Shirley's Mind Grapes

Shirley's Mind Grapes

The answers to questions nobody asked

music

Dailies 10/26/13

Dailies 10/26/13

Daily Doodle: Winter Is Coming

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Song of the Day: The Way I Feel Inside by The Zombies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=964OLlW6K0w

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m sitting alone in a room in front of the organ that we had in our house when I was growing up. After playing with the rainbow colored auto-play buttons that offered beats such as: cha-cha, rock-n-roll, and jazz, everything is quiet and I start to sing this song. I play the harmonizing keys and finish the song. Then the doorbell rings and I sit in complete silence until the unknown visitor goes away.

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Blurb 1/365: Only one more week until the release of the Ender’s Game movie!

Dailies 10/25/13

Dailies 10/25/13

Daily Doodle: Moo

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Song of the Day: Leader of the Pack by The Shangri-Las

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McvWodRXA7k

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Musical Pipe Dream: My pipe dream lies in the seconds of the song between 1m35sec and 1m45sec. It’s all in slow motion. I’m in a gang of girls. We’re all wearing short waisted mini skirts with knee high socks and platform shoes. Our long sleeve, button down shirts are cotton candy pink which matches our lipstick and the pink bubble gum that we’re chewing with our mouths open. Each of us is carrying a tool of mischief over our shoulders; a wooden baseball bat, a golf club, a crowbar. Our heavily lined eyes define our glares as we walk towards an onlooker with our backs to a dismantled car.

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Blurb 1/365: Tomorrow, I will have McDonald’s for breakfast. Nothing starts off a weekend right more than an Egg McMuffin and an oval hash brown.

Dailies 10/22/13

Dailies 10/22/13

Daily Doodle: Honey

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Song of the Day: Tiptoe through the Tulips performed by Nick Lucas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZMHJX4b9bU

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m in front of a taqueria tap dancing and singing this song through my cheeks in a 1920s voice. A nice young man is strumming an acoustic guitar while sitting on a bench.

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Blurb 1/365: The jacket that I bought for Halloween 6 years ago has finally fallen apart. It was a green jacket from Target that I bought for $17.99, hesitantly, because I thought it was too expensive for a Halloween costume. We were Fry and Leela from Futurama. I wore that jacket so much and almost everyday for the past year. That was a good jacket and I’ve tried to look for its equal. Target doesn’t make them like that anymore.

Dailies 10/21/13

Dailies 10/21/13

Daily Doodle: Costume Party

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Song of the Day: Conga by Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8v6cZ21vlc

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m on a ferry full of tired people. As we approach the dock, we’re all already lined up and crowding towards the designated exit. Suddenly, Conga starts playing over the speakers and some of us start dancing and form a conga line. Even the reluctant people join the line with their hands loosely placed on the hips of the stranger in front of them. Their eyes are full of rage, but they are still swaying to the beat. We finally dock and off-board continuing the conga line to the ticket collection area.

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Blurb 1/365: “Where do I begin? Bee boo bah bee bee boo bah bee bee bee bee bee …” – Me singing Love Story

Dailies 10/20/13

Dailies 10/20/13

Daily Doodle: A Fun Game of Pool

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Song of the Day: Two People In the World by Little Anthony and the Imperials

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gowgfivrR9g

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m singing backup harmony while playing the piano. My baby blue suit is fitted and the pant legs each have a big crease down the front. The cuffs end at the middle of my shin and expose my black socks and my shiny black shoes tapping on the piano pedals.

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Blurb 1/365: Movies and shows watched this weekend:

Hell

Four Rooms

Slaughterhouse Five

Manic

The Brother from Another Planet

Hannibal (3 episodes)

Portlandia (2 episodes)

and of course, episodes of House Hunters/My First Place.

Dailies 10/14/13

Dailies 10/14/13

Daily Doodle: I have the solution and I can see clearly now.

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Song of the Day: Bennie and the Jets by Elton John

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MQuHRCSQzQ

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m on a huge drum set that’s on a platform positioned behind and slightly above the rest of the band. Each of us has a colored spotlight shining down from above.

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Blurb 1/365: “The answer is 42.”