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Category Archives: Music
Favorite Jams I’ve Been Jamming to
Today I was biking through Golden Gate Park jamming to a song I just discovered – It’s called “Weight in Gold” by Gallant. It’s a brilliant song, making want to rock my body into a sea of sequins and rubies … Continue reading
Posted in FYI, Just for Fun, Music, Musing Articles, Musings, Videos
Tagged artists, music, music videos, pop, rap, rock, rocking out, song, songs, top songs, video, wolf alice
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Translation, tears, titiliation
When Zhu’s latest album (GENERATIONWHY) came out a couple of months ago, a colleague of mine sent me the song Palm of My Hand. “It’s got a verse in French, sounds real sexy,” he said to me. I took a … Continue reading
Posted in French, FYI, Music, Uncategorized
Tagged english, french, generationwhy, translation, zhu
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Fav Foreign Singer of the Week: Carla Morrison
Carla Morrison…I came across her album Dejenme Llorar (and specifically the song “Eres tù”) this week as San Francisco has seen a sudden uptick in rain (first real rain since April). Her music makes me feel warm and cozy but also remember that … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Song, Spanish
Tagged carla morrison, dejenme llorar, eres tú, mexican, mexican music, mexican singers
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Daddy Issues
I listened to this song by a Belgian hip-hop/electronic artist named Stromae today, and although he wrote his song, Papaoutai, about 20 years and 6,000 miles from the Pacific Northwest where the lead singer of Everclear, Art Alexakis, penned a … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Early 2000s, French, FYI, Just for Fun, Kids These Days, Music, Musings, Uncategorized, Videos
Tagged beans, belgium, even stevens, everclear, pacific northwest, stromae, verlan
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