Category Archives: Music for a Sunday

Music for a Sunday: So goodbye, Los Angeles

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Just bought this gorgeous single today. The full album is due out in March, and I can hardly wait to hear more. If it’s anywhere near as lovely as this, I’m sold.

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Music for a Sunday: Not really hard, just acting tough

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Sabina Becker

If you’re hiding it, just cut it out: Bloop, bop, skee-bop.

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Music for a Sunday: Why don’t you get back in your bed?

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Not sure about the nanny goats, but yes, the Bolshoi Ballet…definitely. And yes, getting back to bed sounds like a splendid idea.

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Music for a Sunday: A bottle of distilled damnation

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Sabina Becker

My friend Lynne talked about this last night on Facebook, and that got me to look it up. It sounds like a perfect song to close out the end of a sloppy, end-of-year day. All I need now is a … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: This one’s for all the hydro crews

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Sabina Becker

What with an 18-hour power outage out my way (started at around 2:00 in the morning), I’m sending this one out to the great guys who fixed the downed wires on my street. You guys are right up there with … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Snow, snow, snow, snow, SNOW!

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Quite possibly my favorite number from White Christmas…Bing Crosby and friends travelling from Florida to Vermont to get INTO winter, not away from it: And since today I had to dig out from under it, I figured I might as … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Beautiful friends

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Sabina Becker

In memory of John Lennon, who died today in 1980, and the great bossanovista Tom Jobim, who left us today in 1994, here is birthday boy Jim Morrison:

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Music for a Sunday: Unsettling Goods

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Singer-songwriter Tony Quarrington makes the case for boycotting Israeli settler goods. Be sure to watch to the end, so you know what to cross off your holiday shopping lists.

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Music for a Sunday: You can have me

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Sabina Becker

The title track off a very gorgeous album. This version’s a bit subdued, but otherwise faithful to the brilliant original.

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Music for a Sunday: The secret voices of crickets

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Sabina Becker

I’ve often joked about the deafening silence of people who’ve been caught in their lies, using “crickets” as the metaphor for the only thing to be heard. I may have to stop doing that, because here is what crickets “say” … Continue reading →

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