Songs for Animals

Our animals have their own theme songs. I have a hard time keeping them straight so I am making a list.. I can't recall a few so they will be blank until I recall

Cats:
Popo: Macho Man by The Village People
Orsino: Love Fool by The Cardigans
Alistair: I'm Afraid of Americans by David Bowie
Callisto: Polyester Bride by Liz Phair
Rocco: something by System of a Down?
Basho: Glamorous by Fergie
Mineaux: Help I'm Alive by Metro
Juno: Dog Days Are Over by Florence & The Machine
Harpo: Fancy by Iggy Azalea
Van Gogh:




Dogs:
Lily: Brown Eyed Girl by every cover band ever; I Feel it All by Feist
Cixous: Scooby Doo Where Are You? theme song
Austin: Tub-thumping by Chumba Wamba or whatever; Breezeblocks by alt-J; Home by Dotan (He was also a big Dave Matthews fan)
Stella: Stellar by Incubus
Kurzweil: Bicycle Race by Queen (you know, because he really gets excited by bicycles)
Dacia:  I Love It by Icona Pop

Spring time was always my favorite time of year....

Yesterday Prince died.......

I have seen a number of artists pass over the years, Kurt Cobain was the voice of my generation. Favorite punk rockers went to sleep and never awoke. Earlier this year the great David Bowie passed. Death and music go hand in hand. None of these deaths hit me quite like Prince's.

Let me be clear. I am not some great Prince fan. I never owned an album. I admire his work and his artistry. It is only with his passing that I realize the tremendous role he played in my life as I grew up.
My first memory of Prince was secretly listening to Darling Nikki on a school bus as we headed out to a field trip. Purple Rain was an album I wanted to own, but there was no way my parents would allow it in the house at the time.

I am the MTV generation. I grew up with videos playing every day. It was the only thing we watched in our household. Prince was always there. He was the background. I could sing along to Little Red Corvette. Knew all the words to Raspberry Beret. Diamonds and Peals seemed to always be playing somewhere in the background of high school.

As a young child, my first inkling of domestic violence came from the song When Doves Cry. I knew relationships could be complicated. Prince taught me that. I learned that masturbation existed. I had never heard the word before Darling Nikki and her magazine. I began to understand that sexuality should be expressed and discussed - not just puritanically hidden thanks to songs like Cream.


From Prince himself, I learned that gender identity could be fluid. A guy could wear heels and a blouse and rock it. I learned that my binary world view was limiting and not the way I wanted to go forward. I learned that life could be complicated and that it was okay.


Thank you, Prince for making me a better person. Always cry for love; never cry for pain.....