Daughter's Musical Education - Letter M

Mark Knopfler - Sailing to Philadelphia

Two New 49'ers

Daughter's Musical Education - Letter L

Los Lobos - Good Morning Aztlan

Daughter's Musical Education - Letter K

Kansas - The Best of Kansas

Daughter's Musical Education - Letter J

Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne

Daughter's Musical Education - Letter I

Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days

Daughter's Musical Education - Letter H

Hank Williams - 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection

Letter H and I are both very challenging to come up with music simply due to the limited full albums that I have for artists starting with those letters.

In preparing this blog post, did some reading on Hank Williams, turns out his birthday was September 17th, the day I happened to play this album in the car.

Daughter's Musical Education - Letter G

Genesis - Abacab

9 Podcasts That Will Make You Smarter

Article from Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/podcasts-that-make-you-smarter-2014-9

The list is:
- Startalk Radio
- WTF with Marc Maron
- This American Life
- Radiolab
- Back to Work
- The Tim Ferriss Show
- Point of Inquiry
- 99% Invisible
- Freakonomics Radio

I listen to podcasts extensively, at work and on my short commute into work. Been a listener to WTF with Marc Maron and Back to Work for quite a while. I will have to keep the other 7 in mind when looking for new podcasts.

My current list of shows are:
- The World of Phil Hendrie
- Back to Work
- Dudes on Hockey
- Professor Blastoff
- WTF with Marc Maron
- Tom Tolbert/KNBR (only listen to the 49er's and Sharks talk)
- Nerd Poker
- Accidental Tech Podcast
- Common Sense with Dan Carlin
- Monster Talk
- Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

I will also listen to this set of shows as my second tier (or trying them out) of shows
- The Weekly Planet
- The Indoor Kids
- Doug Loves Movies
- Walking the Room
- The Skeptics Guide to the Universe
- Dining with Doug and Karen
- You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes

Daughter's Musical Education - Letter F

The Fixx - Reach the Beach

Daughter's Musical Education - Letter E

Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)

Daughter's Musical Education - Letter D

Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

Answer to a Commentator's Question

Steve asked: "What are your top 5 favorite songs?"

Here is an answer simply based on play counts on my iPhone.

1) Bawitdaba - Kid Rock (43 plays)
2) La Cienega Just Smiled - Ryan Adams (43 plays)
3) Gonna Be Some Changes - Bruce Hornsby (42 plays)
4) Back in Black - AC/DC (42 plays)
5) Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson (35 plays)

Historical footnote: Higher and Higher was the song playing at Sandra's and mine wedding when we were introduced into the reception. One of my wedding tasks was music and I felt I hit that choice out of the park.

Daughter's Musical Education - Letter C

Colin Hay - Man@Work

Daughter's Musical Education - Letter B

The B-52's - The B-52's

Daughter's Musical Education - Letter A

AC/DC - Black Ice



Lots of good choice coming up with letter B - Beatles, B-52s, Beastie Boys, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, The Band (one of my top 5 favorite songs is "When I Paint My Masterpiece"), Barenaked Ladies, Beach Boys, Bee Gees,  Billy Idol, Blondie, Bob Marley, Blues Traveler, Boston, Bruce Hornsby, and Bruce Springsteen... Wow, quite the choice!

Daughter's Musical Education - Letter Z

ZZ Top - Deguello

Daughter's Musical Education - Letter Y

Yes - 90125

Daughter's Musical Education - Letter W

I drive Lena to school Tuesday, Thursday, and every other Friday. I will also pick her up from volleyball practice a few times a week.

I started playing my favorite albums by artist in alphabet order starting with W. The routine is that I move to the next letter of the alphabet on every trip.

Lena is not aware of my musical lessons.

Letter W

World Party - Private Revolution