Covers

Scott McCloud had an interesting post over on his blog today… http://scottmccloud.com/comics/mi/mi.html#12-22 “12/22: Just heard Magnet’s great cover version of “Lay Lady Lay” (iTunes has it if you’re curious). It got me thinking about my favorite covers. Way too many to mention, but a few that really changed the song in interesting ways for me…

Christmas vs. Jesus…

I spoke to someone the other day that didn’t like a particular Christmas card. What was on the offending Christmas card? Jesus. That’s right, the card referenced Jesus… for which the holiday is named, by the way. Maybe it’s my southern baptist upbringing, but I found it odd that someone could really enjoy celebrating Christmas…

Yahoo Mail…

Like many people I’ve been debating a switch from Yahoo Mail to Google Mail (gmail). I even have a gmail account for testing. I like gmail, but it’s never quite been enough to push me over the edge and switch. Keep in mind that I have a couple of years worth of e-mail on Yahoo…