you know you're a mom when...

you know you're really a mom when you've said 80% of these:

"The Mom Song"

i would have found this funny before, but it's even funnier since LM came to stay.

video link courtesy of honey. :)

this is not an album review

i was listening to the radio on my way to work this morning... the globe, as usual. since they went on the air i've been mostly impressed with the djs, their music selections, and their general knowledge of and history with the music scene. they've got a good team.

what keeps me listening, though, is that i often hear new things that would never have come to my attention otherwise; today was no exception! just after 8:00 weasel was announcing the upcoming playlist and mentioned devo. i knew i had to listen. but the song that came on after the commercial break was certainly NOT devo! it had a slight "wall of sound" influence and a bluesy-rockin-gritty beat that was anything but devo. it was a male-female duet whose harmonies would make your heart break. it started with the line, "some sunny day, baby / when everything seems okay baby..." and that was all i knew.

luckily, they post the station logs online, so i was able to look it up this evening when i returned home. to my utmost surprise, it was robert plant and alison krauss, from their new collaboration cd raising sand. i have been listening to it for the last 1/2 hour online (yes, you can listen to the whole thing, online, for free! way to go plant and krauss!), and i must say i'm enthralled. i absolutely love it and must have it.

julie's christmas wish list item #1!

my perfect playlist - played!

i got a really fun, nice surprise today! the globe played my perfect playlist on the air!

for those who aren't familiar, 94.7 (the globe) has an online feature called "my perfect playlist," where you can make your own playlist and submit it to the studio. every weekday at 3:00 PM, cerphe (the afternoon dj) plays one listener's playlist. you can submit up to ten tracks- they'll play five of them.

now, my playlist has already been played once and i missed the opportunity to hear it due to my trials and tribulations with sprint over the summer. i never thought it would get played again, but i got a second chance to hear it today.

first off, they announce the name of that day's playlist creator periodically during commercial breaks, all day long. my brother heard one of the first announcements at around 8:30 this morning, and called me as i was driving to work. then, a friend at the office emailed me around a11:30 to tell me that she heard the announcement ("you're famous!").

i tuned in online to listen, and, sure enough, when 3:00 rolled around they started it up. cerphe even said that my list was "impressive!" and yes, i am reading way too much into that, but it's just very fun to have your selections played on the radio. halfway through the playlist, cerphe called me on my cell phone to get a sound bite to play on the air- he asked about the guster song i chose and talked to me about their local shows. before the last song came on, he played the sound bite, so i got to be on the radio *with* my songs! so cool!

so, you ask, what was on your perfect playlist? i'm embarrassed to admit that i can't remember all of the songs i submitted. i only know the five that they chose to play:

1) erasure - "a little respect"
2) death cab for cutie - "soul meets body"
3) the cure - "just like heaven"
4) guster - "satellite"
5) new order - "bizarre love triangle"

for me, these songs really work well together (of course, i am a britpop/indie rock freak, so that may just be my opinion), and it really made my afternoon to hear my picks on the radio!