Category Archives: Music

Music to Shave By

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Elizabeth Thomsen

This cardboard record was included in a magazine promotion. Lyrics include “Oh that Roll-a-matic, adjusts to any kind of beard and skin, makes you wish you had a double chin” and “Ain’t misbehavin’, I’m shavin’ myself for you.”

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SoundHound

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Elizabeth Thomsen

SoundHound: Instant Music Search and Discovery — There aren’t too many apps that I can say have truly enhanced my life, but SoundHound has, because it has connected to me to so much new and old music that I would … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Fields Forever

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Elizabeth Thomsen

I heard this Beatles song yesterday for the first time in quite a while, and it instantly brought me back to the year 1967. In June of that year, I entered Children’s Hospital in Boston to have a spinal fusion … Continue reading →

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Did Your Mother Come from Ireland?

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Or your grandfather or your great grandparents? If so, you should check out the National Library of Ireland, the newest member of the Flickr Commons. They have an interesting collection of photographs and will be adding more. The Flickr Commons … Continue reading →

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RIP Jimmy Dean, 1928-2010

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Elizabeth Thomsen

The Mount Pleasant Heritage Trail is a self-guided walking tour of the Mount Pleasant neighborhood in Washington, DC. I really like these historical markers, which combine a map and text with photographs and other images from various time periods. This … Continue reading →

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RIP Lena Horne, 1917-2010

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Elizabeth Thomsen

I hope she’s up there with Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland and my mother, and they’re having a great time together belting out the Great American Songbook! Lena Horne: A Life in YouTube — Kate Dailey put together an eclectic collection … Continue reading →

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Clancy Hayes Campaign Song for Nixon/Lodge

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Elizabeth Thomsen

You never know what you’ll find when you go searching around on YouTube. I have written here before about searching for the song Peoria. I was hoping to find a performance of the song by Bob Scobey’s Frisco Band that … Continue reading →

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Christmas Music and Memories

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Elizabeth Thomsen

I’m working on my Christmas playlist, and I want to put in songs dedicated to family members no longer with us. For my mother, it’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” for my father, “Good King Wenceslaus,” for my brother … Continue reading →

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Chicago, Chicago…

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Chicago, Chicago, that toddlin’ town Chicago, Chicago, I’ll show you around Bet your bottom dollar you’ll lose the blues in Chicago Chicago, the town that Billy Sunday could not shut down I’m off to Chicago for the American Library Association … Continue reading →

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RIP Michael Jackson

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Hard to know what to say, what to remember, what’s better forgotten. But I do like this performance of the song “Ben” from the Sonny and Cher show. Here Jackson has outgrown the his role as the talented little kid … Continue reading →