the box of tunes

someday i'll manage to upload all the favorite tunes myself but since my proverbial bloody excuse is that i'm absolutely preoccupied with daily chores, i'll let the more euphonical member of our household peform the task. sleep is my greatest thrill and i always succumb to the ministrations of the circadian rhythm. swell, marriage has its perks and gratifications and the other half choosing the sounds is fine by me. it just means there would be no REM et al in the selection. but i quite like the romance part of domesticity in conjunction with compromise on the likes and dislikes, music included.

i'm sifting through the contents of humble my cd box at present and found surprises. do i really own a saturday night fever soundtrack? i have a few records of led zeppelin, jimi hendrix, rem, pearl jam, rhcp, greenday -- not too shabby. tlc was a talented act. i had mozart symphony number three. felicity, the tv show was one of the bright spots of the singapore experience, acquiring the soundtrack was a logical decision. reality bites soundtrack -- i simply can't remember what propelled me for that purchase. a certain song perhaps? for a few more items hovering outside the box, radiohead and nirvana are not merely discerning picks but quite superb choices. i have two aiza, one regine -- quite curtailed for original filipino music. now for the few apocryphal druthers -- notting hill soundtrack? avril lavigne, let go? i was probably too flaky during the time. the kind of person who was predisposed to hear gloria gaynor's i will survive again and again.

now it's the ipod time to reign, over the years i've been introduced to several acts outside the tabloid mainstream from lemon jelly to orbital to leftfield to optimus prime, odyssey, origin unknown and some garage bands not quite pop idol. the rockin dippers and avoiding sentimental eulogies have been the proverbial status quo. although the hope in utero has made the pain of losing babies and missing my parents a little bit bearable.