New Music Tuesdays

I've never been much of a music afficiando. Most of the stuff I listen to has been dished out to me over the radio and I never felt compelled to OWN a ton of cds. I remember as a kid, going with my older sister, Karen, and watching her peruse the record albums. (If you don't know what those are, go away! You're too young to read my blog!) She'd stock up on Elton John, Van Halen (not Van Hagar! lol) and other albums now classified as classic rock. By the time she moved out, she had a shitload of albums in her collection. I wonder what she's done with them?

But not me. Every once in a while I'd join a music club to whore 10-15 cds and then drop it as soon as I could. I always hated wasting $10-15 on an entire CD when I knew I'd only like a couple of the songs on it. Tracy Chapman comes to mind after buying that for the one song, Give Me One Reason. Soundtracks are my favorites because they usually have a nice variety on them. After all, I like everything from metal (Def Leppard is metal, right?), NONgansta rap (Will Smith, Outkast), jazz (Michael Buble), classical (Josh Groban), alternative (All American Rejects, Weezer) and pop (Justin Timberlake, Christina Aquilara, Pussy Cat Dolls). I liked Michael Jackson when he was still a black, HUMAN being. I love Dean Martin but not Frank Sinatra. Give me Rascal Flatts and I'm happy! I'm a schizophrenic music lover!

For Christmas, my husband made the grave mistake of buying me an iPod nano. There goes that New Year's resolution to stop spending money! Hello, New Music Tuesday! I now waste hours online scoping out new songs to download. Just yesterday, I bought Kool and the Gangs Greatest Hits. (Get down on it, baby! I was reliving jr. high and my brief stint as a pom-pom girl. Up until about 10 years ago, I could have still done the "Celebration" routine for you.) I also bought Candyman by Christina Aquilara and the entire album from The Last Kiss. Told you I loved soundtracks!

PS: Zach Braff is so "on my card"