While driving to the gym last night, I was once again struck by how extreme my taste in music runs. I mean, I spend more than enough time enjoying bands like Gene Loves Jezebel, The Specimen, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Suzi & The Banshees, Echo & The Bunnymen, etc. By the same token, you’ll often find me grooving along to The Clash, The Alarm, Generation X, The Ramones, etc. And, of course, my old stalwarts; The U.K. Subs, The Exploited, The Sex Pistols, The Dead Kennedys, and so much more! Yet, I hold early bands like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys and so on and so on in my heart as well. You can add in early rock tunes from , Aerosmith, Styx, Supertramp, etc. I went through my Gangsta Rap phase when Francisco introduced me to Tupac Shakur, NWA, and the rest of the Doggs. And when Chantale entered my life back 4 or more years ago, she introduced me to many female artists I hadn’t heard of before (since I gave up radio in preference to my own station: CSAV Radio). Thus, in comes Sheryl Crow, Sarah Maclaughlin, Chantal Kreviazuk, Natalie Imbruglia, Natalie Merchant, Faith Hill, and more including Country Music! What a wild mix! And when you throw in the fact that I like to work on my writing and Comicopia while listening to classical music, it gets even weirder!!
All this was going through my head as I was driving, remembering how ecclectic my CSAV Radio broadcasts got at times. Heck, the CDs I had in the car during the drive to the gym were further proof of it: Punk Lives (a 2-cd collection of live Punk bands), Bryan Adams, The Pretenders, Moist, Blue Rodeo, The Clash. I even have a Sesame Street CD of Cookie Monster’s Greatest Hits! 🙂 In the meantime, what was actually in the CD Player? A Celtic Christmas. Soothing, beautiful celtic music.
At the gym, I was lucky enough to be alone. So, I took out the Grrlish Tracks broadcast Chantale put together for an early January 1999 broadcast and let the gym rock to great female vocals.
I guess I can honestly say that I’ve got a song for every mood, occassion, or event. The magic of music always reminds me of how important it’s been in my life. Which, of course, explains my brief stint in Dirty Feet, my creation of Why Bother, and my settling into CSAV Radio (which almost made it to the Internet Airwaves!). I just can’t deny it: Once a performer, always a performer 🙂