Samnha Birthday 16. Nov

Although the Mystery Lyrics Calendar isnt working at the moment, this birthday bio from Krissy is just too good to miss!

Favorite music:  many and varied, but generally classic rock and blues. LOVE blues, any era.

Krissy and Anthony

I have recently been swindled into making horse show-shirts for a girl I work with. 400 rhinestones and all. Don’t ask.

Krissy with hair swept

My mother is a writer, currently inventing a language of the witches. She was also a Naval Combat nurse in Vietnam, a serious protester, hung out with Abbie Hoffman, and once got herself arrested for chaining herself to an Administration desk at Drake University in Iowa. My grandfather still cackles thinking about bailing her out of jail. She did not find his delight as entertaining. Mom rules.

I have an HP Pocket PC that I can’t live without. I hate being on the phone. I was once told by an interviewer that I talk too much. Perhaps this missive is proof of that. Sorry, ADD does that.

Krissy Profile Pic

Bridge to the Stars update 11/2008

Remember “Bridge to the Stars” -  our own charity that benefits the Sternenbrücke Childrens Hospice in Hamburg and more recently the “Make A Wish” Foundation?

I have made the current account of $74.34 a round 75 Euros and transfered the balance to the bank account of the Hospice today. Thus the current account now stands at 0.00 and we are ready to build up again!

Transfer report (PDF) (pop-up)

In the sidebar on the right hand side of the page, you are now able to donate to this charity directly through paypal, and, as has always been the case, any takings generated through clicking on Amazon links on this website will also be donated to Bridge to the Stars

Update: The Bridge to the Stars Online Store is now back online. You can access via the menu or click here. Let’s see if we can get some money generated for christmas for our charity!

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In future I will think twice about sending out Tunes on a sunday. For some reason, sundays offerings don’t seem to be read as much as when I send them on monday…. this week though I have no choice, dental appointment tomorrow, and I probably won’t be in the mood for sending out clues afterwards.
unfortunately I am going to have to disable the Mystery Lyrics Calendar. It is causing big problems with the slide show and the pictures, and that I can’t do with… I will be looking out for other solutions, but until then , we will have to do without it, I’m afraid

Last weeks choice was not so easy, as although this was a hit in Europe and is considered a classic, it unfortunately (and surprisingly) didn’t make such of an impression on the US market.I was of course looking for “Nik Kershaw” and “Wouldn’t It Be Good“, which was correctly recognised by Clete6, Alan Novich and Spnnrn. Well done you 3!! If you’re curious about this song or the artist, just click on the album cover to be taken to Amazon, where you can find out more… %RELATEDPOSTS%

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Back to the fray, I’m sending this out on sunday evening instead of tomorrow due to LDR Meetings at work.

I’d like though just to fill you in with some of the features on this page. Some of you may have noticed that the event calendar stopped working. It was a problem with the plugin, which the author seems to have solved, at least everything seems to be working again.

Soon you will also be able to send eCards directly from the Mystery Lyrics Site. I am working on the graphics at the moment, if anyone would like to help, why not get in touch…

Now to Name That Tune

Well more of you recognised last weeks tune than I expected, it was of course “Kiki Dee” with “Amoureuse“. Quite a few of you recognised the singer as Olivia Newton-John, which I believe is Googles fault - that’s what you get when you go cheating …. Over to the folks that got it correct: Well done Clete6, Alan Novich, rettaric, Dan, ElvisAaron, Trish and Todd. The following players knew that the singer was Kiki Dee or that the song was “Amoureuse”: Debi, Spnnrn, Tom L, Mike (mscho)

Desert Island Discs

I came across an article on one of the websites I read regularly that caught my interest.

One of the oldest music programmes in England is a Show called “Desert Island Discs”. It has been running regularly since 1942.

Today I want to introduce this game to Mystery Lyrics.

The rules are simple: You are stranded on a desert island. (How you know this before hand escapes me, but never mind.) You are allowed

• 8 Records or CDs
• 1 Book. You don’t need to take the Bible or other religious book, because its already there. So are the complete works of Shakespeare
• 1 Luxury Item. Your luxury item cannot be anything that might aid your escape from the island (like a boat…), or anything that would produce music, like an iPod

So, what would you take with you, and why?

Think about it and put your suggestions in the comments box below.

The pic on this page is released under a Creative Commons License: photo credit: Shahnoor Habib

Thanks to the BBC’s “Desert Island Discs” and to Yellow Swordfish for inspiration

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Well, after presenting the Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” the previous week, I obviously thought it would be appropriate to fool myself last week. Thing is, I always check the songs I want to present on the Billboard Website to make sure that they are in fact tunes that hit the US charts - no point in sending clues to songs that you have no chance of recognising… Anyway, I obviously looked at the wrong song, as I noted that it reached no. 46 on the Billboard charts in 1968, whereas it did in fact get to number 1 in 1967. This made of course a gimme for a lot of you, which I hadn’t quite intended

Last weeks offering was “The Lemon Pipers” with their song “My Green Tambourine”. Well done to the following players that got it all right… Debi, alan novich, Trish and Todd, Spudpar, Hil, Linda, Mike (mscho), TOM L, rettaric, Dan, Doug, Renfield, Mike (daddyo), Clete6, Spnnrn. You all saw through my feeble attempts to fool you … lol

No matter, let’s see what you make of this clip. The artist concerned was one of my favorite vocalists in the 70s. She has had a long career, and is still singing. I remember Kent talking about this song a few years ago, saying that he had gone out to buy the LP just because of this song, (which is also what I did) so I know some of you will recognise it. Just for the record, I have been unable to find any Billboard statistics for this song (how convenient lol) Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Knowing that you are all lovers of good music, I’m sure you won’t mind me plugging one of my favorite artists on this page. Many of you will know that I got to know Caro, one of my idols from my youth, a couple of years ago, and since then have been involved, designing the official fan webpages. Now, at last, Caro’s latest album is available at CDBaby, and thus to the US music loving public. You can preview the album at www.caro-fans.com and buy at CDBaby if you like it. Or … a long shot, if you’re a reader of Forgotten Hits, there are 3 Caro LPs to be won

Have you submitted your favorite albums yet for the Mystery Lyric Awards? Click here to start.

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