Off the Mark

The next 5 songs are from the 2002 edition of my Valentine’s Day CD.  This was the 3rd year that I celebrated V-Day & made a CD, which I gave to my favorite female friends.  Someday I hope to have my own Valentine…
Versions of love – some innocent or platonic, some not
Succulent – Bif Naked [...]

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New Year’s Eve about 11:30 PM
your next bold move – ani difranco (gascd, © 2001 / reckoning, © 2001)
Listening to this on the gascd.  Think I’ll start with this – it says a great deal about how I feel…
1 Jan 02 Listening to Call It Democracy & went out to see the moon & sky.  [...]

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in or out – Ani DiFranco (imperfectly, © 1992) 
guess there’s something wrong with meguess i don’t fit inno one wants to touch itno one knows where to begin
i’ve got more than one membershipto more than one cluband i owe my lifeto the people that i love
some days the line i walk turns out to [...]

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Excuse Me Mr. – Ben Harper (Fight For Your Mind, © 1995)
Something that many more men need to be saying.  We need to take a stand for what is right – how we should treat each other and the world we live in.  (implies that I believe that we have oughts)
Friendships ¥ Beginnings and Endings  [...]

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My Friends – Dar Williams (End Of The Summer, © 1997)
…And I know there’s all this beauty and this greatness she’ll defend,But I think it’s in my friend.
And if I had a cameraShowing all the light we giveand showing where the light extends,I’d give it to my friends.
Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need [...]

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Sorry I didn’t post yesterday about Michael Gorman’s visit—I made both the panel discussion and his lecture—but I was completely underwhelmed.
It was interesting to learn that his 1st job in America was to  teach Cataloging at UIUC.  Even more so to learn that he was my current Cat prof’s prof.  What does that make him [...]

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school night – Ani DiFranco (reckoning, © 2001)
You are are a miracle but that is not allYou are also a stiff drink and i am on callYou are a party and i am a school nightAnd i’m looking for my door keyBut you are my porch light
…and the fact that i adore you is but [...]

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Picked out on Saturday Evening 7 April 01
work your way out – Ani DiFranco (Ani DiFranco)
Yeah, I think this comes next…
we are all polylingualbut some of us pretendthat there is virtue in relyingon not trying to understand…
but oh how far we could go if we just started to share…
the negative philosophy, or critique : short [...]

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(Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired – Traffic (Shoot out at the fantasy factory, © 1973)  Hope
Stevie & his freaking organ!  Amazing band, amazing song! 
You’ve got to smile and turn the other cheek……but by tomorrow you’ll be smiling…
I’ve been listening to this song for almost 30 years now.  It has meant a variety of things [...]

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Remember The Tinman – Tracy Chapman (New Beginning, © 1995)  Hope
“Who stole your heart or did you give it away?” Finding it is not an all or nothing event.  It is a long, hard, painful, back-and-forth dance. 24 Feb 01
Part of you gave it away, now, part of you wants it back!  27 Feb [...]

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