November 18, 2003

  • I've been exploring topics through gnutella. That is, I wanted to make mix CDs of songs about life, home, death...

    This was inspired by my new theme song, which I heard on KUOW's 'Swing Years And Beyond,' spun by the inimitable Amanda Wilde. (Can it be her real name?)

    She played a version of 'Life Is So Peculiar' by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters. I couldn't find that recording on gnutella, but I did find a version by Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan, which you can listen to if you click here.

    I actually liked the Bing/Andrews version better, because it was more orchestrated. And somehow it's far more surreal hearing Bing Crosby singing the words: "When I get up in the morning there's nothing to breathe but air/And when I look in the mirror there's nothing to comb but hair."