song of the day

“Cartoons and Forever Plans” by Maria Taylor

And did you know electricity favors us
And did you know I’m not reading into anything
And did you know our love will never die

“Virus of the Mind” by Heather Nova.

“The Curse” from Josh Ritter’s latest album, So Runs the World Away.

Today is the birthday of Declan Patrick MacManus, better known to the world as Elvis Costello. There were a lot of songs I could have picked to mark that occasion, but why not “All This Useless Beauty”?

♫ “All This Usless Beauty” by Elvis Costello

It’s at times such as this, she’d be tempted to spit
If she wasn’t so ladylike
She imagines how she might have lived
Back when legends and history collide

♫ “Abilene (The Eisenhower Waltz)” by Peter Mulvey

Now your highway rolls from here to gone
This land we’ve laid our hands upon
And, sir, it is a sight just to behold