Category: Music
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Throwback Thursday: A Movie Review of Disney’s Perfect Harmony
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Note: This post contains affiliate links to items and MP3s that you can listen to, download, and purchase from Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you. Disney’s Perfect Harmony was released in 1991. It almost feels like it should have been made before then because…
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A Mixtape for Whovians
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This came about because I have fun making playlists for shows and characters I love when songs start to remind me of them. So if you’re also a Whovian, please enjoy this list inspired by the journey from Nine to Twelve. (And these goofy AF pictures of me fangirling over…
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Here’s What I Shazam’d Last Year
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I was always super jealous of people’s Shazam app, but for some reason never felt like downloading it myself. I guess I just really didn’t want yet another app crowding my phone. But late in 2022, I finally caved. Now I’m constantly whipping out the app. Anytime I’m watching TV…
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10 Fun Things I’ve Found Online
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Here are 10 fun things I found online in November of 2023. Movies Rolling Stone‘s nostalgic oral history of the movie The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. With the new release of The Boy and the Heron, we’ve been getting our Ghibli on lately, and who hasn’t…
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How to Spend a New Orleans Weekend
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Forty-nine years ago, my boyfriend’s parents celebrated their honeymoon in New Orleans. Last week, they invited him, his sister and brother-in-law, and me to join them there for their anniversary. What fun! I was not accustomed to traveling with a group, and particularly not one I like so much. We…
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Ultimate Christmas Songs List (Part 3)
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This is a continuation of a previous post about a gag gift I created last year and the delightful sounds that accompanied it. If you’ve been following thus far, you’ll know that I have 240 minutes’ worth of Christmas songs that I love just a little bit more than the…
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Ultimate Christmas Songs List (Part 2)
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This is a continuation of a previous post. I noticed, in gathering my favorite Christmas songs, that there were many that were either about memories or just had that traditional feel to them. So here I present to you Disc 2: “Memories”. 1. Once Upon a December: Anastasia Of course…
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Ultimate Christmas Songs List (Part 1)
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A couple of years ago, I had what I thought was a hilarious idea for a gag gift for that year’s White Elephant Christmas gift exchange. It would be something so absurd and so personal that the receiver couldn’t possibly get it anywhere else. I was going to make recordings…
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19 Autumn Carols to Keep You Warm & Cozy This Season
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NEW for 2024: I’ve now added double the original number of songs! There are lots more seasonal tunes to enjoy now. This girl here is head-over-heels in love with autumn. But I live in Florida, where we don’t get a real autumn. In the 1.5 months we get of what…
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Throwback Thursday: A Review of Disney’s The Journey of Natty Gann
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I know my childhood friends remember Disney’s The Journey of Natty Gann, because I insisted we watch it anytime they happened to be at my house when it was on TV. I can even remember one of them asking me once, like 20-something years ago, why we always had to…