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Rocking out with my birthday gift while I do some group work!!! I think Alexa is gunna get sick of us listening to so much music. Haha

Btw Thank You All For All The Birthday Wishes. I felt all the love. 😘🤗😘🤗😘🤗

@ElizaMarie @AsYouWish @jb72

#MarvelousMay #Gratitude Listening to music has been something I‘ve done as long as I can remember. I remember my first transistor radio, calling in to request my favorite songs and when we got our first stereo buying 45‘s. Today I walked down memory lane on Pandora through the 70‘s. These were some of my favorites. I can‘t imagine my life without music. What are your favorites?

I ❤️ Opera.

#musicalcover #magicalMay

@Eggs

I do love me a man who can sing!! #serenade #acrossapril @Eggs

Not book related, but this came up on a fb memory from a few years ago & it still very much applies. Without books, music & God, I honestly believe in my heart of hearts I would have ceased to exist a very long time ago. Plug in, tune out & grab a book! 📚🎶🙏🏻

In Denmark, we had the Boogie List - daily show with the top songs of the moment with a host hyping up the songs. Whenever I got home from school, I turned into Boogie and danced and sang along to the songs above. 💃💃💃

I could probably find another 50 songs to sum up my aughts, but these stand out for me!

#BelowZer00s

@vivastory I have no idea what better way to discuss the album, so here we are! 😆

I LOVE it! John the Determinist, Organ Donor, and Tomorrow are my top 3 favorite songs! He's like a mix of Belle and Sebastian (as you said), The Like, and a little Simon and Garfunkel, with a tiny sprinkle of certain Josh Ritter and Andrew Bird albums. I really enjoy his vibe!

THANK YOU for the suggestion. Give me more! I'm always looking for new music.

Here's the remainder of my greatest concerts list:
6) Sigur Ros 2002 (Liberty Hall)
7) Pixies 2004 (Uptown)
8) White Stripes 2005 (Starlight)
9) Roots 2007 (Voodoo Lounge)
10) Arcade Fire 2007 (Starlight)
11) Tom Waits 2008 (Fox Theatre)
12) Flaming Lips 2011 (Somerset)
13) Sharon Jones & Dap Kings 2014 (Liberty Hall)
14) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 2016 (Midland)
15) Radiohead 2017 (Sprint Center)
16) Regina Spektor 2017 (Uptown)
@madamereadsalot1

The delightful @madamereadsalot1 & I have decided to share our favorite concerts. We'd love to see your posts about great shows you've attended & the wonderful anecdotes & memories that seem to inevitably accompany live performances! Here is a list of my 16 favorite concerts:
1) Smashing Pumpkins 96 (Kemper Arena)
2) Tori Amos 98 (Starlight)
3) Elliott Smith 99 (Bottleneck)
4) Pavement 99 (Granada)
5) Sleater-Kinney 2000 (Bottleneck)
Smashing👇

Day 28 - #music #poetrymatters #november

Another quote off my Pinterest board 😂 but so true! I‘m #grateful for #music. I literally can‘t go a day without listening to some kind of music. It soothes the soul and can lift my mood. Music will always have a place in my life.

#gratitude30

This is totally me... #music #gratitude30

#SevenDaysofLove

Day 6

Love this poetry series

#sundaysurvey

1. Fantasy. Urban or something paranormal usually does the trick
2. Mood. No matter how badly I might want to read a book, if I plan for it I will immediately lose interest
3. I used to play clarinet, flute, organ, piano and keyboard. Probably couldn't play a note on any now though 🤷‍♀️
4. I Wear Speedos 😂😂 I'm not even sorry

https://youtu.be/ZPm3FSTbrQ4

For your listening pleasure #sorrynotsorry 🎶🎵😂😂

@alisonrose

1. For something different; I've been listening to The Ride album, by Nelly Furtado. 🎡
2. Alice In Chains, as I await their upcoming August album, Rainier Fog. 🌂
3. Darkwave Gothic. 🦇
4. I use the free 8tracks app for discovering more music. I'm selective on iTunes, with 300+ songs for my random play iPod. 🎵
#HelloThursday @wanderinglynn

#HelloThursday @wanderinglynn thanks for the tag @kstadt929

1. I‘ve been doing a ton of running lately so I‘m usually listening to some workout jam playlist

2. Ooh, that‘s hard, it changes a lot, currently it‘s probably Torres or TOMI

3. Alternative or pop

4. I subscribe to amazon prime, Spotify, pandora and Apple Music 😂

5. The rest of the #LMPBC crew @ErinSueG @LiteraryinLititz

1) This very moment, the Baby Mozart station on Pandora bc LO is napping. In the car lately? The Mystic & The Muse.
2) I don't really have a particular favorite, but I like Rascal Flatts, some Demi Lovato & Taylor Swift, Chicago (LO LOVES them), Lindie Lila, the guy who did the Harry Potter soundtracks (I'm blanking 😑), Bear McCreary (LO also loves the Outlander soundtrack), The Rogues. Oh, and Albannach!! LOVE them.
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#hellothursday
1. My Pagan/Folk/World playlist
2. Tuatha Dea
3. Lately it‘s been Folk, Jazz, Gypsy Rock, Musicals, & Classical.
4. Nope
5. @Clare-Dragonfly

🎶 I‘m always listening to Metallica-different albums depending on my mood. Or Mumford and Sons-I ❤️ a good banjo!
🎶 Metallica, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, most songs from the 80‘s and 90‘s
🎶Rock, Heavy Metal but I also have a soft spot for musicals like Hello, Dolly, Les Mis, Fiddler on the Roof
🎶I have Prime and am thinking of doing Spotify premium
🎶 @TricksyTails I miss you!♥️♥️

1. I have my own summer playlist that I‘m listening to that includes such gems as Hot In Herre, Drop It Like It‘s Hot, Summer Nights, Summertime...you get the idea! 🌞
2. I‘m all over the place with this one: Imagine Dragons, Maroon 5, Ed Sheeran, Panic! At the Disco, Fitz & the Tantrums, Nirvana, Alice In Chains🎶
3. Pop mostly, but when I do my housewifery, it‘s gangsta rap 👌🏻
4. Nope 👎🏻
5. @MallenNC and @BookaholicNatty 🤗
#HelloThursday

1. I‘m currently listening to a horrible song on loop on my daughter‘s video game, but I‘ve been listening to the Hamilton soundtrack
2. Probably Green Day
3. 90s rock/punk
4. Prime music rocks! I just use basic pandora sometimes
5. Anyone who hasn‘t done this!
@wanderinglynn #hellothursday

#manicmonday

1. Somebody to Love...Its about Freddie Mercury 😍
2. Sooo many...right now im listening to Post Malone but my other faves are Queen, Metallica, Clutch, Type O Negative, Pearl Jam, ughhh so many 😫
3. Prince... hands down. In a close second are Pearl Jam and Chris Cornell. I got to take my son to both and they were his first concerts. I waited 20 years to see Pearl Jam!
4. Bohemian Rapsody by Queen and Space Grass by Clutch

1. The last best one was Born to Run -Bruce Springsteen.
2. Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Ryan Adams, anything Bob Mould (Husker Du, Sugar) are the main 4. But...so many more.
3. Almost all my GD shows....but other than that....Ryan Adams and the Cardinals at Town Hall, NYC Dec 2006. 3 shows, no repeats...so one BIG show. ;)
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#manicmonday @JoScho

How awesome is it that my daughter made this playlist featuring some of MY favorites that i forced her to listen to growing up. #parentingwin #music

I've been so busy lately that my reading has slowed down significantly. This song is me staring at my TBR shelves. #modestmouse #ineedtoreadmorebooks

This was literally the hardest decision ever! I usually refuse to answer people if they ask for my top #5bands but here goes...🎶
✔️Queen
✔️Type O Negative
✔️Clutch
✔️Metallica
✔️Pearl Jam

There are sooo many others like Alice in Chains, Queensryche, Soundgarden....Chris Cornell was one of my favorite voices

This is a tough one @miralunasbooknook! Here goes...
1. Led Zeppelin
2. B52's
3. Dave Matthew's Band
4. Pearl Jam
5. The Police, Duran, Duran, Fleetwood Mac, Depeche Mode, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, (I could keep going and going and going....)
#5bands

I was born in the wrong era 😅 I really enjoy the glorious 70s and 80s music.
🔺Queen - Nobody sings and performs like Freddie
🔺U2
🔺The Rolling Stones
🔺Guns n' Roses - I was smitten with Axl in the early 90s ☺️
🔺Ikimonogakari - the only Japanese band that I truly appreciate for years

#5bands

My #5bands have mostly been in my heart for a very long time. I've seen Toad three times, Tori Amos, R.E.M., and U2 twice, and the Decemberists once. All beautiful memories. Their music brings me joy and peace. Today in particular, "This is Why We Fight" is keeping me going.

@miralunasbooknook

#5bands @miralunasbooknook
1. Dir En Grey (Japanese metal)
2. Motionless in White
3. My Chemical Romance
4. Joy Division
5. Panic at the Disco

#5bands
So I was going to list Bon Jovi as 1-5 😆 because they will always be #1 and my go to.
But, I was able to find all but one of my other favorites in photos with Jon. 💙

1. Bon Jovi
2. Daughtry (saw them in concert with Bon Jovi)
3. Michael Buble aka Mikey Bubbles
4. Pink
5. Maroon 5

Gotta love these 5's!! So these are only a small portion of my favs. Sooooo many to pick from, how do you choose?
#5Bands

* Bon Jovi (always my number 1!)
*Green Day
*Maroon 5
*Brad Paisley (he's hilarious....and look at that smile 😍)
*Backstreet Boys (they will always be one of the main bands for me! And yes I still blast it and sing along, loudly, everytime they come on!!)

@miralunasbooknook

#5bands

This was harder than movies because I love music so much but with DM being my all time favorite, these others came readily to mind.

1) Depeche Mode
2) The Killers
3) The Psychedelic Furs
4) Duran Duran
5) Empire of the Sun

@miralunasbooknook

#5bands

1. Our Lady Peace
2. No Doubt
3. Korn
4. Goo Goo Dolls
5. Green Day

I'm sort of still stuck in the '90s, and my music taste, much like my book taste, is very eclectic.

These "5" lists are fun!

A picture I took yesterday after organising my parent's CDs - so many I had forgotten we owned! 💿💿💿💿

Photo challenges are so much fun! Here is a new twist!! Follow @Cinfhen for this musically bookish challenge and join in the fun!

I'm surprised there's no playlist tag. I can't be the only one who has music going while reading! This has been my reading playlist for a while now. What are yours? #readingplaylist

My pick for #Recommendsday is Music's Spell. I picked this and Jazz Poems up at the Faulkner Bookstore in the French Quarter of New Orleans. I love the themes and formatting of these Everyman's Library Pocket Poets, and as a musician and teacher these themes in particular were so enjoyable! I'm looking forward to picking up more of these little books of poetry.