Thursday, January 10, 2013
'Butterfly in the Sky'
I'm in need of a new project, something positive to occupy my time and my mind. I truly enjoyed going back through my CD collection last year so was looking for something in a similar vein. An exchange with a friend flipped the switch—I will read more books.
Reading is one of the greatest things to do in life, yet, at my best, I'm a sporadic avid reader. I feel fulfilled and content and accomplished when one book's ending smoothly flows into another's start but, usually, there are huge gaps in my reading life.
Maybe this year could be the year to end all that.
I'm aiming for one book a week but would be satisfied with two a month. My first book for this project is "Grace: A Memoir," by Grace Coddington, creative director of American Vogue. I'll happily take recommendations for what can follow.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
'The Only Baggage You Can Bring'
It took most of the year, but I finally made my way through my CD collection. I've listened to 348 CDs by 138 artists. I relived some of the high and low points of my life by listening to this music. I liked, or even loved, more of the CDs than I thought I would and have no plans to get rid of anything. I do, however, want to buy more, more, more.
I finished off last week with my U2 collection and plan to give those CDs a closer listen, so will likely have more to say about that soon. In the meantime, here's everything that's been filling my ears for the past few months.
The Doors
The Best of the Doors Guns N Roses
Appetite for Destruction
Lies
The Spaghetti Incident
Use Your Illusion I
Use Your Illusion II Motley Crue
Decade of Decadence
Too Fast for Love The Eagles
Their Greatest Hits
Don Henley: Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits Henry Rollins
The Boxed Life
Wartime: Fast Food for Thought
Rollins Band: Insert Band Here: Live in Australia 1990
Sweatbox
A Rollins in the Wry
Rollins Band: Yellow Blues
Rollins Band: A Clockwork Orange Stage
Big Ugly Mouth/Short Walk on a Long Pier
Think Tank
Live at the Westbeth Theater
Talk Is Cheap Volume 1
Talk Is Cheap Volume 2
Talk Is Cheap Volume 3
Talk Is Cheap Volume 4
Spoken Word Guy 2
Spoken Word Guy
Nights Behind the Tree Line Tina Turner
Tina Live in Europe Disc 1
Tina Live in Europe Disc 2
Simply the Best Stray Cats
Best of the Stray Cats-Rock This Town
Brian Setzer Orchestra: Brian Setzer Live
Brian Setzer Orchestra: Guitar Slinger
Brian Setzer Orchestra: The Dirty Boogie
Brian Setzer: Rockabilly Riot! Volume One: A Tribute to Sun Records NKOTB
Face the Music The Black Crowes
Three Snakes and One Charm
By Your Side
Lions
Shake Your Money Maker
The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
Live Circus '95
Croweology INXS
Elegantly Wasted
Live Baby Live
Shabooh Shoobah
Full Moon, Dirty Hearts
The Greatest Hits
The Swing
INXS
Kick
X
Welcome to Wherever You Are
Listen Like Thieves
Beneath the Colours
Shine Like It Does Ashley MacIsaac
Hi How Are You Today? Original Soundtrack
Dazed and Confused En Vogue
Funky Divas Poison
Poison's Greatest Hits Live
Throwing Copper Patty Smyth
Patty Smyth The Rolling Stones
Bridges to Babylon
Hot Rocks Kevin & Bean
A Family Christmas in Your Ass
Super Christmas Original Soundtrack
Grease Spice Girls
Spice
Spice World
Geri Halliwell: Schizophonic
Goodbye Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
Born to Run
Born in the U.S.A. Bangles
Greatest Hits Original Soundtrack
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion Everclear
So Much for the Afterglow Stevie Nicks
The Best of Stevie Nicks: Time Space
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
Fleetwood Mac: Greatest Hits
Trouble in Shangri-La
Fleetwood Mac: The Dance
The Enchanted Works of Stevie Nicks Depeche Mode
The Singles 86-98
The Singles 81-85
Dave Gahan: Hourglass The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Greatest Hits Alanis Morissette
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Unplugged
Under Rug Swept
Jagged Little Pill
So-Called Chaos
Jagged Little Pill Acoustic
The Collection
Flavors of Entanglement
Havoc and Bright Lights Mariah Carey
#1s Culture Club
VH1 Storytellers/Greatest Moments Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Heart Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits 1985-1995 The Allman Brothers Band
A Decade of Hits 1969-1979 Etta James
The Best of Etta James: The Millennium Collection Hole
Celebrity Skin
Courtney Love: America's Sweetheart Abba
Gold: Greatest Hits Carole King
Tapestry
Love Makes the World
The Living Room Tour Taylor Dayne
Tell It to My Heart
Can't Fight Fate Sinead O'Connor
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sean-Nos Nua Tracey Chapman
Telling Stories George Michael
Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1
Faith Aretha Franklin
The Very Best of Aretha Franklin: The '60s The Beatles
Abbey Road
1
Original Soundtrack: I Am Sam
A Hard Day's Night
Help!
Let It Be
John Lennon: The John Lennon Collection
Revolver
Rubber Soul
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles (The White Album)
Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur
Magical Mystery Tour
Past Masters Various Artists
100% Dance Janet Jackson
Design of a Decade: 1986/1996 Destiny's Child
Survivor Bobby Darin
The Ultimate Bobby Darin Cyndi Lauper
She's So Unusual Nirvana
Unplugged in New York
Foo Fighters: Skin and Bones The Pretenders
The Singles No Doubt
Rock Steady
Tragic Kingdom
Return of Saturn
The Singles 1992-2003
Gwen Stefani: Love Angel Music Baby
Gwen Stefani: The Sweet Escape
Push & Shove Jewel
This Way Social Distortion
Live at The Roxy Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Deja Vu Kylie Minogue
Fever
Body Language
The Best of Kylie Minogue Blondie
Greatest Hits Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World (Bleed American) The Proclaimers
The Best Of … Janis Joplin
18 Essential Songs The Ramones
All the Stuff (And More) Volume Two The Clash
The Singles Nelly Furtado
Whoa, Nelly! Billy Idol
Greatest Hits The Cars
Complete Greatest Hits The Osbournes
The Osbourne Family Album Green Day
International Superhits!
Insomniac
American Idiot
21st Century Breakdown
Uno!
Dos!
Tre! Weezer
Weezer (The Green Album)
Weezer (The Blue Album)
Maladriot
Pinkerton
Make Believe
Raditude
Weezer (The Red Album) R.E.M.
In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003
And I Feel Fine … R.E.M. The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 The Cranberries
Everybody Else Is Doing It so Why Can't We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993)
No Need to Argue (The Complete Sessions 1994-1995) Van Morrison
Astral Weeks
Tupelo Honey
Moondance Van Halen
Van Halen
The Best of Both Worlds Original Soundtrack
Clueless X
Los Angeles/Wild Gift Prince and the Revolution
Purple Rain Norah Jones
Come Away With Me
Feels Like Home The Vines
Highly Evolved
Winning Days The Corrs
Live in Dublin
In Blue
Borrowed Heaven
Talk on Corners (Special Edition)
Forgiven, Not Forgotten
Home John Mayer
Room for Squares
Heavier Things
Any Given Thursday
Inside Wants Out
John Mayer Trio: Try!
Continuum
Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles
The Village Sessions
Battle Studies
Born & Raised Ryan Adams
Gold Linda Rondstadt
The Very Best of Linda Rondstadt BBMAK
Sooner or Later Ashlee Simpson
Autobiography
I Am Me
Bittersweet World Robbie Williams
The Ego Has Landed
Escapology Daniel Lanois
Shine P!nk
M!ssundaztood Television
Marquee Moon Simon & Garfunkel
The Best of Simon & Garfunkel Sheryl Crow
The Very Best of Sheryl Crow Neil McCormick
The Ghost Who Walks The Pogues
The Very Best Of … Pearl Jam
Ten Lionel Hampton
Golden Vibes/Silver Vibes Various Artists
Metal Mania -- Stripped Natasha Bedingfield
Unwritten Damien Rice
9
O Original Soundtrack
Saturday Night Fever The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Time Out KT Tunstall
Eye to the Telescope Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Bailey Rae The Partridge Family
The Very Best of The Partridge Family Pat Benatar
Greatest Hits James Blunt
Back to Bedlam
All the Lost Souls Dusty Springfield
Dusty in Memphis Squeeze
Singles Donovan
The Essential Donovan Nina Simone
Nina Simone's Finest Hour Billie Holiday
Billie's Best Blink-182
Greatest Hits Madness
Ultimate Collection Kaiser Chiefs
Employment
Yours Truly, Angry Mob Aerosmith
Young Lust Bob Marley
Legend Original Soundtrack
Once Fall Out Boy
Infinity on High
From Under the Cork Tree
Take This to Your Grave
Evening Out With Your Girlfriend
My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side of My Tongue
**** Live in Phoenix
Folie a Deux
Believers Never Die Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Why Do Birds Sing? Amy Winehouse
Back to Black
Frank
Lioness: Hidden Treasures Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
She's the One The Kinks
The Story of The Kinks Adam Ant
The Essential Adam Ant A New Found Glory
From the Screen to Your Stereo
From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo Fergie
The Dutchess
Black Eyed Peas: The E-N-D Original Soundtrack
Dirty Dancing: The Collector's Edition The Ruse
Midnight in the City Michael Jackson
The Essential Michael Jackson Robert Plant & Alison Kraus
Raising Sand Bryan Greenberg
Waiting for Now
We Don't Have Forever Glee
The Christmas Album Bloc Party
Various Young the Giant
Young the Giant She & Him
A Very She & Him Christmas Adele
19
21 Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello With Burt Bacharach: Painted From Memory
The Very Best of Elvis Costello
My Aim Is True (Rhino reissue)
Elvis Costello and The Attractions: All This Useless Beauty (Rhino reissue)
Spike (Rhino reissue)
When I Was Cruel
This Years Model (Rhino reissue)
North
Elvis Costello and The Attractions: Armed Forces (Rhino reissue)
Elvis Costelo and The Attractions: Trust (Rhion reissue)
Elvis Costello and The Attractions: Get Happy
Elvis Costello and The Attractions: National Ransom
Elvis Costello and The Attractions: Punch the Clock (Rhion reissue)
Original Soundtrack: De-Lovely
Elvis Costello & The Imposters: The Delivery Man
Elvis Costello Live With the Metropole Orkest: My Flame Burns Blue
Elvis Costello and The Attractions: Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussant: The River in Reverse
Secret, Profane & Sugarcane Madonna
Erotica
The Immaculate Collection
Original Soundtrack: Evita
Ray of Light
Something to Remember
True Blue
Like a Prayer
Bedtime Stories
Madonna
Live a Virgin
Music
You Can Dance
I'm Breathless
GHV2
Original Soundtrack: Who's That Girl
American Life
Remixed & Revisited
I'm Going to Tell You a Secret
Confessions on a Dance Floor
The Confessions Tour
Original Soundtrack: Vision Quest
Hard Candy
Sticky & Sweet Tour
Celebration
Glee: The Power of Madonna
MDNA (clean and deluxe versions) U2
The Best of 1980-1990 & The B-Sides
Rattle and Hum
All That You Can't Leave Behind
Achtung Baby (Original and Super Deluxe Edition reissue)
The Joshua Tree (Original and 20th Anniversary reissue)
Zooropa
War (Original and Reissue)
October (Original and Reissue)
The Unforgettable Fire (Original and 25th Anniversary reissue)
Boy (Original and Reissue)
7
Pop
Wide Awake in America
Under a Blood Red Sky (Original and Reissue)
Passengers: Original Soundtracks 1
The Best of 1990-2000 & B-Sides
Original Soundtrack: Moulin Rouge
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
U2 18: Singles
No Line on the Horizon (original and deluxe)
Original Soundtrack: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Various: Every Mother Counts
The Best of the Doors Guns N Roses
Appetite for Destruction
Lies
The Spaghetti Incident
Use Your Illusion I
Use Your Illusion II Motley Crue
Decade of Decadence
Too Fast for Love The Eagles
Their Greatest Hits
Don Henley: Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits Henry Rollins
The Boxed Life
Wartime: Fast Food for Thought
Rollins Band: Insert Band Here: Live in Australia 1990
Sweatbox
A Rollins in the Wry
Rollins Band: Yellow Blues
Rollins Band: A Clockwork Orange Stage
Big Ugly Mouth/Short Walk on a Long Pier
Think Tank
Live at the Westbeth Theater
Talk Is Cheap Volume 1
Talk Is Cheap Volume 2
Talk Is Cheap Volume 3
Talk Is Cheap Volume 4
Spoken Word Guy 2
Spoken Word Guy
Nights Behind the Tree Line Tina Turner
Tina Live in Europe Disc 1
Tina Live in Europe Disc 2
Simply the Best Stray Cats
Best of the Stray Cats-Rock This Town
Brian Setzer Orchestra: Brian Setzer Live
Brian Setzer Orchestra: Guitar Slinger
Brian Setzer Orchestra: The Dirty Boogie
Brian Setzer: Rockabilly Riot! Volume One: A Tribute to Sun Records NKOTB
Face the Music The Black Crowes
Three Snakes and One Charm
By Your Side
Lions
Shake Your Money Maker
The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
Live Circus '95
Croweology INXS
Elegantly Wasted
Live Baby Live
Shabooh Shoobah
Full Moon, Dirty Hearts
The Greatest Hits
The Swing
INXS
Kick
X
Welcome to Wherever You Are
Listen Like Thieves
Beneath the Colours
Shine Like It Does Ashley MacIsaac
Hi How Are You Today? Original Soundtrack
Dazed and Confused En Vogue
Funky Divas Poison
Poison's Greatest Hits Live
Throwing Copper Patty Smyth
Patty Smyth The Rolling Stones
Bridges to Babylon
Hot Rocks Kevin & Bean
A Family Christmas in Your Ass
Super Christmas Original Soundtrack
Grease Spice Girls
Spice
Spice World
Geri Halliwell: Schizophonic
Goodbye Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
Born to Run
Born in the U.S.A. Bangles
Greatest Hits Original Soundtrack
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion Everclear
So Much for the Afterglow Stevie Nicks
The Best of Stevie Nicks: Time Space
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
Fleetwood Mac: Greatest Hits
Trouble in Shangri-La
Fleetwood Mac: The Dance
The Enchanted Works of Stevie Nicks Depeche Mode
The Singles 86-98
The Singles 81-85
Dave Gahan: Hourglass The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Greatest Hits Alanis Morissette
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Unplugged
Under Rug Swept
Jagged Little Pill
So-Called Chaos
Jagged Little Pill Acoustic
The Collection
Flavors of Entanglement
Havoc and Bright Lights Mariah Carey
#1s Culture Club
VH1 Storytellers/Greatest Moments Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Heart Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits 1985-1995 The Allman Brothers Band
A Decade of Hits 1969-1979 Etta James
The Best of Etta James: The Millennium Collection Hole
Celebrity Skin
Courtney Love: America's Sweetheart Abba
Gold: Greatest Hits Carole King
Tapestry
Love Makes the World
The Living Room Tour Taylor Dayne
Tell It to My Heart
Can't Fight Fate Sinead O'Connor
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sean-Nos Nua Tracey Chapman
Telling Stories George Michael
Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1
Faith Aretha Franklin
The Very Best of Aretha Franklin: The '60s The Beatles
Abbey Road
1
Original Soundtrack: I Am Sam
A Hard Day's Night
Help!
Let It Be
John Lennon: The John Lennon Collection
Revolver
Rubber Soul
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles (The White Album)
Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur
Magical Mystery Tour
Past Masters Various Artists
100% Dance Janet Jackson
Design of a Decade: 1986/1996 Destiny's Child
Survivor Bobby Darin
The Ultimate Bobby Darin Cyndi Lauper
She's So Unusual Nirvana
Unplugged in New York
Foo Fighters: Skin and Bones The Pretenders
The Singles No Doubt
Rock Steady
Tragic Kingdom
Return of Saturn
The Singles 1992-2003
Gwen Stefani: Love Angel Music Baby
Gwen Stefani: The Sweet Escape
Push & Shove Jewel
This Way Social Distortion
Live at The Roxy Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Deja Vu Kylie Minogue
Fever
Body Language
The Best of Kylie Minogue Blondie
Greatest Hits Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World (Bleed American) The Proclaimers
The Best Of … Janis Joplin
18 Essential Songs The Ramones
All the Stuff (And More) Volume Two The Clash
The Singles Nelly Furtado
Whoa, Nelly! Billy Idol
Greatest Hits The Cars
Complete Greatest Hits The Osbournes
The Osbourne Family Album Green Day
International Superhits!
Insomniac
American Idiot
21st Century Breakdown
Uno!
Dos!
Tre! Weezer
Weezer (The Green Album)
Weezer (The Blue Album)
Maladriot
Pinkerton
Make Believe
Raditude
Weezer (The Red Album) R.E.M.
In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003
And I Feel Fine … R.E.M. The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 The Cranberries
Everybody Else Is Doing It so Why Can't We? (The Complete Sessions 1991-1993)
No Need to Argue (The Complete Sessions 1994-1995) Van Morrison
Astral Weeks
Tupelo Honey
Moondance Van Halen
Van Halen
The Best of Both Worlds Original Soundtrack
Clueless X
Los Angeles/Wild Gift Prince and the Revolution
Purple Rain Norah Jones
Come Away With Me
Feels Like Home The Vines
Highly Evolved
Winning Days The Corrs
Live in Dublin
In Blue
Borrowed Heaven
Talk on Corners (Special Edition)
Forgiven, Not Forgotten
Home John Mayer
Room for Squares
Heavier Things
Any Given Thursday
Inside Wants Out
John Mayer Trio: Try!
Continuum
Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles
The Village Sessions
Battle Studies
Born & Raised Ryan Adams
Gold Linda Rondstadt
The Very Best of Linda Rondstadt BBMAK
Sooner or Later Ashlee Simpson
Autobiography
I Am Me
Bittersweet World Robbie Williams
The Ego Has Landed
Escapology Daniel Lanois
Shine P!nk
M!ssundaztood Television
Marquee Moon Simon & Garfunkel
The Best of Simon & Garfunkel Sheryl Crow
The Very Best of Sheryl Crow Neil McCormick
The Ghost Who Walks The Pogues
The Very Best Of … Pearl Jam
Ten Lionel Hampton
Golden Vibes/Silver Vibes Various Artists
Metal Mania -- Stripped Natasha Bedingfield
Unwritten Damien Rice
9
O Original Soundtrack
Saturday Night Fever The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Time Out KT Tunstall
Eye to the Telescope Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Bailey Rae The Partridge Family
The Very Best of The Partridge Family Pat Benatar
Greatest Hits James Blunt
Back to Bedlam
All the Lost Souls Dusty Springfield
Dusty in Memphis Squeeze
Singles Donovan
The Essential Donovan Nina Simone
Nina Simone's Finest Hour Billie Holiday
Billie's Best Blink-182
Greatest Hits Madness
Ultimate Collection Kaiser Chiefs
Employment
Yours Truly, Angry Mob Aerosmith
Young Lust Bob Marley
Legend Original Soundtrack
Once Fall Out Boy
Infinity on High
From Under the Cork Tree
Take This to Your Grave
Evening Out With Your Girlfriend
My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side of My Tongue
**** Live in Phoenix
Folie a Deux
Believers Never Die Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Why Do Birds Sing? Amy Winehouse
Back to Black
Frank
Lioness: Hidden Treasures Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
She's the One The Kinks
The Story of The Kinks Adam Ant
The Essential Adam Ant A New Found Glory
From the Screen to Your Stereo
From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo Fergie
The Dutchess
Black Eyed Peas: The E-N-D Original Soundtrack
Dirty Dancing: The Collector's Edition The Ruse
Midnight in the City Michael Jackson
The Essential Michael Jackson Robert Plant & Alison Kraus
Raising Sand Bryan Greenberg
Waiting for Now
We Don't Have Forever Glee
The Christmas Album Bloc Party
Various Young the Giant
Young the Giant She & Him
A Very She & Him Christmas Adele
19
21 Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello With Burt Bacharach: Painted From Memory
The Very Best of Elvis Costello
My Aim Is True (Rhino reissue)
Elvis Costello and The Attractions: All This Useless Beauty (Rhino reissue)
Spike (Rhino reissue)
When I Was Cruel
This Years Model (Rhino reissue)
North
Elvis Costello and The Attractions: Armed Forces (Rhino reissue)
Elvis Costelo and The Attractions: Trust (Rhion reissue)
Elvis Costello and The Attractions: Get Happy
Elvis Costello and The Attractions: National Ransom
Elvis Costello and The Attractions: Punch the Clock (Rhion reissue)
Original Soundtrack: De-Lovely
Elvis Costello & The Imposters: The Delivery Man
Elvis Costello Live With the Metropole Orkest: My Flame Burns Blue
Elvis Costello and The Attractions: Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussant: The River in Reverse
Secret, Profane & Sugarcane Madonna
Erotica
The Immaculate Collection
Original Soundtrack: Evita
Ray of Light
Something to Remember
True Blue
Like a Prayer
Bedtime Stories
Madonna
Live a Virgin
Music
You Can Dance
I'm Breathless
GHV2
Original Soundtrack: Who's That Girl
American Life
Remixed & Revisited
I'm Going to Tell You a Secret
Confessions on a Dance Floor
The Confessions Tour
Original Soundtrack: Vision Quest
Hard Candy
Sticky & Sweet Tour
Celebration
Glee: The Power of Madonna
MDNA (clean and deluxe versions) U2
The Best of 1980-1990 & The B-Sides
Rattle and Hum
All That You Can't Leave Behind
Achtung Baby (Original and Super Deluxe Edition reissue)
The Joshua Tree (Original and 20th Anniversary reissue)
Zooropa
War (Original and Reissue)
October (Original and Reissue)
The Unforgettable Fire (Original and 25th Anniversary reissue)
Boy (Original and Reissue)
7
Pop
Wide Awake in America
Under a Blood Red Sky (Original and Reissue)
Passengers: Original Soundtracks 1
The Best of 1990-2000 & B-Sides
Original Soundtrack: Moulin Rouge
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
U2 18: Singles
No Line on the Horizon (original and deluxe)
Original Soundtrack: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Various: Every Mother Counts
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