COVER ME

Querida Daisy,

OMG, I'm so excited -- and tired.  The past few days I've been on a Coverville marathon, listening to a podcast hosted by Brian Ibbott.  It's amazing how many I've been able to get through -- including at school.  Sitting in the back of class, eyes glazed over, hair down to hide my ipod earpiece, I was able to get through many of the 736 podcasts.  A couple of times I did fall asleep in math, but I think that was due more to the boring teacher (zzzzzzzzzzzzzz) than the music.

So, Daisy, how did I find out about Coverville?  Why Rebecca A. of course.  Yes, Ms. Wikipedia, Public Headache #1 was going on about how great this podcast is in her high-pitched voice that the whole school could hear.  She's 100% correct...but you never heard it from me.

It's funny that in my long life of 17 years (cough, giggle, keep a straight face), I've never given much thought to covers.  OK, so everyone's heard Elton John's cover of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds." But did you know that "Jet Airliner" was actually written by Paul Pena, and not the Steve Miller Band?  Then again that was in 1973.  That's like Ancient Roman time.

Fast forward -- I love Natasha Khan (Bat For Lashes), and her cover of The Cure's "A Forest" (podcast #501) is way cool.  And when I hear The Puppini Sisters' cover of Beyonce's "Crazy In Love" (podcast #611) --vamos a bailar!

Daisy, mi mami always says, "Nada hay nuevo debajo del sol."  Verdad, pero that doesn't stop some amazing artists from putting an "original spin" on some one else's creation. If done well, there's no fall from music lovers' grace.

Who knows, maybe one day my Joshua will become a huge star and other artists will cover his songs, some of which end up on Coverville. Until then Mr. Neumann: cover me!

Forever Yours,

Yvette