New Top Ten iTunes

Top Ten Most Played iTunes 7/22/08

1. I Go to Sleep – The Pretenders
   
2. You Glued My Broken Heart – Mumpsy
   
3. Withered Hope – They Might Be Giants
4. San Diego Doorways – Marc w/ a C
   
5. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want – The Smiths
6. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea – Neutral Milk Hotel
   
7. You Never Give Me Your Money – The Beatles
8. We Didn’t Start the Fire – Billy Joel
9. You Might Think – The Cars
   
10. I Need All the Friends I Can Get – Camera Obscura
    
11. Doctor – Cars Can Be Blue
    
12. Downtown Train – Tom Waits

Seven thru twelve are listed because they are all at five plays each. Mind you I had to move all of my stuff to a new computer, and therefore old iTunes records of how many songs were played when and certain playlists vanished. Which is a good thing. I don’t think I’ll be listening to “Days” by The Kinks on repeat anytime soon.

I have been in Orlando or on vacation the past few weeks, and while this is wonderful, it makes me kind of anxious to get home to South Florida. I want to keep doing creative things down there. My friend Elizabeth always has something to do there, be it a sewing circle, cooking something new and delicious, or discussing how our Armageddon Team will fare at the end of the world. Seriously. The girl is so multi-faceted that I constantly tell her I want to be on her team at the end of the world. My original slot on the team (which I thought of) was to do Public Relations because I’m well, tactful. But she disagreed and told me I could be our team troubadour. This means I’ll have to learn how to play guitar after all of these long years. I can’t well carry a bassoon and sing at the same time, while travelling through the empty streets of a post-apocalyptic world.

And my friend Twisty Sarah down there is making music, and I am not there to help where I would very much like to be. For as much music as I’ve made in my life, I’ve never contributed to much outside of the academic and classical worlds. I have an undying love for classical music, but I have a deep desire to do something that’s I guess poppier. When I was interviewed for a big award in college, supposedly the most prestigious that an undergrad can receive, I sort of slipped and told the panel interviewing me that when I was younger, I wanted to be a rock star, and later I figured that music education was just as cool. They laughed and thought, “Oh, what a precious little music major.” There went that award.

Point being I just need to be creative. Sure, my position as a music teacher provides for that plenty, but I’ve always enjoyed some other outlet, be it writing for a blog or publication, or playing in some sort of extra ensemble, even attempting to sing with my music sorority in college. I have had a dancing itch in me for months, years maybe even, and I want to take up dance classes again, the last time I had having been in fifth grade. Be it known, I was the best shimmy-er in the whole class.

I miss doing tour jetes, and podcasts. I am hoping I can get some creative stuff started in South Florida. If I’ve learned anything, it’s that you just have to have the want and the dedication to do something of that sort. And a few dedicated people. And things will go from there.