I can see where Rick James might be a bit much.
I'm not asking them to snort coke with him backstage. Just to have heard of him, say, and maybe know he's not white.
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'Serenity'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Dec 29, 2004 4:22:06 pm PST #1387 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse - Dec 29, 2004 4:26:01 pm PST #1388 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I can see Rick James being too new -- that's why my parents missed the funk.
Also, I just learned Monday that Peter Tosh's name used to be McIntosh. I can't decide if I should feel ridiculous for not knowing that.
And I realized that in order to properly pay bills, I had to get my spreadsheet from the other computer, so I just copied everything over. Dude. All the files I had on my old computer -- photos, papers, whatever -- fit on my thumb drive. Technology is amazing.
Consuela - Dec 29, 2004 4:28:31 pm PST #1389 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Your parents are all FAR too hip. My dad knows from Artie Shaw. And, um, he probably knows who the Beatles are. But once I was listening to the Hothouse Flowers, and he asked me if that was Elvis Presley.
He does know Eva Cassidy, though. ::shrugs::
victor infante - Dec 29, 2004 4:31:13 pm PST #1390 of 10002
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I'm not asking them to snort coke with him backstage. Just to have heard of him, say, and maybe know he's not white.
Fair enough. Every now and again,my mother surprises me by knowing who some musician I'm listening to is.
Jesse - Dec 29, 2004 4:33:09 pm PST #1391 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My parents' main pop-music gap is from after they became grownups until I got old enough to listen to it myself. Which makes a lot of sense to me, as I barely know what's going on in pop music anymore, and don't see that becoming any less over the next 40 years.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 29, 2004 4:33:16 pm PST #1392 of 10002
What is even happening?
I'm not asking them to snort coke with him backstage. Just to have heard of him, say, and maybe know he's not white.I get that. I think my mom even knows who Rick James was.
But...who is Eva Cassidy?
victor infante - Dec 29, 2004 4:34:33 pm PST #1393 of 10002
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Actually, I think my mom had a Rick James album in the early eighties. Huh. Repressed memory.
Kat - Dec 29, 2004 4:36:58 pm PST #1394 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
My Dad, while not into funk, was surprisingly modern on his music selections. It's his fault that I can sing almost every song by the Eagles, Lynard Skynard and Steve Miller having grown up with it.
Note: I didn't say his taste was good.
Consuela - Dec 29, 2004 4:38:05 pm PST #1395 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Eva Cassidy is a jazz/blues singer from the US who has a lovely voice. She became moderately successful in the UK before dying unexpectedly a few years back.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 29, 2004 4:39:36 pm PST #1396 of 10002
What is even happening?
Note: I didn't say his taste was good.
(I like all that stuff)
Eva Cassidy is a jazz/blues singer from the US who has a lovely voice. She became moderately successful in the UK before dying unexpectedly a few years back.Thanks, Consuela.