THURSDAY RANDOM TEN

Ahhh...So Happy It’s Thursday™!

What, pray tell, is Elisson doing posting his Friday Random Ten on Thursday? You may well ask.

Tomorrow morning, as soon as I have dispensed with my morning minyan obligations, I will be headed off to the Baltimore (pronounced “Ballmer” by the locals) area for a training session - part of my preparation for assuming a leadership role in the Southeastern Region of the International Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs.

Blogging over the next several days will be sporadic to nonexistent, alas.

The Missus will most likely use the Elisson-Free Weekend to run down to Savannah and visit the Mistress of Sarcasm. I am envious. My weekend will be filled with breakout sessions and presentations - as much as you can do over a weekend considering that writing on Shabbat is verboten. Her weekend will be filled with Mother-Daughter Fun.

But in the meantime, we have Choons to listen to, all lovingly selected in Random Sequence by the Little White Choon-Box d’Elisson...

1. Tapajos River - Philip Glass
   
2. Fred Jones Part 2 - Ben Folds
   
   Fred sits alone at his desk in the dark
   There’s an awkward young shadow that waits in the hall
   He’s cleared all his things and he’s put them in boxes
   Things that remind him: “Life has been good”
   
   Twenty-five years
   He’s worked at the paper
   A man’s here to take him downstairs
   And I’m sorry, Mr. Jones
   It’s time
   
   There was no party, there were no songs
   ’Cause today’s just a day like the day that he started
   No one is left here that knows his first name
   And life barrels on like a runaway train
   Where the passengers change
   They don’t change anything
   You get off; someone else can get on
   
   And I’m sorry, Mr. Jones
   It’s time
   
   Streetlight shines through the shades
   Casting lines on the floor, and lines on his face
   He reflects on the day
   
   Fred gets his paints out and goes to the basement
   Projecting some slides onto a plain white
   Canvas and traces it
   Fills in the spaces
   He turns off the slides, and it doesn’t look right
   Yeah, and all of these bastards
   Have taken his place
   He’s forgotten but not yet gone
   
   And I’m sorry, Mr. Jones
   And I’m sorry, Mr. Jones
   And I’m sorry, Mr. Jones
   It’s time
   
   
3. The National Anthem - Radiohead
   
4. Every Mother’s Son - Traffic
   
5. No One Mourns The Wicked - Wicked, Original Cast Recording
   
6. Toccata & Fugue in D Minor - Wendy Carlos, Switched-On Bach 2000
   
7. Purpose - Avenue Q, Original Broadway Cast
   
8. Bodhisattva - Steely Dan
   
9. I Got A Line On You - Spirit
   
10. Native Son - The Judybats
    

It’s Friday. What are you listening to?