I’m Sooz and this is the place where I capture miscellaneous tidbits: music video nostalgia, photos snapped on my phone, etcetera. Tumblr (3.0; @sooz)http://awesomeetcetera.com/<a href="http://www.exploitboston.com/event-recaps/concert-photos-winter-rock-formal-with-gene-dante-the-future-starlets-parlour-bells-and-eddie-japan/">CONCERT PHOTOS: Winter Rock Formal with Gene Dante & The Future Starlets, Parlour Bells and Eddie Japan</a>: <p>That was fun. Here’s photographic evidence.</p> <p><a href="http://www.exploitboston.com/event-recaps/concert-photos-winter-rock-formal-with-gene-dante-the-future-starlets-parlour-bells-and-eddie-japan/" title="winter rock formal"><img alt="winter rock formal" height="310" src="http://exploitboston.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/parlour-bells-with-gene-dante.jpg" width="620"/></a></p>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/16841773033http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/16841773033Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:27:00 -0500winter rock formalconcert photoseddie japanparlour bellsgene dante“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”<br/><br/> - <em>Winston Churchill</em>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/16801044165http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/16801044165Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:35:34 -0500quoteswinston churchillsuccess is not final<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Sg55pviP5bQ?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>“Hypnotized” - Ani Firanco (live) | </strong>And now for a “39 going on 18” moment — some lyrics, too. :p</p> <blockquote> <p><span>So that’s how you found me<br/>Rain falling around me<br/>Lookin down at a worm<br/>With a long way to go<br/>And the traffic was hissing by<br/>And i was homesick<br/>And i was high<br/><br/>I was surrounded by a language<br/>In which i could say only hello<br/>And thank you very much<br/>But you spoke so i could understand<br/>And i drew a treasure map on your hand<br/><br/>And you were no picnic<br/>You were no prize<br/>But you had just enough pathos<br/>To keep me hypnotized<br/>Hypnotized<br/><br/>The map led to an island<br/>In a sea of store-bought dreams<br/>Where soulless singers sang<br/>Over beats built by machines<br/><br/>And lovely girls were hovering<br/>Above my head like gulls<br/>With their long slender necks<br/>And their delicate skulls<br/><br/>And i was no picnic<br/>I was no prize<br/>But i had just enough sweetness<br/>To keep you hypnotized<br/>Hypnotized<br/><br/>So that’s how you found me<br/>Rain falling around me<br/>Lookin down at a worm<br/>With a long way to go</span></p> </blockquote>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/16798632581http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/16798632581Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:57:47 -0500hynotizedani difrancolyricslive videoani difranco liveconcert video<a href="http://www.exploitboston.com/event-recaps/concert-photos-darling-pet-munkee-gozu-and-the-downbeat-5-at-radio/">CONCERT PHOTOS: Darling Pet Munkee, Gozu and The Downbeat 5 at RADIO</a>: <p><img alt="Darling Pet Munkee" height="210" src="http://exploitboston.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/darling-pet-munkee.jpg" width="520"/></p> <p>My <a href="http://www.exploitboston.com/event-recaps/concert-photos-darling-pet-munkee-gozu-and-the-downbeat-5-at-radio/" title="boston concert photos">concert photos</a> from last weekend at Radio for Darling Pet Munkee’s EP release for <em>Glows In The Dark</em>.</p>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/16164816945http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/16164816945Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:04:30 -0500bostonconcert photosdarling pet munkee<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/k35cuOy1s-I?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>“It’s all happening”</p>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/15721908025http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/15721908025Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:03:27 -0500movie quotesmoviesalmost famousit's all happeningpenny lane<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QpG09PenZt8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>“The Waiting” - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers (live, 1985)</strong></p> <p>I never thought much of Tom Petty’s music until I saw him on tour with The Black Crowes in 2005. Goddamn he puts on a show! I didn’t realize just how much of his music I knew.</p> <p>“The Waiting” is today’s soundtrack.</p>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/15316906792http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/15316906792Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:09:40 -0500soundtracknow playingmusicvideomusic videotom pettythe waitingwaiting is the hardest part1980s music1980s videos<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/28KobNbbI2s?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>“Break My Stride” - Matthew Wilder (live on the TV show Solid Gold) | </strong>This song may be cheesy and ridiculous but it was today’s theme song. And who doesn’t miss Solid Gold?!?!? Also, <a href="http://bunkosquad.tumblr.com" title="Bunkosquad">there is someone out there</a> who knows of a certain line in this song that I had what might be considered an amusing misheard lyric on for a very long time. </p>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/15279103056http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/15279103056Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:17:00 -0500nostalgiatheme songsoundtrackmatthew wilderbreak my stride1980s1980s television<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx6sjglbSP1qz4xh6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Just signed up for this. Very cool.</p>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/15210624536http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/15210624536Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:12:43 -0500coding2012resolutionscode year<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iBKqwdxUH8U?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The them song for 1980s TV show Greatest American Hero gets trapped inside my head too damn often. :p</p>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/15210050166http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/15210050166Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:02:28 -0500nostalgia1980sgreatest american herotv theme songtheme song1980s television<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx0hrikjAn1r6gxmgo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx0hrikjAn1r6gxmgo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Dorothy:</strong> “How can you talk if you haven’t got a brain?”</p> <p><strong>Scarecrow: </strong>“I don’t know. But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking don’t they?”</p>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/15209331695http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/15209331695Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:49:43 -0500wizard of ozquotestruth<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw7pt3hpFz1qi0yiqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/14290093525http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/14290093525Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:15:29 -0500quotesshe ran away in her sleep and dreamed of paradise<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JRLjpXLEp1A?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>“Come Talk To Me” - Peter Gabriel with a young Paula Cole</strong> (live, 1993/1994)</p>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/14276959878http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/14276959878Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:50:00 -0500come talk to memusicmusic nostalgiamusic videonostalgiapaula colepeter gabrielL3<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqfmr84OW1qearaqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cheers to <a href="http://bunkosquad.tumblr.com/" title="Michael Femia">Michael</a> for clueing me into the Awesome People Hanging Out Together blog. Love this photo of the Dalai Lama and Mr. Rogers hanging out. </p>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/14275364863http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/14275364863Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:16:51 -0500dalai lamamr. rogersawesome people hanging out togetherfunnysubmission<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llmjx06EAi1qh2jtzo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llmjx06EAi1qh2jtzo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llmjx06EAi1qh2jtzo3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llmjx06EAi1qh2jtzo4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llmjx06EAi1qh2jtzo5_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llmjx06EAi1qh2jtzo6_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llmjx06EAi1qh2jtzo7_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llmjx06EAi1qh2jtzo8_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llmjx06EAi1qh2jtzo9_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llmjx06EAi1qh2jtzo10_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>Amazing.</p>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/13539128584http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/13539128584Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:58:35 -0500MorrisseyMorrissey gets a jobawesomefunnyhumor<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/41lqQ4brvK4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>“Begin The Begin” - R.E.M. (live, 1989)</strong> | This song was stuck in my head walking home from Harvard Square tonight. </p>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/13535480110http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/13535480110Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:35:29 -0500livevideomusicmusic videoR.E.M.begin the begin1980s videosmusic nostalgia<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gauR0gWqHTo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>“Windmills” - Glenn Phillips (Toad The Wet Sprocket) with Chris Thile</strong> (NYC, 2007) singing one of my favorite Toad The Wet Sprocket songs.  </p>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/13293953873http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/13293953873Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:49:37 -0500musicvideosmusic nostalgiachris thileglenn phillipsglenn phillipstoad the wet sprocketwindmillsmusic video<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0n_3rRiej-I?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>“Talk Straight” - The Old Ceremony</strong> | a favorite by a favorite.</p>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/13212784136http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/13212784136Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:50:25 -0500musicvideosmusic videotalk straightthe old ceremony<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/i2MBJk_SH0I?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>“Little Miss S” - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians</strong> (live, 1988?)</p> <p>This song has been a favorite for forever. Quite literally, it would seem. </p>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/13204068591http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/13204068591Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:20:00 -0500musicnostalgia1988music nostalgiaedie brickelledie brickell &amp; new bohemianslittle miss smusicvideosmusic video<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/igPvSBDt43I?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>“Your Ghost” - Kristin Hersh with Michael Stipe (1994) </strong>| Hugely nostalgic. 1994 was the year I moved to Boston. </p>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/12961428195http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/12961428195Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:42:00 -05001994michael stipemusicmusic nostalgiamusic videovideosyour ghostkristin hersh<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rsj9fXH2Psw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>“38 Years Old” - The Tragically Hip</strong></p>http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/12906272432http://awesomeetcetera.com/post/12906272432Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:40:00 -0500musicvideomusic video38 years old38the tragically hip