Something next to normal, that's the thing I'd like to try

Topic for today comes from mcmegan: Who was your favorite concert you've seen/who is your ultimate concert bucket lister?

Oooooh, favorite concert is a toss-up between (don't judge me) Hootie and the Blowfish and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

I must have been around 12 years old or so when I saw Hootie. And it was completely unexpected, too. We were on a family vacation in Charleston, which is where they're from, and I happened to spot a flyer for a concert that just happened to be on our last night there. And I begged and pleaded with my parents to see if we could get tickets, and we did, and I was SO EXCITED OMG because they were one of my favorite bands ever when I was twelve whatever they still are. In fact, I still have the T-shirt I bought at that concert, even though it surely doesn't fit me anymore.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra was when I was in college, maybe? Or a little after, I'm not totally sure. Anyway, they do a tour every year during the Christmas season, and it just so happened that one of my dad's friends worked at the Wachovia Center (or whatever they're calling it these days) so we were able to get VIP tickets with an employee discount. If you've never seen them in concert, I totally recommend it, because they put on a spectacular show.

As for a bucket list... hmmmm, I'm not sure I really have one? I've never been a big concert person. In fact, most of the concerts I've been to, I stumbled upon without much planning, lol. So, you tell me - who MUST I see live? Who are you dying to see? And what was your favorite concert?

Music meme, snagged from alwaysjbj:

1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, iPod, etc. on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write that song name down no matter how silly it sounds.

I dunno, this seems a little bit pointless, but I was thinking about doing another iPod Roulette post anyway, so I suppose we might as well include random questions.

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You know what pisses me off? When people leave their shit in the dryer for FORTY-FIVE MINUTES after it's finished. Meanwhile, my clothes are finished washing and have NO PLACE TO GO. Fuck you.

In other news, my apartment smells like lemon cookies. I don't know why this is so, but it's making me hungry.

I'm listening to Christian Kane's new songs, which I bought awhile ago, but forgot about and rediscovered in the big transfer of music from the old computer to the new one. I like them, but I can't help thinking that "House Rules" sounds like it should be in a beer commercial. Is it just me?

Why have I never heard of Less Than Perfect?? In response to my Zac Levi post yesterday, dragonflylady77 linked me to this, which led me to THIS, and now I NEED THIS SHOW.

Also, See Jane Date is now in my queue. What can I say? I'm easy.

Gakked from sevvy_o.

* Step 1: Put your playlist on random.
* Step 2: Post the first line from the first 10 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
* Step 3: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.

I did the same thing she did and did 20 just for fun, and also took out instrumentals and showtunes.

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In this post, I asked for topics to write about, and bendy1 asked me to talk about music. I fear this will be somewhat boring, as I don't exactly keep up on new or popular music. Seriously, I still listen to some of the same bands I liked in middle school (but then again, I also listen to the Beatles, which my parents liked in middle school). If you're hoping to get good music recommendations, this is probably not the place.

I never listen to the radio anymore, except occasionally talk radio. Mostly, I listen to CDs in the car, and my iPod the rest of the time. I've never watched MTV or VH1 (do they still do music? it seems like all reality shows these days), and MySpace frightens me. I don't know where else people find bands, so I only listen to what I stumble across accidentally.

Most of my new music lately has come from TV shows. I went through a serious West Wing phase in college and tracked down a bunch of songs from there, which makes for a very eclectic collection, ranging from Yo-Yo Ma to Bif Naked to Jeff Buckley. I also got a ton of stuff from Buffy and Veronica Mars, which were probably up-and-coming bands at the time, but as both those shows are now canceled, I'm sure I'm woefully outdated.

My iPod is probably pretty embarrassing for other people to listen to. Aside from audio books, which totally kill the shuffle momentum, I've got things on there I don't even want to listen to (Clay Aiken?? Dashboard Confessional? Really?), but for some reason I never delete anything. I have a lot of musical soundtracks on there, because I enjoy belting out off-key songs from Rent or Wicked while I'm doing the dishes or cleaning the apartment. I can only hope it annoys my neighbors, as payback for their absurdly loud TV watching.

Just for kicks, I decided to do that thing where you put your iPod or iTunes on random and list the first 20 songs that come up. Here's mine under the cut.

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Feel free to leave music recommendations in the comments.