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Song 54: Los Angeles, CA, 2007-Present
“Can’t Go Back Now” by The Weepies Written by Teresa I think I discovered The Weepies from a radio show called eTown that I would listen to while copy-cataloging new books at my job (a super tedious task). Once I heard Deb Talan’s voice I couldn’t get enough of it – I still can’t, just…
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Song 53: Paris, France 2004
“All We Have is Now” by The Flaming Lips Written by Teresa Another song that brings me back to France, but in a different way. This is a song that was on a mixed CD that my boyfriend-now-husband made for me and mailed to Paris where I was studying abroad for a semester junior year.…
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Song 52: Oberlin, OH, 2001-2005
[Sophronia Brooks Hall Auditorium, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, USA. Architect Wallace Harrison. Own work and uploaded by Daderot, Date=July 2008. ] “Favorite Things” by Beth Hart Written by Teresa No big story about a specific time hearing this song. Just came to mind when I thought about music from college. A dear friend at Oberlin made me…
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Song 51: Nice, France, 2001
“Why does it always rain on me?” by Travis Written by Teresa It was senior year of High School and I was in Europe with my French club over the winter holiday. Only a few days before, I had celebrated my 18th birthday at a fancy restaurant on the Seine in Paris. Musically, this trip…
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Song 50: Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2000
“Imagine That” by Ani DiFranco Written by Teresa The first song on my list comes from one of my all-time favorite musicians, Ani DiFranco. I chose this song because the first time I heard it was at the first Ani concert I went to back in 2000. My memory of the night is that it…
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Assignment 11: Time and place
Name: Teresa Location: Los Angeles, California Relationship to music: listener Industry: cultural heritage preservation & access Sometimes what you like is a very personal thing. I will just let Teresa take it away this week. When Kristen asked me to be a part of this project, my first instinct was to decline. Anyone who knows…
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Song 49: Wonder, unbridled joy, and weeping
“Take Me With U” by Prince If I could leave you after five songs with one parting thought it would be to see the bands and musicians you love perform live, you will never regret it. My motto in life is “When in doubt, buy the ticket.” This is equally true for plane tickets. I…
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Song 48: The Best Worst Decision I Ever Made
“Genius of Love” by the Tom Tom Club In the course of conversation people ask me why I moved to Los Angeles. When I explain it to people, I say it was the best worst decision I have ever made, because I moved to Los Angeles for a guy. I say this because I don’t…
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Song 47: Can I kick it?-Yo! MTV Raps
“Scenario” by Tribe Called Quest (Video linked in post) It was so hard to pick the track to represent the next era of my life. Like really fucking hard. For me the genre has to be 90s Hip-Hop, because I was listening to so much and seeing a lot of shows during the late 90s,…
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Song 46: MTV generation-120 Minutes
“Boys Don’t Cry” The Cure I have to thank MTv for having such a profound effect on my music taste. To let you know how old I am, I am speaking about the pre-Real World MTV which played music videos 24/7 starting with “Video Killed the Radio Star” in the dawn of the 1980s. Just…