Give Fiona Apple’s Fourth Album, “The Idler Wheel…,” a First Listen

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

The ever-amazing Fiona Apple does it again!

The ever-amazing Fiona Apple does it again!

First Listen: Fiona Apple’s “The Idler Wheel…”:
http://www.npr.org/2012/06/10/154422085/first-listen-fiona-apple-the-idler-wheel

Emotions are so darn beautiful — that’s the message of music, much of the time. The giggling lilt of a melody, the ennobling swell of a crescendo: Popular songs, especially, often enhance our moods to lift us up, unbreak our hearts, drive us toward liberating confessions and cathartic climaxes. Courting the sublime so aggressively that it often gets ridiculous, pop music encourages listeners to imagine feeling in ways that make us bigger, better.

Fiona Apple‘s music does something different. A classically lovely woman whose gorgeous, sultry alto once led her toward alt-divadom, Apple has always dared herself to be and do something else: to say no to simple beauty and instead express the urges and insecurities that more accommodating artists tend to avoid.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: Preview Fiona Apple‘s new album before pre-ordering it on Amazon.com!

Official Video Released for Fiona Apple’s Song, “Every Single Night”

I originally posted the following video and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

Every Single Night – Fiona Apple:

My Commentary: New Fiona Apple! 🙂

Don’t Settle for Imitation! Real Maple Syrup is THE BEST!

The following correspondence originally took place upon my Facebook wall…

Maple syrup spigot, with hook and collection bucket

Maple syrup spigot, with hook and collection bucket

Rayn: The GOODS! Real maple syrup is the undoubtedly the best, so she refuses to settles for less (toxic, heavy-metal laden, man-made, high fructose franken-corn syrup)!

Lana C.: Lol! I hear u that’s all I eat is the REAL maple syrup, not that Aunt Jemima crap…

Rayn: Skillz! Sadly, some Individuals have NO IDEA what real maple syrup tastes like! Yet, the fake stuff is just a CHEAP KNOCK-OFF of the original! Knowing the truth, why would anyone settle for derivative trash?

Lana C.: Yep!

Jonas A.: I want my real maple syrup too…it’s not cheap, but it’s better than the corn crap they serve at other places….

Rayn: While in elementary school in Glen Ridge, NJ, I actually enjoyed some fresh sap from the spigot of a tapped Maple tree! It wasn’t more than a few drops, but I’ll never forget the experience! And, it tasted like nectar! I wish stores would stock it! I’ve read from multiple sources that it takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup, so that explains the price tag we deal with for the goods… especially when considering the drip rate of one tapped tree! This technology was given to European settlers by the indigenous Tribes of Native America (just like so many other gifts)! 🙂 This is just another reason why I have SO VERY MUCH respect for the Northern Tribes, especially when I compare their ways to the Western culture of wastefulness, toxification, planned obsolescence, artificial scarcity and monopoly control over resources. It is like viewing DAY vs NIGHT!

Jonas A.: Yeah…you’re quite right about the wastefulness of this society compared to the native cultures they forcefully displaced…