I usually listen to music while I’m editing–my iBook contains an iTunes player onto which I have loaded 2,646 songs to date–and I thought it might amuse you to know the ones I played as I polished up today’s blog:
(1) The Beatles, “Lovely Rita” (I love Paul McCartney’s swoopy bass line)
(2) Pat Metheny, “A Lot of Livin’ to Do”
(3) Earl Hines, “Love Me Tonight”
(4) Buddy Rich, “Love for Sale” (dig that single-stroke roll at the end!)
(5) Dwight Yoakam, “Long White Cadillac”
(6) Woody Herman and His Woodchoppers, “Lost Weekend”
(7) Glenn Miller and His Army Air Force Band, “Flying Home”
(8) Elvis Costello, “Pump It Up”
(9) Bobbie Gentry, “Ode to Billie Joe”
(10) Steely Dan, “Monkey in Your Soul”