"11:59" by Blondie

The record store I bought the Parallel Lines album at was here almost 40 years ago

I still remember buying the "Parallel Lines" album at a new record store on 27th and Washinton Blvd. in Ogden.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL0hnnkOn4A
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=209TOGj6aQM
YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijzXhgi-0ck

"Walkin' After Midnight" by Patsy Cline

I love all the magnets they have in Cahoots

Once again so weird I've never posted this song before.  This is my favorite Patsy Cline song.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsRNCvHXHHU
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWeCdxZlU5E
YouTube (lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owpdDjsErA4
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgGI-HOQZBk

"Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS

SueZQ, Amy, Julia and I went to see "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" last night. It was awesome!  I *LOVED* IT!!!  I had to hold back my tears (of happiness) at the end.  I'm so happy I can cry again!  There were so many months this year that I couldn't cry, no matter how much I wanted to.  It was so weird!  I'm so happy that I don't have to worry about Testosterone anymore!

I have found so much joy in life!  I've had several good cries lately thinking how wonderful my life is now.  It is like I'm living in a fairy tale!  I wish I could somehow share my joy with other transgender people who are struggling.  I'm living proof that you can be transgender AND have a wonderful life!!

Anyway, it was snowing when we got out of the theater, so we drove home on Redwood Road.  I saw a billboard for Salt Lake Community College (I think) and it said something about having wings.  It reminded me of a line from this song:  "'cause we all have wings, but some of us don't know why".  Neither of us could remember what song it was from.

It came to me, in the middle of the night, that it was INXS, but I thought the title was "Two Worlds Collided".  I had to get out of bed and look it up on YouTube.  It was of course this song.

In the morning I discovered a note on the bathroom mirror from SueZQ, saying it was "Never Tear Us Apart".  She told me later that it had come to her in the middle of the night too and she also thought the title was "Two Worlds Collide".  So she got up in the middle of the night to look it up on the Internet too.  Too funny!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyZU4iNRdsM

"Blowin' Smoke" by Kacey Musgraves

Happened across another Kacey Musgraves song tonight.  I love her songs and her videos are always fun!  I ordered the vinyl of her "Same Trailer Different Park" album on Amazon for $7.99.  That seems like such a bargain compared to the usual price of new vinyl records for $25.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEsEUpk5rU8

"Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" by Chris Isaak

We got carried away today at a couple of the Shop Small events. Of course one of them was Retro Betty one of my favorite shops in the world, how could we resist?  Anyway, we got a little carried away, so I was thinking tonight Baby did a bad, bad thing!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPZQ7ZLy3MI
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfqZabPvqxc

"My Happiness" by Johnny Francis

Liner Notes quote on "The Very Best of Connie Francis" album

I love reading the liner notes on these old albums.  Of course they are trying to sell the albums.  The "She is, without doubt, the most popular girl singer in just about any country you can name." quote was pretty surprising as I only remember a few of the songs on the album.  That must have been a short lived moment in time.

I was also bothered by the "girl singer", while that is true it sounds funny.  I would have considered her a "woman singer"...  but that sounds funny too.  I think "female singer" would have been better.  The record industry was very male oriented in those days.

So when I typed the title for this blog post I typed her name but looked at the record to make sure I typed her last name right.  But later when I looked at the blog title I had typed '"My Happiness" by Johnny Francis', WEIRD!

Looking at her in the Live TV/Dick Clark video I would definitely not call her a girl!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNqhAI-3XPs
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGGQPr9Fij4
YouTube (Live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWyV2f2N1lo

"Goodnight Saigon" by Billy Joel

I had a revelation this morning somewhere around 4:30 A.M. (insomnia... sigh!).  Anyway, I have more to be thankful for than ever before!  Because I have more wonderful, loving people in my life than ever before!

Just the other night at the TDOR I felt all the love in the LGBTQ community.  But I also feel love from many, many straight cis-gender people.  Love is the key!  Love is beautiful!  Love is light!  Love is joy!

I actually feel bad for those people who hate!  All that darkness...

SueZQ says now the we have orange Hitler and his racist friends we are headed for a civil war or even World War III.  I hope not, but the line "we'll all go down together" popped into my head.  Another awesome song by Billy Joel...

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjzjhl-QztE

"Good Time Charlie" by Rita Wilson

I found this while looking at yesterday's song and I love this version.  I think I might like it better than the original.  You know I'm a sucker for a beautiful female voice!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNAmZXaTUjI

"Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues" by Danny O'keefe

Another 45 I found in the stack.  I've always loved this song, I guess I'm not alone.  I was surprised by how many cover versions of this song there were.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YP3pIPp8P8
YouTube (live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FALsYK6ONTs

Cover versions:

YouTube (Elvis Presley): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk4eQTVNTaw
YouTube (Willie Nelson): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utYypn7ueAA
YouTube (Waylon Jennings): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dse6a-wFXDs
YouTube (Dwight Yoakam): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZNmFR19m_I
YouTube (Alison Krauss): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9k_yW8PFiw
YouTube (Leon Russell): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apal3VnZpPo
YouTube (B.J. Thomas): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2j-fat9CvA
YouTube (Charlie Rich): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT_y-gzRu4c

There is one more that I'm going to save for tomorrow...

"Right Here, Right Now" by Jesus Jones

I was thinking this morning that this moment, "right here, right now" is the best, happiest I've ever been in my entire life.  Even with the Trumpnado disaster looming... I don't know... I like to believe some good can come out of all this.

The other day SueZQ suggested we make T-shirts that say Trump's real slogan is "Make America great again for straight white male Christians".  I would add to that "Fuck everybody else!".

I just watched the Saturday Night Live "Donald Trump Prepares Cold Open and it is so hilarious I almost fell out of my chair several times because I was laughing so hard:

YouTube (SNL): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUWSLlz0Fdo

So, despite all of this, I still see the beauty and love in the world (like last night at the TDOR)!  We all just have to stick together, love each other and make sure we have each other's backs!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN42nLpQvM8
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rlQqWbp7rY

"The Power Of Love" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

I went to the TDOR  (Transgender Day of Remembrance) ceremony at the Utah Pride Center this evening.  It was a very nice ceremony but always very sad.  We had over 200 names of transgender people killed this year.  And, as someone pointed out, that doesn't even include murders that weren't reported, weren't identified as transgender.  Such a tragic loss of life!!  Just because they wanted to live an authentic life, their life was taken from them. And, as was also pointed out, very often those lives are taken in most horrific ways!  I don't even want to repeat some of the brutal ways many transgender lives have been taken.

Anyway, on the way home I was listening to 103.1 The Wave and this song came on.  It felt perfect to hear that song tonight, it started me thinking about the power of love.

First I want to say thank you to all of the wonderful transgender community here in Utah and our allies.  You are all amazing and wonderful!  You have shown me the power of love!  It is so awesome having such a loving and supportive community here in Utah!  I never expected to find so many loving people here in Utah and I am so thankful you are here.  I love you all!!

And also I hope the power of love also eventually overcomes the hate directed at our community by the religious right.  I'll say it again: is that what Jesus would do?

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyoTvgPn0rU
YouTube (extended): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLw_K-W3GNE

"Forget Me Nots" by Patrice Rushen

Another fun 45 RPM single I found in the stack of 45's.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2XhhuM9GZo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amzp7W0RkPA
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWFrpUm3tTk

"Somewhere In America There's a Street Named After My Dad" by Was (Not Was)

This is such a great song.  The music is so emotive and I love the lyrics.  This song makes me feel so emotional.

At night only crickets
No prowlers, no sirens
No pinky ring hustlers
No angel dust Byrons

No bars on the windows
No saber toothed neighbors
Just good simple folks
In a rainbow of flavors

I love the part about "good simple folks in a rainbow of flavors", that would be so nice if we could all live together!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PGV1Xofhcg
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN9THg89Eas
YouTube (live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaTmNICB4BI

Here's a cover that talks a little about the song:

YouTube (cover): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dflswqPcYCE

"Erotica" by Madonna

I could've sworn we already posted this song.  We love this song!  The CD single of this song was fun because there were several different versions of the song and they had some different lyrics.

Anyway we found this 45 in the pile of 45s we were going through yesterday.  It's fun to have 45's that were released in the CD era.  Funny to see Bar Codes on the label.

YouTube (official): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyhdvRWEWRw

"Heartbreak Ahead" by The Murmaids

Two Murmaids 45's I have

I was digging through a pile of 45's and listening to some of them this morning and found these two 45's by The Murmaids.  The "Popsicles and Icicles" song is fun but feels slightly boy oriented.  Like it's all about what "He" likes.  So I decided to post the "Heartbreak Ahead" song that I really like too.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZBWutra9mc

Here's a link to the other song, there are some very fun shots of cars and places from that era.

YouTube (Popsicles and Icicles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbkAH71XnGs

"Orange Blossom Special" by Johnny Cash

Cartoon in my acupuncturists office

This cartoon is hanging in my acupuncturists office, it makes me laugh.  Brighton has helped me a lot, I'm certain that it helps my MS a lot.  I highly recommend her.

Brighton's website: http://utahfamilyacupuncture.com

It is so weird that I haven't posted more Johnny Cash songs.  This one popped up as suggested on YouTube while I was viewing yesterdays song.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4-uoUpN1c4
YouTube (lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xyp63MaSBs
YouTUbe (live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd14cBeAfU4

"Iron Horse" by Mean Mary

Native Women at Utah State Capital on International Women's Day 2018

Update 2-Apr-2018: added photo above and a link to Mean Mary's website:

Official Website: https://www.meanmary.com/

Original post:

This popped up while I was searching for the Wasatch Cannonball song for yesterday's post.  I had listened to it before but must have forgotten to post it.  I the banjo and her voice.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CNB5OLUPM0

"Wabash Cannonball" by Boxcar Willie

It's crazy how curly my hair is

I thought this was the "Wasatch Cannonball", oh well...  Still a fun song!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSrEcPdA0hE
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V2P4iGVNyU

"Melange Electrique" by Jens Buchert

I Shazamed this song back on October 26th.  Now I can't remember where I was but this song is so CHILL, I love it!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn7xdL3kuxA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVOM9xA8lTU
YouTube (Deep Water Mix): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K_NvcEcdVQ

Note: I made a draft post for 10-Nov-2016 and then forgot and posted this song.  I feel that "The End of the World as We Know It" was definitely the song for the 10th, so I moved this post to November 12th.

"Man! I Feel Like A Woman" by Shania Twain

As Sue told everyone today "I (Rachel) was successfully neutered".  Had a brief moment while getting prepped broke out in a cold sweat and they gave me something to make it better.

The last thing I remember before the surgery was being wheeled down the hallway.  Sue says that I woke up from the anesthesia several times laughing and asking what happened.  I only remember the last time.

Shania looks so freakin' HOT in this video.  I want one of each of the outfits she has on in this video!!!  ;)

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJL4UGSbeFg

"It's the End of the World" by R.E.M.

Can't help thinking this with that orange person going to...  I still can't wrap my head around the concept that Hillary is not going to be our president.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" by The Walker Brothers

I was at the Democrat Viewing party last night with Misty K. Snow and several others of her team.  It was devastating!!

We had some private rooms and a short time after Misty gave her concession speech, we went up to one of the rooms to watch more of the results.  Several of us cried when it became clear that Hillary had lost.

We broke up around 2 A.M. and SueZQ picked me up and took me home.  As soon as I got home, I realized I could not be alone after a tragedy like this.  I grabbed a couple of things, threw them in a bag and drove back to the Sheraton Hotel and joined the team at the Denny's next door.

I stayed the night in one of the rooms at the Sheraton with Trudy and Charlie.  I was absolutely 100% certain that I was going to wake up this morning to the first woman president.  Instead we have a sexist, racist, bully for the next president.  It is heartbreaking!!!

I'm so glad that I had some wonderful people to wake up and commiserate with this morning.  Genevra came and joined us and we all left together.

This Samantha Bee - "Morning After" video talks about yesterday's disaster.  There are a few bright spots at the very end of the video, but it's hard to not imagine how nasty the next four years are going to be.

YouTube (Full Frontal): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1SaD-gSZO4

As we were breaking up, early this morning, Misty said "The sun is still going to rise this morning!".  Yes it did!  But it shined on a devastating new reality!!  :(

After Misty said that, this song popped into my head.  It feels pretty appropriate to me:

The sun ain't gonna shine anymore
The moon ain't gonna rise in the sky
The tears are always clouding your eyes
When you're without her

And in this context "her" meaning Hillary

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q11ium_-Lv8
YouTube (B&W): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koO-rnus45M
YouTube (slower): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWk87HXPJgQ
YouTube (stereo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdc45I9OhO8
YouTube (Topic-mono): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX2IH1tkL68
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLuEhYElzrs
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q6YWDm0GSU

I really like the memorabilia in the first video I listed.  This poster was cool to see The Walker Brothers were playing with Jimi Hendrix, Cat Stevens and Engelbert Humperdinck:

Can that possibly be the ticket prices: 6.40 and 8.50?  Holy shit!!  That is CRAZY considering tickets now can be hundreds of dollars.

"This Corrosion" by Sisters of Mercy

Misty K. Snow's team at the Sheraton Hotel viewing party.

Note: I'm actually writing this post in the future...

What a horrific night this turned out to be.  After Misty's concession speech, we went up to a private room and watched the results.  When it was clear that Trump had won, we all held each other and cried.

We watched until around 2 A.M. and then SueZQ came and picked me up and took me home.  I walked into my room and realized I could not be alone that night after such a disaster.  So I hopped into Lili (I have named the Corolla a.k.a. the Trans-mobile lili after The Danish Girl) and went back down to the Sheraton.

Actually the team was at the Denny's next door getting something to eat.  I joined them and had a really good scramble.  We went back to the room at the Sheraton for a while, Trudy drove Misty home and Charlie and I laid down in the king size bed in the loft.  Trudy came back from dropping Misty off and slept on the couch.  I think it was a fold out.

The next morning was frightening!  Unbelievable!  I absolutely expected to wake up on March 9th to the first woman president.  It was heartbreaking!  Charlie and I just laid there trying to wrap our heads around it.  I have to say it was nice to wake up and have someone there to commiserate with.

Anyway I had to play the Sisters of Mercy "Vision Thing" song with "another motherfucker in a motorcade" lyric.  Sigh!!!

I already posted "Vision Thing" clear back in my post for 28-Apr-2012 so I thought I would post a different Sisters of Mercy song for this day.  And "This Corrosion" feels kind of appropriate.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-RVJyNpfDk
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlIZErrPAl8
YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB73FWsCpUM

"I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" by Andy Williams

Another delightful song from Andy's "My Fair Lady" album that I had to listen to a couple more times this morning, while working on more computer stuff for Misty K. Snow.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URVVFkXNNTA
YouTube (live TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnuEzrUirks

"On The Street Where You Live" by Andy Williams

I listened to the Andy Williams "My Fair Lady" album this morning and was reminded of this delightful song.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_F1p_Hy-WM
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT4TwyGMdNA
YouTube (lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD7sboq8Weo

"Counting Blue Cars" by Dishwalla

I like the way they use female pronouns when referring to "God" in this song.  If I was a believer I would believe god is a woman.  All this patriarchy bullshit is beyond my belief.

Now that I think back I was a member of a church for several years that worshiped Kali.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clxtg2pFTQM

"Life Beyond L.A." by Ambrosia

I found a history video too:

YouTube (History): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkV5dYhZBLo


So awesome find a live version of this song!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eja55HIKRfk
YouTube(Live TV 1978): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okX0Y021XfM
YouTube (Live 2009): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfGDMQBiR6k

"Hello Like Before" by Bill Withers

#DraftPost

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2o3n34esf0
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FYJxLNWlYE
YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq2rqqbLeCE

"Symphony for Susan" by The Arbors

#DraftPost

Interesting that the original release on Carney records doesn't have the strings that were later added when Date records bought the master.  The sax sounds diffferent too, but maybe with the strings I just never noticed it.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt66npv9-6o
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7qBCwkfC4o
YouTube (original): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psj7RONTyEc
YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7tq2zCyELY

"A Forest" by The Cure

SueZQ's Halloween decorations for Lyft passengers

Notice what station is playing on the stereo: 103.1 The Wave!

Anyway another favorite Cure song.

YouTube (Topic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouqt7tJiCbc
YouTube (extended): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIMlPygBV2o
YouTube (Topic remastered): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbAxbmAHgx4
YouTube (lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGT4V6JmINA
YouTube (live TV 1979): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CtgAgTqx0w
YouTube (live 1992): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnVldyHRcjU