crazywonderful

I was watching a “Best of Grand Ole Opry” program on KCTS with my grandfather a few weekends ago (hosted by a surprisingly corpulent Vince Gill) when a clip of Patsy Cline singing Crazy came on. My grandfather said, “You know who wrote that?” And I said, “Willie Nelson?” Grandpa looked pleased and I tried to pretend I hadn’t guessed. “He was a good lookin’ man when he was younger,” my grandfather said. Willie did show up later on in the show, looking sharp as promised. As did Loretta Lynn, who nearly-grinned throughout One’s On the Way (written by Shel Silverstein), which I highly recommend you try at least once.
Sprung ’05
Dragostea Din Tei / O-Zone
Money’s Too Tight (To Mention) / Simply Red
Natural Blues / Moby
Sugar in My Bowl / Nina Simone
Nervous Tension / Lemon Jelly
Cross Over The Bridge / Patti Page
One’s on the Way / Loretta Lynn
Roly Poly / Asleep at the Wheel & The Dixie Chicks
Sixteen Tons / Tennessee Ernie Ford
Swim [Live] / Ani DiFranco
Johnny Saucep’n [Live] / Moxy Fr�vous
Whatever Lola Wants / Sarah Vaughan
Os Quindos De Ya Ya / Stanley Black
What Would I Do Without You / Ray Charles
Down To The River To Pray / Alison Krauss
Stormy Weather / Nina Nastasia
Can’t Run But / Paul Simon
Let’s Get It Started (Spike Mix) / Black Eyed Peas
Rise / Kinnie Starr
Parasol / Tori Amos
Time After Time (Acoustic) / Everything But the Girl
Aint Got No/I Got Life / Nina Simone
A few days ago on my way to work I was listening to this playlist and I had to pretend to run for a light because I started skipping by accident.
Which is a pretty good measure of how things are going. At least right now.*
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* I tried to avoid adding this sentence, but I will only be able to sleep tonight because I did.