As an infrequent, but long-time, reader of your website, wanted to let you know about my daughter Alicia’s senior H.S. English project. She and her classmates were tasked with burning a CD that told about her life, title it, design a cover, write liner notes, hand it in on time. She did all of the above. Her play list is, proud dad-syndrome aside, quite remarkable, eclectic and adventurous. Many of the cuts are/were new to me. Not gonna say which ones. But here they are:
All I Wanna Do – Sheryl Crow (one of the first songs she remembers, sums up her childhood, without the drinking)
Pay Attention/A World of my Own – Kathryn Beaumont (imagining living in a world of her own)
Take Off Your Sunglasses – Ezra Furman and the Harpoons “my go-to song for every time things seem to be going wrong”
Expectations – Belle & Sebastian
Home – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – “Home is wherever I’m with you”
Extraordinary Machine – Fiona Apple “I am the baby of the family….”
I’m Only Sleeping – The Beatles “Please don’t spoil my day/I’m miles away/And after all/I’m only sleeping”
Hey Snow White – The New Pornographers – “To me, the song is about reassuring yourself that no matter what, everything will be all right as long as you learn to lover yourself…which can be a difficult thing to do.”
Visions – Stevie Wonder – “Although I’m an optimistic person, I am also realistic”
Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell – “something’s lost and something’s gained”
Feeling Good – Nina Simone – “It’s a new dawn/It’s a new day/It’s a new life/For me/And I’m feeling good.”

Thanks for listening.