Maybe this is old news and I’m just the last to notice it, but Google’s got a Music Search application. So there’s a great way to check out all the artists in today’s LIVE EARTH event, those artists and groups you’re listening to but maybe aren’t yet familiar with.
Category: Music
Atlanta Library: No iPods
Good news for Atlanta-area audio book lovers: the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System has announced the upcoming availability of downloadable audiobooks. Bad news though: the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System has chosen a system that ignores the huge percentage of portable audio device owners, as it requires “any desktop or portable device supporting Windows Media Player version […]
Song Lyric of the Week Answer
This week’s lyric was posted while we were packing, as many are, to travel “over the river and through the woods” for the Christmas holiday. Truckin, Im a goin home. whoa whoa baby, back where I belong,Back home, sit down and patch my bones,and get back truckin on. The Grateful Dead’s Truckin’ hits the some […]
Song Lyric of the Week
Thursday again, time for our Song Lyric of the Week. Surely you know the “rules” by now, Are you ready? You’re sick of hangin around and youd like to travel Get tired of travelin’ and you want to settle down. Quick, know what song that’s from? Send your guesses here. Be sure to include your […]
Song Lyric of the Week Answer #5
And in our world of plentywe can spread a smile of joyThrow your arms around the worldat Christmas time. The lyric this in this week’s Song Lyric of the Week was of course from Bob Geldof’s fund-raising project, Do They Know It’s Christmas? [iTunes] sung by a whole host of musicians coming together under the […]
Song Lyric of the Week #5
Thursday, one day left in the work week and – more importantly as far as this blog is concerned – time for the Song Lyric of the Week. Surely you know the “rules” by now, Are you ready? Tonight thank God it’s them instead of you Quick, know what song that’s from? Send your guesses […]
Song Lyric of the Week Answer #4
Two guys were quick on the lyric-trigger finger this week. Both Geren, in (Columbia?) Maryland (and best man at my wedding twenty years ago) and Tommy, from Bellview Washginton, sent in the right answer and were only minutes apart. Yesterday’s song lyric was of course from Elvis Costello’s What’s So Funny (‘Bout Peace, Love and […]
Song Lyric of the Week #4
Another Thursday, another Song Lyric of the Week. I know, I know, the songs change but the rules never do: I post a lyric, you guess what song it’s from (preferably without using Google or other search tools). Are you ready? Searchin’ for light in the darkness of insanity Quick, know what song that’s from? […]
Song Lyric of the Week Answer
Hey hey, Tommy, from Bellview Washginton, is happy. He was the first in the inbox with the answer from yesterday’s Song Lyric of the Week: Alright! One I know. “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant†by Billy Joel. Good ol’ Brenda and Eddie… That’s right, this week’s song is the wonderful three-section love song from 1977, […]
Song Lyric of the Week
Boy, is it Thursday already? It sure is, and that means it’s time for the Song Lyric of the Week. Same as usual, the rules are simple: I post a lyric, you guess (without using Google or other search tools) what song it’s from. Are you ready? Drop a dime in the box play the […]