Newcastle Brown can sure slap you down....

Posted on Monday, January 2, 2006 at 4:22 AM

no,  it's not from imbibing on New Year's, , it's a line from Humble Pie's "30 Days in the Hole.". I have come late and now with full enthusiasm to the portable music download game. Thanks to my son, I got an Ipod Shuffle for Christmas, AND a $25 gift certificate for Itunes. Oh mama-I have been dancing around here all morning after spending 4 hours choosing songs last night.So far have downloaded many of my favorite dance tunes from the last 35 years-Latin, Hip Hop, Alternative and of course some Classic Rock. Got a few Folk tunes in there-Joan Baez-The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and Arlo Guthrie's City of New Orleans (a favorite years before I ever knew my trainspotter husband) with more to come. I have to go through my cds  and download some tracks (once I figure out how to do that ) because I want to add my favorite Classical pieces and some arias. There are of course other sites to check out for downloads and I think I know where my pocket change is going to be going.

  There is something to be said for moderation I know, and attention to detail. I was outside this morning,  to wash the sliding glass windows that look out onto the marsh and the woods. I had run out of cleaner, so went inside and reached into the cabinet, grabbed another spray bottle of  blue liquid and boogied back outside, not missing a beat of Lady Marmalade. I was spraying the stuff from the new bottle on the glass in time to the music. The new stuff sure seemed soapy and wasn't wiping off very well, smearing all over the glass, making a bigger mess. Turns out it was the blue laundry stain remover I had grabbed, so absorbed in the music was I. Note to you consumers, this is NOT a product that can be substituted for another....... Oh well, at least I'm moving, and moving fast. Tom, btw this would certainly aid in the notion that we should walk 10,000 steps a day- personally I'd rather dance 'em. Also PP, one does NOT dry up and blow away after you reach 40, I am here to tell you. I plan on shaking it as long as I can stand up.

  To quote one of my downloads-The Pointer Sisters-"I'm So Excited" and Tom Petty-"It Hurts So Good."