songbird.sings: On "doing pretty good"

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

On "doing pretty good"

Ha!
I did pretty good last weekend. (Okay, "well" is proper, but I'll pull out my poetic license if you want to see it.)

At our city's annual festival, WHFR had tables of promo CD's; dollar apiece, a bag for $10. (You know I went for the bag, right?)
Knowing WHFR, (89.3 FM and www.whfr.fm) and not knowing much about most of what I was seeing, I was excited anyway. :) (Hey, they play some wonderful and some really far out stuff!) I figure, that's a pretty good use of almost half of my discretionary spending for the month; me wanting to listen to different music and all.

My 2nd listen; "Love Big, Us Small" by Jan Krist. So, if the rest is garbage, I did well,(I mean, good!) Enjoying this a lot! Really nice disc.('Tho, I doubt the other stuff in the bag is all refuse; I see some intriguing material in there...)

Ha. Sometimes things work out pretty well,(I mean, good.) Mostly they do, for me. Really. How can I complain? A little (bigger than I'd like) leak here, a temporary pain there, a lot of mess. Whatever. (That's negotiable and disposable.)

I am surrounded by wonderful.

Good music in my head, good love in my heart, beautiful kids, a man of integrity. (He's pretty cute, too.)

I guess "doing pretty good" didn't start last weekend with a bag of CD's.

I've been doing pretty good for a long while. Sometimes, takes some little something to remind us.

To remind me.

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The John Henrys, "Sweet as the Grain" 2008; Alt/County; WHFR collection; Canada picking up on one of America's better exports... music.
Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell,"Begonias"2005 (WHFR collection); this is a really sweet, lovely compilation. They sound great together, and the songs I've been able to really listen to are good. Nice, old school sound; dreamy. Love his band on both CD's I have. (The other is "Warmth and Beauty", also from my WHFR collection.)
Steve Earl; Trancendental Blues... ok, this must be long-lost sonic sibling of mine. LOVE this. These are melodies that could have emereged on planet Robin; gonna suck this thing up for a while! It's a tablesetting of hillbilly folk on a rock and roll tablecloth with blues fringe. Was a little caught off guard by the f*bomb prelude to Galway Girl, but whatever.
Bobby Gentry; Chickasaw County Child: The Artistry of; Okey dokey; does her voice smoke, or what? It's so far above the dated arrangements. It would be really cool to just dub her in over some sweet, modern instumentals. (But some I wouldn't change at all!) Where are you, Bobbie? Throwin' flowers into the muddy water...
Mary Chapin Carpenter; Stones in the Road; a little walk down memory lane. I saw her @ Interlochen the year I worked there (1993! Seems so long!) Right before this was released; I like her voice, and as usual, I wish it wan't "over-produced", as I am wont to say. Some good songs on this one.
Eric Church; Carolina... mmm, not doing for me. Most inspiring part is the title line of song "Where She Told Me to Go"; brilliant line. Spews some pretty big piles about "pretty boy" artists, but this record doesn't deliver any better. Where's the depth in that voice? Help, me; please. I know it's in there somewhere... and I want to hear it. No, no, it's not bad; it's just not what it could be, and thus dissapointing.
Elizabeth Cotten; Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes; I can listen to this, yes I can. I can feel it. That's why I LIKE it!
Toby Keith; Greatest Hits 2... mmmm, hmmm. Yeah. Just a little somethin' about that voice. My boys are in love with "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue", of course. He knows how to have fun with a song.
Johnny Cash; Love: I haven't been able to listen, as my husband has apparently attatched himself to Johnny Cash. Yes, it's a miracle.
Disciple; self titled... My 13 yr. old loves this! It's a little hard for my current state of musical attraction, but it's good. Christian worldview amped.