Big Favor: Do you have these songs?

I feel bad asking this, especially since I think I still owe ficlets from the last time I asked for mp3s (oy), but my dad has asked me to make a mix for my great-aunt’s memorial service on behalf of his cousin, who requested these songs, none of which I have:

In My Life -- The Beatles (What happened to my mp3 of this? I HAD this!)

American Pie -- Don McLean

Mrs. Robinson -- Simon & Garfunkel (I had this too, dammit)

Moon River (version not specified)

The Shadow of Your Smile (version not specified)

Turn! Turn! Turn! (Probably the version by The Byrds?)

Midnight (From Cats) ETA: Also known as MEMORY *facepalm*

I’ll Be Loving You Always (version not specified--probably NOT the George Michael)

From Fiddler on the Roof:
Sunrise, Sunset
Tradition
To Life

Edelweiss (from Sound of Music)

New York, New York (version not specified)

I can’t get Limewire to work, and while I’ll buy these on iTunes if I have to, if anyone has any of these songs, I would really appreciate it if you could pass them on. I can trade you…um, songs I do have? You’re all suddenly really into U2 and The Smiths, right?

Thank you so much. I shall now go back to freaking out about today’s election.

Have some musics!

Thanks for your help, guys. Help yourself to the top of my work computer’s Most Played list.

1. Ashes to Ashes — David Bowie

2. The Man With the Child in His Eyes — Kate Bush

3. Blue — Angie Hart

4. Solsbury Hill — Peter Gabriel

5. Honey Don’t Think — Grant Lee Buffalo

6. In the Cold, Cold Night — The White Stripes

7. The Unforgettable Fire (Live in Syracuse, 1987) — U2

8. Golden Slumbers — The Beatles

9. Same Old Scene — Bryan Ferry

10. Jack the Ripper — Morrissey

11. Pale Blue Eyes — The Velvet Underground

12. Skullcrusher Mountain — Jonathan Coulton

13. Baba O’Riley — The Who

14. Vienna — Ultravox

15. 20th Century Boy — T.Rex

16. Give Up Your Guns — The Buoys

17. Are You Experienced? — Jimi Hendrix

18. Beast of Burden — The Rolling Stones

19. Kiss You Off — Scissor Sisters

20. Japanese Boy — Aneka

Apologies for my somewhat schizophrenic tastes. Also, the preponderance of questionable ’80s music is totally Ashes to Ashes’ (the show, not the song) fault.

Booklog 2008: Catch-Up Post the First

For my next trick, I shall attempt the near-impossible task of beginning to catch up on my booklog for 2008. I’m going to try to do about 10 at a time, and hopefully, I will catch up before the year is over. For once, it’s a good thing I’ve been distracted lately and haven’t been reading as much.

Some of these will probably be quite short. If I went with full-length rambles on all of them, I would go insane. So now, from the top:

( 1. Franny and Zooey — J.D. Salinger )

I should have read this years ago, but I’m glad I finally read it now.

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( 2. Mary Modern — Camille DeAngelis )

while the novel’s final “twist” is—intentionally?—telegraphed from the very beginning, I enjoyed how the story played out.

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( 3. The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman — Louise Plummer )

Cute meta-romance. I liked it.

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( 4. Last Night at the Lobster — Stewart O’Nan )

This book is a real gem.

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( 5. & 6. The Innocent Mage & The Awakened Mage — Karen Miller )

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( 7. Candyfreak — Steve Almond )

Almond’s nonfiction continues to be way more awesome than his fiction.

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( 8. The New Kings of Nonfiction — Ed. by Ira Glass )

I don’t think this is the best nonfiction writing out there, but it’s still good stuff.

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( 9. The Brief History of the Dead — Kevin Brockmeier )

I’d still say it’s an incredibly engrossing read, and well worth the time.

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( 10. The Summer Tree — Guy Gavriel Kay )

Plus—FUN BONUS!—there was a brutal rape scene right at the end! *makes cranky face*

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Forget total books read, how ’bout:

Total Reviews: 10/66

(And yes, I am very bored at work today. Am also trying very hard not to think about the fact that polls close in less than an hour. *bites nails*)