Da Goddess

Headliners for the weekend:

Crosby, Stills & Nash
Black Crowes

Yes, at a blues festival. I’m cool with it. Hoping the crowd is big and polite. Polite is good. Are you green with envy yet? Don’t be. Next year we can plan to meet there and we’ll enjoy it all together. Deal? Good.

Are you having a good time? I know I am. Tonight it’s dinner with friends up in Dana Point. Tomorrow, we begin the craziness that is Doheny.

Here are a couple more bands I’ll be checking out this weekend.

Honestly, I had to restrain myself from posting videos of Kim Wilson with hair. It’s a curiosity, that’s for sure. I prefer him without. Then again, I like bald men.

Goin’ with a little Taj Mahal since I’ll be seeing him this weekend.

I’ll be seeing both acts this weekend. You may begin the envy now.

This last video is for Mr. Eric Czar who’s celebrating his birthday today. (May my birthday buddy be having a kick ass day!)

It’s party time here! Yes, as an extra special bonus, we’re rollin’ out even more music and more fun because “we” (I have a mouse in my pocket, apparently) just wanna have fun.

Party on, Wayne! Party on, Garth!

I sent this video out to a few people already (I have a copy on my hard drive), so they’ll not be surprised to see it here. What may surprise most, though, is that Tommy Shaw is one of my favorite musicians ever. Doesn’t hurt that my nickname in high school was “Tommy”. I can hear you asking why already. How’s this? We both had the same hairstyle back then. (My friend Maria was called “Freddie” because she looked like Freddie Mercury, so I think I got the better end of that deal, don’t you?)

Anyhow, forget hair and all that crap. The music was and is good. They still rock. And that’s that.

And I know many of you are surprised that I’d go with Styx on my birthday, but hey, I’m in a mood. I could actually post 22 videos from them and still have more in the wings. C’mon, who doesn’t like this band? Or rather, who doesn’t have some sort of Styx memory?

Check out that growl at the end!

And because it IS my birthday, here’s a bonus vid.

I’m such a sucker for that acoustic guitar amongst all the technology. Great combo!

Cuz we’re keeping the party going!

Don’t ask how many of these songs I have on the computer. You’d cry if I told you.

It’s going to be a very musical week here at DaGoddess.com. It’s my 8th year of blogging. My birthday week. A boatload of my friends have birthdays this week (today, tomorrow, etc). I travel to California to see the kids (only for one day) and then to cover a blues festival. May as well keep the music playing for the duration, right? Right.

Now, we do the Dance of Joy!

But seriously, here’s some real music.

And a final video with Mr. Chris James who, coincidentally, is his birthday (along with darling Tara and the inimitable Cowboy Blob).

Now, go rock your day!

I’m going to run off and have an affair with my friends’ new CD. It’s so good! I just want to lock myself in a hotel room with the CD all weekend and roll around on the bed with it.

It’s rollicking, swaggering, bold, and yet there’s a little bit of something restrained, too. It’s kind of like when meeting someone who comes across as very shy or not overtly sexy, but you sense some sort of hidden passion; embers just waiting to be stoked. Once you get the fire going, there’s no denying the attraction!

Yeah, it’s that good.

James & Patrick Rynn – Gonna Boogie Anyway. Release date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 (would make an excellent birthday party for someone…like me). Go to their website and listen to the CD (discography/listen to samples). Best thing you’ll do for your ears this year.

If you come visit me, I will take you to see totally awesome guys. You’ll have a great time and you’ll walk away with a big smile on your face.

C’mon. It’ll be fun. Promise.

Here’s a pair of tunes by the incredibly awesome Colin Hay (of Men at Work fame). Listen to the lyrics on the first tune. His phrasing makes me smile. And the second song is just amazing.

Now, please go have a great day!

For the life of me, I can’t remember what band it was with the album where they were all naked and sitting on bales of hay. From the 70s. Long hair. Help!

And saves the day! Thank you, sweetie! Grand Funk Railroad. D’oh! (Since I have the old computer for today, I can actually post the image! I totally need to update to WP 2.9 so I can post photos again on my real computer.)

Finally got all my photos done and uploaded for my friend’s band. I uploaded last week, but failed to post about it.

Let me know what you think.

I swear, some songs are damn near impossible to find for downloading. Or you find them and then the file ends up corrupted. I hate that!

I’m looking for the following:

1) Acoustic version of “Throw Your Arms Around Me” as sung by Neil Finn.

2) Rosemary Clooney’s version of “For All We Know”*. (Not to be confused with The Carpenters song.) I’d also like the version that Rupert Friend sings in Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, but I’m not holding my breath for that one. Rod Stewart does a good job, though it’s still not Rupert Friend or Rosemary.

3) The entire soundtrack for A Mighty Wind. That was a brilliant freakin’ movie.

4) The audio only for Cheap Trick’s “Loser”, which I’ve fallen head over heels in love with.

5) Soundtrack for the movie Crazy Heart. I know, I know, iTunes has it, but I’m not on iTunes. Hence my big dilemma.

6) Every song I’ve ever loved and ever will love. I want the magically delivered onto my doorstep.

7) And a kite. (Blame Ray Romano for that one)

And this concludes our musical portion of our Monday. Feel free to play alog. If you can think of a song I really, REALLY need in my library, please do tell.

* For all we know
We may never meet again
Before you go
Make this moment sweet again

So love me, tonight
Tomorrow was made for some
Tomorrow may never come
For all we know
Tomorrow may never come
For all we know

I heard this one, so you have to hear it, too. It’ll all make sense later. I swear.