Wow. I love it when my iPod just comes up with a genius series of songs on random. It happens more than you’d imagine, especially given my rather strange and eclectic selection of music. Today in the car, my trusty iPod Mini really delivered:
1. “Bongo Ride” by Jon Rauhouse
2. “Spy vs. Spy” by Combustible Edison
3. “Hotel California” by The Gipsy Kings
4. “Lujon” by Henry Mancini
Here are the Gipsy Kings.
What I like about this Paul Oakenfold video featuring Brittany Murphy, besides the fact that Oakenfold always mixes some addictive beats, is that Murphy looks so weird, like she’s pretending to be Britney Spears, or what she thinks Britney Spears should be like, or something. Enjoy!
Streets of Bakersfield. Man, I do love me some Dwight Yoakam.
We named our daughter Veronica mostly because other girls’ names that we really liked (Jessica, Olivia) were already taken by other family members. Once we settled on it though, I was really happy with the choice. My daughter enjoys some really cool namesakes - awesome TV show “Veronica Mars,” gorgeous actress Veronica Lake, and this groovy song by Elvis Costello. Even though the song is about an old lady named Veronica, whenever I hear it, I think of my daughter and all the ways she brings me joy. Thanks, Elvis.
No, don’t actually touch ME. “Touch Me,” by The Doors. My favorite Doors song. Just look at Jim Morrison - for the time, he was shockingly flamboyant and beautiful and sexually ambiguous. Hell, even for today - I don’t know many men who would even try to carry off that belt, for instance. My God…he was so HOT.
