Love is All Over the Place, There's Nothing Wrong With Your Face
I'm super duper grateful for all the music and musicians that help get me through my days, and Ms. Ani Difranco is way out on top of that list.
Ever since some friends first saw Ani at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival about 15 years ago and they copied a couple of her CDs onto cassette for me, I've been hooked. Since then I've bought all of her albums (and she puts out a lot of albums) and I've seen her in concert about a dozen times.
Ani's music is so personal for me. We were born in the same month of the same year, we have similar relationship histories and social/political ideals, and we both became mothers in the same year. So, I guess you could say we're pretty much the same person, Ani and me, except for, you know, her amazing musical talent, a few extra million in one of our bank accounts, and an audience full of righteous babes tossing their panties on stage on a nightly basis. So, yeah, other than that.
Ani's music is very autobiographical, and so often her latest song puts into words exactly what I'm going through at a given time. Here's one that's speaking for me today.
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Hey, Missy, I hope your home wasn't impacted too much by the flood. Are you guys OK?
Since Fairfield isn't near a river, we weren't affected at all by the flooding (or the tornadoes or any of the other severe weather in Iowa). We are certainly blessed in that respect.
Well, Mia is actually in LA right now visiting her boyfriend; but her place in DM is fine. My parents in Webster City had several inches of water in their basement to deal with.
Funny, I remember reading your Ani post last year and even commented on it, but I forgot that you also wrote about Present/Infant. I guess I didn't need that song as much then as I do now!
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Hey, Missy, I hope your home wasn't impacted too much by the flood. Are you guys OK?
Posted by: Becky | June 17, 2008 at 03:36 PM
Since Fairfield isn't near a river, we weren't affected at all by the flooding (or the tornadoes or any of the other severe weather in Iowa). We are certainly blessed in that respect.
Posted by: Missy | June 17, 2008 at 04:33 PM
That's good to hear! Andy and Erin are definitely OK, but apparently their basement is full of water. Is Mia doing alright?
Posted by: Becky | June 18, 2008 at 09:13 PM
Well, Mia is actually in LA right now visiting her boyfriend; but her place in DM is fine. My parents in Webster City had several inches of water in their basement to deal with.
Posted by: Missy | June 18, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Nice to see the Ani post!
Posted by: Dawn Merydith | June 23, 2008 at 09:46 PM
Oh man, I LOVE this one. You saw my post with the link to her podcast with it on there right? http://lyricalvenus.blogspot.com/2007/10/absolutely-inspired-by-ani-difrancos.html
I put the podcast on my iPod and I think I listened to it about 50 times in a row during a hard day at the office last year...
Posted by: Heather | June 27, 2008 at 01:21 AM
Funny, I remember reading your Ani post last year and even commented on it, but I forgot that you also wrote about Present/Infant. I guess I didn't need that song as much then as I do now!
Posted by: Missy | June 27, 2008 at 09:37 AM