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12:14 p.m. PT: Southern California has been unusually overcast the past few days, and it’s got me feeling a bit glum. I needed some cheering up, so I pulled this out of the closet:
It’s “Come On Get Happy,” the theme song from “The Partridge Family.” I know you old heads remember that show: a band of five kids and a mom touring in a psychedelic school bus playing gigs. The song cheers me up every time I hear it. Yeah, it’s kind of corny, but it works. 
Which song(s) cheers you up when you’re feeling blue? Goodness knows we could all use a lift sometimes.
Later…FL Mom says Hanson’s “MMMBop,” anything from the Mary Poppins movie soundrack, and Veggie Tales songs cheer her up. 
Music, music, music, any kind of music…
Book Recommendations
I’m three-quarters of the way through a book called This Is Your Brain on Music. Good overview of how the brain processes what we call “music,” why we like certain chords and rhythm, how musicians lure us in with “deceptive cadence” and pleasure our senses with syncopation, and much more.
The author, a former music producer, believes in Darwinian evolution, but don’t hold that against him. It doesn’t detract from the book’s core theme. I recommend it.
Next on the reading list: Net, Blogs and Rock ‘n’ Roll: How Digital Discovery Works and What it Means for Consumers.
