RECOMMENDED MUSIC, COOL THINGS AND BOOKS

Recommended Music:
 

Artist: ...particularly:
Heather DaleHeather Dale

"One of Us"
"Joan"
"Mordred’s Lullabye"
"The Prydwen Sails Again"

Johnny Cash

 "Hurt"
Big Mama Thornton Big Mama Thorton

"Hound Dog"
"Ball `n’ Chain"
"Big Mama’s Bumblebee Blues"
Pink Floyd

"Money"
"Comfortably Numb"
"Dogs of War"
"Learning to Fly"
Janis Joplin Janis Joplin "Ball 'n' Chain"
"Me and Bobby McGee"
Ray Wylie Hubbard "Snake Farm"
"The Beauty Way"
"Choctaw Bingo"
Lily Allen Lily Allen "F**k You"
Howlin' Wolf Howlin' Wolf

"I Asked Her for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)"
"Smokestack Lightnin’"

 
Jonathan Coulton "Code Monkey" by Jonathan Coulton "Code Monkey"
Beyoncé  "At Last"
Bird York Kathleen "Bird" York " I’m Not Laughing Anymore"
Irma Thomas  "Black Water Blues"
Claude Debussy Debussy's THE ENGULFED CATHEDRAL La Cathédrale Engloutie
Alan Hovhaness Celestial Gate (symphony)
Amy Winehouse Amy Winehouse\ "You Know I’m No Good"
Jace Everett  "Bad Things"

Natalie MerchantNatalie Merchant

"Sallie Ann"
"Carnival"
Fiona Apple "Criminal"
Tish Hinojosa Tish Hinojosa "La Llorona"
Destiny’s Child "Second Nature""
"Independent Women, Pt. 2"
En Vogue

"Don’t Let Go"
"Free Your Mind"
"Givin' Him Somethin' He Can Feel"
Norah Jones Norah Jones "Come Away With Me"
Kelly Clarkson "I Did Not Hook Up"
Alanis Morrisette "King of Pain"
The Dresden Dolls The Dresden Dolls "Coin Operated Boy"
Daddy Yankee

"Gasolina"
"Impacto"
James McMurtry "See the Elephant"
Bette Midler Bette Midler

"In My Life"
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
Billy Joel "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Mirah Mirah "The Garden"
Queensryche    "Empire"
"Hundred Mile Stare"
Iron & Wine  "Free Until They Cut Me Down"
"Freedom Hangs Like Heaven"
Nina Simone Nina Simone "Strange Fruit"
Alabama 3 "Woke Up This Morning"
Paul Simon "You Can Call Me Al"
Butch Thompson "Lincoln Avenue Blues"
Little Walter Little Walter "Juke"
Bessie Smith "Black Water Blues"
Josephine Foster Josephine Foster "Wehmut"
"Die Schwestern"
Marilyn Manson "Mutilation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery"
"Tainted Love"
Artist: Genre:
Ana Moura Portugese Fado
Carla Bruni Carla Bruni French Singer/Songwriter
The Black Keys Garage Rock
Huun Huur Tu Huun-Huur-Tu Tuvan Throat Singing
Patsy Cline Country & Western
Apocalyptica Apocalyptia "Worlds Collide" Metal/Classical
Jools Holland Rock Musician/Chat Show Host
Karan Casey Karan Casey Irish Folk Singer
Any Performer:
"El Condor Pasa" (South America)
"Dance of the Yao People" (China)
"Mbube" (Africa - the less good version is Wimoweh, but the serious one is Mbube; I like the one done by Ladysmith Black Mombazo, but it’s a popular choice)
"St. James Infirmary Blues"

Cool Things of 2005 (update coming soon!):

  • Getting The New England Science Fiction Association's Skylark Award for being an author who plays well with fans, and having Jane Yolen tell me why it's important to put my award where the sun don't shine
  • Going to southeastern Alaska with Tim, which included:
    - seeing my first glacier in person, the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau
    - seeing scores of bald eagles and humongous ravens
    - visiting the Alaskan Raptor Center in Sitka and being introduced to Volta, the bald eagle
    - seeing wild whales
  • Having my face snuffled by a month-old baby rhino at the San Diego Wild Animal Park
  • Visiting the Badlands, the Black Hills, Custer National Park, and the Needles in South Dakota with my sister Kim, which included:
    - sitting (quietly) in the car while a herd of buffalo split and walked around us
    - feeding alpine chipmunks at a scenic lookout
    - getting wild burro slobber on Kim's car as we fed them carrots
    - visiting Devil's Tower in Wyoming with Kim and her husband Randy
  • Going to my first family reunion in 30 years with Tim, Kim and Randy
  • Meeting Jane Linskold, one of my favorite fantasy writers, after years of fandom
  • Getting to visit again with Charles de Lint, Holly Black, Deborah Doyle, James MacDonald, and the one and only Bruce Coville in my travels
  • Attending the Witching Hour symposium in Salem, Massachusetts and having a wonderful time with a lot of really smart Harry Potter fans who are into a million other things
  • Shaking the hand of Studs Terkel, who re-made the face of social history and oral history with his book WORKING
  • Discovering rough opals in their native stone: Mexican fire opals, Honduran (or Andesite) opals, black opals, Koroit opals, and Yowah opals, much to Tim's dismay!  And as for what I've made of all these discoveries--you'll just have to read the books, won't you?!

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