Filler

I think of all kinds of great stuff to write about during the day, but I'm human and most is either forgotten or I just can't find the time or effort to post about it by the evening. Those who know me are aware of my infatuation with Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan. There are certainly many other notables, as I really love music, but those two are my top pair. If they ever did a duet I might just, well, it could be a messy situation.

So, to supplement my usual ramblings, I intend to toss in an occasional video with or without thoughts. I'll try to be diverse, but this serves as your warning: Chicks and pianos ahead. The music holds much more meaning than the videos to me. I'm searching out the videos because YouTube is much more convenient than trying to embed songs here. So if the video is corny, just close your eyes and hopefully the music will carry you away.


I'm starting you out with an "oldie."

Vox


From Sarah's first album "Touch" before she became very popular (with her third album "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy").

New found music love

I used to have "lifetime upgrades" and a yearly subscription to MusicMatch Jukebox and MusicMatch radio. I used it not only for the Jukebox, but for all of my online radio listening. It was a great product, but slowly became stagnant after being bought out by Yahoo! Music. I didn't care for that too much. I didn't like the deletion of some of their best features and having every aspect of my actions tightly woven into all of Yahoo's crapware.

So, for a couple of years I have suffered along using Winamp and (gasp!) Windows Media Player, but that really hasn't filled the custom-content internet radio gap left behind by MusicMatch's once glorious service. A few months ago, however, my boss tipped me onto Pandora Radio. I checked it out briefly and then forgot about it. Several weeks later one of my other lovely internet timekillers, Stumbleupon, dropped me there again. Now I'm in love again. I have customized a few stations for different moods, and you're welcome to check them out. Here's my profile: http://www.pandora.com/people/randy306

Not only is it a free service, but my favorite Firefox add-on, Adblock Plus (along with the Filterset. G updater), blocks out all of the annoying ads that fund the site beautifully. Yeah, I almost feel a little guilty, but I'm throwing them all some free advertising right here, so it balances out I guess.