Here are the top played bands in my iTunes right now:
-Linkin Park
-Boston
-Five for Fighting
-Visqueen
-Dave Matthews Band
-3 doors down
-Foo Fighters greatest hits
-Fountains of Wayne
-Ben Harper & the Blind Boys of Alabama
Using the list above as a guide to my fairly varied tastes...can you provide me with a few recommendations?
I don't know if these really use your list as a guide, but here are a few of my recommendations...
Norah Jones -- The Fall
Electric Light Orchestra -- Out of the Blue, Discovery, New World Record
Anberlin -- Never Take Friendship Personal, they have a couple more albums after that one, too
Guster -- Ganging Up On the Sun
Ben Folds -- Songs for Silverman
Vince Guaraldi/Vince Guaraldi Trio -- some lovely jazz music by the man who composed and played for Peanuts
I don't know what to recommend. I've been into music from other countries lately, particularly Africa and Latin America. I listened to some from Haiti the other day but didn't really like it.
Two of my favorite artists for the gym are Will Smith and Shakira, but I can't sincerely recommend them. I imagine if you're fluent enough in Spanish to understand Shakira, that would be bad.
I've never been fluent enough in Spanish to be able to follow song lyrics very well. I always thought that was probably fortunate in the case of Shakira. 'Cos her music is great on the treadmill.
I just heard of Nigel Kennedy for the first time today. After listening to several pieces by him (one was a "Nigel Kennedy with the Who"), I came across this one Nigel Kennedywhich is so beautifully played it took my breath away. Then of course, cause I can get really caught up in other links, I found this one: Danny Boy
I think these are WAY out of what you usually listen to. Time to get out of your comfort zone.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, it's here! That's right, December. That last month of the year. That time when we begin to ponder what has happened in our lives in the past year, and what we can look forward to in the year to come. A time when we consider all that we have...and even...all that we want! I like December. It is a good month for reflection, the weather is nice and chilly, and their is always good food and fun to be had.
We closed out November quite well. I took last week off of work and we spent the time hanging around the house, playing with Chloe, painting, and enjoying thanksgiving with family. It is the first time I have ever taken that much time off of work and just stayed home. And I have to say it was quite enjoyable. Perhaps I will do it again.
I can't believe it's already December. I don't know where the year went!!
For dinner tonight I tried some thing new...I grilled new/small red potatoes in our grill "pan". They turned out great.
I put the pan over the hot flame, then after the pan was hot brushed with oil and placed over flame. Then I put the potatoes in the pan.
After cutting the potatoes basically had three sides. So, I cooked each side about 3 minutes or so. During the cooking I lightly brushed the potatoes with oil to prevent sticking and promote even cooking. Once all of the potatoes were fairly "moist" on the outside I sprinkled (fairly liberally) with a salt, black pepper, garlic powder & paprika mixture. After 3 min on each side, I put the pan on my warming rack and cooked the pork chops and grilled squash w/ parmegiano cheese.
Here are the results (btw the sauce on the pork steaks is big bob gibsons...)
Yummy.
he Carwile dinner...bacon AND sausage, tater tots (alas, not so exciting), and yummy omelets with green peppers and onions...possibly 3,000 times more greasy than yours, but still delicious!
La esposa mia
jenniferlyn
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Chiquito Mio
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Los Blancos!
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Una Oso de la luz del Sol
Norah Jones -- The Fall
Electric Light Orchestra -- Out of the Blue, Discovery, New World Record
Anberlin -- Never Take Friendship Personal, they have a couple more albums after that one, too
Guster -- Ganging Up On the Sun
Ben Folds -- Songs for Silverman
Vince Guaraldi/Vince Guaraldi Trio -- some lovely jazz music by the man who composed and played for Peanuts
Two of my favorite artists for the gym are Will Smith and Shakira, but I can't sincerely recommend them. I imagine if you're fluent enough in Spanish to understand Shakira, that would be bad.
I think these are WAY out of what you usually listen to. Time to get out of your comfort zone.