Awww Largo, Warren Zevon co-wrote songs with Carl Hiassen which is pretty noir. Not to mention "Lawyers, Guns & Money."
My love for me now / Ain't hard to explain / The Hero of Canton / The man they call...ME.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
DavidS - Aug 20, 2005 8:39:42 pm PDT #2922 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Largo - Aug 20, 2005 8:46:30 pm PDT #2923 of 10001
Warren Zevon co-wrote songs with Carl Hiassen
It must've been for his later albums. So far, I own just his self-titled album and Excitable Boy. That's only two, but in the year (or so) since I first purchased them, I don't think even one day goes by w/o my playing them, oh, three times through, apiece.
ETA: The only other times when I played a particular artist's music so much? Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon.
And when I'm not playing Zevon? Linda Ronstadt. And when I'm not playing Ronstadt? Jackson Browne.
Strange for an Okie boy to be so into the '70's, So-Cal "Mellow Mafia" scene, isn't it? Quick, someone stop me 'fore I buy an Eagles CD! Oops. Too late.
Kristen - Aug 20, 2005 8:48:09 pm PDT #2924 of 10001
Dude. I was so totally listening to Jackson Browne today in my car. Which, I suppose, doesn't make today all that much different from any other day.
DCJensen - Aug 20, 2005 8:50:59 pm PDT #2925 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
I thought it was a formality.
Any formality that includes spooning gramps is just WRONG.
But it was implied that it was a symbolic formality. Not spooning. Sleeping in the same bed. And? the character left as soon as grandpaw fell asleep.
Heinlein wasn't advocating you sleep with a future husband's grandpaw, he was showing that the social structure of the society in the book had a different take on marrage.
I acknowledge your squick, though. IRL? Squicky. In fiction, not so squicky. At least for me.
Largo - Aug 20, 2005 8:52:28 pm PDT #2926 of 10001
Dude. I was so totally listening to Jackson Browne today in my car.
Please. Tell me it was Late for the Sky. And even if it wasn't, tell me, anyway.
DavidS - Aug 20, 2005 8:53:35 pm PDT #2927 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't think even one day goes by w/o my playing them, oh, three times through, apiece.
"She put me through some changes lord / just like a Waring blender."
Yeah, he hooked up with Hiaasen later in his career.
Largo - Aug 20, 2005 8:55:52 pm PDT #2928 of 10001
Oh, no way. Out of all the Zevon songs to quote, David, you would quote my favorite ("Poor Poor Pitiful Me"). I don't know if this makes me sound square (and frankly, I don't care), but you rock.
Kristen - Aug 20, 2005 8:57:58 pm PDT #2929 of 10001
Tell me it was Late for the Sky.
HA. Yes, in fact, LftS was on there. I have most of the first five albums on my mini iPod. Then I skip ahead to I'm Alive. I kind of pretend he didn't release any music during the 80s.
DavidS - Aug 20, 2005 8:58:15 pm PDT #2930 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
but you rock.
Well, if you insist.
Strega - Aug 20, 2005 8:58:47 pm PDT #2931 of 10001
Okay, caught up: I think "Are You Now" was on one of the nomination ballots, but it didn't win the Hugo. Stars My Destination would be excellent. And it seems like it'd be a lot easier to adapt, but it's been a while since I've read it. The end.
I want to hear it!But that'll spoil the surprise! It's about one of the cut scenes from "Home," and the answer should be "Yes," because I'll be well impressed. Plus, if it's "No," I'll seem crazy.
...Crazier.
Oh, I was copying 10-year-old videotapes of The Maxx to DVD. And occasionally getting distracted by the Aeon Fluxx episodes on the same tape. I miss the days when MTV was deeply weird.