There isn’t a What I’m Reading post today because, honestly, I haven’t read anything this week. Between doing the interviews for our Director position (hope to make an offer on Monday) and the start of the budget season at work, I haven’t had the energy for much more than a game of Bejeweled or two by the time I get home.

For the record, I actually love this part of my job. I am GOOD at it. But it does take a lot of focus. I honestly couldn’t get through it without Pandora. Which is why, this week, you’re getting links to six artists I listen to on a regular basis.

To make it even more money related, they are all artists for which we own more than one album (except in the case where there is only one album), and we have seen them all live, some multiple times. Music is what gets me through the day. So I hope you enjoy this look into what I’m listening to.

 

 

We’ll start with Cracker. Of the bands you may have heard of, I think we’ve probably seen them live the most times. Brides of Neptune is a little different from most of their stuff, but who can resist being chased my monkeys?

 

BOWI is the local band up here that we love. We have probably seen them live more often than anyone else, but that’s because we can just head on down to the pub on a Friday or Saturday night, get a good dinner, and C can have a nice cider and listen to them play. This is their one “country” song. It’s a cover, but I think it really works for them.

 

Let me just say this about Concrete Blonde- we went to their 20 Years of Bloodletting tour, and Johnette sounds exactly the same live as she does on the CD. She’s absolutely amazing.

 

When the band LIVE broke up, there were some issues about who got to use the name. Most of the band went off and formed a new group called The Gracious Few. You want old style southern rock? This is the band for you. Now, the issues are settled and the band has the name LIVE back, so I don’t think there will be any more Gracious Few albums, but we’ll always be glad we got to see them in concert.

 

Every morning at FinCon12, I got up and walked 2 miles. I am very proud of myself. What kept me going that whole time? I set my mp3 player to Flogging Molly, and I was set. Flogging Molly remains one of the best acts we have ever seen on stage and their energy is just amazing. Believe it or not, this is one of their slower songs.

 

And finally, we come to LIVE. LIVE is our favorite band. Sharing their music is what first brought C and I together. We have traveled to see them three different times, including once when they were the opening act and we left before the headliner came on (really confusing the security guard). While I love almost everything they’ve done. I’ve selected this video of their song Overcome because it was also used as a tribute to the emergency workers of 9/11.