Da Goddess

According to Classic Rock Magazine the worst bands of the nineties shakes out to look a little something like this:

1. Creed
2. Nickelback
3. Limp Bizkit
4. Hanson
5. Nirvana
6. Hootie and the Blowfish
7. Bush
8. Spin Doctors
9. Ace of Base
10. Dave Matthews Band

Only thing missing from the list is all the rap/hip hop crap and Beck. I can deal with Hanson. I can deal with Hootie. I can deal with Spin Doctors and Nirvana. Still and all, I’m thrilled to see my two least favorite bands at the top of the list. Makes a girl happy to know there are others with as much disdain for mediocrity as I.

I’m ruminating far too much today. Lots on my mind and I’m trying to crawl out of the navel-gazing that’s going on within me (I know, that’s a bit redundant). Enjoy some Bingham.

Bonus:

Okay, the item in the photo is indicated by the white arrow.

And now you know.

I’ll try to come up with more “guess what this is” posts if you’re up to playing them. Once a week sound good?

What a beautiful story!

Thank you for posting this, Pam.

I’ve always said music is a special language and a healing one at that.

Guess whose photos are on the cover?

G’on. Guess.

Yup. (more…)

Sorry. Spent an evening with one of the sexiest men alive and my mind went a-wandering.

Bonus!

Ryan Bingham

Holy moly.

Fantastic concert.

He sang “Hallelujah” during his encore. Think he did four or five songs for the encore. Solo. It was amazing.

Don’t know who Ryan is? Try this song (which he did NOT play at the show, but everything else was so good it didn’t matter):

Opening the show was honeyhoney. Lead singer Suzanne gave me a copy of their CD and I fell in love with the band even more.

I like “Angel of Death” but I think my favorite is “Don’t Know How”

Don’t get me wrong, I like their livelier stuff, too! But these two songs just kill me in a way I can’t explain.

Bonus videos

Super special thanks to The Fat Guy for being the one to first introduce me to the music of Ryan Bingham years ago.

That crazy cracker, Rob, would have been 61 today.

I don’t know about you, but I miss him. I find myself thinking, often, of what he’d be writing if he were still with us. I know he’d have some choice words about everything.

His absence hit me especially hard the other day when I heard Jim Croce’s “Operator”. Just seemed like a song written specifically for his broken heart.

I hope wherever Rob happens to be is a place where he is free of heartache and physical pain. He was a complicated man with a beautiful soul.

Happy birthday, my friend.

“Right or wrong I’m here to fight. Unless you run away with fright. And if you wonder who I be, it’s me it’s me, it’s Ernest T.” – From “Malcolm at the Crossroads” ep of The Andy Griffith Show, which was on earlier today.

My favorite song on The Dick Van Dyke Show appears in the “Alan Brady Show Presents” episode (along with another episode, but that’s not the one I saw…this is and it’s appropriately themed). “I Am A Fine Musician” is just…the best!

Caught the Train Behind The Music show, too. Their song “I’m About To Come Alive” just about killed me. “Don’t give up on me, I’m about to come alive…”

Also: The Princess Bride. And A Christmas Story.

From my family to yours, I hope your day is beautiful!

And finally, here on Christmas Eve, my favorite version of my favorite Christmas song.