I'm a busy lady living in East Tennessee with an adventurous appetite and a serious case of wanderlust. My 
Roxy Music Dance Party
I put “Siren” on the record player tonight and had a little dance party with my cat. We lumbered up and limbo’d down. Meow.
Mary Johnson Rockers
One of the highlights of my holiday was getting to see my old friend, Mary Johnson Rockers, who was back in town and performing live on WDVX Blue Plate Special the day after Christmas. Mary is an amazing singer and songwriter, and she is one of the kindest people I’ve ever known. We traveled through Peru together in 2001, and I’m lucky to have shared that experience with someone as remarkable and inspiring as her.
Found out about a record sale at Wild Honey Records in Knoxville (Bearden area) this past weekend and bought up several old LPs and two classic Christmas albums. I’ve had records on since Sunday, and can’t wait to get more vinyl on Thursday during their awesome Thanksgiving sale!
My New Melodica
Got a tip that there was a melodica on sale at Hot Horse in downtown Knoxville. So after today’s “Secret Ingredient” potluck, I drove down and bought myself a present. Well deserved, I might add. :)
The melodica came with a nifty carrying case, so I can take it everywhere! And as soon as I got home with my new instrument, I recorded myself playing a silly tune I made up. (As you listen, imagine yourself walking down a street in Montmartre or unwrapping a Pierrot Gourmand caramel lollipop.)
Can’t wait to write more melodies on this thing.
Drinkify: "Never listen to music alone again."
New favorite site! Simply type in the name of the artist you’re listening to and get an appropriate drink recommendation. Booze and tunes. You can’t go wrong.
That’s right. I’m playing the Tetris theme. I love my stylophone. :)
Music Therapy
The past few days have been rough, so I decided to relieve some of the stress with a little beer and music therapy tonight. I jammed on my stylophone and guitar and sung gibberish into my mic that I plugged into my Behringer Virtualizer.
Yeah, I’m so rock ‘n’ roll.
I took a break to play around with my stylophone. Here’s Lia’s riff of the day from “Kids” by MGMT.
Okay, guess it’s back to work…
