"I'm Livin' On The Inside..."

And aren't we all, except for perhaps Arctic researchers and polar bears?  What a winter, huh?

No rants, no attempted profundities this week, just a "holy shit, is this weather ever going to loosen its grip?"  We've all been "living on the inside" (a Michael Franks title and lyric) this winter, except for those of us who've been forced to work outside, or those whackjobs who willingly go forth to play in the Great White North.  And Climate Change deniers, just shut up; it's not a straight line, it's likely to be a jagged graph: some places colder sometimes, some places hotter.  On the whole, we're headed into a hotter environment.  And I'm scared to death that the summer yang to this winter's yin will be a scorcher.  To be honest, I'druther cold than hot:  you can keep adding clothes, but there's only so many you can remove, especially with my body....

So, anyway, a bunch of songs this week that reflect "the interior life;"  for religious folks, that's a life which seeks God in everything.  For me, it's a life which seeks warmth in anything.

Here are my songs this week, then:

Inside--Looking Out                                                                The Animals
Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)                Aretha
Inside                                                                                       Bill Morrissey
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again      Dylan
The Fire Inside                                                                         Bob Seger
She's Inside The Moon                                                            Dirk Hamilton
Inside Of Me                                                                            Eric Clapton
Stuck Inside A Cloud                                                               George Harrison
The Night Inside Me                                                                Jackson Browne
Inside                                                                                        Jethro Tull
Crippled Inside                                                                         John Lennon
Step Inside This House                                                            Lyle Lovett
Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)                                Donny Hathaway
Inside                                                                                       John Martyn
On The Inside                                                                          Michael Franks
Living On The Inside                                                              Michael Franks
From The Inside                                                                       Poco
Turn You Inside-Out                                                                R.E.M.
Inside Out                                                                                 Phil Collins
Elgar/Something Inside                                                           Steve Erdody/Jon Rhys Meyers
Inside Out                                                                                Traveling Wilburys
Joy Inside My Tears                                                                 Stevie Wonder
Trapped Again                                                                          Southside Johnny

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