Saturday 9

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to answer the questions, however, and here are today's questions!

Saturday 9: Stay (I Missed You) 1994

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) In this week's song, a woman is accused of only hearing what she wants to. "Selective listening" is when you choose to focus on what's important to you and ignore what isn't. Are you often, sometimes, or never guilty of selective listening?
Probably sometimes.

2) She turns the radio up when she hears her favorite song. What song have you recently sung along to?
I don't think I've sung any song in years.  For some reason, though I was in choirs my whole life, suddenly I can't sing any more.  I have a vocal range of about 5 notes, if that.  But I can sing in my head!

3) This week's featured artist, Lisa Loeb, has always been a big reader. Her band was called Nine Stories as a tribute to her favorite author, JD Salinger. If you were to name a band to honor your favorite author, what would you call it, and why?
Frozen Lettuce.  I'm a huge Steinbeck fan....Lettuce is a big plot twist in my favorite book, "East of Eden"

4) This week's song is her first and biggest hit. "Stay" was on the soundtrack of Reality Bites, a movie starring her friend and one-time neighbor Ethan Hawke. Ethan gave this song to the film's director, Ben Stiller, who agreed it was perfect for the film's closing credits. When you watch a movie, do you stick around for the closing credits?
On TV, no.  In the theater, yes.  Not sure why!  Walt loves the credits.

5) In the 1990s, Lisa was popular for her style and appeared on many magazine covers, causing People magazine to comment, "Though she rose to fame as a singer, she's probably just as well known for her glasses." Do you wear glasses? If yes, do you consider your eyewear purely functional, there to improve your sight, or are your glasses an extension of your personal style?
I've worn glasses since I was 10.  I have to put my glasses in the same place every night because I can't see well enough to find them if I put them somewhere different.  I wear trifocals and definitely wear them to improve my sight.

6) Today Lisa does a show on Sirius Radio, and she enjoys broadcasting while her favorite collaborator, her cat, sits on her shoulder. Is there a pet in the room with you as you answer these questions?
No.  Our dog is a lap dog and when I sit at my desk, I don't have a lap so he never comes in here when I'm working on my computer.

7) Lisa raises funds for SCOPE, a charity that helps children from low-income families attend summer camp. When you were a kid, did you go to camp?
No.  I desperately wanted to go to camp, but my parents couldn't afford it.

8) In 1994, when this song was popular, the nation's attention was riveted to a white Bronco driven by a man named Al Cowlings. Without looking it up, can you recall why this was newsworthy?
LOL. Not only can I recall why this was newsworthy, I watched that white Bronco until it finally stopped.  

9) Random question: Can you do a cartwheel?
I can't stand up without a walker and definitely can't do a cartwheel.  Even when I was normal weight, I was never able to do a cartwheel.

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