TOT - music

It’s TOT time again, and frankly I’m embarrassed that I haven’t updated this blog with all that has been actually happening. There are Philly eats to be posted (photos still pending) and birthday parties galore (photos still pending) and holy Jeebus life has been packed to the gills with goings on. Packed. (Remember my calendar? The appointments have doubled) So instead of writing a real post about all those goings on, I’m going to answer a bunch of fun questions about my music preferences thanks to Chelsea – because the fun couldn’t stop at 10, here is this week’s Eleven on Tuesday.


1. Do you listen to the radio in your car? If so, what type of station do you like? I listen to all sorts of things. Lately I’ve been on an NPR kick, but when that gets too depressing I listen to the local pop station (all the hits, none of the rap) or 90s alternative on satellite radio.

2. What is the best concert you have ever attended? The second time I saw James Taylor, I cried. I’ve seen him three times, and he’s fantastic, completely fantastic. Number two would be when hubby and I drove to North Carolina to see TMBG; also fabulous (I’ve seen them 17 times). I’m eclectic.

3. What is the most embarrassing concert you have ever attended? Ha. The two times I saw NKOTB when I was young? When I saw them again 2 years ago? I went to a Sum 41 concert about 6 years ago with a friend, and I’m pretty sure at 25 I was the oldest person there save for the parents who had brought their tweens.

4. If you could have the singing voice of anyone in the world, who would it be? I’d say James Taylor, but then it would be weird – like when Princess Vespa on Space Balls was singing Nobody Knows like a man …

5. You’re auditioning for American Idol. What song do you sing? I don’t, I point and laugh.

6. If your previous weekend had its own soundtrack, what would be a few of the songs? The Thomas the Tank Engine song, Happy Birthday, and a lot of Beatles.

7. Most annoying television show theme song ever: Sherry Lewis and Lamb chop sing along. Three's Company is a close second. Come on, knock on my door ...

8. Are you and your significant other music-compatible? Mostly, although I’ll branch out into newer music that he’s pretty certain is all crap. And he might be right, but it’s fun.

9. A song that brings me back to middle school: I Swear, by All 4 One

10. A song that brings me back to high school: Sugar Magnolia by Grateful Dead. I was a bit of an alterna-hippie.

11. A guilty pleasure song (or three): Pretty much anything on that pop music station: Kei$ha, Gaga, etc etc etc.