Playlist For July 4, 2021: Non-Minimal Me.

Have you seen those vlogs on Minimalism? Jeez, don't get me started. Minimal Moms, Minimalism Changed My Life, Minimalize Your Pantry (with containers???)...Number 1, who has a pantry? Number 2, I have waaaay too many of everything (they're call "Collections", okay?). And Number 3, I prefer to change my life with more earrings, more shoes, more salt and pepper shakers, and perhaps more gin. More, not Less. So forget all that. 

 

Not me.

More. Like THIS!

I mean, during the "lock down", I did amuse myself by throwing out stuff in a random drawer or 7. I parted ways with a few pieces of yellowing memorabilia, sweatpants (I mean, wearing sweatpants at 65 is just giving in!!!), holey socks, and general ugly (cheugy?) crapola, but who's kidding who? All that tossing, all that organization, all that "container" life quickly goes by the wayside when one emerges from containment and gets back to reality. Harrumph.

There. Venting done. Ranting over. This is me, Non-Minimal. I should really embroider that on a pillow (and yes, I have a lot of pillows, too!). :)

 

 

But can you believe it's going to be the 4th of effing July? Already??? It'll be Christmas in a half an hour. That's how fast this time of the year chugs along. And it's actually falling on a Sunday this year, so I'll have a flag-waving 2 On The Aisle for your listening pleasure, meaning: Lots of Yankee Doodling, Ben Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams (the whole Continental Congress, I guess!), State Fairs, Will Rogers and George M! Plus it is the Queen's birthday, as in Audra McDonald (THAT Queen!), so along with fire crackers and strawberry shortcake and sparklers and short shorts (who wears them?), we'll celebrate her. Huzzah, Miss McDonald!

 

 

So that's it! Enjoy your hopefully looooong weekend, wave a rain stick at the sky (and change that forecast), turn up the volume, and doodle with me...on Sunday!

 

Little Johnny Jones/Yankee Doodle Dandy (James Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy)

Sit Down, John (William Daniels, 1776)

The Lees Of Old Virginia (Ron Holgate, Howard Da Silva, William Daniels, 1776)

Molasses To Rum (Clifford Davis, 1776)

Cool, Cool, Considerate Men (Paul Hecht, "The Conservatives", 1776)

Billie/Push Me Around (Jill O'Hara, Company, George M!)

Yankee Doodle Dandy (Joel Grey, George M!)

Give My Regards To Broadway (Joel Grey, Company, George M!)

I Invented Myself (Robert Preston, Ben Franklin In Paris)

Hic Haec Hoc (Ensemble, Ben Franklin In Paris)

God Bless The Human Elbow (Robert Preston, Ben Franklin In Paris)

Will-a-Mania (Cady Huffman, Chorus, The Will Rogers Follies)

Our Favorite Son (Keith Carradine, Cady Huffman, Ziegfeld Girls, Ziegfeld Cowboys, The Will Rogers Follies)

Give A Man Enough Rope (Keith Carradine, The Will Rogers Follies)

Rhode Island Is Famous For You (Jack Haley, Inside U.S.A.)

Freedom (Donna Theodore, Chip Ford, Shenandoah)

Run, Freedom, Run! (Hunter Foster, Urinetown)

Melt Us (Ray Bolger, Ensemble, All-American)

America (Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, West Side Story)

Oklahoma (Alfred Drake, Company, Oklahoma!)

All I Owe Ioway (John Davidson, State Fair)

The Man I Used To Be (Scott Wise, Tina Johnson, Leslie Bell, State Fair)

The Farmer And The Cowman (Betty Garde, Ralph Riggs, Company, Oklahoma!)

Moon River (Audra McDonald)

Sing Happy (Audra McDonald, Sing Happy)

Climb Every Mountain (Audra McDonald, Sing Happy)

Guns And Ships (Leslie Odom Jr., Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton)

Helpless (Phillipa Soo, Company, Hamilton)

What'd I Miss (Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Hamilton)

HIstory Has Its Eye On You (Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Company, Hamilton)