin’ Eyes” – The Eagles
• “Surfer Girl” – The Beach Boys
• “Roadhouse Blues” – The Doors
• “I Will” – The Beatles

…and one picture that relates back.

Cinderella’s Castle at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World (taken June 2005). We return to Orlando, FL on Saturday. This will be our 4th trip in 9 years. We can’t wait to be back in the Happiest Place on Earth

May 21, 2007 | Categories: meme, music, pics, random 10 | 1 Comment »

random 10 #105

10 songs that sum up your weekend… or were on your weekend playlist…

• “Best of Both Worlds” – Van Halen
• “Stop This Train” – John Mayer
• “Strange” – R.E.M.
• “Sunday Bloody Sunday” – U2
• “Golden Slumbers”, “Carry That Weight”, “The End” – The Beatles (three titles, but counted as one great song)
• “Beauty and Sadness” – The Smithereens
• “Higher Ground” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
• “You Don’t Own Me” – The Lascivious Biddies
• “February Stars” – Foo Fighters
• “Since I’ve Been Loving You” – Led Zeppelin

…and one picture that relates back.

Where we ate for Mother’s Day. I’m not a big steak person, but this place has the best steaks I ever had.

May 14, 2007 | Categories: meme, music, pics, random 10 | 1 Comment »

random 10 #104

10 songs that sum up your weekend… or were on your weekend playlist…

• “Pleasant Valley Sunday” – The Monkees
• “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” – The Beach Boys
• “The River” – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
• “Rest In Peace” – Extreme
• “Miami 2017″ – Billy Joel
• “Mine Again” – Black Lab
• “You Don’t Know How It Feels” – Tom Petty
• “15 Beers Ago” – Deaf Pedestrians
• “Big Gun” – AC/DC
• “Ask” – The Lascivious Biddies

…and one picture that relates back.

Sunset at Carlyle Lake, taken in September 2003 on our last camping trip.

May 7, 2007 | Categories: meme, music, pics, random 10 | 1 Comment »