"A little bit of this. A little bit of that. A pot, a pan, a broom, a hat. . ."—Anatevka, "Fiddler on the Roof." This is a blog about everything and nothing. A little parenting, a little humor, some poetry, news, essays, a lot of music. I don't want to waste your time, just send positive vibes into the blogosphere. Oh, yeah, my name is Sarah Torribio. Enough about me, how are you?
Saturday, December 12, 2020
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Friday, December 4, 2020
Song of the Day: "Dance Yrself Clean" by LCD Soundsystem
This 2017 song I just stumbled across by LCD Soundsystem, "Dance Yrself Clean," is very cool. Give it a moment for the build, an unexpectedly vigorous beat-drop and growing vocal angst on the part of frontman James Murphy.
I'm pretty bad at pegging a genre for most music. Perhaps, like Billy Joel, "It's all rock 'n roll to me." According to the inter webs, however, the band—which has been rattling around with various membership permutations since 2002—can be called indie rock, electro-pop or dance-punk.
Song of the Day: "Romeo" by the Basement Jaxx
I also recommend the Basement Jaxx's preternaturally catchy "Where's Your Head At?" from the same record. Just don't watch the video for that one if you're easily unsettled, because there are some things you can't unsee.
Song of the Day: "You're Still the One" by Okay Kaya
I like this bluesy cover of Shania Twain's "You're Still the One" by Okay Kaya. The song grows, becoming more classic, universal and intimate in the alt-pop translation. In this jaded, plastic, pre-post-apocalyptic time, we need love songs both sweet and silly.
Okay Kaya, I've learned, is a Norwegian-American model, actress and singer/songwriter from New Jersey. She also does a Fiona Apple-esque cover of Cher's "Believe" that's likewise moody and pretty, making for a quiet coffee house torch song.
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