“What Yankee Candle Means to Me” Episode 13- The Musical

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November 13th, 2011

More! More! More! This episode features gift giving, dogs, jewels, guessing games and singing! Why? Because of candles, people. Candles.

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Sounds of Synethesia: The Nostalgic Season

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October 17th, 2011

The start of Fall marks a full year of chronicling my ever-intensifying method of seasonalizing my music by color and feel [Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer]. The only season missing is Christmas (coming in December) which won’t be quite so synesthetic, as most Christmas music sounds red, green and white to everyone, but I’ll post it [...]

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Sounds of Synesthesia: The Outloud Season

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May 31st, 2011

It’s June (in a few hours), my spring Yankee Candle flickered its last yesterday, and every time an introspective song comes up on my playlist, I press Skip. What does this mean? IT”S SUMMER. I’m no summer super-fan, and still prefer sweaters to T-shirts (would always rather stick my Ipod in a coat pocket than [...]

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Time Wasn’t The Only Thing They Stepped In: Beware Mary Poppins The Musical

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May 13th, 2011

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The Rollerama of Resurrection Songs

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April 24th, 2011

One of the best things Evangelicalism ever brought us. Thank you Keith.

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Sounds of Synestheisa: The Gentle Season

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April 23rd, 2011

Spring is here more or less. At least enough for introspection to turn its eyes out to the garden and wait for the tulips to bloom and for love to grow. It’s the season for music of pastel blushes and soft blues tinged with green and yellow tips. While all my seasonal playlists have some [...]

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“What Yankee Candle Means to Me” Episode 4

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April 6th, 2011

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Sounds of Synesthesia: The Interior Season

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January 27th, 2011

Winter comes and I crave cold music: gray, white, blue and dark green music to aid this season of introspection, reflection, snowfall and bare branches. It’s the Andrew Wyeth time of year: the quiet time after Christmas and before Spring. I might like it even more than Fall. Winter Playlist Features Joni Mitchell: Blue Simone [...]

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My First Movie –or- Top 10 Things I Learned Watching Amadeus at Age 4

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October 12th, 2010

I remember going in to see Chariots of Fire and I remember exiting Return of the Jedi,* but the first movie I actually remember seeing is Amadeus. *(If I ever exit through the doors next to the screen at the front of a movie theater auditorium, I always think of the Imperial Guards from Return [...]

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Ah The Glories Of Having A Best Friend With A Region 2 DVD Player…

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September 25th, 2010

…For we are not beholden to the likes of BBCAmerica. We can roam freely in the land of UK TV on DVD. Thank you Region 2 DVD player, for Blackpool, and for David Tennant doing choreography to The Smiths.

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