Ooh, the kalimba looks like fun. Also, there was a translucent pink Yamaha recorder (on Amazon). She loves pink.
Fred: Oh my God! Angel, you're…cute! Angel: Fred, don't! Fred: Oh, but the little hands! And the hair! Angel: Hey! You're fired.
'Smile Time'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
sumi - Nov 08, 2005 9:29:23 am PST #1106 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
dw - Nov 08, 2005 9:44:43 am PST #1107 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval
erinaceous: your dictionary was on Arrested Development last night! For the definition of pussy!
That running bit made me snerk as much as finding out that Ann's name is really Annabelle.
I second the kalimba idea. Easy to play, hard to knock out of tune, and much less annoying than some of cumbersome alternatives. And kalimbas are happy instruments. Even West African songs of suffering sound happy on a kalimba.
Alicia K - Nov 08, 2005 12:04:53 pm PST #1108 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
I thought U2 in concert couldn't get any better than seeing them at Madison Square Garden in October. Then I saw them in Vegas Saturday night. I finally made it into the Ellipse and spent the concert going apeshit in the second row.
Even though that makes me kind of biased, this was the best show out of the 5 I've seen so far. Mary J Blige singing "One"! Brandon Flowers singing "In a Little While"! The very rare appearance of "Until the End of the World"! The return of "Mysterious Ways"! "Bad" as a closer, with the closing snippet of Patti's "People Got the Power"!
Oh, man. I doubt Portland is going to top that next month, but I'm really looking forward to finding out.
Michele T. - Nov 08, 2005 5:42:07 pm PST #1109 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
The dictionary namechecked on AD is a not erinaceous's, but a sibling of it. Erinaceous's dictionary, being a dictionary of American English, would have been useless in the circumstance of the episode.
Music reference to keep this on-topic: Music! I understand it makes the people come together.
Jon B. - Nov 09, 2005 1:26:09 am PST #1110 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
erinaceous - Nov 09, 2005 3:39:05 am PST #1111 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.
It was actually my dictionary! I sent them the PDF. It was page 1377! I think they said "OED", though, since EVERYONE DOES, despite me wearing red, white, and blue, waving a flag, and shouting "redcoats go home!" at every opportunity.
As far as I know, they totally made up that "British definition," though, which was GENIUS. I need to watch that show more often.
Sue - Nov 09, 2005 3:45:07 am PST #1112 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Erinaceous, you have the coolest job.
bon bon - Nov 09, 2005 5:38:33 am PST #1113 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
The dictionary namechecked on AD is a not erinaceous's, but a sibling of it. Erinaceous's dictionary, being a dictionary of American English, would have been useless in the circumstance of the episode.
I knew it was erinaceous's dictionary b/c it said blah "American" blah blah on the top of the page.
dw - Nov 09, 2005 8:50:12 am PST #1114 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval
Three things: 1. I'm really liking Last.fm almost as much as KEXP.
2. Does Bloc Party's "Helicopter" wake up at night in a cold sweat thinking about "The Rat" by the The Walkmen? And do they both secretly worry the Stooges' collected works are going to get together with Mission of Burma's collected works and file a class-action plaigarism suit against them?
3. Now that Susan finally has a job, I have money. And money means music to me. But I feel like I'm stuck in a faux-indie-with-a-twist-of-bad-80s-and-70s-soul rut. Please suggest something for me to pick up.
DavidS - Nov 09, 2005 9:05:02 am PST #1115 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But I feel like I'm stuck in a faux-indie-with-a-twist-of-bad-80s-and-70s-soul rut. Please suggest something for me to pick up.
Hmmm, I could write a whole book on the subject...
Though I'm probably less useful than usual since I've been rummaging through the indie world a lot lately. I always do that, though. I go back and cherry pick the best things after the dust has settled.
It's very cheap to pick up 90s Britpop at Amoeba these days. Behind the curve - that's where the bargains are.
I will note that I am really loving The New Pornagrphers Twin Cinema, The Mountain Goats' Tallahassee and Silver Jews' Tanglewood Numbers right now.