Of Toad and Tune
Jun. 5th, 2010 04:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
captainsblogA mostly backyard afternoon again for me and Eleanor. She, planting all about, once again ran into our apparently pet toad back by the greenhouse. It's endearing to see how much wildlife of all kinds hangs around this place. It may be a little wild in places, and completely devoid of pesticides, but it's home- and not just for us.
For my part, it got cool enough that I knocked off about half of the backyard mowing in just over an hour. One of my creature comforts while I do that is listening to podcasts, this one last weekend's Wait Wait. The "Not My Job" guest was legendary rhythm-and-blues singer Bettye LaVette, who recently gained fame at a Kennedy Center gala honoring The Who, by belting out this version of the Quadrophenia finale, "Love Reign O'er Me," which pretty much burned down the building:
People were so impressed by it, they asked her if she'd record some more of that genre, and she's now come out with a whole album of British Invasion covers, including some Led Zep. In turn, Robert Plant was so taken by her renditions, he's signed her to open for him on his tour this summer.
Wow. First crossing over with the country-folk sounds of Alison Krauss (who's playing in Rochester tonight grumblegrumblecantgo), now an R&B star. Peter speculated that Miley Cyrus might be next. The horror, the horror!
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Vincent is downloading. My first week with the new .rar extractor. Cross your fingers, or in this week's case your earlobes.
For my part, it got cool enough that I knocked off about half of the backyard mowing in just over an hour. One of my creature comforts while I do that is listening to podcasts, this one last weekend's Wait Wait. The "Not My Job" guest was legendary rhythm-and-blues singer Bettye LaVette, who recently gained fame at a Kennedy Center gala honoring The Who, by belting out this version of the Quadrophenia finale, "Love Reign O'er Me," which pretty much burned down the building:
People were so impressed by it, they asked her if she'd record some more of that genre, and she's now come out with a whole album of British Invasion covers, including some Led Zep. In turn, Robert Plant was so taken by her renditions, he's signed her to open for him on his tour this summer.
Wow. First crossing over with the country-folk sounds of Alison Krauss (who's playing in Rochester tonight grumblegrumblecantgo), now an R&B star. Peter speculated that Miley Cyrus might be next. The horror, the horror!
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Vincent is downloading. My first week with the new .rar extractor. Cross your fingers, or in this week's case your earlobes.