Tag Archives: old school friday

Old School Friday, Saturday

A bro­ken wrist having kept me from snow­boar­ding I went out this after­noon to cap­ture a copy of Shut­ter Island. I dis­like seeing films based on books I haven’t read, and Shut­ter Island looks like a must see for me.
In a week full of news of home grown terro­rism in Ala­bama (by way of Har­vard),

Inspiration on Old School Friday

The theme for Old School Fri­day this week is songs that ins­pire.
I was lucky to have seen this musician/artist a cou­ple of times when I lived in NY. What if God Were One of Us is pro­bably her best known song, though she doesn’t tend to do much pop. Though I loved the gui­tar

Make Me Smile On Old School Friday

The theme on this old school fri­day is Makes Me Smile.
From the time I was around 9 or 10, thanks to my father’s collec­tion, this has been the one. I’m sure I’ve pos­ted this here before, but it is what it is. It makes me smile.
My First My Last My Everything, Barry White.

OSF spon­so­red by Con­ver­sa­tions With Marva

A Complicated Good Riddance on Old School Friday

It’s Old School Fri­day and the theme this week is “song you detest but know all the words to”.
Cer­tainly detest is rather harsh word for music, but Good Rid­dance comes to mind. This song pla­yed ad nau­seam throughout high school, even though it was totally uncool to like Green Day because they had been