Sean Daly is the pop music critic for the St. Petersburg Times. His CD collection -- from Journey to Dylan, Prince to U2, Public Enemy to Stan Getz -- is much bigger and better than yours. ...
Yep, Mai-Mai has a couple of achers, poor thing. Double ear infections, the scourge of the toddler brigade. She was pretty miserable last night. She was doing better this morning, until I tried to administer her meds, a gelatinous Creamsiclian goo, and she Linda Blaired all over me. Quite an impressive heave actually. In fact, this family has been doing a lot of first-class barfing lately. But I digress...This would be a perfect day to, let's say, get ready for a 5-day trip to Cleveland, interview Tony Bennett, review the new Bob Dylan bootlegs and basically try to get my life back in order. But no, now I have to go do the kid's eardrops. She's gonna see these suckers coming a mile away. She's crafty, just like her sis, just like her mama. I'm outmatched.In the meantime, why don't we hone our playlist chops. (I've been getting nagged about playlists lately, especially from my work peeps. What happened to that whimsical Pop Life pasttime, they ask. Good question.) While I go do battle with a ferocious 8-month-old, let's see what you can do. How about Haven't Got Time for the Pain by Carly Simon? Or Ear Candy by King's X? Or Ouch! by the Rutles?Photo courtesy of Kitty's Cavern, the United Kingdom's preferred online Smurf directory ...
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