Musical Rabbit Hole

I was in a music mood and started in one place and ended in a completely different place tonight. I was listening dutifully to "The Color Purple", which I am really enjoying. After about the third time through, I decided to listen to some other stuff. I have been listening to a playlist I made when my dad died and one song just keeps popping out at me - Kenny Loggins' "Conviction of the Heart". It makes me cry almost every time I hear it.

Kenny Loggins – Live in the Redwoods – Conviction of the Heart


Then I was thinking about some of the songs I love but that also put me in this melancholy place...

One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey and Boys II Men
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzeMzo_4pxA

Puff Daddy “I’ll Be Missing You”


Missing – Everything But the Girl


Seal – Don’t Cry (audio only)


U2- Where the Streets Have No Name
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpVbLm4TN3g

the Eagles “Love Will Keep Us Alive”


Then something must have caught my attention and I looked up "Chess" and found out!!! that they did a concert in May 2008 with Idina Menzel and Adam Pascal and Raul Esparza and Josh Groban and it will be made into a CD and DVD...so of course, I had to listen to some of that..

embassy lament – audio only


Mountain Duet – Idina Menzel and Josh Groban


heaven help my heart – Idina Menzel


I know him so well- Idina Menzel and Kerry Ellis
I know him so well- idina menzel and kerry ellis



Anthem Josh Groban


Adam Pascal – Pity the child


Quartet concert


Then I got off track again...distracted back to my task..melancholy old music...
Melissa Etheridge – No Souveniers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbjOttMoaHw

John Secada – Just another day


Nobody Wants to be Lonely live


Gloria Estefan – 1-2-3


Then I thought of George Huff, for some reason...
George Huff – Lean On me


Then I remembered that I had been wanting to find a song that I have only one copy of...

The Dive – Steven Curtis Chapman


This song has a funny story to go with it...I am not a person who is interested in Christian music or musicians. A few years ago, a new Christian music radio station started advertising on television and they had their ads on A LOT. A clip from "The Dive" was on the commercial. I saw it so many times, that the tune just got stuck in my head. I thought "Oh. My. God. If I don't listen to the whole song, the clip will just wear a groove in my brain..." so I looked it up and got a copy of the single in hopes that it would just be done. The tune had already found a place in my brain. I like it. It is catchy. The words could really be about any spiritual belief and the search for self and truth - letting go and trusting. So, there you go.

Then I decided to look up some Christmas music. I posted that on my other blog, WildRumpusing, so I will only post one here. :)

Clay Aiken – Mary Did You Know?



Merry Christmas!

In the mood for some music

I'm not sure what makes me go on YouTube and look up old music...but periodically, I get the urge to wile away a few hours in nostalgia. So here's what I did last night when I couldn't sleep...

Chumbawumba - Tubthumping


The Night I Heard Caruso Sing - Everything but the Girl (not an official video, but the song is beautiful)



Missing - Everything but the Girl (the last song they released before Roby died - we listened to it over and over and over in those last months)


Alison Moyet on David Letterman - Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness"


Walkaway - Kelly Clarkson

No letter today...

David archuleta - Imagine

Allies Retreat 08

"More than anything, an Allies retreat is a chance for Deaf people, CODAs and Interpreters to understand each other in a new way. We begin our discussions acknowledging that we experience conflicts. We acknowledge that the field of interpreting is, above all, about working with people who are Deaf. We are committed to creating a space to listen and learn from what Deaf people want to tell us. And we are committed to recognizing that we must examine how we have responded to the needs of our diverse colleagues and consumers.

We believe that talking to each other can make a difference. We're committed to having challenging conversation in a supportive environment. We believe that by honoring each of our cultures, we can talk to each other more effectively. We believe that our difficulties often come from assumptions about what we know (and don't know). By practicing dialogue with each other, with the support of our peers at the retreat, we can transform the sometimes challenging experience of Deaf/CODA/hearing relationships." - Quote from Allies 08 information posted on YouTube.

For more information go to www.allies08.com

D-PAN interpretation of "Beautiful"


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Imagining a different path...

DPAN Interpretation of "Waiting for the World to Change"


I was at an "Allies" workshop for Deaf people, CODAs (Children of Deaf Adults) and hearing interpreters. The goal of the weekend was transformation and possibilities for walking a new path as an ally.

Blast from the Past - 1984

lets go crazy

Musical letter

like a prayer – blonde ambition 1990

Ahhhh...

btvs goodbye to you

Tonight I interpret "Sweeney", tomorrow, I return to my letters in April

What I have been working on instead of letters here..

More clips because writing is beyond me right now

peter paul and mary 1964 newport folk festival


pink dear mr president live

More videos because I like them...

Les Miz tony awards



Endless Night

And in case things don't get any better...

wheels of a dream

This week is not rounding out well...

Bad week at work, an "incident" at my storage unit that I have to investigate, feeling kind of crappy and not sleeping well/enough. I hope things get better before the weekend.

Here's something that will make me happy:

One Day More – OLC Reunion



bui doi – peter polycarpou (original London cast)