BREAKING: "Soundrack To My Day" Wins a Bloggie!

Back in January I posted the exciting news that my friend (and DustBunny-in-good-standing) Howard had been nominated for a 2010 Weblog Award (AKA "The Bloggies").  Well BunnyNation ... Howard's blog - Soundtrack To My Day - has WON the award for "Best Weblog about Music"!!!!!!

Check it out HERE.

I can't even begin to tell you how proud I am of Howard and his excellent blog!  This is a huge, huge deal - so please give Howard a well-deserved pat-on-the-back.  You can check out Soundtrack to my Day HERE.

I Know A Bloggie Award-Nominated Blogger!!!!

OK - listen up, BunnyNation.  Our good friend Howard (above right - with musician Aidan James) has been nominated for a "Bloggie" Award!  This is HUGE.

This is not some "I Think You're A Great Friend/Blogger - Pass It On" made-up award - the Bloggies are real.  In fact, The Weblog Awards are the oldest and most prestigious blog awards out there.  They were started ten years ago, way back when blogs were still called "weblogs"! The Bloggies are the Oscars of the blogging world - the winners will be announced at the South By Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin this March.

Anywhore - Howard is an amazing blogger with an amazing music blog - Soundtrack To My Day.  He is also, officially, our Music Editor here at DavidDust - so I couldn't be prouder.

HERE IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO:  Go HERE and vote for Soundtrack To My Day.  Note: the page scrolls horizontally, and the Music category is about halfway through.

And while you're there, vote for the person who inspired ME to start blogging - Joe.My.God - for a "Lifetime Achievement" award (toward the end of the long horizontal listing).

At the end of the horizontal scroll, there is a place to fill in your email address and an anti-spam word device before completing the process. A verification email will be sent to the address to finalize the vote. The voting procedure is one vote per email address.

Please VOTE.  And congratulations to Howard for earning this honor. How cool would it be for a Dusty Bunny to win a Bloggie Award?!?!!

 

Music Notes with Howard - Alison Moyet

Music Blogger extraordinaire Howard blogged earlier today about one of my favorite singers of all time - Alison Moyet. Some of you may remember that I had the pleasure of seeing Moyet in concert in June 2008 (as part of the Yaz reunion tour) - which was absolutely thrilling for me.

Enjoy Howard's excellent post about a most excellent vocalist...

Alison Moyet - by Howard

I was watching Graham Norton Saturday night [yes, I lead such a glamorous life] and on came Alison Moyet, looking rather sharp. I have loved her voice for so long - since she was in the band Yaz [Yazoo for th0se outside the US], her voice wailing on some remarkable songs. She went on to Graham's show to promote the release of a new greatest hits collection. She was rather amusing during the chat part, and sang All Cried Out for the musical portion. I love that song.



Her first solo project after Yaz was a wonderful album named Alf in 1984. The second single was All Cried Out, but her first single was Love Resurrection. Both went top 10 in the UK singles chart, and Resurrection made it into the US top 100, hitting #82. But it is one of the many favorites I have, with my enduring love for Alison.



Alison continued to put out albums over the next decade, and in 1985 put out Singles, a greatest hits collection. It included a cover of First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, with was a thrilling and interesting take on a classic. It was previously unreleased. The richness of her voice is just mesmerizing to me.



To find more about what Alison Moyet is up to, visit her website here. If, like me, you have to have her latest, you can find it here.