Sunday, February 9, 2014

"Glendora" by Perry Como

Trying to make a track listing of this old reel-to-reel tape

I'm writing this post (as Rachel) 6 years in the future.  I dug out that cassette a few days ago and I made a track listing for it.  I decided to post some of the songs here in my old (before I came out as transgender) blog, to work towards filling it in.

#TransIsBeautiful

As I talked about in yesterday's post I was making a track listing for both an old cassette tape (the date on it was 29-December-1978) and a reel-to-reel tape.  This is one of the songs I found on the reel-to-reel tape.


Saturday, February 8, 2014

"Dream On Little Dreamer" by Perry Como

I apparently forgot to remove the no-record tab from that cassette
I'm writing this post (as Rachel) 6 years in the future.  I dug out that cassette a few days ago and I made a track listing for it.  I decided to post some of the songs here in my old (before I came out as transgender) blog, to work towards filling it in.

#TransIsBeautiful

I just realized something weird (or as I always say "It's all MAGIC!").  In the same week I was making a track listing for both this cassette and an old reel-to-reel tape.  I there were several songs recorded from the radio on the reel-to-reel tape and many of them were from 1965 and a couple that were older.  I'm fairly certain that tape was recorded in 1965.  I just noticed that this song came out in 1965.

YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtyTlkOabRc
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1yw_hZi4pM
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdPzuuksdKI

Sunday, January 19, 2014

"Trust Yourself" by Blue Rodeo

I first heard this song in a funny way, I was in an airplane flying home, somewhere over the Midwest.  I had my Walkman with me and normally listened to cassettes on it.  For some reason I was messing around with the built-in radio and picked up a station that was playing this song.  I really liked it and was worried that I would be out of range before I could find out what it was.  But fortunately, they announced the artist and title just before I lost the signal.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE8d-SIIDK4

What made me think of this song was that I was thinking this morning how one of the evil things about MS is that it makes one not be able to trust themselves.

For sometime I have thought how I can't trust my hands, I will think I am carrying something in my hand (glasses, keys, gloves, etc.) and when I go to use whatever it is discover my hand is empty.  And the inverse is true as well: I can pick up something, and later discover that I have stuff in my hand that I had no idea I was carrying.  For example, I thought I pulled an audio cable out of a box and discover I was also carrying an extension cord and headphones.

My memory has been flaky for sometime, but has gotten extremely so lately.  I can't remember things for even a few seconds.  If I think of two things at once, by the time I get a pencil and paper to write them down I almost never remember them both, sometimes I can't remember either.

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

"Mary, Did You Know?" by Kenny Rogers and Wynonna Judd

Chad and Tiffany 10 years ago tonight at the house in Suncrest in Draper
Rachel update 27-Dec-2018: added photo above.  Chad's response to my choosing this song?

Please don't read anything into this selection, I just like the song.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN70R-3ao0U

Friday, December 20, 2013

"I Can't Wait for Christmas" by Mindi Abair

I found this song written on the back of an envelope.  I can't remember where or when I heard it and wrote it down, but it's a fun song.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVIzyqT05Oc

Friday, December 6, 2013

"Sensible Shoes" by David Lee Roth

Me at Jitter Bug Coffee Hop - 1855 S. 700 E. Salt Lake City

Lily parked in front of Jitter Bug

I'm making this post 5 years in the future, I was in Jitter Bug Coffee Hop tonight talking to Bruce.  He was playing this song and talking about it, so Idecided to post it here and help fill in my old blog.

Everybody tells me I need sensible shoes, since I wear high heels almost all the time.  But I *SWEAR* I walk better in high heels!!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKWiKNMKhgQ
YouTube (sexy girls!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4l3YFUDldk
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMJXvjN_e2Y

Monday, November 4, 2013

"Undun" by The Guess Who

Lately, I often feel like I'm coming "undun" which reminded me of one of my favorite Guess Who songs.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV5lkM6pJB8