Blogs are so passe and pretentious. Oh well, here's my blog about music that's stuck in my head when I wake up in the mornings along with adventures of the Cash family and wacky wacky crazy wacky shenanigans.
Showing posts with label Ingrid Michaelson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ingrid Michaelson. Show all posts
I'm sorry to anyone who was looking forward to some posts this weekend. The truth is, that music was playing in my head both Saturday and Sunday but it was music I had already shared here- so you can thank me for not being redundantly redundant.
IT'S TIME FOR A BLOG CONTEST!!!!
I've collected enough songs over the last few months for a compilation, which will include today's song from Ingrid Michaelson:
My family loves her music. My kids always sing along, and I'll admit to tapping my foot along to her catchy music.
FIRST, HERE ARE THE RULES- To enter the contest, simply comment on this post- and this is what I want to know: If you had to go the rest of your lift listening to one album only, what would it be? Greatest hits albums don't count, you must say an actual studio album. If you lie, and say something to sound cool, like Pink Floyd's "The Wall" when really you meant something by Abba or Barry Manilow, then you will be disqalified. If, for some odd reason you're unable to post comments because blogger is weird, then email me directly to cashbrady@gmail.com
SECOND, HERE ARE THE AMAZING ITEMS THE RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNER WILL RECEIVE (THERE IS ONLY ONE WINNER THIS TIME):
PRIZE NUMBER 1
A compilation Disc, "The Best of the Songs Stuck in Brady's Head, Volume 5" This is my oddest compilation yet, but I think it may be my favorite so far.
PRIZE NUMBER 2
A bag of Hi-Chew candies. The greatest candy there is.
PRIZE NUMBER 3
Your very own thesongsstuckinmyhead.blogspot.com T-shirt with original artwork of that one relative you have who has a mustache and drinks too much. Just in time for Thanksgiving, where said relative will drink too much at your Thanksgiving dinner. Wear it with pride.
Remember, if you enter the contest and I don't know who you are, be sure to leave and email or twitter name so that I can find you to tell you that you've won. I will ship prizes internationally too for anyone out of the US who dares to enter.
If you don't enter the contest, you are missing out, but if you want to do something kind, share this link so other free loaders can find out about the free stuff I'm giving away. There is a share button below.
CONTEST DRAWING WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY NOVEMBER 24TH AT 10:00 P.M. GOOD LUCK.
Here is song number 3 for the week, from Ingrid Michaelson. Here is the YouTube video, and as with the other songs this week, I will have the video up as soon as we have it ready.
Also, it looks like I've compiled enough songs to do another compilation disc. That means there will be another amazing-zing-zing-zing giveaway-away-away-away (those are loud speaker echo sounds) so look for next post for that. Maybe you'll win something unbelievable...
Last night I had a great time at my brother-in-law's wedding. I usually have a hard time at weddings because I find the details of the wedding so expensive and trivial. It seems at weddings that the color of all the dresses or the extravagant cake becomes of more importance than the fact that two people are in love and want to be together.
I was a groomsman at the wedding. As such, I was given a vest, pants and asked to buy a pair of shoes. When I showed up, I had bought the wrong color of shoes. I was worried that somehow I would ruin the wedding for not having the right color *gasp* and that I would somehow disappoint my brother-in-law. I fretted about it all day, not wanting to let anybody down. I found myself trying to somehow hide my shoes during the pictures of the groomsmen, and shying away as people wanted to talk to me.
Finally, the moment came when I had to apologize to the groom for the shoes. When I told him I was sorry, he looked at me, almost laughing, and told me it wasn't a big deal. AND he was right.
Later that night, as I watched him dance with his beautiful new wife for the first time, I realized that I was the one trivializing the wedding, and because he was feeling the true spirit of what weddings are about it wasn't a big deal to him.
My kids sang this song at the wedding dinner. They did a great job, and this is a great love song. Its lyrics are simple and sincere. Incidentally, this has been running through my head all day. Watching my brother get married, I was reminded again of my own wedding. How lucky I am to have someone in my life who loves me for the way I am too.
