I’ve been trying to remember the name of the angelic singer my dad always talked about. It’s been months and I haven’t been able to summon her. I resigned myself to never knowing because I can’t ask him anymore.
It was Eva Cassidy. You were right to recommend the tissues!! Thank you for writing this.
Also, her rendition of “Fields of Gold” is almost unbearably beautiful.
In the middle of a bout of diverticulitis, I burst out laughing at the colonoscopy list. Hilariously apt. And TBH, when husband and self have our regular colonoscopies, the minute the solution begins to work, for some unknown reason, we start to laugh. Though by the end and before we go to the hospital, there's momentary panic that we may not be 'clean' enough.
When next I go into hospital (which may be a bowel re-section ), I'm taking that list with me!
PS: Our gastroenterologist takes stills as he works and always gives them to us with his report. Very pretty it is too...
I was very particular about the music that was playing when I gave birth to my children. Interestingly, I have not been able to listen to those songs since because the emotion they bring up is so intense. Amazing yes but just not the everyday kind of feeling good, more like a raw-opening- into-life type of sensation. I will go right back there with the first few strains.
I love that you included music for everything and also the music of nature! Well done.
Also Alex’s newsletter about the Pina Colada song was hilarious!
I love a mixed tape. I made one in high school of Bowie songs so good it got stolen (and I wasn't bright enough to have copied the song list; it was done on instinct, LPs to cassette -- you had to have your timing on point!). I have a current playlist on my iPhone that's over 24 hours long, and there are more songs I need to add to it. I have one of love songs, one for the gym (but ended my membership during COVID so it will need to be repurposed), for long drives, but I was on so much Versed and Fentanyl for my colonoscopy, there was no way to focus on music. I don't do Spotify or Apple Music. Screw the algorithm, I curate my own. (And, while I wanted it to be the US Festival, Rick Springfield popped my concert cherry.) Fun post, CK! xo
I always loved making mixtapes, and I still keep one cassette recorder/player nearby so I can play a tape when I find an old one in a drawer somewhere. I still have a problem with "shuffle mode" on music players or Spotify, since song order matters!
Side note: At each colonoscopy appointment, I ask the doctor if I can have a copy of the video, and he always refuses. Someday I'll get one and then I can produce a soundtrack!
May 17, 2023·edited May 17, 2023Liked by Good Humor by CK Steefel
Nice! I'm likely aging myself but getting older does that! When I was in college it was all the rage to make party mix tapes on a VCR! It was an engineering school so it seemed logical we were surrounded by people all trying to improvve something. Haha. The quality of the music was basically driven by how much tape there was so sound was "way better" than a cassette. When I got into the real world and had a party in my first apartment, I imagine lots of the people just thought I was weird. I love this post because I can't imagine anything not being accompanied by music. Almost from the beginning in my Substack I always included a song or two. I find I am either thinking about or actually listening to music when I am writing anyhow. I LOVE looking back on the songs I've linked in my Substack. Because of you, I opened my Substack music archive (alphabetical...surprise surprise). Whenever I open it I end up listening to one of my favorite artists (Aaron ?). https://youtu.be/zEqiKpQte4c -- Your writing is FUN! I agree with you about a song for EVERY OCCASION even a colonoscopy
This brought back a mixtape memory from 1987-88 with Whitney Houston’s I wanna dance with somebody!
This is AMAZING! Now I want one for cleaning up pet vomit.
I’ve been trying to remember the name of the angelic singer my dad always talked about. It’s been months and I haven’t been able to summon her. I resigned myself to never knowing because I can’t ask him anymore.
It was Eva Cassidy. You were right to recommend the tissues!! Thank you for writing this.
Also, her rendition of “Fields of Gold” is almost unbearably beautiful.
In the middle of a bout of diverticulitis, I burst out laughing at the colonoscopy list. Hilariously apt. And TBH, when husband and self have our regular colonoscopies, the minute the solution begins to work, for some unknown reason, we start to laugh. Though by the end and before we go to the hospital, there's momentary panic that we may not be 'clean' enough.
When next I go into hospital (which may be a bowel re-section ), I'm taking that list with me!
PS: Our gastroenterologist takes stills as he works and always gives them to us with his report. Very pretty it is too...
I was very particular about the music that was playing when I gave birth to my children. Interestingly, I have not been able to listen to those songs since because the emotion they bring up is so intense. Amazing yes but just not the everyday kind of feeling good, more like a raw-opening- into-life type of sensation. I will go right back there with the first few strains.
I love that you included music for everything and also the music of nature! Well done.
Also Alex’s newsletter about the Pina Colada song was hilarious!
I love a mixed tape. I made one in high school of Bowie songs so good it got stolen (and I wasn't bright enough to have copied the song list; it was done on instinct, LPs to cassette -- you had to have your timing on point!). I have a current playlist on my iPhone that's over 24 hours long, and there are more songs I need to add to it. I have one of love songs, one for the gym (but ended my membership during COVID so it will need to be repurposed), for long drives, but I was on so much Versed and Fentanyl for my colonoscopy, there was no way to focus on music. I don't do Spotify or Apple Music. Screw the algorithm, I curate my own. (And, while I wanted it to be the US Festival, Rick Springfield popped my concert cherry.) Fun post, CK! xo
I always loved making mixtapes, and I still keep one cassette recorder/player nearby so I can play a tape when I find an old one in a drawer somewhere. I still have a problem with "shuffle mode" on music players or Spotify, since song order matters!
Side note: At each colonoscopy appointment, I ask the doctor if I can have a copy of the video, and he always refuses. Someday I'll get one and then I can produce a soundtrack!
Nice! I'm likely aging myself but getting older does that! When I was in college it was all the rage to make party mix tapes on a VCR! It was an engineering school so it seemed logical we were surrounded by people all trying to improvve something. Haha. The quality of the music was basically driven by how much tape there was so sound was "way better" than a cassette. When I got into the real world and had a party in my first apartment, I imagine lots of the people just thought I was weird. I love this post because I can't imagine anything not being accompanied by music. Almost from the beginning in my Substack I always included a song or two. I find I am either thinking about or actually listening to music when I am writing anyhow. I LOVE looking back on the songs I've linked in my Substack. Because of you, I opened my Substack music archive (alphabetical...surprise surprise). Whenever I open it I end up listening to one of my favorite artists (Aaron ?). https://youtu.be/zEqiKpQte4c -- Your writing is FUN! I agree with you about a song for EVERY OCCASION even a colonoscopy
Very fun concept. I bet Zoom and a colonoscopy can share a song.