Lisa Loeb is hands-down my favorite singer/songwriter, and a big part of why is in our history together.
Lisa was my virgin experience with live music, at the incomparable 9:30 Club in the U Street corridor in DC. That standing-room-only concert was also my virgin experience with a boy trying to pick me up. (Thank you, Red Cross Guy!!) If you want a clue on how big an impression that night made on me: I — the one who has no memory — can actually recall the date (March 1, 1996)!
At any rate, Lisa released a new album last week, and I was kinda ticked off at my pathetic fandom since I didn’t know it was out until two days after its release. I made up for it by listening to it pretty much nonstop all weekend while bopping around Dallas, and have two new favorite Lisa Loeb songs: “Probably” and “Will You Wander.”