Madonna was always my "go-to" growing up. "Sooner or Later" is hands down one of my favorites, as well as "What Can You Lose?" with Mandy Patinkin. That was a wonderful playlist. I used to stand around in our driveway singing her tunes at the top of my lungs. I still enjoy singing her songs! Shameless self promotion: h…

Word. Nice post Teti. I love to read any and everything you write!

There are two that I can think of that give me "the shudders." There is a version that Cher sings, probably from back in the Sonny and Cher days. It's a live version that was on some random Christmas compilation album I had as a kid. She sings it in a lower key, nevertheless, it's pretty great. I found it on YouTube: h…

Monkey Shines, at a drive-in with my mom and her boyfriend. My brother, probably about 6 years old then, and I, probably eight years old, were in the backseat of the car. I guess they were under the impression we were asleep but holy hell we were not. That movie scared the shit out me. I didn't understand how or why a…

I would love to see her in concert but I haven't had the opportunity yet. If I had a bucket list, a Tori Amos concert would be on it. My old man loves Tori too and I don't think he had ever heard of her until we got together. This article and the conversation made me think of her performance on NPR a couple of years…

Personally, I try to hold off until Halloween to watch Little Shop of Horrors but I might have to do the same tonight.

While in high school, I was hosting a youth group movie night at my house, coinsidently, my mom was the youth group director at the time. I can't recall who had the bright idea of renting Boogie Nights, but either way, we ended up watching it without incident until my mom walked in at the very end of the film when…