Liz Phair has a track on the new Nancy Drew soundtrack, which is the kind of thing iTunes is made for. (I’m also curious how the Donnas do with “Kids in America.”)
Meanwhile, Storm Large has a new album coming out on CD Baby sometime this month (dates vary). It will apparently also be available as a digital download.
OK, let me try and make up for the Avril Lavigne thing: I’ve also been listening to Australian party band The Cat Empire non-stop for about six weeks, in particular “The Car Song” and “Sly.” Here they both are, courtesy of YouTube:
If those lyrics are too Australian to understand for some of you — I think the accents are a big part of the charm, just like the Scots accent is a big part of the charm of Sons and Daughters — here’s the lyrics to “Sly”:
Shameful admission of the week: I really like Avril Lavigne’s “Girlfriend.” There may be more chicks rocking nowadays — which is great, and I love it — but so many of them are so damn dour. This song is catchy, fun and full of attitude and there’s that whole Toni Basil thing she does near the end.
I know: I’m like a 12 year old girl. I don’t know how the hell that happened.
I’m the only one in my family not to be in total love with the Bay Area, and I’m not sure why, since they keep having cool things like the NorCal Pirate Festival up there. I’ve been to the Maryland Renaissance Festival a time or 10 in my life, and some others as well, but a pirate festival? Count me in.
It’s a neat idea for a site: Write exactly 100 word stories each weekday. It’s harder than you might think. I’ve tried it once or twice and it takes real effort to trim it down that much and still have something worth reading at the end. Hemingway would be proud, I’m sure.
I kind of like my piece I put in the comments section today, which is inspired by my dad’s taste in music.
