Steve Terrell has forwarded to me a blog chain letter. Now what I always do with chain letters is break the chain. And while, I know, that means I have passed up endless opportunities at good fortune, nothing drastic has come my way as a result yet either (I don’t think).
But a blog chain letter is different. It’s public. If you break the chain it will be known to all. When an asteroid hits the earth or Antarctica melts I could be held responsible and possibly even face litigation. So I fear I must respond to Steve.
Besides I like Steve’s blog and I’m flattered he included me.
The last CD I bought was: Madeleine Peyroux, Careless Love — but I bought it at Borders, not Starbucks so I will not be held to ridicule
Song playing right now: “This Cowboy Song,” Sting; just before: “Little Shoes,” Leo Kottke — the best part of blogging BTW is friends, but the next best part is iTunes while you blog (I have 6089 tracks on shuffle play)
Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me: I’m going to cheat a little on this. Jill, official oldest daughter of NewMexiKen, made me a couple of mix CDs when I was last visiting her, and I’ve been listening to them a lot. So I will pick a few from the 40 tracks — some that I found surprising, that I liked more than I would have guessed.
- “I’ve Been Everywhere.” Johhny Cash — pure Americana, pure Johnny, sounds like he was having fun, and I’m sure Tom Petty and the band were
- “You Were Meant for Me,” Jewel — I knew who Jewel is and certainly had heard this song before, but it is such a great song
- “Just A Ride,” Jem — a lot of good advice in that riff
- “Hey Ya!” OutKast — a very useful song while doing 90 on an Interstate, and pop music was invented for driving — “shake it like a Polaroid picture”
- “Pony,” Kasey Chambers — this one isn’t on the mix CDs, but I like this song and they way it’s sung, little girlie voice or not, and I have played it a lot
Five people to whom I’m passing the baton (and who I hope forgive me): Well, the last time I did pass something along to bloggers only one of the three responded, so I am feeling a little uneasy. I am going to contact five and ask if they’re interested. If they are, or when they blog it, I will add the link here.
Thanks. I was not sure I was supposed to mention that you were the chainmailer: I can edit and mention if you like.
http://americasoutback.typepad.com/blog/2005/05/they_get_chainm.html