coffee break

last weekend amidst the torrential rain/storm, i sat in front of my laptop and decided to to a late spring cleaning of my own. i forced myself to go over 5,000+ of mp3s, sort them, put album cover, create playlist and burn my other cds to mp3. it’s a tiring process, specially the opms that i just can’t do a right click » download album cover on using itunes. i need to do a manual search on google images for most of the album covers, specially the indie and world genre. my guess is that itunes only have an image database of popular music.

i have almost have all genre of music excluding 1, the heavy metal. i have classical, indie, pop, r&b, world, grunge, jazz, pop, acid, and other kinds of music but i can’t really stand heavy metal music. the closest i have is the soundtrack of queen of the damned. i can’t stand shouting and squealing guitars mimicking the violin’s range.

i realized i’ve amassed so much house/trance/techno/chillout music through the years, like 35 cds worth. mostly dj tiesto, hed kandi and paul van dyk. i don’t listen to them that much except for the chillout and lounge when i want to just hang out in my room and lay flat on my bed. the oldest artist i have in my  songbook is ella fitzgerald and judy garland. i love the old sound, the jazz throwback, soulful voices. though i appreciate contemporary jazz of harry connick jr., julia fordham and diana krall but nothing beats the oldies, the brat pack era. but what i am most proud of is my collection of broadway and kantahanl soundtracks, specially rodger and hammerstein’s south pacific and  a chorus line, original cast of course!

it took me the whole 2 days to somewhat get my itunes and ipod organized. i’m having difficulty with the genre and duplicate songs; soundtracks and compilations are hell and creates duplicates of songs. hopefully next generation of itunes will allow users to assign a song to multiple albums.

listening to:
A Chorus Line : Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love

it’s friday the 13th and i’m feeling generous. having finished seasons 3 and 4 of will and grace in dvd, i heeded to jack’s advice, gay it forward.

so here’s the quintesential gay icon, barbra streisand, with her essentials collection.

Disk 1

• A Sleepin’ Bee
• Cry Me A River
• I Stayed Too Long At The Fair
• Lover Come Back To Me
• People
• My Man
• Second Hand Rose
• He Touched Me
• Don’t Rain On My Parade
• Happy Days Are Here Again
• On A Clear Day
• Stoney End
• Since I Fell For You
• What Are You Doing The Rest Of
• The Way We Were
• All In Love Is Fair
• Lazy Afternoon
• Evergreen
• My Heart Belongs To Me
• You Don’t Bring Me Flowers
• The Main Event_Fight
• No More Tears

Disk 2

• Woman In Love
• Guilty
• Comin’ In And Out Of Your Life
• Memory
• Papa, Can You Hear Me_
• A Piece Of Sky
• Putting It Together
• Not While I’m Around
• Somewhere
• All I Ask Of You
• Children Will Listen
• As If We Never Said Goodbye
• I Finally Found Someone
• Tell Him
• I’ve Dreamed Of You
• Someday My Prince Will Come
• You’ll Never Walk Alone

can you get any gayer than barbra? abangan!

p.s. after checking the layout of this entry in my site, it suddenly dawned on me that my links on the random thoughts section are all practicing alternative lifestyles. though i didn’t setup my link category that way, it came out like so. life has a funny way of organizing.

i have a renewed love with lisa stansfield. i grew up listening to her during my high school and early college days before the sudden shift in music trend to grunge. i like the tone in her voice and her brand of music; reminds me of a warm, lazy sunday morning, with of steaming hot coffee and  croissant with cream cheese. i like music that i can sing with, breezy and cool and totally takes me to another place. i would classify her music as the type i would play on a long drive or by the beach with a good book.

i first got hooked with her after listening to the affection album, all around the world. i don’t know why but until now i love this song. the beat is just perfect and easy on the ears, it doesn’t lull me to sleep but doesn’t make me jump around and start shaking my ass. the lyrics is just as inspiring as she sings it with a hint of jazz. but my favorite of all her album that i have (i have her first 4) is the lisa stansfield. her music has matured and she just glow. my favorite cuts in this album are never, never gonna give you up and real thing. may sound cheesy but i like how the songs talk about love and and not letting it go. though most of her sound is about love, but these 2 combined with infectious melody and good lyrics stood out.

i miss the old times when they release 4-8 singles per album as oppose to today’s 3 singles per album.

dear u.s. readers,

please vote for david cook as your american idol. he is hott, talented, visionary and most of all, hott. we need hott artist. i have nothing against david archuleta but he seemed to me, coming fresh straight from high school kantahanl. have you seen cook’s transformation into a star? i mean style wise? he’s becoming a superstar everyday! he’s comfortable with tailored jeans, dress shirts, dress shoes. i can’t imagine an american idol in tees, please.

to remind you his kantahanlity and innate talent, here is always be my baby.

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