Mom's Sun Mix

The thing my mom and I hate most about winter is how dark it always is. So this year for Christmas, I made her a Sun Mix! Not all the songs are about the sun, "Here Comes The Sun" by the Beatles isn't on here because at the time I made the mix tape (I had to make her a tape because she still has a tape deck in her car) I didn't have that song on CD and my stereo doesn't have two tape players so I can't record from tape to tape. The last three songs are on the tape but wouldn't fit on the CD version of the mix. So, here is my mom's Sun Mix!

Time After Time-- Cyndi Lauper (my mom will be there for me, time after time)
Talk About the Passion-- REM
Little Fluffy Clouds-- The Orb (my brother and I played this song a lot for my mom in the '90's)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow-- Judy Garland (I was obsessed with the Wizard of Oz as a little kid and would go around pretending to be Judy Garland acting out the movie in public places, like my great aunt's apartment lobby, for whoever would watch and I had this song memorized. It was hilarious. I would be Dorothy, and I would make my little brother, who is 2 1/2 years younger than me, play all the other parts, including Toto.)
Possession-- Sarah McLachlan
In God's Country-- U2
Winter-- Tori Amos (both of my parents really like this song, and my mom remembers it from when we were unpacking my first dorm room)
Pink Light-- Laura Veirs ("with the fading of the constellations I am growing strong")
That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)-- Johnny Cash

~~I just realized I really should've put "Ray of Light" by Madonna on this mix! We listened to that album a lot when we were unpacking my first dorm room, too... it had just come out and it was all I ever listened to. Oh, well. Next year.~~

Pink Moon-- Nick Drake (since I was putting all these songs about the sun on the mix, I thought I should throw in a couple about the moon, too)
Who Loves the Sun-- The Velvet Underground
It's Not the Spotlight-- Beth Orton (whenever this song comes on during "Stir of Echoes," I tear up)
Hard Sun-- Eddie Vedder
Sun is King-- Laura Veirs
Man Called Sun-- The Verve
Bette Davis Eyes-- Kim Carnes (I have been known to start the morning chain-smoking and listening to this song on repeat)
Primitive-- Annie Lennox
Map of the World-- Monsters of Folk
I Wish I Was the Moon-- Neko Case
Snow Angel-- Tori Amos (If I make a mix for someone, it's generally gonna have a lot of Tori.)

BONUS TRACKS FOR TAPE VERSION
Good Day Sunshine-- The Beatles
Summertime-- Janis Joplin (because summertime is the bestest time!)
White Rabbit-- Jefferson Airplane (My mom is one of the only babyboomers I know who has never tried drugs. But she still likes this song.)

I just sent everyone on my email list a Happy New Year email right after I decided to post a link to this blog in my email signature, so now of course I'm worried something in here might offend someone. But I think I can honestly say I've worked very hard to not post anything here that would hurt a reasonable person's feelings, so that's all I can really say.

I totally bonded with my mom through retail therapy today. We went to Carsons and I don't have any fancy clothes... whenever I go to buy something pretty I always buy something hippie-ish... so I bought two off-white blouses... one for Christmas, one for New Year's. The thing is, what with them being clearance items and my mom and I being armed with coupons, these blouses that at first had been priced at about $60 apiece ended up setting me back about $21 together.

Well, anyway, here's the pic I sent in the email... it's the season's first snowfall as seen through my window.

This is the picture I really wanted to use

but I didn't want the email to be religious, because my friends are all over the place when it comes to that kind of thing (which I think is really cool!)

So, now I will leave you with the dark, weird artsy pictures from the creche shoot. Enjoy!