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#35 on RS’s list of “Women Who Rock.” I could listen to Ronnie Spector’s voice all day long.
#34 on RS’s list of “Women Who Rock.” I knew the hits, of course, but I hadn’t ever listened to the whole album. It’s great! I really like “How Much More.”
Broke out the Cheesylove vest today. One of first garments I knitted! http://instagr.am/p/M7yoKIRJC1/
#38 on RS’s list of “Women Who Rock.” I don’t think I’d ever listened to this album straight through before. It’s fantastic, and really great for getting stuff done at work. I think my favourite song is “Hyperballad.” The only problem with Bjork is that I will forever identify her voice with Moomins. (Actually, that’s not really a problem.)
#37 on the RS’s list of “Women Who Rock.” Some of these songs sounded a little too sexy for work listening, you know? But man, I need to add “Run the World (Girls)” to my running playlist. Beyonce can BRING IT.
#36 on RS’s list of “Women Who Rock”. I’d never heard of this band before! More early London proto-punk, this time with a chick singer and saxophone. It’s all pretty catchy and fun, though I can only understand like half of what Poly Styrene says. “Oh Bondage, Up Yours!” made me laugh.
#39 on RS’s list of “Women Who Rock.” I was vaguely familar with Apple’s first album, but I hadn’t followed any of her later ones. This was not what I expected! I really like it. It’s a really difficult album to listen to at work though. Too wordy, I guess.
Paper Dolls finished! World’s fastest, bodgiest zipper installed with 20min to spare… http://instagr.am/p/MzeymdRJF2/
Most people picked my baby photo at the shower pretty easily… http://instagr.am/p/Mzxl6PRJA-/
That’s it folks – THE KITCHEN IS DONE! From April 10 it took nearly 2.5 months to finish completely. I’m 95% happy with everything, but there are a few bits we might change up after we’ve used for a while. (The main one is the faucet.) Thanks for listening to me whinge about it!
Dolsot bibimbap FTW. I wish you could hear the sound it makes!
Yoko is #40 on RS’s list of “Women Who Rock”. Unfortunately Spotify doesn’t have the album “Walking on Thin Ice”, so I settled for just listening to all the Yoko they had. To my surprise, I found myself loving this album. (Artists were invited a select a song from Yoko’s back catalog and then do a remix.) I starred like 5 songs on it! “Revelations”, in particular, was exactly what I needed to hear right now.
Three cheers for hand-knit cardigans with zippers! (Suck it @drkknits.)
Awesome. I had forgotten what a fantastic song “All Through the Night” is. Cyndi’s Betty Boop voice (and that whole WWF thing in the 80’s) rather hid the fact that she was such an amazing singer.
Wishing I could give hugs to all my family back home on this sad, cold night. The cat will have to do.
#43 on RS’s list of “Women Who Rock.” I got this album when it came out and I think I enjoyed it more then. Now I find the classroom interludes a little annoying. I do love the laid back groove though, and “To Zion” is just one of the prettiest songs to a child that’s ever been written.
#42 on RS’s list of “Women Who Rock”. Whoa. I was evidently a big Linda Ronstadt fan as a kid, because I flipped out when I heard “You’re No Good” and “When Will I Be Loved.” I knew all the words! Those songs rock.
#46 on RS’s list of “Women Who Rock”. Actually the album is meant to be “Hot, Cool and Vicious” but Spotify doesn’t have it available. Instead I listened to this, which appears to be a Greatest Hits compilation. I wasn’t a huge hip-hop fan in high school, but I did like SNP. (I remember vastly preferring them to the annoying TLC, who many girls in my class liked.) I had the CD singles for “Shoop” and “Whatta Man” pretty much memorised. I liked their sense of humour and their politics. “Let’s Talk About Sex” is just such a perfect bit of early 90’s music and activism, isn’t it?
#45 on RS’s list of “Women Who Rock.” While I’m sure there are those rolling their eyes, I really like Taylor Swift. She’s a pretty, pretty princess, she plays the guitar, and she writes catchy songs about liking boys. There’s nothing wrong with that!
#44 on RS’s list of “Women Who Rock.” I don’t think I had ever heard any of these songs before. It’s not really my thing, but I like the rhythms. The “Christine” song freaked me out when I heard my own name being repeated.
Butternut Squash Soup with Star Anise and Ginger Prawns.
#49 on RS’s list of Greatest Albums from “Women Who Rock.” I discovered the Breeders when I happened to catch the video for “Cannonball” late one night on MTV (maybe “120 Minutes”?) in high school, and I was hooked. I bought the tape and I still know all the words 19 years later. I remember being amused at “Drivin’ On 9”, because I actually had to drive to high school along State Road 9. I also bought a Breeders T-shirt that I have carried with me across several continents, and that I only just reluctantly stopped wearing (because it’s full of holes – don’t worry; I’m making it into a quilt). The Breeders are also the only artists on the list who I’ve actually MET. The day Kim and Kelley Deal wandered into my knitting shop on Sydney was seriously one of the coolest days in my whole time there. Rock on, Deal sisters.
#48 on RS’s list of “Women Who Rock”. My only experience with Bonnie’s discography was her later Top 40 stuff, so this early blues was a revelation. She sounds so young! It’s definitely not what I expected, with some of the songs having a Dixieland feel to them. (Snook: “How can it be ‘rock’ when it was a clarinet solo?!”) The album inspired me to read up on Bonnie, where I learned how respected she is as a slide guitarist. The Snook informs me that there’s even a Unix utility named after her. (Me: “What does it do?” Him: “Identify bottlenecks.” Me: “Heh.”)
#47 from RS’s “Women Who Rock” list. I’d heard of Lucinda Williams but never really listened to her. After going through this album a couple times, I’m kicking myself. I need to listen to it about 50 more times until these songs become a part of me. So good.
Paper Dolls (Jacket) blocking. Might need to stretch the yoke even more…
Scrubbed all the baseboards. Washed and ironed the curtains. Cleaned the windows. Bought a screen door at Bunnings. 21 days til Mom’s visit!
