James Taylor Days...

Today is definitely a James Taylor day. You know, there are some days when it's a Greatful Dead Day - which may easily be confused for a James Taylor day - or a Jay-Z day, or a Cindy Lauper day...But today is a James Taylor day.

How do I know the difference? Well, for those of you who may be confused, here's a little guide to knowing how to play the right music on the right day.

James Taylor days= rainy days that are not too cold. You should usually be in a introspective mood when you listen to James Taylor.

Greatful Dead days= days that you just want to have fun, but you don't really feel like talking too much. Greatful Dead is also really good for those days that you are stressed out and want to ward off a potentially bad day. The weather should usually be sunny. However, "Box of Rain" is a great song on rainy days.

Extreme '80s days=the days that you just want to feel like a little kid again. Reserve this music for days when you don't want to make any sense to anyone but yourself.

Jay-Z days= This music may well be complemented by Nelly, Ludacris, Eminem...The list goes on. Reserve this music for days when you are having bad cases of road rage or for when you would like to give your boss a black eye.

Waylon Jennings days=George Strait, Don Williams, Merle Haggard, and Waylon should be played while you either are driving through the country, or have sworn to give up city life in favor of the much more appealing farm life. I usually do this about every month in some form.

Techno days= I listen to techno when I have had too much coffee and no other beat fits the pounding beat of my heart, or when I study.(Which usually means I have had too much coffee.) Needless to say, I have not listened to techno in months.

Frank Sinatra days = for days that you wish you were sophisticated and polished. Frankie is complemented well by Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennet, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, and Michael Buble. This music has been known to inspire me to try - or want to try - to create a gourmet dish far beyond my culinary capabilities. I also like to pretend that I am Italian and look like Sophia Loren while I listen to this music.

Beach Music days = These are perhaps my favorite. Listen to the Drifters, the Tams, the Chairmen of the Board on days when you can smell the salty air of the ocean even though you are 200 miles away from it. However, be warned - listening to this music may prompt an impromtu trip to Charleston (one of the two best cities in the entire world).

There are more, but those are the basics. The rest you must figure out for yourself. However, may I recommend to everyone to listen to the song "Something in the Way She Moves" today. It is, afterall, a James Taylor Day.

"There's something in the way she moves, or looks my way, or calls my name that seems to leave this troubled world behind..."