Small World

I inherited a mac laptop from school. What I mean by this is that a teacher left, and the next year I got her powerbook. Great thing about macs is that many people are afraid of them. The "tech" at our school didn't know the first thing about macs. So, the computer wasn't wiped cleaned. The previous owner loved music and put her entire music collection on it. For this, I give thanks. She also had taste...Belle and Sebastian, Cat Power, Daft Punk, Rufus Wainwright, Lucinda Williams, etc. Well, I really started getting into Lucinda Williams at the time and the computer had Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and Essence. I listened to those albums all the time. Well, one day the teacher/poet who taught next to me (i was at a public school dedicated to the arts in New Orleans for middle schoolers; no I didn't teach an art subject (history for me) and yes Katrina killed it) asked me what I was listening to lately. I said Lucinda Williams and asked if ever heard her. His response, "Oh Cindy, I got her birthday card in last week. I'm glad to see you like real music." Well, yes the bottom of jaw was dirty from hitting the ground. My friend, Ralph, studied under father at either Tulane or Loyola. In fact, he was at their house when she got kicked out of high school for refusing to say the pledge. I would have loved to ask for more stories of her, but this was the last week of August 2005 in New Orleans.

Wishlist

I sample music from other peoples blogs. But I don't believe in downloading whole albums. Not anymore anyways. I mean I know what it's like to struggle to make a living. Hell, I'm a teacher and that's the best paying job I've ever had. So here are twenty or so cd's I want to buy, in no particular order:

1. Spoon -- GaGaGaGa
   
2. Feist -- The Reminder
   
3. The Mars Volta -- Amputechture
   
4. Daft Punk -- Musique, Vol. 1: 1993-2005
   
5. Daft Punk -- Daft Club
   
6. Minus the Bear -- Planet of Ice
   
7. The National -- Boxer
   
8. Phoenix -- It's Never Been Like That
   
9. Rufus Wainwright -- Want One
   
10. Rufus Wainwright -- Want Two
    
11. Rufus Wainwright -- Release the Stars
    
12. Moonbabies -- Moonbabies at the Ballroom
    
13. Moonbabies -- The Orange Billboard
    
14. Feist -- Let it Die
    
15. Lucinda Williams -- West
    
16. Snow Patrol -- Eyes Open
    
17. Whiskeytown -- Stranger's Alamanac
    
18. Husker Du -- Zen Arcade How do I not own this!!!
    
19. Tori Amos -- American Doll Posse
    
20. The new Radiohead cd (maybe this year)
    
21. New Cure cd (should have one since they are going on tour but not to New Orleans)
    

There are more. But I have to give thanks for MP3 blogs. Radio doesn't play music that has anything to do with my life. A good number of those artists I had read about in magazines or had friends discuss, but through the mp3 blogs, I could actually listen and discover them.