Olympia Playlist

We are heading up to Olympia, Washington to visit Gary's parents, sister, niece and nephew over the weekend. I thought we might need some traveling music, so I put together a playlist. There is a theme, see if you can guess it.

Artist	Title	Album
Sittin In The Rain	The Underdogs	25 Years Of Kiwi Rock Volume 1
Kentucky Rain	Elvis Presley	2nd To None
Rain King	Counting Crows	Across a Wire - Live in New York - MTV Live From the 10 Spot
Box Of Rain	Grateful Dead	American Beauty
Southern Rain	Cowboy Junkies	Black-Eyed Man
No Rain	Blind Melon	Blind Melon
Naked in the Rain	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Blood Sugar Sex Magik
After the Rain Has Fallen	Sting	Brand New Day
Box of Rain	The Other Ones	Bridge School Benefit 2002
Feels Like Rain	Buddy Guy	Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy
Another Song About The Rain	Cracker	Cracker
Louisiana Rain	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	Damn the Torpedoes
Rain When I Die	Alice in Chains	Dirt
Rain	Madonna	Erotica
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35	Bob Dylan	Essential Bob Dylan
Be The Rain	Neil Young & Crazy Horse	Greendale
Rainy Days and Mondays	Cracker	If I Were a Carpenter
Rain Shower	Olu Dara	In the World: From Natchez to New York
Pocketful Of Rainbows	Elvis Presley	Jerry Maguire
Save It For A Rainy Day	The Jayhawks	KFOG Live from the Archives 10
Still Rainin'	Johnny Lang	KFOG Live from the Archives 6
Rain	Patty Griffin	KFOG Live from the Archives 9
A Little Fall Of Rain	Frances Ruffelle, Michael Ball	Les Miserables (1985 Original London Cast)
Pencil Rain	They Might Be Giants	Lincoln
Rainy Day Blues (Featuring Jonny Lang)	Willie Nelson	Milk Cow Blues
I Can't Stand The Rain	Commitments	Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Who'll stop the rain	Bruce Springsteen	New York City Night June 26, 1993
After the Rain	Ottmar Liebert	Nouveau Flamenco 1990-2000 Special Edition
It's Rainin' Again	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	Playback CD4: The Other Sides
Rain	The Cult	Pure Cult: The Singles 1984-1995
Purple Rain	Prince	Purple Rain
Iko Iko	The Belle Stars	Rain Man Soundtrack
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain	Willie Nelson	Red Headed Stranger (remastered)
Red Rain	Peter Gabriel	Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats
Rain Jam	G. Love & Special Sauce	The Electric Mile
Easy As The Rain	The Little Willies	The Little Willies
Rainbow	G. Love & Jack Johnson	Thicker Than Water
The Sun And The Rain	Madness	Total Madness: The Very Best of Madness
Pouring Rain	Fishbone	Truth and Soul
Rain	Rusted Root	When I Woke
Looks Like Rain	Grateful Dead	Without a Net
Shadows In The Rain	Police	Zenyatta Mondatta

Busy week of shows

We have had a busy week of going to shows.

On Tuesday we went to our first show of the season at the Hollywood Bowl: Carmina Burana. It's a very commonly used dramatic classical work which appears in tons of movies, tv shows and commercials. We kept getting the name wrong (carmono burano, cabana banana, Carmen Miranda, etc), my favorite version of the name was "Captain Banana".

We sat up higher at the Hollywood Bowl than we had before and noticed that you can see both the Hollywood Sign and the Ford Theatre from the cheap seats, quite a nice view. We had a great time at the show, but the strangest part was that right at the beginning of the main piece there were a few clouds in the sky and it actually rained lightly for about 10 minutes. Amazing... the absolute last thing we expected. It never rains in July here.


Then on Wednesday we went to The Drowsy Chaperone downtown at the Ahmanson. It's a "musical within a comedy".

Neither of us had a good idea what to expect and had not read up on the story. We really had a great time though and enjoyed the play thoroughly. A hilarious musical with some good songs also. A little bit for everyone, highly recommended.

paris playlist

We leave for Paris tomorrow. For the trip i decided to make a playlist for our iPods. I tried to find typically "frenchy" music. It was kind of fun, hunting around. I bought a few songs off Amazon, now that they offer DRM free mp3 songs. Some of the songs we already had, and Les gave helping hand. I also drew from a couple of similar playlists I found;
* Postcards from the Trail
* The Best Trip Ever

I've got a whole pile of stuff in here, I tried to be a bit eclectic, but still include music which was familiar. So here we are, the playlist for Paris.

#	Artist	Title	Album
1	Madeleine Peyroux	You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go	Careless Love
2	Edith Piaf	La Vie En Rose	La Vie En Rose
3	Shawn Colvin	You And The Mona Lisa	A Few Small Repairs
4	Pink Martini	Veronique	Hang on Little Tomato
5	Eartha Kitt	Under the Bridges of Paris	That Bad Eartha
6	baguette quartette	en douce	Putumayo Presents French Cafe
7	Diana Krall	Let's Fall in Love	Live in Paris
8	Paris Combo	Touriste d'une Vie	Motifs
9	Nat King Cole	Mona Lisa (2003 Digital Remaster)	The World Of Nat King Cole - His Very Best
10	Pink Martini	Sympathique	Sympathique
11	Toots Thielemans	Sous Le Ciel De Paris (Live)	Chez Toots
12	Paris Combo	Reflet	Motifs
13	Feist	1234	The Reminder
14	Toots Thielemans	Ne Me Quitte Pas	Chez Toots
15	Edith Piaf	L'Etranger	La Vie En Rose
16	georges brassens	je m'suis fait tout petit	Putumayo Presents French Cafe
17	Lee Phillips	Mona Lisa - Grant	KFOG Live from the Archives 11 (Disc 1)
18	Diana Krall	Maybe You'll Be There	Live in Paris
19	Camille	Le Festin	Ratatouille
20	Jimmy Buffett	Last Mango In Paris	Meet Me In Margaritaville (Disc 1)
21	Toots Thielemans	La Vie En Rose	Chez Toots
22	Eartha Kitt	Je Cherche Un Homme	Something's Gotta Give
23	Toots Thielemans	Moulin Rouge (Live)	Chez Toots
24	Count Basie	April In Paris	Verve's Grammy Winners
25	jane birkin	elaeudanla téïtéïa	Putumayo Presents French Cafe
26	Louis Armstrong	La Vie En Rose	The Essence Of Louis Armstrong
27	Madeleine Peyroux	J'Ai Deux Amours	Careless Love
28	Diana Krall	I've Got You Under My Skin	Live in Paris
29	Ella Fitzgerald	I Love Paris	The Complete Songbooks: The Cole Porter Songbook- Disc 2
30	Paris Combo	High, Low, In	Motifs
31	Jimmy Buffett	He Went To Paris	Meet Me In Margaritaville (Disc 2)
32	polo	la fée clochette	Putumayo Presents French Cafe
33	Toots Thielemans	For My Lady	Chez Toots
34	Paris Combo	Etoile Pâle	Motifs
35	Grateful Dead	France	Shakedown Street
36	sanseverino	mal ô mains	Putumayo Presents French Cafe
37	Nat King Cole	Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup (2003 Digital Remaster)	The World Of Nat King Cole - His Very Best
38	Madeleine Peyroux	Don't Wait Too Long	KFOG Live from the Archives 12
39	Etta James	There Is No Greater Love	Blue Gardenia
40	Diana Krall	Devil May Care	Live in Paris
41	mathieu boogaerts	ondulé	Putumayo Presents French Cafe
42	Edith Piaf	J'Ai Dansè Avec L'Amour	La Vie En Rose
43	Pink Martini	Dansez-vous	Hang on Little Tomato
44	Madeleine Peyroux	Dance Me to the End of Love	Careless Love
45	Eartha Kitt	C'est Si Bon (It's So Good)	That Bad Eartha
46	Madeleine Peyroux	Careless Love	Careless Love
47	Geno Delafose and French Rockin Boogie	Bye Bye Mon Neg	Putumayo Presents: Zydeco
48	Pink Martini	Autrefois	Hang on Little Tomato
49	Paris Combo	Aquarium	Motifs
50	Charlie Parker	April In Paris	Bird: The Original Recordings of Charlie Parker
51	barbara	si la photo est bonne	Putumayo Presents French Cafe