I have a weak spot for pop and this artist pushes all those secret buttons.  I can’t help it, I really do dig her music.  It’s like candy.

This film clip epitomizes the reason she’s the star of the moment in the music industry.  It’s got all the great elements that a film clip should have.  Catchy tune, fashion forward diva’s, the car from Kill Bill and a Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.  It also pokes fun at some of the rumors that have been swirling around Lady Gaga for the past twelve months.

All in all I love it.

I’m a little late with todays music, but I have a good excuse it’s a public holiday and I forgot it wasn’t Sunday.  See, I knew you’d understand!

This weekend the weather has definitely turned autumnal.  It’s wonderful!  I love the change from summer to winter.  I’m already thinking about which scarves to get out of storage.

I have been loving this song for the past few days.  You just can’t get enough good banjo these days!

I’m loving this tune so much at the moment that I’m even thinking about how to incorporate some of the lyrics into my next work of craft.

But enough rambling, I need to get this posted before the clock clicks over to midnight and I become a pumpkin!

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We have a beagle.  Not this beagle, but one equally as adorable.  Our beagle, George, has lived with us since she was eight weeks old and we adore her.  Sure if you lived next door to us you’d be forgiven for thinking she was the bane of our existence.  Especially because you can routinely hear us yelling out an exasperated “George!” or an angry “Off the tiles!”.

We had no idea what getting a beagle meant when we got her.  We had absolutely no clue about how much trouble she would find, or how she’d end up running the house or just how much you could love a dog.  But we’ve come to know the true meaning of love and frustration.

Would we change it if we could.  Hell no!  For as much as she drives us mental we still love and adore her.  In fact, it’s all I can do not to convince HUBBY that we need another beagle.

So in honour of the little miss that has captivated our heart and ruined our furniture I give you a George inspired Music Monday.

I’m a massive Cat Stevens fan.  In fact I thought he was quite the handsome man when I was in high school.  I have spent many a good night singing along to his songs.  One quite memorable night that involved singing “I’m being followed by a moonshadow” at top level drunk as a skunk.  Good times.

He has one of the most amazing voices and I think I could listen to him for hours on end and never tire of it.

The other reason I love his music so much is because it was a gift from my Mother.  A lot of my musical inclinations are spawned from my Mother.  She always has music playing and a lot of my Saturdays at home involved playing music on the stereo while she went about her chores and we tried to annoy her.  Whenever I hear Cat Stevens it’s hard to separate him from memories of my Mother.  I hope one day I can pass on his music to my children.

Tom Waits is an acquired taste; one which I have to be in the mood for.  So colour me in the mood when my iPod played this song on shuffle the other day.  I’m addicted to the beat and his husky voice.  In my head he’s signing in a smoke filled underground bar where the crowd is thin on but heavy on the attitude.  He’s singing into a mic that hangs from the ceiling, the band is laid back and nonchalant and the woman that linger ooze sensuality and sexuality.  It’s a song that I imagine drinking bourbon and chain smoking to.  Perfect for a Monday!

I had never heard this song until Australia Day 2010 and I’ve been skipping along to it in my head ever since.  It’s just got that beat to it that gets in your system.  I have this little daydream where people just start spontaneously breaking out into dance to this song as I’m going along on a normal day.  I wish I had a tambourine.

Billy Bragg – St. Monday

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I’ve decided to add something new to the line up for 2010, Music Monday.

We spent Australia Day with some great friends and it became evident as we listened to Triple J’s Hottest 100 that I am so far out of touch with the music industry at the moment I’m practically dead.  In an attempt to add some life back into my decaying music collection I’m going to share what I’m loving and listening to.  Hopefully in return I may just stumble upon some new music.

To celebrate my first ever Music Monday I’ve decided to go with a classic and something that seems a little appropriate for how I normally feel on a Monday.  I’m a big Billy Bragg fan and I can often be found to be blaring this song on the way to work on a Monday morning.

Here’s hoping you enjoy this as much as I do…