Lately, I've been hung up on big band and swing music. I don't know why, but I can't stop listening to it. It's just the style my ears are craving.

During this big band/swing period of mine, I've also been hooked on a singer named Meaghan Smith. She's a modern artist, but her sound is right out of the 1920s and 1930s. After just one song, my ears had a crush on her.

One of my favorites is "A Little Love"...

Her newest video is a cover of The Pixies' "Here Comes Your Man", a twenty-year-old song she manages to make sound sixty years old (in a good way).

And just so I have it all in one place, here is the band's original version of the song:

By the way, I was in the midst of writing this entry, when 8:36pm rolled around.

For those who might not know, I'm 23 days into my instance of Buster Benson's 8:36pm project. It's a project with a single rule: every day, take a photo at 8:36pm.

Less than a month in, it's difficult to see the value of a daily photograph. The fact the activities I capture every day during that particular minute are mundane and/or repetitive doesn't help. My guess (and hope) is the project will gain value over time.

I must admit, it's exciting to think about what my iPhone camera will catch at 8:36pm in just a few months' time or in a year's time.

It's just one of several little experiments I'm conducting this year. If you want to follow along, I've dedicated a Flickr set to the project. Let's see where it leads.