Talking Backwards - Songs 2014 FV

Talking backwards... another mix of songs from albums in my collection released in 2014 and part of the Final Version series of mixes. Once again lots of favorites and deep cuts from that year.

Talking Backwards - Songs 2014 FV

1. Talking Backwards – Real Estate
2. Red Eyes – The War On Drugs
3. Every Other Freckle – Alt-J
4. Take Me To Church – Hozier
5. Where Have You Been? – Sinead O’Connor
6. High & Wild – Angel Olsen
7. Let Her Go – Mac Demarco
8. Follow You Down – Allah-Las
9. You’ve Got A Lot On Your Mind – Sloan
10. Too True To Be Good – Dum Dum Girls
11. Seventeen – Lake Street Dive
12. Dangerous Days – Zola Jesus
13. Water Fountain – tUnE-yArDs
14. Black and Blue – The Secret Sisters
15. Night Vision – Tennis
16. (I’d Rather Be) Anywhere – Honeyblood
17. Chasing Kites – Iamamiwhoami
18. Initiate Me – Haunted Hearts
19. Brill Bruisers – The New Pornographers
20. Girl Like You – The Red Plastic Buddha
21. Don’t Leave Me Now – The Apache Relay
22. Let Me Be Mine – Spoon
23. Fill An Empty Heart – Empty Hearts
24. Up All Night – Joan Osborne
25. Like It Never Happened – Elizabeth & The Catapult
26. End of the End – Rob Clarke & The Wooltones

Every Little Thing - Songs 2014 FV

Here is another Final Version mix of Songs 2014. This one sounds like a party mix and certainly has that feel. When I was putting this together I was thinking about some of those late nights working the sound booth at the Pastime and the dance floor was full. I tried to imagine myself in a sound booth spinning the tunes with these songs from 2014. Well, this is not exactly a dance mix but does have that late night groove that would keep people swaying to the beat at the bar.

Every Little Thing - Songs 2014 FV

1. Every Little Thing – Royksopp & Robyn
2. Chandelier – Sia
3. Two Weeks – FKA Twigs
4. H.S.K.T. – Sylvan Esso
5. Your Love Will Set You Free – Caribou
6. I Want To Dance – Gulp
7. Break The Rules – Charli XCX
8. Happy – Pharrell Williams
9. Love Is The Answer – Aloe Blacc
10. After The Disco – Broken Bells
11. Fashion – Paolo Nutini & Janelle Monae
12. Girls Chase Boys – Ingrid Michaelson
13. Disco//very – Warpaint
14. Murmurs – Hundred Waters
15. Party Police – Alvvays
16. Sorry I Stole Your Man – Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas
17. Get Up and Get Out – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
18. You & I (Forever) – Jessie Ware
19. Sweet Spot – Wild Beasts
20. Digital Witness – St. Vincent
21. Tap Tap Tap – We Are Catchers
22. Diamonds – Johnnyswim
23. Raising Hands Raising Hell Raise ‘em High – The Wind and The Wave
24. Carried Away - Sloan

Democracy is Coming

 Leonard Cohen sings that Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.

I Never Wear White - Songs 2014 FV

This is the first mix of the Songs 2014 Final Version series. It goes for about an hour and a half and is made up of songs from albums in my collection released in 2014.

It's a redo of an earlier version of this mix I put together in 2015. At that time the mix was also part of my Ladies Only series. It's not that way now.

I Never Wear White - Songs 2014 FV

1. I Never Wear White – Suzanne Vega
2. Dark Sunglasses – Chrissie Hynde
3. Cult of Love – Dum Dum Girls
4. West Coast – Lana Del Rey
5. Holding On For Life – Broken Bells
6. Inside Out – Spoon
7. Just Like A Dream – Lykke Li
8. Full Moon – Woods
9. Archie, Marry Me – Alvvays
10. Baby, It’s Too Late – Reigning Sound
11. Gotta Get Away – The Black Keys
12. Don’t Wanna – Howler
13. How Can You Really – Foxygen
14. Hi-Five – Angel Olsen
15. Julia – Ray LaMontagne
16. My Desire – Interpol
17. Feels Like Fire – Ryan Adams
18. Algiers – Afghan Whigs
19. We’ve Seen Birds – Smoke Fairies
20. Blue Moon – Beck
21. Return To Maraqopa – Damien Jurado
22. At Heartbreak – Angus & Julia Stone
23. Open Your Eyes – Winterpills
24. Sun In The Morning – Future Islands
25. California (There Is No End To Love) – U2

Dinner @ Cafe 59 - 1st Friday

Becky and I went out to dinner tonight on Allen Street at one of our favorite restaurants that we have gone to many times over the years... Cafe 59. It was also First Friday and the neighborhood was parked up. But there was some nice evening weather as we walked down Franklin St to Allen. We first stopped at a art gallery to see a show of the work of Becky's friend Barbara. It was a small space and very cramped so we did not spend a lot of time there after greeting Barbara and Brian.

Then we went across the street for dinner. It was a little later than we usually go there to eat and it was also a Friday night so it was crowded and service although always good was a little slower than usual. Becky had a Buffalo chicken finger wrap with those wonderful potato wedges and I had a harvest wrap and potatoes. Wonderful food.

I had some Southern Tier Pumpking on tap. It was my first time having any pumpkin beer this season. I followed that up with a Six Point Crisp German pilsner. Becky had an Allagash White.

I took this photo of my dinner and sorry that it turned out to look like I had a ketchup dinner. LOL.

People Got The Power - Sing It!

A song for Election Day... let's sing! An inspiring performance from Patti Smith.

Halloween Night 2024

We had a wonderful but exhausting time tonight handing out treats to the many trick or treaters that came to our door this evening. We were not sure what to expect tonight because there were many reports of rain coming between 5 pm and 8 pm but none of that happened. The weather turned out to be perfect and it was 72 degrees on our porch.

We sat in our chairs when not going up and down the steps handing out candy. I was wearing a t-shirt. We had my Bluetooth speaker playing my Halloween mixes. The neighborhood was jumping with lots of folks giving out treats. It was like a block party.

The kids were great this year and the all had costumes. They were polite and said thank you along with the Happy Halloween. The parents were great too. Lots of wonderful costumes this year... even the parents.

The crowd was really large and early on. I think maybe because of the threat of rain but also because it was so warm. Nobody needed coats. We ran out of candy around 7:30 pm. So we had to turn off the lights even though there was still a crowd going up and down the street.

Becky's Baguette Pizza

Becky's home made baguette pizza is a treat we never get tired of. It's also something that last for awhile. The leftovers are wonderful.

Eye Doctor Today

Today I went to Ross Eye Clinic for a post-op and annual checkup with Dr. McGraw. Everything went very smoothly although it did take a long time. I saw three different people. The first two were technicians conducting tests and then I saw the doctor. I had to wait about fifteen to twenty minutes between each office.

I did learn that my eyes continue to have 20/20 distance vision without glasses. 

Frost & Fall

Woke up this morning to 35 degrees and frost on the ground. Fall has really arrived. Soon it will be time to put up the bird feeders. Over the past week or so I just about finished raking up the leaves in the backyard. Our black walnut trees are always the first ones to drop their leaves in the fall and the first to grow them back in the spring.

This year was a very lean year for black walnuts dropping in our yard. I actually had no bags of nuts this year. Most of the few that came down I tossed into the wayback of the yard for the squirrels to get. I only had about 16 bags of leaves and nuts this year. Last year was a banner year with 74 bags. Before last year the largest number of bags in a year was 60. Usually there are about 20 to 30 bags.

Yesterday I took down the clothes line... another sure sign of fall. No more hanging laundry in the backyard for awhile. And of course our burning bush is bright red.