She Brings the Rain-CAN
Águas de Marco- Elis Regina
Little Bit of Rain- Karen Dalton
Didn’t it Rain- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Stormy Weather- Billie Holiday
“ ”- Eydie Gormé
Come Rain or Come Shine- Billie Holiday
Remember the Rain-Kadhja Bonet
Rain Makes me Blue- Sunny & the Sunliners
Rain- Walter Wanderley
I Think it’s Going to Rain Today- Nina Simone
Famous Blue Raincoat- Leonard Cohen
It’s Raining- Irma Thomas
Cannock Chase- Labi Siffre
Fallin’ Rain- Link Wray
El Paraguas- La Sonora Dinamita
Walking in the Rain- The Ronettes
Storm- Rare Silk
Fool in the Rain- Led Zeppelin
Remember the Rain - Kadhja Bonet Crying in the Rain - Carole King I Can’t Stand the Rain - Ann Peebles Ode to a Rainy Day (Album) - Robert Lester Folsom
American Music Club – Blue and Grey Shirt
Belle & Sebastian – The Blues Are Still Blue
Cocteau Twins – Blue Bell Knoll
The Fiery Furnaces – Blueberry Boat
Fishmans – BABY BLUE
Fishmans – SUNNY BLUE
Galaxie 500 – Blue Thunder
The Mountain Goats – Pink and Blue
The Replacements – Sixteen Blue (probably in my top 50 songs of all time)
This documentary on the book maker Gerhard Steidl is really satisfying if you are into design, photography, books or “analog instead of digital.” It’s both a character study and a look at publishing photobooks. It’s really inspirational. I’m not sure where you might find it, but there’s a pirate version on YouTube as of this moment.
Over-use them. Learn them. Stock up on dry herbs from Penzeys; keep fresh ones in the fridge. You are a witch. You know your tarragon from your parsley. You mutter to yourself “Yes,chef,” as you reach for the jar of Herbes de Provence. You feel exalted.
